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dust yesen off and get back up one race can destroy most lofts , no-ones immune to it , we all get bad races , the more you learn the better you'l get , but when you get a bad race , it's a bad race , yes some birds will always make it through , hope you can pick yasen back up , and hope yer starting to feel better

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been crap here all day , you got any away Jim ??????

well done indeed :emoticon-0137-clapping: :emoticon-0137-clapping:

animals that hunt to kill are only doing what nature intended however , it will remember it's been frightened , however if hungry it also knows were food is , so if on it's patch will return , electronic cat chasers or scarecrow water devices or electric fence will make your loft more securer however a patterdale terrier probably most effective cat deterant

I believe most took the chance at the channel knowing there was mist and fog on the channel , because most thought better to put them up because of the heatwave the day after , which is when most of my birds turned all by 2 one the 3rd day missing 1 card winner , albeit Guernsey is at the west side i wonder what was it like at the Eastbourne end , i expect my birds 2 year olds and over to be on the day but if couldn't cross till after 12 on the Saturday then they would of been 2 day birds , yes some fantastic birds made it on the day but only a small percentage . But i do believe organisations or even the unions could pay for up to date live conditions and shipping forecasts on all channel racing , at worse should be able to get contacts on the coast to get to know what the visibility is like I read most that liberated 12 and 12.30 had a good race after the fog / mist had lifted

i quite often have my traps open not ideal however I don't have a cat problem

yes happened to me once

how many you got away Rose ???? let me know how you get on weather not brill here looks like rain 90% grey skys , hope you get a good race with good returns

was thinking that it's second time this has happened , if was a member of the public they'd be banned from owning dogs and locked up !!!!! if it's a copper they get there wrists slapped at best !!!!

good birds but we all needs a sprinkling of luck from time to time

Cheers Tammy surprised dropped the griz hen I expected her in first 2 birds but 5 from 6 pretty good and only one of them had been to 512 miles before and the grizzle had carded before my guess is two day race up early white coloured pigeon bang , a bops breakfast grrrrrrrrr !!!! if not back by tomorrow I doubt be seeing her again

quite agree ybs mature too fast , also most reckon the young bird sickness was created by using darkness , if ybs are raced on darkness i believe it burns them up and they fall like flies as yearlings , most continental fanciers specialise is either young birds , sprint , middle or distance racing , very few do all , if they specialise in yb racing they don't keep them after racing , perhaps they already know this burns them out , but the effect of darkness and light ybs on a transporter is this they tend to break up into groups as the darkness and light birds will leave natural birds standing , perhaps this is why some loose birds , but I bet the majority of lost birds are darkness birds .

I don't think racing ybs over 200 miles does them any favours at all , at any distance preferred

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5/6 dark chequer hen expected her to be last one , was in when checked this morning hen covered in oil just one adrift , hopefully she'll work in

Hot hot hot and no wind :emoticon-0157-sun: :emoticon-0157-sun:

Roll on Thursday for fed result , i get a feeling might be a bit quicker this week

unfortunately not im afraid , they can kill ybs in nest over a period of time them there also a pest as can effect racing birds resting resulting in poor results and anaemia from lack of iron so are a silent killer but tend to go for chicks firstly or weak birds Davy a good article here covering quite a bit re protein and other things such as poisoning / canker overdosing : http://www3.telus.net/npaw/gchf07.html

could be too much protein he might want to lighten the feed with barley hp is high protein if he added 20% barley to his mix then stop feeding when they start to leave the barley

blood suckers they are , they like dark warm places and are attracted to carbon dioxide so young are better to feed from , if there's chickens near your loft if you haven't had red mites it wont be long before you get them , can get sprays and dust , blow torch is also useful , ybs have bare skin ( apart from down ) so are easier to prey from

could be anaemia caused by red mite they mainly feed at night like been under bowls or in crevices , eliminate these probable causes first or as said your mate will need to see a vet

check his loft for red mites they go mainly for chicks in nest , find out what he's feeding , if neither red mites or too much protein then needs to see a vet