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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

red mites need continual treatment there very prolific and have a 4 day cycle , they can live for 8 months without a host , i'm assuming that the birds that are going off there legs are hens which are over weight , or could be feeding too much protein

does he give them grit ????? could be a calcium efficiently , or over weight hens , other reason could be red mites other than that a trip to the vets

report it to R.P.R.A via link below http://www.rpra.org/StraysReportingForm/tabid/105/Default.aspx

5001 – 6000 WM329 ARDEN D F C Mr W A Paddock, 51 Keats Road, Harden, Walsall, West Midlands WS3 1DS. Tel: 01922 497822

Cheers Archie :devil:

Cheers

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Bourge East Coast Fed 25th June 2011 Wind west 512 miles 1 Mr & Mrs Lawton Vel 1062 11th fed 2 Mark Kettlestring Vel 853 15th fed 3 Mr & Mrs Lawton Vel 816 17th fed 4 Mark Kettlestring Vel 603 25th fed 5 M Warwick Vel 578 26th fed 6 Mark Kettlestring Vel 547 27th fed 7 Mark Kettlestring Vel 509 29th fed Only 7 birds home

Unfortunately in order to help we need the ring number the white bands looks like a phone number and cant read the ring number beneath it sorry if you give ring number then someone maybe able to help the bird's wing may be stamped with a phone number on

6.00 pm red hen 4/6 expected her 5th 2 to come

don't leave food in front of them 24/7

3.57 bronze hen 3rd back expected her 3rd 3 to come :cry-blow:

was expecting her second but not yet, 1st one expected blue chequer hen 1st , second 1 blue chequer cock expected 4th , so grizzle can't be far away i hope bugger at least hes there fer another day well done

Cheers , any luck yet Alf ???

cheers BIGDA 4 to come grrrrrrrrrr hate two day races !!!