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10:07pm Mon, 28th July 2008
Since my last update, I had the results from the lab that confirmed that the birds were affected by circovirus which resulted in us losing many birds to various other viruses but the worst was still to come as when I got the last result back it confi
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6:05pm Mon, 26th May 2008
I can only appologise for the lack of updates on the site recently but I didn't think it would have made for good reading.
The probable circovirus that has infected the flock over the past few weeks has seen us lose alot of birds and it has n
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1:05am Tue, 13th May 2008
Since my last post regarding the flyaway, it took me a few days to inform everyone of the situation, as I wanted to do this personally rather than just sending out a letter and most fanciers really appreciated this.
Since that day the birds ha
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12:05am Thu, 1st May 2008
To be honest with you all, I don't think words can describe how I feel just now.
On Tuesday, I let the birds out at about 11.15am and the older birds that are doing an hour plus when let out, set off in their normal way and after about 10 minu
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7:04pm Mon, 28th April 2008
The past week must have been the busiest I've ever been in my life and to say I was knackered would be an understatement.
Last Wednesday saw Francis Nolmans from BRICON arrive, 12 hours earlier than expected, to install the ETS system for us.
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6:04pm Tue, 22nd April 2008
On Saturday the birds were kept in as the old bird racing season started and it was expected that there might be a few liberations going past us.
John Baillie from Loanhead delivered his entries for this year.
On Sunday I let th
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5:04pm Fri, 18th April 2008
The past few days has seen the wind change to East/North/East and its been very cold with it so the birds have been kept in.
Most of the birds that were in the sick bay have recovered well and it seems I was worrying a bit more than was neede
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7:04pm Tue, 15th April 2008
We moved a number of the younger birds into the sick bay on Sunday and Monday and we will monitor their progress over the next few days.
The older birds went out on Monday at 10am and most of them flew for about 45mins before landing. These we
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10:04pm Mon, 14th April 2008
On Saturday the younger birds went out at 10am and most of them are now having a look around the place.
Jim Barrons from Seafield, West Lothian paid a visit with a bird he bred for Bill Cowell to enter in the race. I had a good chat with Jim a
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7:04pm Fri, 11th April 2008
Today was the first day I can remember, since we opened the lofts, that we had no visitors and no birds delivered and this allowed us to spend more time with the the newest intake of birds as I like them to be quite tame by the time they are going ou
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7:58pm Thu, 10th April 2008
The birds went out at 11am this morning. Most of them flew for a good 30minutes before landing, then they were up and down until I called them in at 1.45pm.
There are a few of the birds looking a bit ragged just now with the darkness system begining
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7:04pm Thu, 10th April 2008
Wednesday was my 40th birthday and before anyone says anything, yes I did count the school years in that. My wife had booked us in for a meal in the evening but I couldn't even taste it due to having a very heavy cold just now.
The birds went
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6:04pm Thu, 10th April 2008
On Tuesday the birds went out at 9am and were on and off the lofts for most of the day until I called them in at 2pm.
Andy Ritchie from Falkirk paid a visit with the other half of his entries.
The courier had a big delivery of about 40
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10:57pm Mon, 7th April 2008
Today, started with Sandy Steven from Motherwell coming over with the birds entered by the 'Dalzell Sunday Night Club'. Sandy chatted for a while before heading back to work.
I let the birds out at 1pm due to the bad weather in the morning. They wer
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5:04pm Mon, 7th April 2008
Saturday the bird were out from 8.45 and are forming quite a big batch when they take to the skies and are really starting to put some work in.
First visitor to the lofts were Rab Stewart and his wife with the rest of the entries from Rab and
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5:02pm Mon, 7th April 2008
Friday saw the birds go out at 12.30 and they did quite a bit of work before being called in at 2.45pm.
We had the guys from the Clydebank 12 syndicate over delivering their entries and Jim Corrigan from Cumbria also paid a visit with some of his en
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11:04pm Thu, 3rd April 2008
The birds went out at 11am today and are having a really good look around the countryside now.
First visitor today was Gary Mackie who delivered some of the entries of John Lindsay & Son(Dalkeith). I had a good chat with Gary before his wife s
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10:04pm Thu, 3rd April 2008
Wednesday saw the birds going out at 10am and they are on the wing for a good while now. The darkness is kicking in now as the small feathers are becoming more and more noticable in the loft as they have all been on the darkness for over a week now.
