cowman

i always use to have a hen that layed on the floor no matter what you done she would go off the lay if you shut her in the box left her to it on the floor best young birds i ever had from the hen on the floor .

and if you want to clean the glass on the front panels get a bowl of warm water and a peice of news paper screw it up into a ball and dip into the water then dip the wet paper into the ash and scrub the glass then with a clean bit of news paper wipe glass over job done remember a lot of heat can be lost through dirty glass .

anytime after 6months old

maybe its the blood lines i read a book about keeping racing pigeons and it was from belgium and after racing has finished the fancier will not feed the birds and encourage them to field on the stubble .

i knew a chap who use to have loads of flower boxes planted with chives and they were left infront of the loft for the birds any time they wanted it and they loved it .

hi has anyone been able to sorce any yet via net if so can you let me know please simon

i`d be up for it too .

-10 here now 7.01am been out to birds all ok water changed birds all puffed up keeping warm apart from one cock who was too busy fetching nest materials from the loft floor to worry about the cold no heaters in my loft makes the birds too soft maybe this cold weather is a sign of better summers to come .

why not get a solar panel that charges a 12v car battery then get some 12 strip lights like they use in caravans lights on 12v free power also use it to power your ets lol pick one up for around 16 quid on ebay we use them in the fields to keep the electric fencers charged up and work well .

what no mention of the kirkpatricks a good all round bird from 85 miles plus

i know one club had put this to our fed maybe help against yb loses

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/pigeon-racing-ets-system_W0QQitemZ230317215726QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_SportingGoods_OtherSports?hash=item230317215726&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1294%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

so the welsh rings are yellow have to keep an eye out for them sat on my loft had loads of red rings sat last year .

countrywide are sellers of it its not on their web site but they are stockists of easy bed

i let my birds out 2 days ago ten left the loft flew for 1 hr around the loft went off then 1 hr later came back 2 down well i`m now left with 8 birds for the old bird racing next year so nothing else going out till training starts .

i have since found out it was the sellers fathers system and he passed away in november so everything else had been rehomed except the ets so he put it on ebay .

hi anyone know when the bhw is coming out this week with xmas and boxing day being the norm ?

a good buy indeed i always get a bargin lol ;D

i use either rape straw or bean straw both very stalky so birds love using them .

cheers for that kirky its cost i`m looking at ive seen a complete set up with printer and club scanner at less than £200 so far with 4 pads printer all cables etc etc not going to spend £400 on a unikon with 1 pad

hi does anyone use or know if the Tipes mc2100 ets is any good ? any info grately received thanks simon

always plenty of free birds in the towns when i first started up in 1990 i had no money for buying birds got given 3 late breds and went to town with some pigeon corn and a basket caught up 20 lost racers had them transfered to me got them on eggs got them broke never raced them but they gave me the best young birds ever better than the late breds i was given with peds .

i remember in the early 90`s bhw use to have a wing stamp advertised like a bullseye that use to be stamped on the pigeons wings as a deterant against attacks as from above it looked like a big pair of eyes looking back at the hawk hence the pigeon looked to big to attack . as for the marker a friend of mine use to spray a bit of stock marker spray on the wings to do the same sort of thing .

its been a long time since i rung some birds 1993 was the last time and i use to do my birds at 7days and still had some come off in the nest this year i had some late breds being fed wheat only by parents and struggled to get a ring on at 5 days has to use cooking oil spit soap just to get the rings over the toes . simon

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