micko and jack

Fáilte welcome

GO GCUIRE DIA AN T-ADH ORT ! BEST OF LUCK TO YOU

when a cock treads the hen how long before the first egg arrives

if you want to be in GODS COUNTRY time to come back to your roots

here harky GODS COUNTRY you must have move to IRELAND everyone one knows that just ask gangster

Duncan some scary scary people in those photos are you sure you never got those photos from crime watch please remember younger people are on this site also haha micko

great to see her smiling and i hope she goes from strength to strength and i think i speak for us all Inár gcroí go deo (Forever in our hearts) micko

mo chara (my friend) i have to agree with all the other comments GREAT LOFT GREAT SETUP A CREDIT TO YOUR BUILDING SKILLS i like yourself have a grandson 20 months old now and jack loves his birds (fantails) pics of jack checking HIS bird and the indians very kindly sent by gangster GO GCUIRE DIA AN T-ADH ORT ! BEST OF LUCK TO YOU micko

if I had Duncan's money I would stay next to the Winter gardens as well but your daddy need the money for birds

you need to get the right people its like going on a nudist beach some of us look better than others haha micko

Scottish pigeon men in Iceland are they there for the football or a spying mission no flies on those Scots fanciers they know about climate change winters as well as summers are getting colder (at least here in Belfast) and they are in Iceland to see how fanciers cope in the cold conditions getting a head start on the rest of you racers just one thing bothers me WHY IS DOVESCOT NOT IN ICELAND haha micko

CHAIRDE -FRIENDS just reading thought all the post on this tread I myself fell and broke my spine 2 places spent a full year in a fibreglass bodysuit had the bags in had to learn to walk talk dress everything its still a hard time but when I went into the spinal injury unit here I was the only one still on my feet these athletes are an inspiration to each and everyone of us that said things are not great for me pain ways I take painkillers every 2 hours sometimes it gets you down some days your so sore you just feel like pulling the quilt over your head and staying in bed when that happens the wife and I mind the 2 grandchildren (well the wife does most of the minding) but if im not up the wee voice shouts upstairs grandda grandda that's Jack when I get down-stairs im took by the hand and straight out to his birds and he's not two yet and its great great for me and if im really sore and unable to get of bed the daughters clean and look after the birds don't let anyone tell you pigeon keeping racing is a dieing sport only if WE let it if you say a prayer at night remember those athletes and the many many disabled people out there like pigeon racing ITS A BATTLE A DAY micko

there are young and old birds (fantails) in the one loft and the adult birds eat the bigger seeds i just want to make sure the younger birds are getting feed at the end of feeding about 3 minutes theres nothing left

im 6' tall what should i feed my birds haha micko

will they just keep breeding if kept in the same loft micko

hi some of my birds leave bigger corn and beans im feed young bird mix i was thinking about maybe getting a bag of wheat and mixing it with the young bird mix is that a good or bad idea all my birds are fantails micko

hi my fantails are breeding like mad when does the breeding season finish i dont want to be burning them out my birds are to good for that haha mick

Tá áthas orm bualadh leat. (Nice to meet you.) micko

chara (friend) I know you really want to know the colour of the bird I would but here it doesn't really matter really nice good looking bird good luck with it micko

MAITH THU (GOOD FOR YOU) GO GCUIRE DIA AN T-ADH ORT ! (BEST OF LUCK TO YOU!) micko

if a bird breaks the first flight feather (broken and sitting at a right angle) should you A pull it out B leave it along C cut it at the break thanks micko

CHAIRDE FRIENDS reading through different threads to pickup ideas I have been reading about A garlic oil B cod liver oil C linseed oil could someone please post 1 which oil should be feed and when 2 the amount of oil correct dose 3 if we mix it with the corn/water 4 if you use garlic in drinkers can garlic oil be used at the same time thanks micko

its a case jealously some people think your birds maybe faster than theirs so they don't want to help (great sportsmanship) but here you get that in all walks of life if your friend had been a member of this site he would have got all the help he needs you are an example of this read the posts of offers of help/birds and I know you never wrote this thread for this WELL DONE MO CHARA (my friend) a true FRIEND (and they are hard to come by) micko

hi Billy honest mistake just one thing If that bird gets another pregnant will you be responsible for chick support ?? micko PS very surprised Dovescot and OLD YELLOW missed this one haha

hi I have been following on pottasium permanganate and other treatment for the control of lice and I did a google search and came across a poultry site that recommends sodium fluoride and I was wondering if anyone on this site may have used it micko Lice will not trouble the poultryman who practices the “clean-up measures’’ previously outlined, At the present time sodium fluoride seems t o be the best general remedy. Bishopp and Wood recommend dipping the birds in a solution of sodium fluoride as follows: The dip is made in a tub in the proportion of one ounce of the commercial, or two-thirds ounce of chemically pure sodium fluoride to each gallon of water. The bird is held by the wings with one hand and submerged in the solution; the other hand is used to ruffle the feathers and wet the body. Finally, duck the head of the bird a few times, drain for a few seconds, and release. One pound of sodium fluoride will be enough to treat 300 hens when using the dip method.