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anyone got any feeding info on the vanrobaeys corn? there seems to be aload of corns but no suggestions to what to feed where

our first old bird race is in 9 days, my pigeons have been out flying for about a week now after been locked up for the winter, i plan on getting a few training chucks in to them over the next few days, first race is 50 miles, will they be fit enough by then or am i best off missing the first one?

Used lights for a week, lights on until 6pm to make the day a little longer

started out flying last year, done well with youngbirds that i was gifted and bought in etc, now the time has came to pair up for this seasons young, i put them together about 10 days ago, they didnt show any interest so after 3 days i seperated them all, fed them abit less and put hempseed oil on the corn (was told it will hot them up abit and make them more active) I put them back together today, cocks all going mental, but hens still dont seem like they are bothered. am i missing something? should i be locking them in boxes ? its the 1st time ive had to pair up and breed all my own young birds so not really very clued up on this! its really cold here at the minute as well (1-2c) would this effect it?

clocked 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 10th club 11th, 22nd, 23rd, 25th 26th and 28th fed, quite happy with that for my 1st ever combine national race!

final young bird national race is at the weekend, what would you do to prepare for that? they have been coming pretty well all season usually 3rd or 4th club.. what can I do this week to up their game a little bit? i still take them down the road 25 miles twice a week, should i do that again this week? also corn wise, they have been getting gerry plus all week, with some champion plus on thursday night... should this be changed abit for the distance?

came in yesterday starving, had a good feed etc.. any takers?

new fascias tapped in to the mains and give my self a water supply! getting rid of all the crap! Aivery new traps for ETS - not quite finished.. and finally some of my ybs venturing out for the 1st time today... ive done some work inside as well but no pics, it still needs some work, but i hope you all agree its a hell of a lot tidier than it was! in the 1st post i done

the roofs been recently done in some sort of corrugated stuff, but its been put on over old original felt, its bone dry in side and no signs of rot on the actual loft its self, should be good with abit of tlc it was an opportunity not to be missed really as it came with the plot of land, people wait years to get a plot round here

i built my 1st loft last year in may, got a few youngsters and started getting the hang of things, but then ended up having to get rid of my loft and pigeons (house was rented and landlord was selling up) any way we have now bought a house, the garden needs alot of work before a loft can be built but ive been measuring and planning etc, then a loft and plot came up for sale down the allotments so ive bought that instead! it needs painting and the platform/walkway in front of it needs re building as its rotten and collapsing, theres plenty of space infront of it and scope to extend if need be.. just wondering what you would do to it and what alterations you would make ready for ETS? i plan on building at least 1 aviary for the young bird section.. it looks very tatty at the minute but its solid and should look quite smart once ive done some work on it!

me and my wife have had a baby as well as moving house (been a busy few months!) our daughter is now 5 months old. some 1 who speaks to my wife and her parents (apparently used to keep pigeons) is telling the mrs that its a bad idea starting back up with the pigeons with a baby around, i said its fine but they insist even washing hands after been with the pigeons is dangerous and that i should think twice before getting them back! this is making the wife question things and putting her off the idea!! is he right in what hes saying or is it aload of rubbish? ive only had pigeons for about 6 months but in that time i had them i had no problems, kept them clean daily etc didnt think anything of them been "dirty" to be honest..

how many would each section house ?

was wanting to race roundabout and youngbirds

i built my self a fairly small L Shaped loft last year and started up racing in the youngbird season (some of you might remember me) anyway, the house was a rented house and we were planning on buying our own house eventually.. anyway we ended up buying a house alot sooner than i thought so i had to pack up and sell the loft. im wanting to build a new loft this year, but the garden is quite small, im going to be limited to about 18 foot, i can prob go to 8 foot wide or so i was thinking of doing 3 6ftx8ft sections, do you think this could be abit small or would i get away with it? how many pigeons would i be comfortable with in a 6ftx8ft section?

just wondering are 50cm next boxes adequate or abit on the small side? found a website selling german box fronts that are 50cm x 32cm, was considering these if the size is ok

Does the ETS pad have to be inside the actual loft, or inside the trap? theres been abit of a debate at out local club as some people have external traps with pads in, im setting my loft up for ETS for the next season so would like to get it right 1st time! the rules in our rule book says "pads must be placed inside the loft or trapping area (not under any external landing board) in such a way that when the loft is closed, no electronic chip ring may be recorded by the ets" does that mean it could be used in an external trap, but once the door on the trap is closed the pad cant read them?... so you could have like a tunnel with a door on the front then the pad inside the tunnel, then at the end of the tunnel have bob wires ?

i had this, got its droppings tested and was told it had some type of worms and high level of cocci

my 1st yb back from each race seems to be always around the 5 min later than the 1st one back.. any tips on what i can do to give them that extra kick? is it worth using nazaline to clean out their nostrils or anything like that?

can you inbox me some details please? family and price etc?

im after about 6-10 late breds, any one know of any? just started up a couple months ago and lost almost all my young birds so wanting some late breds to build up abit of a team to race as old birds next year!

if i was to get some late breds now, to race in the old bird races next year, would they be any good or a waste of time? ive lost aload of youngsters, hardly got any left to make a decent team for next year, so was considering getting some late breds now, training them and maybe get them in to the come back race at end of season (50 mile race) to give them a little bit of experience. any good or waste of time? just dont want an empty loft, was looking forward to racing the old birds next year

i did them seprate.. treated for 24 hours using the fenzol, then 48 hours using the baycox, today is the last day on the baycox. they are looking good already!

came in this morning, any one on here?

can i use baycox and fenzol at the same time? i had some droppings tested and came back that they had worms and a very high cocci count, so been given baycox and fenzol to treat just not sure if they can be both used at the same time

this comment on their blog made me laugh, it was a reply to some 1 saying its a shame they killed so many racing pigeons... andyuk says: 6 June 2014 at 1:26 pm not sure racing pigeon owners give a damn about them; they are not pets. its a sport and all about the $$$$ and prestige. if they cared about them they wouldnt transport them hundreds of miles from home (so its yet another unnecessary hobby with a high carbon footprint too) and subject them to danger. not just from peregrines (which is a natural hazard they are going to have to put up with i’m afraid), but from bad weather, getting lost and injury. if you ask me, its a form of animal cruelty.