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Castleview If you are Eye Sign orientated,you should pay heed to Jack Barkels methods,have studied many different mehods by many fanciers,and all undoubtly have something to offer,to my own opinion Jack has a lot more than most,eye sign is not some kind of miracle,its an aid to help a fancier in a better selection programe,if a bird hasnt got all the other requirements,then eyesign isnt going to be much use,likewise if the fancier is not up to scratch,good luck whatever you do.

In fairness the previous three days have been nice on this side,slight S/W wind with warm sunshin,but now this evening wind has gone round to a N/W direction and a little stronger,and bitter colddefinitely no weather for training,nourishment they want at this stage not punishment.

Geraint I was in this instance referring to England,with Wales Scotland and Ireland competing,you would have your International,its a possibility,if we could manage to lift ourselves from the many small minded issues dogging this sport.

That appears to the main input for some on this site,as stated aboveI beleive there should be a set fee fixed as regards sale ads for birds,two tier rates based on a single/yearly for sale ads

In agreement with Roland,Holland and Belguim geographically small in comparsion to England,create proper and fair Sections,otherwise all kudos would be on South East Coast location,and create races within a race so to speak,with equal rewards and merits to birds winning in Sections possibily racing hundreds of miles further,also in agreement with Andrew as to defination of a National,no radius must be open to all flyers within that Nation.

How many birds in total ya got Rob,is it just the four or have you got others.

C.mon lads this is a newbie looking for help and advise,anyon enear to him

Whereabouts are you living Rob,is there no other fanciers living around,nearby

Lovely to see,always kept lurchers myself,my present one and sadly my last one ,now 16 years old,,will be lucky if she sees this summer out,we have four sons,now all with their own families,enjoyed every moment of their shared youth with Lurchers/Terriers/Ferrets,Fishing wonderful memories of different incidents,and good laughs,one of our sons,has got Lurchers/Terriers/with two lads of their own,who are doing what their Father done,and enjoying it no end,wish both of you all the best and enjoy every moment.

Expect you have got to read between the lines,gullibility is a strange feeling,there are many who fall for it on a regular basis,and lots of times its down to themselves,they have a few bob anxious,or even over anxious for success,they leap in head first,not only for pigeons,all these miracles potions/tonics/pills/vaccine/a multitude of crap,makes a pigeon LOOK better,it wont make it a better pigeon,newcomers coming into sport must be fuddled by the hype,there are good pigeons out there to be bought, but as a fancier, even if you acquire good pigeons,you have got to have ability to sustain these lines,if not its gone like a puff of smoke,once again you may face the pitfalls of buying,you have to serve an apprenticeship with pigeons,how long,thats down to your capabilities,to learn,we should all be capable of learning something new every day,any new starter,my advice to you ,dont pay cash for pigeons at first,get some freebies,learn about them,healthwise,all the facets of management,make your mistakes,and learn from them,you wouldnt begin to learn to drive in a porsche,learn in a mini.

Racing condition as the header of this post asks,you know you have them in this after the results of the first few races,how a fanciers achives this is dependant on an amount of different things,fitness,is one condition,ability,and motivation,these are only four,but there is a multitude of things hidden amongst these four,how to achive these,there are many different ways all dependent on the fancier,all equally successful,excercise,training,feed,systems,breeding duties,motivation, are just some,which ever you choose to do,you must put at least 100% effort into it,and youre n with a shout,if the calibre of birds being flown have the capabilities,to get results,if they havent,and remember there are always exception to any rule,but if birds are are not up to it and less then 100% you wont be at the races,nothing in this game of ours can be carved in stone,each fancier must find his own methods,system,and do it 100% ,cutting his cloth according to his measurea combination of first four are essential for racing condition,how a fancier achives same is entirely down to him.

I have had pigeons from a fancier in Newport Gwent Sth Wales these have N rings and are 07 reg

Yes agree with Tammy wonderful,caring,gestures,by both of you,well done to both of you

Very good idea for anyone without time ,but eight hours light is the recommended time ,its not that darkness youngsters are better than normal youngsters,its they are better equipped considering the moulting progress

Many thanks swilcox,and well done on helping out with (Lodger in Kitchen) another nice gesture.

Wish you well with them Stu,like above post I would also like to know base lines,just a request,no ulterior motive.

Weathe rhas been quite nice on this side since Sun,the strong/cold N/E temp has dropped slight W/S/W very mild, very good weather for birds and ourselves

Good morning Jack You may have answered these before if so sorry,at what age of bird do you start to evaluate its eyes. What strength of loop/glass do you recommend,or is it down to individuals eye. Thank You.

Wishing all involved all the best,best of bloodlines,sure to be some top class lines got here,and a very worthy cause.

Not to worry Vic,more or less what Massc said GOBBLEDEGOOOK

Vic is Touched by genius or kicked by a jennyass

No problems if you want to take a third round,making sure they get through full moult,you could breed away till around mid-june,if you do make sure and train them this season

Wasnt that long aga Vic,youwere in a bit of a quandry yourself re birds,and asking for advice,your comments a bit like that Liverpool defence,lots of holes in it.

Invalid Its hard to tell from pictures,but swilcox has offered to look it over for you,and picture doesnt show me a healthy pigeon,for whatever reason,hope for bird and your sake you might take him up on offer,if there is anything amiss,its important he is diagnosed and treated for same.Just being cautios more than anything else.

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