jimmy white

good news fifer,,all good for the sport too,,,,well done

;D ;D ;D ;D the trophies dont pay the rent westy ;D ;D ;D ;D youll have the same one day, mark my words

in my opinion westy ,i would use your stall traps, you can get the ring off the bird without frightening it,[i you frighten it, it wont come in the following week, they never forget] the open door is an exellent fast way of trapping, but for a beginner i would say the traps, as with the open door ,if its not done perfectly, and a bird flys back out,youll have trouble, you could allways practise both ways whilst training.

yes pecked hen, let them fly in their own time,, but your spot on up to now,.. when their out flying, make sure their hungryish, and then rattle a tin of corn and throw a few handfulls in the inside, they wil soon cotton on, that when they here your voice and the tin rattle, they will know it means grub, and drop in, best of luck, you seem to be doing well :)

i agree with bruno ,,,,its basicly a waiting game,,,,,but if theres no more reports of avian flu, in the near future,,,,i fear something very odd is going on. i hope im wrong

yes it was a prisoner snowy, just needto hope someone finds it, hope youve had kuck with yours jw

ive read and listened to all on his bird flu,,,,,but something, dont ask me what, doesnt seem to strike the right cord,,,theres seems to be one hell of a lot of coincidences,,the swan , the way it was found , the time defra took, the bird being torn apart by other birds, not one other bird infected [up to now anyway]it was 8 days before we found out , it had lay dead before that for24 hours before anyone came after being reported, it had been dead a while before that, i dont know ,maybe its just me, but something rings strange about it, i cant put my finger on it, but its been bugging me for a couple of days now, maybe i shouldnt have put this post on,, but i have a strange gut feeling about this, and i dont know what it is,,it was also found the day the government done the" trial run"theres a lot of this that sounds odd to me, but then again maybe thats just me.

escaped from sbelbin b, cheq feather legged hen, su. 98.ml...... [feeding youngsters] north of england area

;D ;D welcome home,, ;D ;D ;D feel like eglebert humperdunk ;D ;D

the birds tested up to now anyway,,have all proved negative for h5n1, but still a lot of testing to do

;D ;D ;D no wonder your saying ,",deary me" hyacinth ;D ;D ;D

yes i agree with hyacinth,, but ill bet you could play some tricks with that bird in the racing

fanciers that love pigeons ,,,it might be" natures way" of solving a few problems in the sport , agree with silver wings , good one for a poll

nice tidy loft fergie, hope things go well for you, cheers

:) thanks , very nice of you all,,jimmy :) ;D ;D nowt wrong withe the legs rose, i was just running them in for the budgie ;D ;D

hi carl , i missed your post a bit back, sorry,,,but your right ,when their feeding young they allways seem to be looking for something , i think your right theve been in the chick weed, picking at that, off course they could be eating other things in the chick weed,? i feel sorry for mine having to keep them in , but do give them everything i can think of, even a big tuffet,with the earth still on,,, the funny thing is though, theyll eat what they want to eat ,,,and know when to eat it

ross finnie msp

yes bruno thats the bits you dont see, nice to see ross finnie having a quiet dander, just to reasure us all??

maybe should get these two posts linked together,,,tips on racing and,,,tips

a good tip is for a yb sitting ,especialy the longer races, is to put about 5 eggs under it, take the cock away for a day ,and watch it trying to tuck its eggs under it, it gets them under one side then they pop out the other , it then tucks them in that side and so on, it makes the yb keen as it thinks its got to look after these eggs itself or racing to its first hatch, again with the cock away for a day and even a night widowhood cock for longer races ,especially an older bird , after not seeing its hen for a few weeks ,turn the bowl and put 2 .3 day two ybs in the,day b4 the race marking, but keep renewing the yb as the cock will have no soft food, it gets keen trying to fed them. it doesnt allways work ,but has worked for me :)

things could change now, a lot depending on the next week,

at the moment in mid lothian,,its frrrrreezing, with sleet and snow :'( :'( :'(

;D ;D ;D could quite well kip in there, might have to if i get evicted ;D ;D

bird of prey found dead ,,now in lab for tests h5n1 bbc, news 6pm

:) all looking good ,very contented looking :)