Ayrshire Federation

[bibendium]

Race marking postponed tonight , further update lunchtime tomorrow

[joshua]

would have preferred to go and see what tomorrow brings

[walterboswell59]

hope you guys are lib long before lanarkshire or vice versa as a strong east wind forcast for sunday i forsee heavy losses if we meet

[walterboswell59]

hope you guys are lib long before lanarkshire or vice versa as a strong east wind forcast for sunday i forsee heavy losses if we meet

well sorry to say i told you so guys but i did but not because they mixed although it maybe a factor as the birds coming back into lanarkshire from the west may have met the ayrshire birds that were libbed 15 mins or so behind them who knows its just a fact the unfit and inexperienced birds just dont handle south east winds well and carry on with the wind pushing them father away by the the time the birds know they have made a mistake and turn for home they then face a head wind when there already tired and go down or end up in ireland and many will not return now till the wind turns to the west or north when i saw the forcast i told jim 4 days before what would happen in a south east wind and only to send his fittest most experienced birds he has 3 to come from 33 sent i have 3 to come from 63 sent this is not rocket science lads its just observation over the years pigeons dont like south east winds if we had been racing the west route the losses would have been much worse as the birds do not get time to find there line before there blown off course and past its nothing new and has always been this way when ever you see a south east forcast choose what you send and keep the best and unfit at home a week off will do them no harm

Edited May 9, 2016 by walterboswell59

[eastcoaster]

well sorry to say i told you so guys but i did but not because they mixed although it maybe a factor as the birds coming back into lanarkshire from the west may have met the ayrshire birds that were libbed 15 mins or so behind them who knows its just a fact the unfit and inexperienced birds just dont handle south east winds well and carry on with the wind pushing them father away by the the time the birds know they have made a mistake and turn for home they then face a head wind when there already tired and go down or end up in ireland and many will not return now till the wind turns to the west or north when i saw the forcast i told jim 4 days before what would happen in a south east wind and only to send his fittest most experienced birds he has 3 to come from 33 sent i have 3 to come from 63 sent this is not rocket science lads its just observation over the years pigeons dont like south east winds if we had been racing the west route the losses would have been much worse as the birds do not get time to find there line before there blown off course and past its nothing new and has always been this way when ever you see a south east forcast choose what you send and keep the best and unfit at home a week off will do them no harm

I got caught Walter have lost 10 nice hens but my problem is if they missed this week next week is an even bigger jump as it was their first race of season just my luck or misjudgment that the east wind was so strong ,

At this minute I have 4 Ayrshire doo,s all claimed an AD bird and 2 pentland birds in my loft that tells you what kind of day it was .

[walterboswell59]

I got caught Walter have lost 10 nice hens but my problem is if they missed this week next week is an even bigger jump as it was their first race of season just my luck or misjudgment that the east wind was so strong ,

At this minute I have 4 Ayrshire doo,s all claimed an AD bird and 2 pentland birds in my loft that tells you what kind of day it was .

yes it was bang on forcast colin but learned through the hard knocks better to wait another week and a few more tosses than take the chance in a south east lost to many good birds this way before the penny dropped m8 they can take the jump no problem hope you get them as i said many turn up when the wind changes

[eastcoaster]

yes it was bang on forcast colin but learned through the hard knocks better to wait another week and a few more tosses than take the chance in a south east lost to many good birds this way before the penny dropped m8 they can take the jump no problem hope you get them as i said many turn up when the wind changes

Just been reading on another chat site that the unc have thousands missing .

[walterboswell59]

Just been reading on another chat site that the unc have thousands missing .

does not surprize me colin think they libbed in the hope the home end would clear by the time the birds homed and it did not happen thus the late libs by the scottish feds

[novo10]

well sorry to say i told you so guys but i did but not because they mixed although it maybe a factor as the birds coming back into lanarkshire from the west may have met the ayrshire birds that were libbed 15 mins or so behind them who knows its just a fact the unfit and inexperienced birds just dont handle south east winds well and carry on with the wind pushing them father away by the the time the birds know they have made a mistake and turn for home they then face a head wind when there already tired and go down or end up in ireland and many will not return now till the wind turns to the west or north when i saw the forcast i told jim 4 days before what would happen in a south east wind and only to send his fittest most experienced birds he has 3 to come from 33 sent i have 3 to come from 63 sent this is not rocket science lads its just observation over the years pigeons dont like south east winds if we had been racing the west route the losses would have been much worse as the birds do not get time to find there line before there blown off course and past its nothing new and has always been this way when ever you see a south east forcast choose what you send and keep the best and unfit at home a week off will do them no harm

