jimmy white

great video jeams ,, all very interesting, look a lovely place to stay,

well done robbie, certainly was a hard race, good luck this week

kinda hard to vote pete, ,, flying an hour am and pm, on the face of it seems ok,, ,, but theres weather to think about , probably wouldnt want them to do an hour in pouring rain,lol i think if your birds are flying 20 mins am,, 40 mins pm,, then doing their up and down antics, should be fine,, sometimes i think its not the time they fly its the way they fly, would rather see them doing 20 mins with gusto, zip lol, than an hour trailing low above the chimneys so would answer in my opinion only [1] not neccessary [2]seems fine to me,, out an hour am then an hour pm,, flying 20 and then 40 mins, the racing should keep them race fit [3] dont "flog" them, youll need them for the races lol,, :D only taking micky there pete, but know what your saying,,,flag them lol,, i wouldnt flag them more, the flag can come in handy in certain instances, but would prefer to see them flying with gusto,,on their own,,, but as with pigeons, no define answer, but good luck anyway lol

lovely pics "grizzle",, yb,s looking good

welcome to the site rooster,,,

i would ask you to reconsider spin cycle,[ youve been on too long to leave now lol ],,, and in fact help " build the bridges" as you suggest, i completely agree with you,,but as in all walks of life, there will always be different opinions, etc, but having respect for each other, does, in my opinion go a long way, maybe we could all help build these bridges, and look forward to a great forum, i look forward to your posts "spin" best of luck

top flying steven,,, congratulations

happy birthday mac,, have a good one

forecast is not too good for the weekend,,, north east winds and low temps. dry with broken cloud in the lothians at the moment, but still east in the wind

ahhh great to see you back speck,, trust you to let everyone know that my neighbour had a polka dot car :D speck in form,, fantastic

hi bernard,, wee gaz on this forum is 13,, maybe worth a chat to him when hes online,, hes very keen on the pigeons like yourself

top class andy,, well done

i beat you to it :D

think tony would make a good politician :D but agree, there is def many good birds sometimes in the wrong hands, but as j,a,m says,, [hes sitting on the fence,,,a better politition ] i think you need good birds, but good birds need good management

i think your right as well vander,, i sometimes think that some fanciers, will breed from birds possibly because they have paid a lot for the parent birds, then try and "save" the yb,s even if they are not quite right,, in my opinion this is fatal,,and as you say, many will breed from almost anything, thinking that numbers will improve their team, to me , this will do the opposite,, its cheaper to feed a few good ones,, but a lot dearer to feed a lot of bad ones lol

just wondered what the members thoughts are,, on the old one,lol ,, what would fanciers place first,,, pigeon or management??,,,and why

working ok here sapper,,,

its just getting used to the new lay out,, but things improving quickly now, ,, see i can even do smileys now had to smile at roly,s post see another smiley

missed this year,[health wise] , but would hope to make it next year,,,,,great to meet old friends,, and new ones lol

could be any of the above, my guess a touch of thrush,, a good avian vet would be able to tell you right away,,, a half teaspoon full of aquuas iodine in their water would do no harm

they seem to be racing ok at the weight they are,, but by adding a few pea nuts will increase there weight,,, if theres any need to lol,, good luck

well done to all concerned ,, great sale,,

the most usual time birds will leave the maize is when feeding youngsters,,, also there are different times of the year when they will go off maize, they will usually eat more maize in cold weather[maize producing heat] than in hot weather,, but if the maize is sound and fed in a well balanced diet, they should eat it ok, ,, but there are birds that will prefer one grain to another, thats why many feed the grains separately,

in my opinion, theres no set average, i think there are many factors that can effect this average, firstly only breed off healthy contented birds, then only keep yb,s that are robust and well reared, from the very offsett, i think overcrowding is one of the worst scenarios, to my mind this only produces stress which in turn can cause health probs, i also think that all young birds "lost" are not all bad birds, there are many many hazzards nowadays, i still think the old adage of never "putting all your eggs in one basket" still goes,, looking at yb racing nowadays i still think its wise to stop some after being well trained and raced 100 miles, in short some good yb,s never get the chance to become good old birds, so the average can become somewhat higher , with good, carefull management,,,only my opinion lol

will try and buy some fence paint, a few plants,, then hint lol hopefully get a pb member to help use the paint and the plants up [in my garden ]