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Good Luck all Scottish Doos tomorrow and safe return for all

Take it easy young man. Best wishes for tomorrow. Hear me,auld Hangie,for a wee, An let poor damned bodies be, I,m sure sma pleasure it can gie, Ev,n to a diel, To skelp an scaud poor dogs like me, An hear us squeel!

Goodluck to ALL pigeons especially STORM QUEEN

Great joke. I,ll use it in my toast tae the lassies at an up and coming Burns supper. Ta!

Loft cleanliness is a must especially with this type of disease. As previous post stated things can lie dormant and suddenly spring up. ie birds under stress. A clean environment helps greatly to suppress an outbreak.

On re- reading your notes I realise that you too have killed your loft so I am talking to the converted. You also have felt the pain .

The fancier stated that this has been going on for a few years. That would suggest a deep rooted problem. only tests will resolve this problem. During my senario I got up at 2.00am to cull young birds in the nest of various ages ,to allow the bodies to cool before sending to Manchester University for testing. Such were the lengths I went to for a cure. As stated earlier this may be more common a problem than we think.

I had tested and tested with no answer. Every day cleaning out slurry from nest boxes. Despare sets in. I hope you never experience what I went through. The fancier asked for help. I am simply telling him of my experiences with what sounds like a similar problem. Believe me my actions were a last resort with what I saw in front of me. ANY culling was a last resort

Everything these fanciers say is good advice but they are all shooting in the dark. Your symptoms are very similar to what my birds had. You have already stated that it has been around a couple of years or so. Let,s cut to the chase.- YOUR BIRDS ARE NOT WELL!!! FIRSTLY YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THAT TO YOURSELF. Now let,s look at the problem. You must go through a vet and go through a testing proceedure of elimination. The vet will discuss test results and probable cures. I went round the houses on this one with various government testing bodies who took it so far then were beat. I still had my problem! I killed all of my birds and totally freaked out with the experience. My loft lay empty for 3 months during which time i sprayed it every day after torching it inside. THINKING THE DISEASE WAS GONE FOR GOOD I bought some stock birds and paired them up and guess what---The disease was still there!! No kidding you but i was insane with rage! I searched and searched for help and found a vet Ian Parsons who took me through the same testing proceedure I had been through a dozen times but when he came up against that wall I had visited before he went an extra mile with further tests.The end result which you do not want to hear was a bit inconclusive but we had a plan. Probably HEXAMETIASUS. Treated as per a canker type disease but with limited success but after a discussion between us repeated treatment followed by a good bacteria dose. The disease may not be cured but it can be controlled like many others. If more fanciers were like you I think you may find this problem is more prevelent than it appears. If you want more help don,t hesitate to ask but I honestly think all you have to do is be honest with yourself and look at what is in your nest boxes

Your young birds will not be developing properly. What have they been like the last two or three years, as you said that they have been like this a few years. I can easily inform you of my experiences with similar problem which means you won,t waste time looking in the wrong place for a quick fix.

Birds are stressed feeding youngsters. This brings out all kinds of weaknesses. Ihope for your sake you don,t go through what I did. You must go through a process of elimination to get to the root of the problem. Did the watery droppings start about 8 to 10 days after hatching?

Speedy Recovery. Take it easy and rest

Matrix has got small seeds through it which the birds go for readily.

Hope all birds are in tomorrow early. Your Grizzle is certainly remarkably consistent but my favourite Storm Queen will be there I hope, when it counts( Bonnie Dundee 2nd } Good Luck.

Your Storm Queen looks a real stormer. I,ll have aloft of them please. Good luck in the rest of the programme. I watched the final race last year live and hope to do the same this year and see a red cheq. hen hit them boards

For a, that and a, that It,s coming yet for a, that That man to man the world oer Shall brothers be for a, that

Happy New Year to everyone

Happy and Succesfull year to all

Nice birds --What breeding are they?

Nice looking distance type. Congrats. on a great performance. What,s her breeding?

Lot 11 £60 please Thank You >>>> Done Thanks Ian

1 & 4 please

Friday is to be very stormy. Hopefully they may get a window Sat/Sun

I had a good *expletive removed* a few years ago. Merry Tale, bought her on dockside in Larne, caught the same ferry back. She came up through the grades at Poderhall winning more than her share. We also ran her at Shawfield but unfotunately she split a web and had to retire. The "DUGS" are great fun "Expletive removed" translates to "Female dog"

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