jordanp31

hi i have recently got a new loft and i wondered what type of trap would be the easiest to build. I like the sputnick trap but i need to how to make one that will work well. Has anyone got any idears??? many thanks...

Thanks for all the response especially bruno and sbelbin... i found all of the infomation you gave me very helpful. I have noticed that all of my birds droppings are not the normal colour. They are definatly green and very wet...What does this mean???Would it mean that they just have a virus or could it somthing more serios??? many thanks

i dont know anything about the illness...but my friend was looking at the birds and i think he made the suggestion about coxi by the way they were puffed up etc. i will definatly check them for respiratory... but if they have the signs that you described carl, what must i do to treat them??? thanks for the help

thanks for the advice hyacinth... i am not in a club but i have had someone look at my birds and they said somthing about coxi??? i dont know much about it... is it curable and will it kill any of my birds??

hi i only have a small loft with 10 birds in it and i have noticed that since we have had some bad weather...(it has rained solid for a week) a couple of my birds have been puffed up and are not their self(if you no what i mean). i picked one of them up and he lost a few feathers on it back. As i am new to the sport i was just wondering if any one thinks their is any thing really rong with them or if they are just down because of the weather??? thanks jordan...

Thanks for the info every one... really appreatiated

du u want to go in the chat room then

Thanks for the pic rockinrick jordan

Thanks for the picture chatrace... this has really given me some inspiration jordan

my grandad got me interested in pigeons about a year ago. i started of with rolers but i would love to start racing. The problem is my parents arent intersted and my grandad has had rolers all his life and deosnt want to change to racers now. my parents like the rolers but they dont want me to race because they dont understand the sport... i think the problem is that their is interest in pigeon racing from young fanciers like myself but they cannot get the backing from family etc that they need to start up. It is hard for young fanciers to just say to their parent that they want to start to race pigeons... jordan

i am keeping rolers... jordan

i am not ging to race out of ny loft i am just going to keep rolers. My new loft is a 6ft by 4 ft so i will want nest boxes in it also. How many birds would you say that i would be able to keep in it maximum??? Also i need to build nest boxes so how big should they be and how many bowls shall i have in 1 box??? Thanks for the help jordan

i have recently had a new loft and i need to know which is the best type of perch to fit the loft out with. Before i have had box perches in but many people have told me to put v perches. I have also been told just to put shelves in. can anyone give any advice... jordan

they are rearing 1 youngster because the second egg did not hatch : thanks for the info jordan

sorry if i misled anyone but i dont race...i am going to start up racing later but at the moment i am in my first year with pigeons. I am just learning the ropes with the 7 birmingham rolers that i have... thanks for all the infomation jordan

I have had a new loft delivered today and i want to tranferre all of my current birds to the new loft so i can put some new birds into the old loft.My new loft will be about 20ft away from my current loft.I am really stunted with this proposition and i need to know if... 1.will the birds break to the new loft or will they keep going back to the old one? 2.how long will i have to keep the birds in because they already know the area? 3.will they continually use the new loft as their home once they are broke or will they keep going back and forth between the lofts? 4.i have youngsters that are 20 days old so when would it be best to transferre the birds to the new loft? many thanks for any help jordan :-/...

hi my first youngster is 19 days old now and i was just wondering if or when the parents normally go down on a second round of eggs? any help is really appretiated ;D ;D ;D many thanks jordan

i have plain clip rings without my number on them. I tried to write my number on them but the 'PERMANENT' marker came off after some time??? is their anything that anyone would advise to write or print my name on the rings??? thanks alot...jordan

yes they are specially designed pigeon plastic clip rings.... Thanks for the help jimmy jordan

i got some clip rings off my mate today so that i could organise all of my pairs and also i labelled them hen and cock (because i am new to the hobby and cant tell hens from cocks very easily!!!).All i want to know is...is it ok for me to leave the rings on the birds all the time or will they irritate them??? any input it most welcome thanks jordan...

i have just started the hobby and i love my birds! even though i do not race i just keep my birds as pets. I cant believe that people can kill them just for fun??? people who do this kind of thing are sad... jordan

Thanks for the infomation carl... i checked out your site, you got sum mint birds mate. cheers for all the help;D jordan

i have only been warned about this condition... i am pretty sure that the squeak hasn't got spread leg but thanks for all the infomation anyway it was all very helpfull!!! many thanks jordan

Yes i am pretty sure that is what the bloke who warned me about is telling me about. He warned me when he saw that i only had one squeak in the nest... if my youngster did get this would it be able to survive??? i want it to because it is the first pigeon i hve ever bred!!! thanks alot jordan;)

Just to tell you i changed the nesting material and cleaned the bowls out today... it couldnt of bothered them to much because one of my pairs laid an egg in it about 1 hour later:D:D:D thanks for all the help... jordan