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8:04pm Tue, 1st April 2008
The birds were kept in today due to the high winds and driving rain we were having first thing and the forecast was for much of the same all day.
First visitors to the lofts were George and Gareth Rankin of Larkhall. It was a pleasure meeting
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7:04pm Tue, 1st April 2008
Monday saw the birds go out at 9am and were out until 3.45pm. More of them are getting stronger on the wing and we have a fair size of a batch on the go now.
Colin Crowe of Ratho Station paid a visit with his father and son to deliver the entr
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3:04pm Tue, 1st April 2008
Sorry for the late updates but I've been a bit busy with one thing or another the past few days.
The weekend saw the birds going out at 9am and called back in between 1.30 and 2pm both Saturday and Sunday. We had lots of visitors over the week
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9:03pm Fri, 28th March 2008
The day started(10.15am) with me meeting up with Andy Ritchie who lives near Falkirk, who had came over with some of his entries, and the two of us went up to the lofts. Stevie had arrived at the lofts not long infront of us.
The birds went o
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6:03pm Fri, 28th March 2008
Thursday saw all 3 sections of birds go out at 9.45 and they spent most of the time, taking off and then landing again after 10-15 minutes in the air. I called the birds in at 3pm.
The courier delivered the entries of C.Hallet(Portsmouth), Pa
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7:03pm Wed, 26th March 2008
The first section of birds went out the lofts today at 9.30 and had a good little fly then mulled around infront of the lofts. Stevie called them in at 12 while I went to the house and picked up the birds that had came by courier. Stevie let the othe
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11:03pm Tue, 25th March 2008
It wasn't as cold today as it has been the past few days but up here,that doesn't mean much as it changes about every 5 minutes.
The last section out yesterday were first out the lofts today at 9.30. They had a fly for about 20 minutes then pl
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9:03pm Mon, 24th March 2008
The birds in sections 1 and 2 went out at 8.45 this morning and pottered about for a while before taking too the sky when an unwelcome guest came visiting. The good news is that it never did any damage and all birds returned to the loft after kitting
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10:03pm Sun, 23rd March 2008
Saturday saw the birds go out about at 9.30.
I then had Wullie Gilchrist and the Lindsay and Henderson guys from Wishaw come over to the lofts with their entries. I had a good chat with the guys and I'd like to say thanks for your comments la
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8:03pm Fri, 21st March 2008
As the forecast for today was high winds, snow and hail, I decided to keep the birds in.
The newest entries have all settled in well to the lofts and most should go out for the first time the beggining of next week.
Frank Welsh from Bl
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7:50pm Fri, 21st March 2008
Sorry there was no update yesterday but this due to a number of problems I had too deal with but here goes.
The first section of birds went out at 7.45 and didn't do too much due to it being quite coldand were called in at 8.30. The second section w
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8:37pm Wed, 19th March 2008
The three sections going out were rotated today and the first birds went out at 7.45 and after a short fly they lay about in the sun till I called them in at 9.15. The next section went out at 9.25 and did much the same as the first, before being cal
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6:47pm Tue, 18th March 2008
The first section of birds went out this morning at 7.30 and worked quite well. I called them in about 9am. The second section went out at 9.15 and they worked for about 20 minutes. They were called in about 10.30. The last section went out for their
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6:45pm Tue, 18th March 2008
The birds went out about 10am this morning and are having a right good look around now.
The courier delivered the entries of the 'White Finger & No Finger' syndicate(Co. Durham), the rest of the 'Fellowship of the Rings' birds, Paul Ellis'(Blackpool
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9:19pm Mon, 17th March 2008
The birds went out the lofts about 9am this morning and took to the clear blue sky almost straight away. I put the bath out again and almost all the birds took a bath and lazed about on the roof tiles. I called the birds in about 1.30pm by which time
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9:03am Mon, 17th March 2008
The birds went out early on Saturday but as it was very cold they didn't do very much and were called in after only an hour.
I had the pleasure of meeting Alan Ferry from Stirling who delivered his entries.
Sunday was much the
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10:03pm Fri, 14th March 2008
The bird that spent the night out took all of about 3 seconds to enter the loft when I dropped the board at 9am this morning. After letting him in, I opened the loft and all the birds went out and flew for a good while.
Our first visitor was
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7:55pm Wed, 12th March 2008
I hope none of you have suffered any damage to your homes or lofts during the storms that are sweeping the country.
