OLDYELLOW

nice job

215 miles Maidstone i think mileage correct 22 out of 25 about an hour ago when i fed them , good race, plenty of yearlings for next year

Pm Jonny or Dicky Dark there from Sunderland

nice sunshine with 80% cloud cover and a light easterly breeze at Scarborough, ideal conditions for good racing

East Coast Federation liberated 10.10 am East South East wind

top flying nothing wrong in blowing your own trumpet , your results be proud of your achievements

i agree if you can get a full round of latebreds from a top flier what a great start

i think better to sart a loft at begining of year and get a few young birds from club members and buy as many as your pocket will allow and you can manage to keep , and help at old bird racing in club go to other member to watch there birds coming and they could pick up a few tips and get advice which intern would set them up when the ybs came round to racing.

how much were you charged ?

contact R.P.R.A and ask them via email or alternatively read through ring list to find your local poscode prefix , heres there ring list : http://www.rpra.org/Portals/1/RPRA%20Ring%20List%202008.pdf

welcome white racer hope you enjoy the site

positive interaction with the general public and maybe a few youngsters to come aboard well dont that man

they have gone bust

i wish you and your birds the best at your new location , i hope they setle well good luck

East Coast Federation at Maidstone

Just a thought , as Paramixovirus is flu like , it may have had the ideal conditions to spread i.e damp and humid weather that we all have had this season and last .

too far for my young birds Picauvaule would of been better , good luck to those who sent

Jimmy how about a locked page purely for the new couriers to have there details on ? just a thought

Louella stud does vaccinate there birds but as there not to be released in another country theres no need to vaccinated till you intend to mix them with other birds , as each consignment is contained in there own box i imagine that to be ok , but if intension was to release in another country then to cross customs they would have to be vacinated

all i can say is this if fanciers get Paramixovirus through not vaccination , that in its self will be a lesson learned , as its a nasty disease that will break your heart , if your birds arent worth vacinating there not worth puting in a basket in the first instance . Im sure there are such people that do do this but if unions made club vacination compulsory then this wouldnt happen as it will be only the odd one in a club and sick birds would be soon spotted via basket and it would be beyond comtempt to send such a bird to the club at basketing never let alone to a race

rock doves and ferial pigeons are conditioned to the elements hence why there feathers are tougher than that of a racing pigeon , if your birds were open to all the elements all year round in a avairy most would perish the others that would survive are surviours by nature , nature naturaly suppresses disabilty and sick and ill birds and animals , not the all the fastest speed merchants of the sky would survive , but to some extent speed would be a survival asset to keep away from preditors

had birds since i was 4 years old grew up with them raced since 1990s, im not deluded im a realist your theory wont work try paying tesco £10 to deliever all your shopping for the year they would laugh and so am i what a ridiculous idea ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

well done pigeon tracker if you can team up with others to form a network you will sucede i wish you well in your venture , read post for similar couriers to network with

As for how long i have done this is the last 4 years so hundreds of pigeons N.E.H.U and S.U have been taken nearer home as for believing in fairys if you think for one fee for all season would work and not be abused by the few to spoil it for the many then it is you that needs to look at your idealist fairytale beliefs, as for aguing i have never shouted to get my point across , and to point out that your idear is badly thought out and unmanageable , most fanciers will travel to get there birds back , i have in the past and im sure i will in the future , i have lost a total of 7 birds 2 training and 5 racing all young bird season , had any of these been reported i would of aranged there return at my cost , if you cant afford to loose them or have them reported in the first place they should of never been sent .

paramixo is doing the rounds i quite agree , but all pigeons on a transporter are vacinated all race birds are vacinated , so if it had a ets ring or vacination stamp or rubber on its leg then it would be deemed fit to travel , and who would put a sick bird on a transporter in the first place ? as for injured pigeons they would have to be returned via a courier as would a bird that doesnt know where home is that hasent homed to it , as for saving myself money if i thought for one minute your suggestion would be indeed be viable then i would support it 100% , i already return and collect strays from my area as i did the other day for Johnny of another site , last Sunday a basket of N.E.H.U were returned , on my visit to Billy Wilson off this site i took a Goole bird back with me then sent it to Hull and returned to the fancier the fancier rung Billy up and thank him and myself for my efforts. I have sent a number of strays back home , one i got back week after i sent it back rubbered but ill send it back again . We can all help in a small way , and i am helping and will continue to do so . p.s Sunderland is 86 miles north of me and i charge nothing