buster151

I send between 12 and 15 depends on hens if ready to lay, club is between 200/300 and Im usually bottom of sheet most weeks, its a bit strange as I give all other members overfly yet the birds always come from over there way

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Dry with a cold wind blowing here

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They go through less than 1 litre per section these days and around 2 litres in summer around 60 birds

Sorry for that loft pic, and confusion I was trying to show something similar to mine I never realised that had dowels on,teach me to look properly, my loft is all closed at front except vents at bottom and traps at top 3 sliding doors one on each section with glass in windows, will try and get pic of mine if I cant find any online mine also has about 3 foot sloping roof at front and normal overhang at back, one of those with wings or whatever they called

Can you post up a photo of the front of your loft showing the vents? http://static.premiersite.co.uk/46370/img/46370_2093069.jpg its similar to this 3 sliding doors on front no sputniks though and vents at bottom same

There has been a lot of help advice and tips given to which I Thank You all very much :emoticon-0137-clapping:

Walter roof slopes back and front,no leaks even refelted to be sure, I really dont think they are overfed as even when bits food, seems to be the smaller seeds barley etc in troughs, next morning they are always after more They do upto 2hours am and 1 hour pm, but I dont always let out twice every day for that reason

Tommy the loft is South/East facing, roof is wood and felt and rests on concrete blocks

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Terrible news again, why do they keep doing these mindless acts

Walter how would the plank work with the fixed vents already in place, would I need to cover them? They do fly over 1 hour mornings and about an hour afternoon when let out twice daily, training is started at 20 miles on there own 5/6 tosses then on the training truck twice a week around 35 miles, as I race midweek as well, and dont train basketting days

The loft is in the open and in full light/sun all day

Some very interesting and I think valid points there, for which I thank you all for taking the time to read and reply to questions

The young get raced same as old natural, I have put a humidity monitor in and its usually off the clock this time of year, even in summer sometimes its high as in +70ish

Pat I'm not in any of the club clicks yet so people dont tend to speak except to say hello, I would like to compete at all distances

The loft is around a foot off the ground at one end and about4 inches the other, I blocked the vents advice from another flyer, who said there may be to much air coming through causing the wetness

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7/ any type of medication given ,whatever it maybe ? PMV/POX vaccination and worm all birds before racing starts, I dont normally give anything else, excepting a Spartrix if any night out I do use Naturaline and Orego Stim in water on regular basis, and occassionally Apple Cider Vinegar 8/ do you have a routine at all ? Summer time Birds are all scraped twice daily then race team out for exercise and bath mornings only, I only let them out when Im out with them as like most people we have plenty bop here also plenty of cats, all birds fed twice daily no rations they eat what they want, I have found if when I go in loft and there is say a handfull of seed in trough they seem to fly much better and longer than when its empty Winter usually scrape out once a day still fed twice daily as much as they want again Once a month I give what I call a deep clean where all loft is scrubbed top to bottom including perches then either blow torch dry or left to dry naturally depends on weather then sprayed with Smite Stardrops disinfectant is sprayed all over every other week Diamataceous earth is put in all boxes, over perches and in all corners weekly 9/ what in your opinion is holding you back from achieving wins when racing ?? Must say it has to be myself, as even though I know, lets say basics, I dont know how to put it all into practice as a system, so that I can be competitive in the races, i.e feeding etc Andy Thank You for allowing me to participate in this Q&A

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