The weather up here wasn't too bad in the morning but with very high winds and rain forecast, I decided to keep the birds in for the
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8:54pm Tue, 11th March 2008
The 53 birds now going out the lofts went out about 7.30 this morning due to the forecast not looking good for this afternoon.
We had a few entrants delivering their birds to the lofts today starting with Ali Hogg from Winchburgh. Stevie and I had
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7:31pm Tue, 11th March 2008
It never stopped raining the whole day but due to there being very little wind I let the birds out this afternoon about 1pm. This section were called in about 3pm and I then took the opportunity to let another section out. This is the first time thes
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8:31pm Sun, 9th March 2008
Saturday saw the weather take a turn for the worse so the birds were kept in for the day.
There were no birds being brought to the lofts so I took the opportunity to have a bit of time to myself.
Today we were busy as we had The Logie Four syndic
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9:03pm Fri, 7th March 2008
The birds went out the lofts earlier today and flew for most of the time, while I cleaned out the lofts.
We had more birds arrive by courier from John Ritchie(Inverallochy) and Jason McCarthy & Sons(Lincoln). It was a pleasure to meet Brian H
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8:03pm Thu, 6th March 2008
The birds were out the loft a bit later today(about 12 o'clock) due to the weather not looking very good early on but it faired into a decent enough day and they were left out until I called them in about 5pm.
Things are really getting busy j
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9:03pm Wed, 5th March 2008
The birds were out the loft from just after 9am and were not called in until after 4pm.
It was quite breezy today but the birds are getting stronger all the time and they seemed to love gliding one way and then fighting into the breeze going
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8:03pm Tue, 4th March 2008
The birds went out the lofts early, while I got on with the alterations and they spent most of the day going in and out the bath. I thought we had picked up a stray at some point in the day when I counted 3 dark chequers walking around but when I wa
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11:03pm Mon, 3rd March 2008
We had a little snow flurry this afternoon but glad it never came to anything like the people in the west of the country woke up to today.
The birds were out and about for most of the day and never seemed to mind the fact that it was very col
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4:03pm Sun, 2nd March 2008
The birds were out for a couple of hours on Saturday. It was a bit windy but the birds are becoming stronger every day and seemed to quite enjoy themselves.
I had a visit from Frank Baillie, who brought over a couple of his entries.
Th
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8:02pm Fri, 29th February 2008
The weather turned against us and we had wind and driving rain the whole day so the birds were kept in again.
We had 24 new arrivals today. The entries of the Blaw Weary syndicate(Ravenstruther) were hand delivered. The entries to arrive by co
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1:02am Fri, 29th February 2008
Late post tonight as one of my staff called off at the last minute and I had to rush out and cover for them. I've hardly stopped since 4.30 this morning.
We had the entries of Brian Kenney from Barrow in Furness arrive today.
The birds
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8:02pm Wed, 27th February 2008
Very sunny here today but still quite cold. The winds eased a good bit and the birds went out the lofts about 10.30 this morning and weren't called in till about 3.30 this afternoon. They had a good look about today and were on and off the loft roof
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5:02pm Tue, 26th February 2008
We had y/bs arrive from 4 different entrants today, namely S.D.B. Lofts, T.G.F. Lofts(both the Birmingham area), Matt Wiggins & Sons(Potsmouth) and John Fellows(Co Durham). All of them ate and drank well within half an hour of being put in the lofts.
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8:02pm Mon, 25th February 2008
The day started not to bad today but by mid afternoon it was back to high winds and rain. The y/bs were out the lofts from early morning until it started to get a bit wild for them. They are all now getting the hang of going through the bobwires. Mor
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10:02pm Sun, 24th February 2008
On Saturday the winds eased a bit so the y/bs went out again and they had a bit of a fly aswell. The usual heart stopping stuff that y/bs put you through when they are finding their wings. All over the place at high speed. They were out for about 4 h
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7:02pm Fri, 22nd February 2008
I'm sure most of you will know that the galeforce winds, up in these parts, continued today along with driving rain so the y/bs had to be content with me going in and spending a bit of time with them.
I had the pleasure of meeting Tom Linden a
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5:02pm Thu, 21st February 2008
The y/bs that went out yesterday were kept in the loft today due to the galeforce winds sweeping across the country up here.
