jimmy white

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glad to hear,, lister received his trophy, [he pm,d me but couldnt find link],,, the first, missing one is being looked into by the post office [ive received a letter of conformation],, both lister and i have tried our local parcel offices,, to no avail, so who knows,, it might turn up yet congrats to lister in winning the trophy :) well done indeed

i would completely endorse this post

has the tail been pulled out at any stage?? if the hardly newly moulted tail was pulled out, this would come out as blood quills , and could damage the new tail growing in,, i,e poor moulted new tail ,,,, but a picture would help

the blue pied hen daughter in the middle ;D ;D ;D best in show ;D ;D ;D the other daughter best in the pen ;D ;D ;D

well done ,, a lovely bird and well deserved prize,, good luck

hope these two young lads , keiran and wee gaz,, get a great cheer,, they well deserve it, , well done two great fanciers,,

send her up ;D ;D ;D

shake ;D ;D ;D a little later though 1990,, now looking for o.a.p any age 65 to 90 ,,able to dig garden, clean lofts, paint, cook ,, and thats all ;D ;D ;D

birds love a hot bath ;D especially after a race, where any knocks , bumps, etc can be soothed,, they will soon go into very hot water, as a pigeons temperature is a good few degrees higher than ours, ,, and the steam does them good too ;D

maybe later blaz ,,,,, the thread would be better on the" photos section" where you can have your own thread,,[," blaz,s pics,",,,its there for keeps that way] then add to it at any time,,,i.e the yb,s bred off these birds can be added next year,,, would proove an interesting thread ,, as it soon moves through the realms of the main notice board, in no time,,, just an idea blaz,, but good pics

i certainly did blaz ;D ;D ;D ;D [same way as you look at the mrs > > >],, hes a game old codger,, [the bird i mean blaz, ;D,,,not you ;D ;D ;D]

some great pics blaz.. and some cracking looking birds

very sad, rest in peace tony,, condolences to all family

how did you get on paul,, well i hope

i find if they havent been, at least trained,i would they are easier to loose as yearlings,, but if they have had some training, this would def help,, i wouldnt train them through the winter though, light too late ,,dark too early and unpredictable weather , but leave the birds to have a good moult ,,,, pigeons can be very surprising at times, and sometimes with a little patience and just a few races as yearlings,, as mature birds at 2 year old,, the skies the limit

yes, thats good thing in my opinion,, as theres a rim round the base of the nest pan, and if flat on the deck,, makes the holes in the bottom of the nest pan useless

i think thats spot on frank,, always worth experimenting on , but as you say, a little more complex than most think, the same lofts,say, in a different spot, may need different ventilation i,e some are in closed in areas others in the open areas etc,, etc , well worth experimenting to get it right,,

prefer to scrape i feel that with grills,the ammonia in the damp droppings would be rising up in front of the birds,, :-/

some great info here, very interesting as the ventilation is very important, i remember experimenting on this in many different ways ,, one was a simple 8 by 6 apex loft,, 2 louvres on the bottom front, 2 on the bottom back , i cut the apex 4 inches either side,full length of the loft,, then put a false apex about 4 inches higher, over lapping slightly the 4 inches either side [meshed the 4 inch gap ] on putting a smoke bomb, found the smoke disappearing in no time, out through the long gap in the roof, [i still work in inches ;D ;D ;D],, but it did work, and the few birds in it did very well,,,,,, maybe thats another point,, the more birds need the more ventilation

brilliant for these two young lads, both are as keen as mustard,, ,, and both good too ;D very happy for both these lads, and mums , dads,,,, and feel sure both of them will be [or even are ] top drawer fanciers, best of luck to them both

young ones with one eyed cold ,, bubbles ;D

lovely grizzle this one

could poss come under tips , a sure sign of one eyed cold is small BUBBLES ,, on the inside of the lower eyelid,, many fanciers often blame a pick in the eye,, but these bubbles will prove one eyed cold ,,a pick in the eye might cause a watery eye ,, but without these tiny bubbles