eastcoaster

sorry mate mixed you up with someone else . no idea about ybs in the fed , no one said but i had it before the racing and did lose heavy in the first race , again sorry for mixup .

so in the three longtowns the midland fed have raced you have not heard of anyone with big losses , for me i am trying to settle strange birds to a strange area so don`t consider my losses as anyone`s fault , but drive down through the longtown route and see for yourself , but as i said earlier everyone is getting hammered . ask your mate mr gibson how many doo`s he has lost this year and he is not alone ,,omo of coarse .

i have 4 strays in all from differant area`s none with a stamp on , why bother as you say , when you send to the nat you have to cover it up lol .

I fly with the midland now bobby as you know they fly the west and i have had horrendous losses and so have my club mates ! personally Longtown is the biggest problem coming up the terror valley , and for some reason all the other members tell me stafford terrible too, but to be honest as your lot (east scotland /pentland)know after getting hammered yourself`s last week don`t think it matters now whre you go , tossed 8 today from doug`s garden and am 3 missing 2 of them were at 110 mls last week .

was told racing in the west was hard ! too fooking right it is , done well enough with my old birds (mostly late breds ) but the yb`s have been a night mare , between ybsickness and hawks (lost 4 in the last 2days around the loft )i am down 30 ybs and they have only been to 110 mls , can understand why so many pack up because of the fooking percy . i am going to fight back over the winter months . always look on the bright side of life .

7/10 midland fed appleby but well of the pace mind you jumped most of them in at 110 mls so no so bad,

MIDLAND FED UP AT 2.00. bring it on lol

not looking good for us if they are holding another half hour ! how much can change in that time not a lot . well done topping the fed last week .

Nah Derek she is as hard as nails and reakon the percy see her coming and think thats a kirky bass am no messin wi her . thats her for season she has shown she has the love of home i`m looking for . any you want rid off send them over . lol

my wee team the same lost 8mins with first (still wouldny won ) 2nd doo satout for 20 mins . 1st doo a g/d off spider and wins £21 been my first doo both weeks ! west oh scotland doo

Have 3/3 out of Longtown but it seems a few are missing in the club . mind compaired to last week it`s a result as i dropped 14/17

ye did that mate and boy am i hurtin

I`m in the midland fed , at longtown on sat there was a lot of birds missing at clock check but not sure if many tell the truth nowadays ! me i got hammered but don`t think it was the anyone`s fault but mine . not had a single bird back since 12.30 on sat.

as a matter of coarse i think most of us cull some ybs but as mark gilbert says he leaves them so the flock get it done and over with ,

our transporter had 1 space on friday 25 bird limit if 1 guy sends 80 he uses 4 baskets means an incapacity of 20 birds next guy sends 70 incapacity of 5 so you lose a basket on transporter and so on . but i am in favor of it

you must be the only guy in pigeons that can prevent ybs ! i have and do pmv done cider vin done 2 days a week testing done twice before racing disinfect done virkon s and stalosan used regurarly i feed 2 kinds of versel laga and get matrix twice a week probiotic done also twice a week they should be in super condition but i still got the fooker and as for colostrum i tried that and it is as much good as the Jambo`s lol

this is a great idea but you would need a birdage limit as a couple in our club would need 4 baskets each .

i am big enough to say i have struggled with ybs this year , it has been 3 weeks since any of my birds have shown signs of it . so i sent on sat , the only thing anyone could say about my birds was they were carrying a bit to much weight ! i got hammered 3/17 home and they were fooked ,i challenge anyone to come to my lofts and look at my yb team and tell me i have had ybs . i handled a lot of birds on friday that were worse than mine . you can`t tell but honesty would help .

the biggest hurt is inside myself (i even told the missus) because i knew they were just not right ,

that is the lesson i learned today and will not forget it in a hurry .

I agree about the testing they came back clean but was told to leave them another week !!!, WISH I HAD NOW .

Virkon S works but as my last post say`s give them time to come back if the flesh is blue`ish don`t be tempted ,i am gutted that i was to blame for my disaster not the weather or bop ME . ps read brasspenning column in the homing world , even the best in the game get it .

well your info is better than mine as i was told they need 3to4 weeks after treatment before racing, i just sent them to first race and have 3/17 home and the ones that are home are fooked and was warned after testing to give them another week ! did i listen

sent 2 lost 2 think that means am oot , keep the flag fying colin .

concrete floor holds the cocci worm easy , grills or chip board best imo where did you stay in Longniddry ? i come from there !!!!