SCOTTISH STRAYS

[Guest]

thanx redcheqhen i had no idea the nehu had one  ;D How do birds end up at the stray centre then ?? i thought when you reported a stray the owner arranged collection from your loft  

 

During young bird racing, the normal stray reporting arrangement for Scottish pigeons is suspended. Instead, when you get a Scottish YB in and it don't clear in a day or so, you keep it in and take it down to your club on Friday nights.

 

All the stray birds are then taken to our stray centre at Armadale, West Lothian, Central Scotland, on the Friday, where they are sorted into Federations, and each Federation has special arrangements to collect its own members birds on the Saturday and distribute them from its own mini stray centre. For example North West Federation birds are collected by us from Armadale on Saturday after the race, and brought to Laurieston club house, where they are then sorted into North West clubs. The clubs are informed and collect them here on Sunday.

 

Our cost is £3.50 per bird, against the Scottish carrier's £10, or Amtrack's £25.

 

 

[ribble]

bruno,ive got a young stray in the no is (su o6 s 423).can you tell me the area its from?not rubbered,it is wing stamped the name is c hanan but i cant make out the first 3 numbers of the tel no.

[philb]

Hi i took 3 strays to a fancier in Haddington  yesterday 2 x ml 1 x L  he is putting them on transporter on friday, these came from Co. durham. philb

[Guest]

bruno,ive got a young stray in the no is (su o6 s 423).can you tell me the area its from?not rubbered,it is wing stamped the name is c hanan but i cant make out the first 3 numbers of the tel no.

 

Belongs Solway Federation, south-west Scotland.

 

Stranraer club. Phone B Chalmers 01776-706053.

[sj irving jnr]

ribble its charlie hannahs from ecclefechan phone g dalgliesh on 01576 300369 and he will get in touch with him for you.he flys in same fed as me.

 

s is solway fed

 

sw is south west (stranraer,wigton)

[Guest]

ribble its charlie hannahs from ecclefechan phone g dalgliesh on 01576 300369 and he will get in touch with him for you.he flys in same fed as me.

 

s is solway fed

 

sw is south west (stranraer,wigton)

 

 

Sorry, found Solway in the book then wandered off the beaten track onto the next page which is South West. Just like me birds do ........    ;D

[REDCHEQHEN]

thanx redcheqhen i had no idea the nehu had one  ;D How do birds end up at the stray centre then ?? i thought when you reported a stray the owner arranged collection from your loft  

 

The NEHU are taking only NEHU rung birds at the moment, they can be handed in to the transporter when it comes to collect the birds for the race, it has to be in a box with the ring number clearly marked on the outside of the box. Its then a very similar arrangement to the scottish birds except there isn't a charge as far as I know - never had one back that way  :'( , However, I personally wouldn't use the stray centre.

[ribble]

thanks bruno and sj.

i'll give him a call saturday.

[REDCHEQHEN]

thanks red cheq hen for giving me richards phone number i called somebody earlier on this evening  vince hendry and he was with sammy rodger and they went straight to edinburgh and picked up the lanarkshire birds tonight and are bringing them back home 53 in total for lanarkshire and he says there is still a lot of scottish birds down there.

 

Must have overshot your post yesterday - just noticed it, I'm pleased that the birds have been repatriated straight away  

[stew 75]

midlothion fed is areas around edinburgh thanks for the good work your doing

[stew 75]

sorry forgot to name you redcheqhen

[Guest]

WELL DONE HEN JOB WELL DONE AND DID'NT WANT A PENNY FOR THE FEEDING,

 

ADD IN BHW FREE B & B FOR LOST DOOS AT REDCAR

 

[cheq pied]

a big thank you to red cheq hen and all the other pigeon fanciers fom newcastle to redcar , darlington to durham who helped round up the scottish pigeons. we eventially got home at 7.30 (13 hours after we set off) with approx 160 pigeons.all federations, shu or gb rung every one was glad to get their birds back. most  got back into their own lofts late last night with the further afield birds going in the stray basket tonight.

           THANKS AGAIN rhona & ricky

[Chris Little]

Did the SHU produce that booklet with all federation ring numbers and contact numbers , they were quite handy.

[Guest]

yes they did i got mine

[Guest TAMMY_1]

yes a book was issued again chris

[Chris Little]

Mmmm , cheers lads

 

Will ask the secretary tonight if he got any

[Guest TAMMY_1]

THEY WERE ISSUED MONTHS AGO CHRIS

[REDCHEQHEN]

a big thank you to red cheq hen and all the other pigeon fanciers fom newcastle to redcar , darlington to durham who helped round up the scottish pigeons. we eventially got home at 7.30 (13 hours after we set off) with approx 160 pigeons.all federations, shu or gb rung every one was glad to get their birds back. most  got back into their own lofts late last night with the further afield birds going in the stray basket tonight.

           THANKS AGAIN rhona & ricky

 

Well done Rhona and Ricky - the real heroes !

[Guest]

 

Well done Rhona and Ricky - the real heroes !

 

AND YOU TOO SUSAN THE REDCAR STRAY WIFIE ;D ;D ;D

  

 

ps seen your name in bhw unc clermont result well done

[Guest]

Just like to add my own thanks to all those who went the extra bit to get these birds home. Kinda shows folks in a truer light - majority do care and will make the effort to get birds home.

 

WELL DONE EVERYONE.

[davebuttle]

I heard that Mick Brennan has about another 40 at his corn store In darlington,

 

He had over 80 last week.

 

At least they are getting home eventually.

[sj irving jnr]

how did midlothian get on at the weekend? i have 4 or 5 here will put them in the stray center the morra