walterboswell59

i think mother nature is at play with mild weather a few days a week telling the birds its time to breed then cold snaps a few days a week telling the older pigeons its to cold to breed think its just your luck if you get a wee run of mild weather where the hens have started the process of making eggs and cant stop when the cold snaps come back another week or two will make a big difference when temp is up and stays up

putting the nestbowl in the left hand side of one box and right hand side in the other working from top box to bottom box then switching sides from top to bottom on the next row from top to bottom and so on also helps the birds find there box as does leaving the hens locked in the box a few days when paired gets the cock used to flying up to the box his hen is in

could be both pete

five drops to a drinker

thats what i was taught buster to cover the canker in the red phosphorus it was a cure for warts also before the new cures came about other old cures were painting the canker lump with iodine then scraping the lump off a few days later and for respitory an old cure was a few drops of tcp in the water if these methods did not work the birds were moved on ps the red in the match stick is only a dye phosphorus is a white colour in its true form

great buy got them all over the garden covering the lofts can sit and watch my birds on tv on one of them

happy birthday billy

have also found this can happen when there is a rough part on the shell but as the guys say nothing to worry about sparko glad to hear there laying m8

happy birthday davie

well done to you john for helping out with the birds at this sad time says a lot about you m8 some real nice birds that should do a turn for the guys that get them atb to you

enjoy this great site

as long as the latebreds have been vacinated there should not be a problem m8 and when you jag your youngbirds jag the latebreds again at the same time even if they have been done before this keeps the bacteria in the section the same for all

enjoy it to the full kirky

for me first three races latebreds only 4th or 5th race start yearlings that have flown the program if forcast is good channel birds may go to shake the cobwebs off 5th race stop latebreds yearlings take over yearlings go every week while picking another two races around the 200 260 mile mark for the channel birds yearlings may have a rest if channel birds are out channel birds then stopped and on open bowl yearings go to the coast then channel birds take over

not to bad joe once we got the hang of ducking when the bottles were coming we were fine lol only kidding was real good night

rip brian

must say a big thankyou to the blantyre members for the invite to a great wee night was good to meet some old and new friends and some basic members lewis and ricky the coalburn boys and the ayrshire lads really enjoyed the night my first time on a quiz pannel and my m8 jims first time at a quiz night so another first for us both well done to all the trophy winners hope you all have a good year and thanks to kennybhoys good lady for getting us old guys a taxi home your a wee star

happy birthday all

colour of droppings can be green or brown depending what you feed but should never be watery

happy birthday wullie and kirky have a good day guys

nice man rip hugh

that would be my guess to sammy some hens will just not lay if you get a cold snap it can knock them back for weeks others it dont seem to bother them

bang on jam costs the same to feed a bad one as a good one

the only kind my birds will eat is kilpatricks black minrals and as tommy says cant get enough when feeding youngsters

happy birthday guys hope you all have a good day