Walter sorry for saying this but you talk some sh**

[moscow master]

Walter sorry for saying this but you talk some sh**

I'll second that lol I've been to umpteen races way a soo east wind and never seen losses like it way as fit and as well motivated and well bred birds and still 23 missing it wasn't the wind

[ally mac]

I'll second that lol I've been to umpteen races way a soo east wind and never seen losses like it way as fit and as well motivated and well bred birds and still 23 missing it wasn't the wind

 

Did you get some today?

[novo10]

I'll second that lol I've been to umpteen races way a soo east wind and never seen losses like it way as fit and as well motivated and well bred birds and still 23 missing it wasn't the wind

we sent yearlings to ripon first race of season and they're home it's a game of luck now and if your lucky enough not in batches getting hit u get them home imo

[moscow master]

Did you get some today?

Got another 4 today that's 17/40 frightening

[ally mac]

Got another 4 today that's 17/40 frightening

 

That's a real sore one, hope you see some more in next few days.

[bibendium]

Got 5 today 12/21 only one hen home from 10 sent

[frank-123]

Must be the toughest place to race pigeons. It must feel like you've been booted in the baws with a pair of steelies. Gutted for you Ayrshire guys you seem to get it every year without fail.

[ally mac]

Got 5 today 12/21 only one hen home from 10 sent

 

You lads got it bad. Had a cracking looking cheqer pied land with two of ours but didn't come in. I haven't seen it before but I'm sure we saw a few racers heading north over us yesterday. . We always see a few streeters about but these were different. Suppose it would figure with the fresh easterly wind. Well of track where ever they were going.

[VMS]

Must be the toughest place to race pigeons. It must feel like you've been booted in the baws with a pair of steelies. Gutted for you Ayrshire guys you seem to get it every year without fail.

Tough all over mate have my 2nd bird from Carentan missing and a very consistent bird from Derek Hay missing that I had high hopes for but inexperienced yearlings home,that's pigeon racing just have to get on with it

[frank-123]

Tough all over mate have my 2nd bird from Carentan missing and a very consistent bird from Derek Hay missing that I had high hopes for but inexperienced yearlings home,that's pigeon racing just have to get on with it

 

Vincent losing a couple of doos is nothing compared to what these guys have lost.Hopefully your carentan doo shows up.

 

 

 

[VMS]

Vincent losing a couple of doos is nothing compared to what these guys have lost.Hopefully your carentan doo shows up.

Have lost better mate part of the game ,time we got used to it from 100 to 500 miles sadly they are there to loose.its the highs that make up for it.When you getting racing again

[Novice]

Have lost better mate part of the game ,time we got used to it from 100 to 500 miles sadly they are there to loose.its the highs that make up for it.When you getting racing again

Losing pigeons from a hard race is no problem. Losing pigeons from a freak race from just over 100 miles is a problem. There are issues which have evolved over time and we need to resolve these. On Sunday conditions were just not right for pigeons to orientate it's as simple as that.

Personally I didn't send because I felt that there was an element of a gamble involved at the weekend.

I certainly had no intention of subjecting my birds to 3 hours extra in a basket ( race marking postponed by 21 hours) to accommodate the Saturday night p*ss heads. Everyone's birds deserve better than that.

Note- I don't send with Ayrshire.

[greenbar]

Well said.

[walterboswell59]

Walter sorry for saying this but you talk some sh**

just my opinion m8 and the proofs in the pudding whats your opinion

[walterboswell59]

I'll second that lol I've been to umpteen races way a soo east wind and never seen losses like it way as fit and as well motivated and well bred birds and still 23 missing it wasn't the wind

your not in lanarkshire m8 thats how its been since i started keeping pigeons south east winds nearly always big losses in our area dont know about where you sit in the far west maybe in your position id be praying for east winds but not here dont mind a north east as the head wind steadies them up a bit and gives the birds time to break but no south easts for me jmo

[dunc50]

Got another 4 today that's 17/40 frightening

 

shame ,, something went wrong we dropped 6 from 12 never got a feather the 2nd day cant all be hawked