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Bright with a cloud or two strong winds nae a day for lettin out the doos.

George Mutch Gamekeeper jailed for 4mths for trapping and disposing of hawks that were threatning his livelihood over at Kildrummy Estate Alford not all that far from here i only hope this unreasonable sentence does not finish his job for good ,it is absolutely ridiculous that some one can be sent to jail for this yet assult robbery and other horrible crimes done to humans goes unpunished or they get a slap on the wrist ,RSPB went out of their way to set up cameras etc etc ,they should have never been allowed on the estate ,they will be happy when there are no small birds left makes me bl---y sick

I am going to hold off having youngsters until late on as i dont and wont be looking at doing darkness so this is what i am going to try so thanks for your words oh wisdom ,but does your club members nae give you a bit o stick about dirty wattles ,not that am worried but all you hear about now is widowhood of one kind or another .

My question is ,say you dont pair until near the start of racing ,if the doos are kept well fed are they alright to race to young & big youngsters ,i would be racing natural ,and also not takeing off many young .I also would train them prior to rearing young ,I wont to keep things simple .

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Grey ,damp,very windy and at the moment a flake of snow.

Thanks thats answered my question its a mealy cock, and A HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!to you and everyone.

Am i right in thinking if you pair mealy cock with blue hens you only get mealy or blue bars.

Light on in house ,very grey and dull damp and cold here.

LOok up E-coli on yer computer every living thing has a certain amount of ecoli and some things can upset the balance ,and yes contaminated food stuff or water does play a large part in this bacteria better educated men than I have worked that out ,also dont treat with an antibiotic as this kills good and bad bacteria Incubation period is 1 to 14 days so if you got the birds in this time scale could have come from where you got them.

March for me ween late April its long enough to feed yer young doos before you loose most of them if this year is anything to go by with the bad reports i heard of from a lot of fanciers .

Take him off the road breed from him for a year or two if a success ok if not train him up and put him back on the road nothing lost ,imo.Fowk would give their eye teeth for a bird like this.

Ecoli can be caused by exposure to contaminated food ,water,raw veg etc cleanliness and disinfect your loft helps imo.

Will the winter frosts not take care of the worm eggs that are in loft .

It is real obvious to me by what your saying you have not looked at GDP of Scotland compared to the whole of UK ,the banking sector in Edinburgh is the 5th largest in the world ,as for keeping the pound the head of the bank of England said openly on tv that plans had been put in position to discuss this,as for EU we would hope to remain in Europe there is more chance of England pulling us out .Anyway i cant be bothered getting bogged down in politics its Christmas ,hope you have had a good one ,and by the way i tried to raise this debate prior to the yes -no vote and no one came forth with a sensible debate ,in no way as some have stated i am making excuses i only gave my opinion on the situation with the oil price.

The price of oil has gone down because of the down turn of demand in the fast developing countries of Asia China,Japan,Pakistan their manufacturing and exports have suffered ,so if they cant sell they dont need the fuel the price will drop until OPEC put the breaks on production.

Real yes voters that had studied the proposition did not rely on oil only ,it was a bonus .

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I was just wondering is there a 1 loft race in Scotland ,and if so who runs it.

I would have a partner or some one wanting to try a new hobby i would pay feed etc all i ask is they would clean birds help train etc this cold weather is a killer( Angina,COPD)hard going.

As far as i know they all carry a certain amount of any of the diseases so they might show up in a thorough testing ,but the only time this can be a problem is under stress so if these pictures are of your birds i would say i cant see a problem they look well dont they??