We did take delivery of a bird from Stranraer and Pigeonbasics member, Terry Johnson had his 4 entries sent up with co
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8:02pm Wed, 20th February 2008
I had a couple of visitors at the lofts today, the first being at about 9.30am and I can tell you that it was very cold here this morning.
I decided to wait until about 12 o'clock before opening the vent and letting the y/bs out for the first
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11:02pm Tue, 19th February 2008
You had better believe it.
I've had many exciting times with pigeons and I'm now experiencing something that I can only discribe as 'gut churning'.
The last 2 weeks have just flown in and we're now at the stage where the first y/bs wi
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9:02pm Mon, 18th February 2008
For a good few weeks now, anyone visiting the lofts has had to reverse back a long way in order to get out of the place, but today we took delivery of yet another 40 tons of type1 so in a day or 2 we will have the turning point finished.
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8:39pm Sun, 17th February 2008
Today saw Mr & Mrs Andrucci from Shilbottle, Northumberland driving up and hand delivering their entries and it was a pleasure meeting them.
Yesterday, I changed the feeding slightly as the y/bs were leaving certain grains, probably due to th
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6:41pm Sat, 16th February 2008
Richard was down this was today so called in for a look at the lofts and birds. He also resolved my problem with the pictures so we're fully functional again. While we were in the loft, Richard commented on how well the y/bs were looking and they wer
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6:53pm Fri, 15th February 2008
Thanks to Richard Sanderson(Webmaster)for doing the new advert for the BHW. I was well pleased with it and I had a few calls today that made reference to it so it looks like it had the desired effect.
I see Bilco gave the Galway one loft race
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6:31pm Fri, 15th February 2008
I couldn't post up yesterday due to a few computer problems.
I decided to give the loft a 2nd coat of preserver while the weather was good.
I also took delivery of another couple of y/bs from Wales.
One of the problems I have wi
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5:02pm Fri, 15th February 2008
Kenny's asked me to let everyone know that he's having some problems with his computer.
Work continues at the loft and I'm sure regular updates will resume soon.
Richard
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12:13am Thu, 14th February 2008
I took full advantage of the weather today and completed treating one of the lofts.
I also spent about an hour with the y/bs in the loft and they are coming on great.
I'm expecting more birds to arrive tomorow and hoping to get a few m
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7:36pm Tue, 12th February 2008
Yes, even up here we do get good days and I took full advantage of it today and managed to get one of the lofts almost fully treated and most of this was done while working in a t-shirt.
The y/bs in the loft enjoyed the sun coming through the
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12:16am Tue, 12th February 2008
The weather up here has finally given us a break for a couple of days and I hope to get the lofts painted this week so anyone intending on visiting, please feel free to bring a paint roller/brush or large coffee.
The y/bs in the loft were vac
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2:13pm Mon, 11th February 2008
Over the weekend I was attending meetings for various organisations which meant the birds in the loft were tended to by my brother, Stevie.
Stevie and I fly in partnership and his assistance around the lofts will be an ongoing thing so you ca
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6:40pm Fri, 8th February 2008
Not much happened down the lofts today due to the fact the digger got a puncture.
I spent some time in the lofts letting the y/bs get to know me and after a while they just seemed to ignore me. I'm very conscious of the fact that these y/bs wi
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7:42pm Thu, 7th February 2008
The weather has been a little better the past couple of days but all the rain we've had has put the landscaping works back a while. I spent most of the day at the lofts and finally managed to get the guttering on the front of the lofts.
Today,
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8:52pm Wed, 6th February 2008
6-2-08
Today saw us open the doors to the one loft race and take delivery of the first y/bs for this years races.
I had a call from the house to say, that the 3 birds from the Renton, Bainbridge & Burrows syndicate had been delivered.
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10:12pm Mon, 10th December 2007
1st Prize in the Final Race is now a guaranteed £10000 and can only go higher. We will now be having 4 Hot Spot Races, each with a guaranteed £1000 in prizes.
The Ace Cock and Ace Hen over all 5 races will receive a guaranteed £1500 each.
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9:49pm Sun, 9th December 2007
Hi All
Just a quick note to let you know that all health screening for the one loft birds will be carried out by the Retford Poultry Partnership who are based in Nottingham. Anyone wishing to have their own birds screened should phone 01777 703011
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3:39pm Tue, 4th December 2007
Hi Folks,
Things have taken a bit longer than anticipated to get to where we are just now but as you'll see from the photos, things are now starting to come together.
In the past 3 weeks or so we have been held up by we
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