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box them up and measure and weigh packages then go direct to royal mail site for prices of outsize parcels

it was the local sun perhaps there a bit dyslexic up there cant even answer there messages

27 from 26 from Reed, one lost from a bad training toss returned

25/26 from reed

well done KIERAN on your 1st & 4th this week beating your old Man into second position..............again , you'l have to tell him he can scrape out your champions this week ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Well done to wee gaz 1st 2nd and 3rd club, keep it up

good healthy weight may his smiles bring you joy and the sleeps nights be few , congratulations to all of your family on your new arrival

overcast southerly wind at Scarborough

East Coast Federation at Reed Liberated at 8.30 in a South Easterly wind ,, good luck to all members who are racing this weekend , may your returns be good

0.2p for a rubber, if small minded squables broke out about the price of rubbers you could have the very same argument about printing ink and the increase of paper , one printed for birds entred then anothor for returns then a result on top , id expect my club members arent so small minded and will all be using ets in time as will i , it wont make birds fly faster you still have to get them home to win

Why will people be paying more to race with rubbers on ? our club buys the rubbers , the race sheets printer ink paper , clock rolls ectra , so everyone in club that pays there fees contributes to buying these things. or perhaps the ets users will refuse to pay 0.2p for rubbers there not using ?

im sure ill get a race birds will be up early rain sets in around one here tomorrow , i also wish you get a good race tomorrow , id like a few head winds i feel the ybs are having it too easy with the exception of rain of course

very true most fanciers used to get 12 to 15 rings very few birds were lost , but its win at all costs , and to have one or two members send 100 birds a week each is more common place , there bound to have a few in form with far greater losses , yes there are too many paper birds about , pedigrees were introduced to inflate prices and were far away from the working mans pocket , good birds win races better to have quality over quantity any day in my view. As you say if you have taken a bird up the road near its home and helped it on its way home on the day its raced then yes the rubber should be removed , but common sense would predict that a pigeon flying home would in most cases would beat a car. A bird can make a mistake but more fault id lie at the fanciers door but you cant tell a bird is good enough untill its done what its been bred for and thats racing , are all stray bad ? read this http://www.pigeonnetwork.com/articles/A_Wonderful_Stray.html

by the sound of it you be the one with the collection of ets rings

if a bird has entered your loft it obviously flew there , its race may not have finished , and only the owner of said bird should remove its rubber, if the bird stopped of for either food or water its still flown the race , birds do go down if not prepaired properly and on hot days more so for water , if a fancier gets your bird in then releases it a small strip of paper with location and time slipped into the life ring will give the owner a better idea of where its been , rather than have there property removed from its leg been either a rubber or ets ring

i dont collect ets rings , i have won many races and more than willing to show my cards to anyone who calls to my house .

welcome bluebar and enjoy the site

removing a rubber is stupid if a bird has not homed on time the owner would know unless there a complete idiot , how would the finder know exactly what race it was flying and how many birds had been clocked ? the said bird may be the only returnee the next day alas winning said club and if the race was a smash could even have won fed but no because someones seen fit to remove rubber or as in thread ets transponder ring. SO HOW ON EARTH IS THESE FANCIERS DOING ANYONE A FAVOUR??? As for the value of a pigeon to a owner , pretty worthless in above instances without rubber or ets ring.

posted on Pauls behalf very nice looking birds

one of the internations was won in England , just goes to show we should be keeping our own breeds as the old guys did years ago

invalid thats just normal no need to worry

well amtrak delievered Damians birds 1st thing this morning in good order , i hope Am can get there act together ill give them one more chance and that be it for me

when is the bird / birds in question shaking ? and have they been vacinated for paromixo virus ?

could also denote alot of illnesses , like the on set of paramixo , ornithosis , and microplasma related illnesses

depends on the tremble or shake could be as simple as fluffing up its feathers to regulate its temperature to ailing