Times & Returns

[andy Burgess]

a few youngbird races on today Sunday. what are times and returns like ? good luck all

[hotrod]

Glasgow fed away at 11.30 from cockenzie .

[Novice]

Ayrshire will liberate at 12:15 from Dumfries.

[Delboy]

Ayrshire will liberate at 12:15 from Dumfries.

 

Good luck

[slim45]

My birds doing Cockenzie 60miles to me just under hour and half same speed as my doos last week returns great

[ALF]

Poor returns in our club we just done the clocks we have 16/34

[Delboy]

Lanarkshire Otterburn, sticky race. Up to 16/22 but spread out

[blue pied]

i sent 8 , got 6 together

[alec guinness]

i sent 8 , got 6 together

 

Well done young Andrew.

[blue pied]

Well done young Andrew.

cheers john, time u in at? whos winning campsie!

[alec guinness]

cheers john, time u in at? whos winning campsie!

 

Not me that's for sure!! although all home 29/29 which is great,think wee Gibson at Torrance will win in at 39 for 48 miles.still a good few doos to come though in the club.

[JohnQuinn]

No at the races at 35. Returns ok with 26/37 and they're still coming through so hoping to get more back soon.

[bigjamie]

i had 6 from 15 when i went to the club at 2.40 not in till 1.56 not checked yet to see if there more back yet funny race and returns

[Delboy]

17/22 now, later birds are spooky, flying about for ages.

[Novice]

Ayrshire returns are poor even though they cleared the liberation site quickly. At the moment I have 2 from 9 sent and I am having a rethink now as to whether or not to race them as youngsters and simply train them. My youngsters were trained only last year and flew well as old birds. Food for thought I think.

[Guest stb-]

Ayrshire returns are poor even though they cleared the liberation site quickly. At the moment I have 2 from 9 sent and I am having a rethink now as to whether or not to race them as youngsters and simply train them. My youngsters were trained only last year and flew well as old birds. Food for thought I think.

Robert you guys get the same from dumfreis area year in year out . self infliction is the only word i can think off .This is on a day when other feds are further and libbed at the same time with almost 100% returns albeit in the easterly side .Hope the birds turn in

[TheHigg]

not at the races either never timed till 13 38 8 home from 20 sent just glad i only sent half

[JohnQuinn]

not at the races either never timed till 13 38 8 home from 20 sent just glad i only sent half

 

Got 29/37 , with 8 still to come just now i would hope to hit 34 or 35 home before the nights out.

[ALF]

We sat on 16 home for over 2 hours without a doo then we have had 7 in the last 45 mins

[Novice]

Robert you guys get the same from dumfreis area year in year out . self infliction is the only word i can think off .This is on a day when other feds are further and libbed at the same time with almost 100% returns albeit in the easterly side .Hope the birds turn in

 

Robert we have not been at Dumfries for some time now. Last year we flew east.

Lanarkshire had a similar race to ourselves and Glasgow were much better liberating between us and Lanarkshire.

Straight east to west along the M8 was the best young bird racing we have ever had but the majority of fanciers will not vote for that.

As you know these issues are decided at AGMs and unfortunately the right to vote is not qualified by an appropriate IQ test.

As you know I tend to do most of my training along the M8 as that is the safest route.

[Novice]

Robert you guys get the same from dumfreis area year in year out . self infliction is the only word i can think off .This is on a day when other feds are further and libbed at the same time with almost 100% returns albeit in the easterly side .Hope the birds turn in

 

and while I am on a roll the person you were empathising with on another site Posted a video of himself dosing youngsters with Soda crystals as a cure for YBS no less than 10 days ago but he raced this week. What chance do other fanciers have as I am more than certain the affected birds will carry the virus for some time.

[Guest stb-]

and while I am on a roll the person you were empathising with on another site Posted a video of himself dosing youngsters with Soda crystals as a cure for YBS no less than 10 days ago but he raced this week. What chance do other fanciers have as I am more than certain the affected birds will carry the virus for some time.

 

Dont know about soda chrystals as a cure" but surly you cant be saying his birds being in the basket overnightv cause 90% of thew birds not to return home .Im sure he wont be the only one with yb sickness in the fed and most wont know they have it till birds are lost .

[Kyleakin Lofts]

Robert, I have not raced YB's at all, sometimes not even training them, just allowing them freedom around the loft. I don't 'race' well at any time, I'm sure you could manage better results in your sleep, but my returns are usually quite good. My reasons for not racing or training them as YB's are largely down to you and your ilk. I have listened to what you have said regarding peregrines.

As to soda crystals, they were an old fashioned remedy for 'going light', drying out the gut and killing the worm which caused it. How they would remedy YBS, I do not know.

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

Timed at 13.11 and waited quite a while for a second pigeon, returns are now 23/25. Though its probably the worst Otterburn that Lanarkshire has experienced in all the years that we have flown from there.

[Delboy]

19/22 now