well done tammy lad and good for you graham just hope you pick up were tam left of WINNING as i know from personal experience tammy did quite a bit of winning in his club with these pigeons
Think this is the point most fanciers miss rose once they have trated for something with antibiotics they have to replace the good bacteria and its not done by giving vitamins in the water for one day they have to use a good probioctic
Think the blood quill might be a sign that the bird has taken a knock?
if you can get your hands on the old hand book THE MANAGEMENT OF RACING PIGEONS chapter 5 goes into more detail concerning blood quills and is well worth a read