Some Photos

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

Been looking through some of the pigeon photographs I have on the computer and thought I'd share these.

 

I visited Ian 'Toddler' Brown of Kirliston for the first time when I was 13 and enjoyed contact with him up until he passed on. I was fortunate enough to be gifted birds from the man and bought a lovely red chequer hen at his bereavement sale.

 

A great auld doo man, a fancier I will never forget.

 

I'm grateful to Roundo for sending me these photographs a while back

[walterboswell59]

looks like a cracking bit to race doos rooster the red cock looks the part good memories for you m8

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

looks like a cracking bit to race doos rooster the red cock looks the part good memories for you m8

 

Aye his reds were screamers-a lot of the great old lines through them. It's been a while , but I'm sure the loft used to belong to Jock Watson and was home to the 1975 SNFC Avranches Open winner. This breeding also appeared in the 1981 SNFC Avranches Open winners for Stuart Peaston.

 

Toddler's original birds came from Jimmy Feeney and Jock Cormack as well. He was friendly with Jimmy Hamilton from Kennoway also and I got to handle a few sons of his Gold Award winner when I was there.

 

Theres a good photo of his Reims Section winner in the 2004 SNFC yearbook, that hen was 14th open after 15 and a quarter hours on the wing, having been no further than 60 miles that season in her preparation.

 

The wee chequer in the third photo won the SCC Young bird race on natural flying to the perch

[buster151]

very nice, the reds do stand out though

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

very nice, the reds do stand out though

 

I've a soft spot fer a red one as well.

 

Here's one of my own reds through Toddler's stuff

[peter pandy]

Is that the Falkirk Herald its been reading Lewis ?.

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

Is that the Falkirk Herald its been reading Lewis ?.

 

If there was something in the Falkirk Herald for pigeons on avoiding hawks and keeping yersel injury free I'd be more than happy for him to read it

 

The buggers only ever had one race and that was Ripon as a young bird. Every time he's away from the loft he comes back hurt

 

He keeps one of our better hens(his nestmate) happy though, so as far as I'm concerned he isnae eating a piece. His hen is the doo I've jokingly said to my father for the last three years will be our first national winner . She's won a couple of 1st prizes from inland races in the club and was 161st Open Clermont 2011 then 19th Open Alencon 2012. I thought this would be her year but she too returned from Alencon with secondary flights missing.

 

However 2014 is a new year and I've all winter to pray to our lord and our master, the lord Jesus Christ, that she will be saved