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chees mate

hi everyone. does anyone know where i can buy the big cardboard boxes that the couries use. i had some but when i am not here i have to leave the birds boxed up for the couries. i do ask for a replacement box but some of the drivers just pick them up and leave without leaving boxes. if i cant buy any do you think the couries would take them in a cardboard box from the supermarket with holes put in or do they have to be proper burd boxes. thanks everyone.all the best kev

I will let you all know what colors I get

Wow thank you all your info is great thanks again

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I have decided to mix my kirkpatricks up a bit next year and have decided for the first time to breed my stunning yellow kirkpatrick cock birds which are Louella based down the line with my black slightly pied kirkpatrick hens which are from firs loft down the line.I wonder what colors I will get. Cheers Kev

Thanks for your reply

hi again. i have a house in france and i know it is a way off at the moment but when i do move over when i retire can i just pop a basket of pigeon in the car and take them to their new loft in france or do i have to complete a mountain of paperwork and everything that goes with it. i know that when i do go these will have changed but was wondering how it stands at the moment. take care everyone, kev

hi i entered 7 pigeons in 2009 with a team of kirkpatricks. even my yellow kirkpatrick flow all her training tosses flow hot spot races and even flow the big final race. i am going to enter 5 kirkpatricks next year and one of them will be a yellow. i will be racing under the name spencroftkirkpatrick . i will let you all know how my team of vintage kirkpatricks get on against all the fashionable continental strains that will be entered. cheers kev

cheers mate, take care

hi all hope you are all well. i am just about to fill out my rpra one loft race paper work in the homing world and where is states name no more than 20 letters is that my name or the name i want my team to race under. thanks for your help

Good evening everyone, hope you are all well. I have been talking to a bloke today who asked at what sort of age is a young bird to old to go to another loft and still be able to be let out and race to his new loft. I said at about six weeks as after that they get strong on the wing, is this correct or can they still go to a new home if they are a bit older. thanks kev

Hi Boys and Girls Ever since I have kept pigeons in wooden lofts, as the lofts get older the mice seem to chew the backs of the lofts and make holes. Next year I will be moving to pastures new with the spencroft Kirkpatricks and I am now looking at brand new pigeon lofts. Are there any fancier's out there who have this problem and are there lofts out there that are mouse chew prof, ie made of other materials. Any ideas would be great, thanks.

i still keep pure Kirkpatricks. I house GB04Z83592 grizzle cock and GB04Z80730 grizzle hen both gggrand son / dtr of Champion Stranrar simon 1st scottish national rennes and kings cup. Also house gb00t66933 g grandson son of champion cornish supreme 1st open WECA Luxumburg bred by the late A Hill paired to Champion fechan lass 1st and 3rd open SNFC Rennes. I also house kirkpatricks that still have John Kirkpatricks ring numbers on their 4 generation pedigree

Kirkpatricks 80 miles to 650 +

thanks for all your reply's. Im based in wisbech, cambs

Hi everybody Due to changing family circumstances from the end of this years breeding season i will no longer be able to keep my birds at home. Its a shame but i am separating from my wife and we need to sell up. Over the last 10 years i have built a family of Kirkpatricks and was wondering if there was anybody out there who could keep them for me until i got sorted out. I think it would be a shame just to give them up and really want to keep them going. I will get them down to the bear minimum but it would still be about 60 birds. of course i would pay for everything and pay for the help im getting. I know i have months to go but i need to know in my mind whats going to happen to them Hope your all having a better new year than i am All the best Kev spencroft lofts

thanks for that. I have just bought one on ebay so fingers crossed its not to hard to use lol cheers kev

Happy new year to you all. This year i want to have professional photos taken of my top stock birds. The reason being they are getting on now and i would like to put the pictures in the BHW when i put my adverts in. Does anyone know of someone who can take really nice photos. I live in wisbech in Cambridgeshire so will be looking around that sort of area i know i will have to travel but dont want to go to far. thanks kev

I have just been in the pet shop and a bloke was buying all the tobacco stalks and telling the shop assistant that he was pairing his birds up this week. was just wondering when the members on here are pairing up. I hope all your breeding plans go smooth all the best kevin www.spencroftlofts.co.uk

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What do you think is the best stuff on the market for pigeons with respiratory problems and whats the best on line supplier of the item. thanks kevin

Hi just been down the loft and picked up a bird that was a bit ruffed up, slight noise when breathing and a white wax substance in his mouth. Do you think this is canker. I have been told that all birds carry canker but i have never had one like this before. I will have to nip down the pet shop tomorrow to see if they have anything. What do you give birds with canker and do i treat this bird or treat the whole loft. thanks for taking the time to read this all the best kev

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thanks mate