Hi Walter, Don't know what basket you were looking at, but I emptied most of the baskets before loading, and there were no baskets with shavings in them to the extent that prevented the birds from getting a drink. On your second point with regards to a dominant cock standing at the drinker and not allowing the birds to drink, we are not allowed to remove any birds from the basket for this type of reason, however, if you would have brought the issue to the attention of any of the helpers, maybe we could have eased the bird back a bit, and allowed the other birds to move in for a drink. Again we could be doing with extra help at the Maidstone marking, so if you are available we will be only to glad to see you. Cheers, John L.