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  1. Old time fancier keep finding stuff .Yeah old school , free to anyone as they are just kicking about the shed....if nobody wants them then skip it is .
  2. As an ex doo man fae fife it’s good to see boys using the transporter to educate their young doos . Many years ago we ,in fife, had the opportunity to train with the Fed transporter for a 2 week period before racing started .most of the club sent their doos . we had some great training and some not so great....but the young doos were educated ....that’s what bairns need . Not all doos are great /good/ average .....we can’t give them brains ...but we can educate them to give them the chance to use what is bred into them. i realise things have changed with hawks and more importantly localised weather , but it can only help the young doos . With the cost of fuel nowadays it make sense to use the Fed motor . all the best for upcoming young bird season.
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    Seen a batch of about 20 ish trainers going past a couple of times . They were cracking on and heading home on the same line both times . First time I have seen doos going past my door for months. Hope it goes well and pays off next year for the owner.
  4. Another txt after I said it might be on its way home ....she has been feeding it wild bird seed ..so here’s hoping for your doo
  5. Just had a txt , she hasn’t seen the doo at all today .
  6. I have txt and called ,left a voicemail but as yet no reply . Dont know if the doo has moved on or went into a fancier nearby.
  7. Mmm....I am back in the area tomorrow and I will give her a call and see what’s happening.
  8. If your still stuck for help I work near Falkirk and could pick it up , liberation will be Dundee or possibly Aberdeen when the doos able.
  9. Brilliant result for Jim and Gary.....well done boys
  10. I was really meaning more for the young birds Brian , I know it’s not a good situation for the doos at the moment . In today’s racing flexibility is the name of the game , things will never suit everyone ,but they never have . If races have to be missed due to weather ,then surely a shorter race can be fitted in as soon as it’s ok to go . Like you I don’t race anymore but, things ,and the doo men must change .
  11. Fife has historically had some really bad races from the first race points over the years. Excuses ranging from birds not been trained , hawks, weather, race points,and more. Probably true in a lot of cases ,definitely true in most. The BOPs are more prevalent now than ever before and I personally have seen as little as 2 hawks turn a liberation of 1500 doos in 3 batches ,and 1 batch headed totally wrong direction at break kneck speed. It’s impossible to do anything to change that after the doos are libbed. So why not at least try something before liberation. Fife’s first couple of races are short enough distance to be able to basket on morning of the race , lib around 2/3/4 in afternoon . Maybe some of the BOPs will have been fed ,maybe not . Another advantage is less stress on the doos first time in transporters and does away with the need for putting in the drinkers . The transporter only has to sit for 30/45 mins after reaching race point. Will it work ..maybe ,maybe not . Only guarantee is if you change nothing ....nothing changes .. What is there to lose? ..a couple of Saturday nights at loft instead of the pub etc. Fife did this many years ago and it was a great success ....was it luck ? Maybe ,but we all need a bit of luck nowadays . With a smaller fed ,less pick up points nowadays this isn’t hard to try ...and anything is wurth trying to help the doos in my opinion.
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