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Abbeyton Lofts -
The Racing Pigeon Loft of Mr & Mrs J Savage |
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The BHF trophy was first raced for in 1977 and it was then
that Andy had open heart surgery for a bypass operation and the records
show the first recipient of this marvellous trophy was none other than
the above. He could only watch from his bedroom window as his son Jim timed the famous pied cock. This bird broke the hearts of the Kilwinning fanciers as it won the pools
and nominations week after week after week. After this loft had won a barrow load of 1st prizes over the following years, disaster struck Andy again and he had to receive an emergency
operation in order to save his life. However the fairytale continues as that young boy of 1977, now a young man with his own family, was there to make sure the fairytale came true.
In 1995 the winning velocity was 1748 and the full brother to the Fed topper was 7th Fed on 1738. The winner a yearling cock feeding a 3 day youngster. |
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The Racing Loft of Mr & Mrs J Savage |
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The Abbeyton racing loft is 26 feet long
by 10 feet wide and is divided into 3 sections.
Two sections have 30 perches in each and the
third section has 21 breeding nest boxes. Inside
at the front of the loft there is a 2 feet wide
corridor, sectioned by 2 internal doors that
runs the full length of the loft. |
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The loft is fitted with three 8 bird stall
traps, mains power, dimmer lights and is kitted
out for use with the Express G2 ETS clocking
system from
Benzing. |
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For
the past few years we have been pairing up the old birds in
the last week in Dec., but this year 2011, since we have
26 cocks and 24 hens we paired 16 of them up on the
19th Feb.11. The first round youngsters will be shifted
in time for the training and before the first old bird
race of the season. |
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