andy Burgess

thanks for the reply .

ok , thank you , and what distance approx is that out to ?

so in effect Ste you are flying both sexes on a celibate type system ?? would you say thats true ?

felt the same when i first started to set it up.after seeing a few in place at other lofts , i felt more at ease .after a season flying with it Lindsay ,you will be teaching others whats best to do .

pretty much the same here Cem and i cannae take pictures .

good luck with it pal. hope your not offended , its just what i thought was right ,and hopefully better ,and you wont fall foul of any rulings.

ive seen the same ,with the pad in a box and hinged to drop down and allow entry and time the birds if thats the case with the old , i would encourage to trap a little quicker .i can see a problem maybe ,regarding the fact the birds wont be confined at timing stage Lindsay .?

i struggled to find a way to build mine ,and ended up putting sputniks on ,which i was never keen on ,but looks ok and works well . i am sure yours will work well too Lindsay ,but at the risk of offending you , and i hope i dont ,it looks bulky , and awkward . myself i would try and come up with something at waist hieght and opened out for them to land on before entering ?

your welcome ,unless caused at vaccination i dont know what causes it to be honest .i found out what to do in an "old hand" book ,think he reffered to it as (balloon crop)

dreading having mine out in a few weeks .have an avairy to fit to stock loft too , just not got around to it yet

thanks STB ,there are a few of my own family in there ,which have been tested out to 440 mile back home (and done well) the others are "distance" based .Jimmy Little (late) always done well at distance and national.Ben Veitch (was 8th SNRPC ) ,an Edinburgh based distance man (1 from him) ,1 from Steve Aitchinson stock,etc ,etc.

have they been vaccinated recently ?? i helped a fancier with this before,small nick to the area and allow bird to fly back into loft to expel the air .it worked well.

i dont know how most will react ,theres a few different families in there to be honest .up to now i will put them together on Friday (which by the way will be around 3 days before a full moon).will let them sit pot eggs ,2 rounds. loft fly them daily ,a few training tosses ,and into race 3 or 4 depending.,,,,,,,,,,,,, un-less anybody convinces me otherwise ??

what about nesting Walter , would you raise young or fly them to pot eggs until the distance comes around ??

does that effect the moult come racing or ?? since moving up here Paul its probably around the same distance to the South coast as you fly too Saintes or similar .just trying to the best for the birds .

i will put the hens in on Friday now ALF ,they can choose there own partner .

thanks for the reply .another question is if and when to let them rear ?

cold but dry here

happy birthday

morning all

or Wales

8 pairs in that section ,all but 1 cock and 2 hens are yearlings ,1 hen is 2011 ,however the other 2 are 2010 rung but until broken here last year "were never raced" ?? any further info Rab or ,as i am geussing treat them all as yearlings ??

looking to send a few Natural birds as far as the coast and maybe "over the pond" this season .when would you consider the best time to pair them up ?? they are not currently flying out.

he,s a good un .

i hope not , this daft so and so bought Belg rung birds from a top auction house at Blackpool , and i am still waiting for the ring cards