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Some have a problem with red mite,, birds come off the young in the nest ,, If you are having a problem with them use tobacco stalks as nest material.. or use a powder from battles and put under the nest felts and in the nest.. let us know when you sort it.. ant

We fly in the welsh south road fed,, welsh south road national,, south west wales fed, welsh national flying club ( WNRF).. we fly in the west sections,, B Williams & son.. best of luck to all for 2010.. ant

Drag beats wind everytime,, but you can beat drag,, we do it most weeks,, we joined a club and were told we would never win as we live too far north ,, this club races south and the birds come from the south.. we have got the birds to come from the north and win,, It can be done but takes a lot of homework and hard work to do it.. we train our birds north east for racing south east,, Our birds have to break 40 miles from home,, and they do.. :) train them only on this line,, ant

bakes its a silver shadow van loon,, a cock bird,, it was lightly raced in 2009 but will be tested in 2010.. the basket never lies.. ant

only got 1,, lightly raced in 2009,, time will tell how good he is.. best of luck ant

This race is full.. I rang on monday and they had 11 left,, so I expect they are full now.. not bad for 1000 places.. I have 2 on my own and have another 2 in a 4 bird syndicate.. best of luck to all in it for 2010.. ant

lmao.. yip 2010.. she liked the basket in 2009 and she better like it again in 2010..lol ant

welldone to the winner and 3rd place,, I am very happy with 2nd,, she is a cracker and fingers crossed she likes the basket in 2009.. mine were 5 and 6.. 5 - busscheart x janssen 6 - marcelis best of luck and welldone to all.. ant

Marimans super winner we use mixed with other feeds.. very good food for sprinting upto250 miles.. ant

Bricon are in conversation with the NEHU over this ,, the bricon leg ring and chip stick can be used though.. If I find out before it goes to press I will let you all know ant

My oldman will be there from thursday to monday,, he is the drunk one bidding at all the auctions..lmao.. I am hoping to go up for the saturday.. someone has to feed the birds while he is away.. ant

This might help.. http://heartofenglandauctions.com/new_auction_sales_lambrechts10.htm best of luck ant

14 widowhood cocks 16 roundabout yearlings 50 latebreds for the future, these will get trained and raced to 200 in 2010 only. 70 young birds to be raced. have a great 2010 ant

We have a couple of hans de zwarts,, I think this is where linderluf got his birds from.. very good honest birds.. we have 2 here and between them 6 club winners bred and 2 x 1st feds,, also 3rd national young bird.. ant

My advice would be Van reets,, these will win upto 400 miles.. lots of the sprinting strains will not go that far,, We have got the de meyers in the last 2 years,, they are super upto 250.. but the van reets have matched them every time.. but we have more van reets.. Van Reets for me as they are easy to get and you can get very good ones for little money.. the new strains are not cheap and some are way over the odds.. best of luck,, a sprint team will take 2 to 3 years to get with careful planning,, distance can take upto 5 years.. have a great 2010 ant

Lee all you do is cut the bird out of the original picture and then put it onto any background you want,, all you need is the photo software,, adobe cs is good but can be very hard to master.. ant

happy birthday valient,, have a great day.. ant

very sorry to hear ,, when you start back I will breed you some young to race.. the very best of luck ant

here is a link to the ones we use.. added to the corn,, 2 teaspoons on 1kg of food.. http://www.schroederpigeons.be/index.php?page=products best of luck ant

we give amino acids, they get them on the food before the race.. this ensures no imbalences in anything before the race,, best of luck ant

These are the on top of eberyones wish list now.. the new in thing.. we have a son off ocean crest owned by premier stud.. best of luck in your search.. premier stud would be my choice for them.. ant

Tammy we have tried many feeding systems,, lots we have paid for.. our system at the min is a blend of a few of them.. trial and error is the best for your birds,, this way you will know exactly how much the birds need each week.. all the widowhood mixes are very good quality.. we feed - marimans ,, beyers,, we find these mixes very good indeed,, best of luck ant

As with many systems you pair the birds and rear a round from them before the racing,, depending on the races you want to compete at.. for the early races you would pair them early jan,, for the distance races you would pair them early and then re pair them,, or pair them feb to march for the task in hand.. best of luck ant

Widowhood is a very easy system to implement,, Pair the birds towards the mid to end of jan,, either take hens away or take hens and young away when young 17 days old.. get birds fit around the loft then train upto about 20 miles max.. birds live in front of box all the time except basketting day and race day.. motivate these birds by either giving them bowl and box or bowl box and hen before each race for 5 mins to 24 hours depending on distance of race.. On return cocks with hen from 30 mins to 24 hours depending on race.. Trainign between races is upto you but not needed with widowhood.. Birds go out and get trained around loft twice a day upto 1 hour each time.. yearlings will need a few trial runs back to the hens to teach them the game.. feeding is the key though,, over feed and they glide in,, under feed and they will be lost on a difficult race.. best of luck ant

all you need to do is add a small pot to each box when the young are growing,, fill with beans,, you will get strong healthy birds.. all our stock birds will have a pot of beans in their box.. they still get the breeding mix from the trough but the extra beans are there for the young in the nest.. Also our just weaned young birds will get maples for a week or 2 and nothing else.. this makes them eat big seeds.. stops them picking the small stuff out of a mix.. best of luck ant