2Nd Day Returns

[William Reid]

Give the Sunday birds peanuts for three days job done

[Guest stb-]

Give the Sunday birds peanuts for three days job done

are you trying to say that sunday birds are monkeys Billy :emoticon-0127-lipssealed:

[Dmurray]

I dont know about the fair weather Davie we were racing from wetherby on sat and libbed 7,15 aswell and every one of my birds from 1st to last were like drount rats this is my 2nd bird in the clock and my 5th birds there wattles are red and they dont get that with a light shower thats hours flying in the rain so there was a lot of rain somwhere

 

 

I was at wetherby along with yourself with coalburn and most of my birds whee the same red wattles and soaked

[hotrod]

I dont know about the fair weather Davie we were racing from wetherby on sat and libbed 7,15 aswell and every one of my birds from 1st to last were like drount rats this is my 2nd bird in the clock and my 5th birds there wattles are red and they dont get that with a light shower thats hours flying in the rain so there was a lot of rain somwhere

 

Would love to know where they came through rain , as all forecasts were saying rain was only in extreme west ,west Ayrshire Renfrew, and west Glasgow areas . My first and second birds were bone dry , ps not saying your birds weren't wet , just doesn't add up .

[Delboy]

Would love to know where they came through rain , as all forecasts were saying rain was only in extreme west ,west Ayrshire Renfrew, and west Glasgow areas . My first and second birds were bone dry , ps not saying your birds weren't wet , just doesn't add up .

 

It pi ssed here all Saturday morning Stu.Every one of my Almond valley pigeons were soaking but it mustve been from Glasgow to Edinburgh as the Lanarkshire birds coming from the south east were dry.

[peter2010]

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IMO I think its time we started having two libs a nothing race and the main race

[William Reid]

IMO I think its time we started having two libs a nothing race and the main race

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[blue pied]

Would love to know where they came through rain , as all forecasts were saying rain was only in extreme west ,west Ayrshire Renfrew, and west Glasgow areas . My first and second birds were bone dry , ps not saying your birds weren't wet , just doesn't add up .

my papa was at Edinburgh aiport, said weather was great in Edinburgh, torrential rain coming home!

[Guest stb-]

Would love to know where they came through rain , as all forecasts were saying rain was only in extreme west ,west Ayrshire Renfrew, and west Glasgow areas . My first and second birds were bone dry , ps not saying your birds weren't wet , just doesn't add up .

Stut every one of my birds came back out of the north on sat from the first to the last and all very red on the wattle for some reason , it was very wet hear all sat morning but hadnt exspected the birds to have been so wet as though it was only local .

[Delboy]

IMO I think its time we started having two libs a nothing race and the main race

 

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[frankdooman]

I said it on sat it was pissing down in Central Scotland all morning and as far west as I could see over the forth to the Armadale hills with the west in the wind that should have put your birds over that area so 10/20 ml of that would explain the birds being wet but what happened to the theory if they get a good start they will come threw rain I believe they will and controllers can't wait to get it perfect all the way home yes the controllers that liberate birds like the nipa did should be removed no excuse for that but here wee go looking for some one to blame it an accumulation of a no of things the biggest being Percy no doubt about that here but that's doo racing for us the one week wonder will be forgot on on sat afternoon it's happened for years

[Guest stb-]

I said it on sat it was pissing down in Central Scotland all morning and as far west as I could see over the forth to the Armadale hills with the west in the wind that should have put your birds over that area so 10/20 ml of that would explain the birds being wet but what happened to the theory if they get a good start they will come threw rain I believe they will and controllers can't wait to get it perfect all the way home yes the controllers that liberate birds like the nipa did should be removed no excuse for that but here wee go looking for some one to blame it an accumulation of a no of things the biggest being Percy no doubt about that here but that's doo racing for us the one week wonder will be forgot on on sat afternoon it's happened for years

not looking for anyone to blame Frank our race returns were very good but what im saying is where did the rain come from as it wasnt on the forecast .

[peter pandy]

not looking for anyone to blame Frank our race returns were very good but what im saying is where did the rain come from as it wasnt on the forecast .

It was Rab, From Carstairs into the Forth Valley from 10.00 till 18.00 hrs.

[Guest TAMMY_1]

Rochdale is in the Great Manchester County deffo not in yorkshire

 

 

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[We man]

Can I say something about the numerous folk blaming the losses on yearlings etc. not being experienced enough.The whole of my team were yearlings, lightly raced 2 year olds latebreds or latebreds and my returns were 39/43.

Love it,BANG goes another theory.

[bigbill]

Just had a phone call from a builder in Halifax, telling me he has one of my birds from sat race (non fancier)Half a wing missing,

[Guest TAMMY_1]

Talking to a fancier tonight who has a doo reported in oldham....

aye and that is 5 miles or so away from Middleton

[frankdooman]

not looking for anyone to blame Frank our race returns were very good but what im saying is where did the rain come from as it wasnt on the forecast .

 

 

Not saying you are rab but just sometime there is no hard and fast ans. to it and as I said I think it's a few things that causes this

[Jumbo]

Got a yearling hen from Saturdays race only 2 adrift now

[Big Davie]

Gareth

 

I've also been talking to a number of guys and IMO you're getting this wrong , I.E. A few have got decent returns including yourself, Delboy, and some others that I know of or have spoken too but , again IMO not a few but many, many, lofts are at approx 50% home or less and I will give you a few examples from well established lofts with guys who have a fair idea what they are doing and have been in the doo game most of their lives with a fair amount of success right out to France, these were the figures last night.

20/60, 30/71, 12/29, 17/35,11/21, 18/35, I will not name them here but can assure you these are accurate and I have also heard of worse returns than those I have quoted, and my own returns with the biggest team out where I hoped the race would set me up for the season, 68 / 134 just over half home with 66 missing the vast majority of which are yearlings, I am not having a dig at anyone here because I don't think blame can be levelled at anyone, however again in my IMO the returns from this race are far worse than what you are making out.

 

 

I also have one reported in Wolverhampton

 

 

Got another reported in Co Tyrone Northern Ireland today and have heard of others in Kent, Devon, Manchester plus all the others on this thread, for me their are only two things that scatters birds all over the country in the opposite direction to where they should be heading, clashing and BOP, and I' don't think they clashed

[blue pied]

Got another reported in Co Tyrone Northern Ireland today and have heard of others in Kent, Devon, Manchester plus all the others on this thread, for me their are only two things that scatters birds all over the country in the opposite direction to where they should be heading, clashing and BOP, and I' don't think they clashed

have u not got anymore work in?

[Big Davie]

have u not got anymore work in?

Nothing since Sunday, still waiting on 66, so they are nowhere near home

[blue pied]

Nothing since Sunday, still waiting on 66, so they are nowhere near home

thats unreal mate:(

[Kyleakin Lofts]

Got 1 back tonight from Aycliffe with Glasgow Fed. Race was on 11th May.

[Delboy]

Nothing since Sunday, still waiting on 66, so they are nowhere near home

 

Appreciate yer honesty Davie