jimmy white

great job c,s very interesting,, liked the pic of pecked hens , whites all looking well ,,,and the bird sitting on the babies ,very good indeed

brilliant pic birds trapping down , with the sun going down ,lovely photo

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olbias oil ,, nazeline, creosote , vic ,, if you need to use the likes of these, and theres many more,,,i would be tending to look at my ventilation system and ammount of birds kept per cub. metre air space

very sad news ,especialy so young,,my condolences to his family

glad youve got him out ,, ive had this myself , the bird cleaned itself pretty qiuickly, just by ordinary baths,,,and preening

its allways sad when you lose a fancier freind ,, rest in peace tony reddin

so sorry to hear this compo, my thoughts with you and your family

thanks lads,, mitch will see message [photo finish ;D ;D ;D]

yes thats the stuff ,bruno,,,as i say ,i got it for myself but began giving it to the birds, a while ago ,i thought they lacked shine and dry feathering , tried hormoform, but didnt think it as good as it used to be , and really, the birds werent that keen on it,,,so ive been mixing this cold pressed hemp seed oil [ a couple of shakes "when you take the top off its like a vinegar bottle top"into a bowl of their feed ,the night b4 ,, im sure the birds look far better for it , with a great shine,and better feathering ,,, but will let you know how it goes later,

with due respect david i think this is a high dose 1gm per litre [i think for larger animals such as calfs pigs etc ,] i had been advised by vet to use 0.5 g per litre for pigeons for 5 days ,,,,, maybe just check ? jimmy

i did ;D ;D ;D it said vac me ;D ;D ;D

infantrymen are trained to fight on the ground artillerymen are responsible for the big guns, armor refers to men who fight in tanks , and the air force for a group of soldiers who fought in the air, during world war 1 one of the oldest groups of soldiers was the members of the U,S ARMY SIGNAL CORPS,since the birth of our nation, it was these men that were responsible for insuring that messages between all units [including messages to other branches like the navy and marines ] got through, the army signal corps identifies itself by a torch with two crossed flags, these reprisent SIGNAL FLAGS], a common way that messages were passed using code. when the u,s, entered world war 1 in 19 17 , the army signal corpswere given 600 PIGEONSfor the purpose of passing messages when it couldnt be done by signal flag or feild phone. THE PIGEONS WERE DONATED BY PIGEON BREEDERS IN GREAT BRITTAIN, then trained for their jobs by american soldiers. during the meuse-argonne offensive, the 2 month battle that finally ended world war 1 ,,,,,442 PIGEONS were used in the area of verdun, to carry hundreds of messages ,this is how the system worked; when a commander in the feild needed to send a message, he first wrote the message out on paper, trying to be both breif and yet as detailed as possible, then he called for one of signal corps officers, who would bring one of the PIGEONS that went with the soldiers in battle, the message would be put in the capsule on the birds leg, and the bird would be tossed high in the air to fly home, the carrier pigeon would fly back to his base ,behind the enemy lines . when landed, the wires in the coop would sound a bell or buzzer, and another soldier of the signal corp would remove the message ,from the cannister and then send a telegraph. feild phone or personal messenger, to the right persons . carrier pigeons did a most important job. it was also very dangerous. if the enemy soldiers were nearby when a pigeon was released ,they tried to shoot the pigeon down,so the message couldnt be delivered. some of these pigeons became very famous [as mentioned in all previous posts] one pigeon, known as the mocker flew 52 missions before he was wounded, another was named president wilson ,,,,,,he was injured in the last week of the war, and it seemed impossible for him to reach his destination.though he lost his foot , the message still got through to save a large group of surrounded american infantrymen,,,,,,,,,,,,the pigeon keepers of today are still keeping and racing the relatives of all these brave birds ,that saved litterally thousands of lives ,,,,,just think about it ,quite amazing ,,,,,,jimmy white

;D ;D ;Di think the light house keeper would become a pigeon keeper ;D ;D ;D

i would say the most common problem [not desease ] is a higher count of cocci ,followed by some type of canker [there are many types] then maybe worms [round worm] most of these can be kept at bay, with the proper management, cleanliness ,fresh air etc ,,,,antibiotics for as a very last resort and be advised by vet

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ive often advocated that bruno,, go direct east from edinburgh will take you to the tip of denmark which is about 400 miles of north sea , most say the birds wouldnt do it , but how can anyone know unless its tried , i for one would beleive good birds would do it ,,,,same distance to eyemouth as it would be to aberdeen, , glasgow district would get full miles overfly from edinburgh approx 40 mies, remember the irish birds are crossing two seas ,,,who knows?

plenty fresh air sure helps prevention , but also a clean,dry loft ,, as a last resort use tylan [antibiotic ] i,e vets advice

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well done tony

i would say most of them are a victim of a hawk attack,,,,it may kill one ,but the rest of the batch will just scatter, into trees ,wires ,roads anyplace i,e most of the injuries ,, [ive had it happen to myself ,one killed,, the rest,, broken legs, flights ripped with wires etc etc a mess] especialy when attacked by the perigrine

pigeons never cease to amaze you who knows ,could turn out a champ, worth a try ,anyway

well done alf ,, typical poolers to come,,,lets hope you get them back yet

well done to all who have timed , very difficult going , still time for more yet,, so lets hope.

excellant flying expat ,congrats ,havent heard of anything in the uk yet , but would hope to ,soon once again , very well done