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marmite

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  1. 8x8 stock loft 11 prs 15 boxes 10x8 widowhood sect 1 12 boxes 14x8 widowhood sect 2 16 boxes 6x8 widowhood hen sect 40 perks 14x8 yb sect 60 perks 14x6 flying out stock cocks sec which i race natural hens to over the water 15 boxes + 8x6 store shed incorperated
  2. me & my wife are both carers in the community i was a cabbie but knife to throat shook me up a bit so decided to join my missus caring for people who appriciated the help atb to u all clive
  3. i am 52 been racing pigeons since i was 7 lol
  4. im feeding bamfords high protein economy mixed with depuritive once a day as much as they want most now through the moult so all good atb clive
  5. birds fed once a day about middayish go out weather permitting cleaned out once a week
  6. prob wintering 2 many but was left with 54 yb that flew the program 15pr stock & 26 obs that all flew the channel
  7. 2 from ips spring to mind c smith & t calver both flew good birds over the water and inland in the bicc and fed
  8. want to clean lofts out but missus wont let me as im under docs orders as im just outta hosp lol so its vegitate in front of tv i spose bah
  9. still got 54 of the 64 i startedthe race season with raced the whole yb program gotta make some more nest boxs now no l8 breds here apart from a cple of specials i bought in
  10. bred 4 ybs this yr for a young lad would say he about 13 a new starter had phone call from him to say that 3 of the 4 have scored him cards well chuffed for him i gave them to him free all i asked was to let me know how they got on he duly kept his end of the bargain so again hell get more nxt yr free . but have hlped others that have nevr contacted again to let u know how birds did for them which i think is just ungrateful so i am wary of hlping people out i like to get to know them a bit 1st make sure there genuine
  11. got 33 out of 34 from st albans 95 ml libbed 09.30 timed at 11.10 was a bit gappy but theyve worked in well happy
  12. ty guys will give them a ring i like to give ybs a chance
  13. mistakes made pushing yearlings to early in season in cold east winds
  14. got yb in this morning GB 10 F 4895 ANOTHER 1 with no wingstamp or address ring but has ets ring on
  15. ty m8 will ring her up
  16. came in fri morn GB 10 C 43316 no wingstamp or address ring
  17. norfolk & suffolk fed libbed at tilbury at 1.55 pm timed at 3. 14pm 34 out of 34 not a bad day at office was 2nd and 5th club for the 73 ml
  18. norfolk & suffolk fed at tilbury 70ml to me 1st yb race of season sent 16 hens left other 50 at home as 1st race of yb season noem ends in a dissaster
  19. bit better than expected as my 1st season tryin widowhood as always been natural well here goes 4 x 1sts in a strong widowhood club 5 2nds 3 3rds clocked the 2nd of only 2 birds on day from poiters in club 400mls was runner up inland avgs and runner up channel avgs & runner up combined avgs scored well in classics taking in a bit of cash and won the pools in club 8 wks in a row with same bird . started season with 24 widow cocks still 17 lft and same amount widow hens got 15 lft so all in all not a bad season lessons learnt tried to push yearlings to early in season in head winds with east in not good but those that are still here have performed well enough to earn a perch for nxt yr atb clive
  20. peeing it down here in suffolk nice though cooling the air down
  21. where abouts in suffolk are u im in leiston so may b able to hlp
  22. ty oldyellow ill email now
  23. stray came in with my ybs this morn WHU 09 N 09551 flown out its in suffolk
  24. work split shifts in at 6am home at 10 am ish then bk out around 6pm till 9.30 pm gives plenty of time for the birds
  25. bright sunshine so hot gotta stay indoors under the fan coolest place lol
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