johnny11

thanks these are the only birds I have so being cautious. i have 14 and these will be next years racers

Hi Thanks for the advice IB its impossible for me to train of an evening unless someone else takes them for me Thanks John

Hi Could someone throw some light on the reason why young birds dont come straight home from their training flights. I have late youngsters and have been training 4 x 3 miles takes them somewhere between 45 mins and an hour. Took them 2 x 10 miles and the same story. Are these tosses too short for them as when I let them out for exercise they still run. Apart from this morning when they came in two lots they all return together Any ideas or help would be great John

Hi is anyone on any of these committees that could pm me Johnny

HI ROLY HOW IS LIFE TREATING YOU. IS EVERYONE OK JOHN

Hi Stuart Took just on 8hrs with an hour stop for breakfast. Your birds have some terrain to cover on race days. John

Just Like to say a massive thank you to Stuart (Blue Tooner) for taking the time out of his busy schedule to show me around Peterhead last week. Thanks for your kind generosity and if you are ever this way I will certainly return the favour John

Good luck Mark from Perpignan. Hope you get em

Hi Does anyone use Bricon ETS that could help me out John

Lightening does your Dad race in the North West Combine??? He must be close to me I fly 502 miles John PS What time did he clock???

Bigda What are you classing as sprint races?/ John Vic Hope you get the amal topper at the weekend John

Bigda How can they represent themselves, all delegates are mandated by their clubs feds etc. The problem lies with nobody turning up to club meeting and fed meetings then decisions get passed and people complain. When you ask them did they vote they say I was not at the meeting... Enough said. In our fed we have 16 races inland and 6 over the channel how is that catering for the distance men?? John

Paul Will the writing then be on the wall for the end of the combine????? John

A club has to put a proposition forward but this is only a recommendation they cannot take it anywhere without ALL clubs voting on it John John

Vic Does this mean the end of the North West Combine can the Amal afford to go over the water on their own The Wirral will vote for 6, but the channel programme is on the decline now so not too sure how the rest will go John

Hi Found the following bird in a distressed state. It died 24 hrs later. If you know whos this is please pass this on John

Bart happy you get her back John

Excellent john

let us know ho wit goes and we will get to the bottom of it if it does not work for you John Ps Have you registered the clock with the PC/ fancier

I have used vista for loading mine. Could you let me know your problem John

Which ETS?? John

Bart have you spoken to the bloke who took them. I spoke to the lad who arranged it and he said he will try and speak to SHU and find out wherabouts the birds were from. I am only a middle man, cant take any credit apart from informing everyone involved. Hope you get your hen bart John

Birds being taken to the border to be relesaed today. Hope they all get home. john

Salmonella in garden birds responsive to antibiotics Liverpool, UK - 2 June 2008: Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that Salmonella bacteria found in garden birds are sensitive to antibiotics, suggesting that the infection is unlike the bacteria found in livestock and humans. Salmonella is increasingly resistant to antibiotics and can sometimes go undetected in animals, which increases the risk of the infection being spread to humans. The team tested the strains found in birds in the laboratory and found that antibiotics were able to kill off the bacteria. Scientists believed that wild birds carried a variety of Salmonella strains and passed the infection on to livestock through their faeces. Scientists at Liverpool, however, have found that only two Salmonella strains are common in garden birds, neither of which is prevalent in livestock or humans. Research showed that these strains were a fairly distinct population of bacteria and well adapted in garden birds. They were particularly common in finches - such as greenfinch, siskins and goldfinches - as well as house sparrows. Dr Paul Wigley, from the National Centre for Zoonosis at the University of Liverpool, said: “Salmonella is a bacterium that causes intestinal infection in humans and can cause illness such as vomiting and diarrhoea - usually through contaminated food like meat or eggs. Symptoms in birds include weight loss, feather ruffling and lethargy. We have witnessed a number of deaths due to Salmonella infection in garden birds and so it was important that we investigated how the disease was being spread. “We thought that wild birds were incubators for Salmonella but have now found that garden birds carry two strains of a group of Salmonella microorganisms, called Salmonella Typhimurium, itself only one of over 2,500 types of Salmonella. We screened Salmonella genes we knew to be involved in causing disease and found that they lacked a gene normally found in the human form of the infection. “The work suggests that the infection will keep circulating in the same species, increasing the risk of further disease outbreaks. We now know that these Salmonella strains are not resistant to antibiotics but it would be inadvisable to use antibiotics in garden birds as this would inevitably lead to the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria within these populations. We also now need to explore other possible sources to understand the infection in livestock and humans.” The research, conducted as part of the Garden Bird Health Initiative led by the Institute of Zoology and in conjunction with the Health Protection Agency, is published in BMC Veterinary Research.

on my allotments there are now four Let me know what your mates arrangements are John