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Nowadays with cross infection in the baskets never let my racers go beyond 2-3 weeks max without having a canker treatment for 24 hrs works for me but everyone to there own

Agree there walter i dinnae like it either back to using large diary like years ago which is brill,although i had a few years back a system from Ray Knight which was first class,still got it in the house somewhere but its a bit like lord lucan and no turned up yet

Already dropped here big time ,nipped out and gave the doos a wee extra

Brill :lol:

Would agree with you about no need for protein for birds up to 300 mls,find on gerry plus they will win comfortable up to 300mls only adjustment that i would make after watching forcast if NE were forcast alter there last 2 - 3 feeds with a wee something special.jmo

Yes it was out on time .atb mick

Stock birds started to lay ,widow cocks settled with there mates eggs only no young,widow hens not paired till march eggs only also

Looks as if the hen is just not settled into her new surroundings and longs for home be patient and give here time to settle,its your choice but pure water would be a good choice ,a doctor does not give us all those treatments when we move house atb mick .

Yes as the above states 2002 ,fast forward ten years 2012 there numbers are completely out of control any nest not having a successful hatch of 3 young can quickly be brought to numbers by there extensive breeding program whereby they introduce the young to the nest sites all this costs a very large amount of money ,Linda Brooks and her staff at the Scottish union put a considerable amount of effort into this for years to no avail as each time they thought they were making progress with an MP he or she was moved to another post leaving them at square one which was most annoying for all concerned,The raptor alliance and the rpra are now trying to address the issue ,pity they had not came on board ten years ago and helped Linda and her staff.Reading the issues of the RP and BHW after this years Blackpool show and seeing the pictures of all the cheque's being donated to charities there lies a major problem has any of those said charities ever came out in National press and supported the pigeon fancy,until the day that all money's are forwarded to a central fund to employ a top barrister to fight our corner and put us on a par with the RSPB we are wasting our time.When a study of falcon nests was carried out in this area i highlighted the nest sites to one of the men employed in the study he told me that normally there are not a lot of rings to be found as these are cleared by the rspb members when they clear the sites after breeding to cover over the carnage from public view ,however he did state that a very vast amount of rings were found after the foot and mouth outbreak as no one was allowed access across farm land,good luck to those currently fighting our corner but until we employ a professional as stated above it will be a waste of time,I have witnessed this killing for 22 years now and it is only heading in one direction .

Never heard of it for years,would milton not do the same job .

Yes a very forward thinking fed ,run by professional people also with the purchase having taken place of a GPS system all federation members will be able to get state of the art measurements eliminating the guesswork of pin pricking a map, A Big Well Done To All Concerned . :emoticon-0137-clapping:

Fantastic performances sure you do not achieve those without 100% dedication hard work and really good Doos :emoticon-0137-clapping:

Have a good day John,Happy Birthday.

We Humans come in all shapes and sizes,and that does not make one of us better than the other. Its what's between the ears that makes the difference

Good Luck for today Mark,not be to many weeks now and you will be picking the pooler for the first race

It was on earth flight last week very impressive bet it looks great stuffed

Great looking at the photo with the birds enjoying the sun with no fear of hawks.

Photo no 3 extreme right gent with glasses ,clubmate of mine ,Bill Evans from Lockerbie

Thanks Toosh,i'm away for a wee lie doon bit sore sitting at this computer ,speak to you later atb Mick.

One of my clubmates bought birds from them couple years back,and a youngster he bred from them scored 2nd section national,seem to be good honest doos ,Good Luck.

My mate came round and put the hens to the widow cocks in the two sections this afternoon,yesterday my lassie put together boxes and fitted them in the stock shed put in the bowls and she let the doos in all 16 pair settled with no fighting so well proud of her

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Thanks for your replies appreciated,why i was asking have repositioned a stock loft and was going to add a type of aviary that i have designed the idea being that it will have a solid floor polycarbonate roof and solid sides,the front would have 1/2 square mesh covered with the wind break,they can then have access 24-7 with plenty of fresh air but no rain getting in ,from reading the replies i now intend to design the front so that any water penetrating the netting will run to the outside and not enter the loft ,the scaffolding netting will do fine now as one of the main reasons for also covering the front is there will be no need to close of the stock when the widowhood pigeons are at exercise.When i'm fit will now transfer the idea in my head into reality.

Your wee gang is doing A1

Could i have your views please,the wind /rain defective netting that one of the leading loft manufacturers offer for sale 2mtrs x 1mtr cost £24 Are these alternatives any good for above purpose From screwfix--Scaffold netting 50mtrs x 2mtrs £75 Apollo pvc fruit cage netting 16mtrs x 2mtrs £17 Apollo Garden netting 10mtrs x 4 mtrs £10 Just me being a skinflint (take care of the pennies the pounds will look after themselves) Thanks in advance.