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watch and see if any birds go near it it might b the 1st egg if a pair go near just put some straw in theyll soon build a nest round it but maybe 1 of your new pairs was in egg when u picked them up then chuck it as they wont sit it as the loft is new to them clive

if theyve been spooked keep them in as has been said then when u let them out again in a couple of days make sure they are hungry so as u can teach them to trap at your command and not do as they please mine get only a very light mix in morn then when i let them out in afternoon they get the heavier mix so light mix is about half there norm feed they get in eve that will get them under control atb with them clive

looking good m8 nicely reared ybs like the darkuns

hi guys & gals i need a bit of info i need a couple of silo feeders they hold about half bag of corn and are of a porthole type ive seen them once on a suppliers site but like an idiot didnt save to favs and cannot find them again . i need them as when i seperate my race team i dont want to disturb them having to go through there sections to feed stock birds ty in advance for any help clive all the best for 2010 season

got my last in nest now for my roundabouts 2 weeks theyll b seperated maybe re pair them for the internationals we will see but stock birds ill get another round at least from

my aim is to concentrate more on the nationals and hopefully score good and to time in from the internationals more reguarly will get loads of chances with bicc and nfc lol

electric fence m8 only way as to not give u probs l8r with neighbours

get a transfer form from the rpra site or from whatever union u are in and get whoever u bought bird off to sign it and send it to your union

welcome to all newbies enjoy the site plenty of usefull information on here + banter

the 1st race will do for training toss yearlings stay at home till may when a bit warmer so training starts april 10th

best pigeon i ever had i dropped from 1st yb race and came bk at midd december cock went on to b fed distance bird of year as a 2 yr old

i normally use tobbago stalks but this year used straw have just weaned 1st round of ybs had good hatch from stockloft which the front is completly open they hatched when we had 10 inches of snow on ground and minus 5 temps but all came through good so i feel the straw really hlped keep them warm as ive had same probs in cold when useing tobago stalks m8 get some straw quick and put in nests jmo

i bought 6 kirkpatricks from louella a few years back got 2 yellow hens in amongst them never trained then yellows as ybs got taken into hosp my missus basketed up birds to race that fri uve guessed it she put the yellows in and it was a 150 miler no basket training whatso ever wasnt an easy race got both of them in the first 10 of my birds home 1 bred me a hen to fly chanel 13 times and hope she b going to an international this year shes been clocked on 9 of the 13 times over ( wish id kept them yellow hens new starter came round fell in love with them being the old softie i am i gave them to him )

ive tried mick brays they look good but where pretty crxx when raced but maybe i didnt get the best ones but was assured i did as the saying goes u pay ur money and take ur chances they where very reasonably priced i have to admit but all gone now

cracking ybs m8 well reared a credit to u

welcome m8

sorry to hear that m8 i know what its like had to have 1 of mine put down latter part of last yr rip

yep if there determined to get out they will

as long as a pigeon has enough room to get through thats enough m8 closer together u can have opening the less chance of birds geting back out i would say approx 4in apart

i know im lazy but i only give my yb 5 tosses from 20 - 25 miles start there and finish there in the 2 week gap before yb racing as long as there fit and healthy and flying well at home and rangeing well this is all i give them cos once u start training they seem to stop rangeing so much but hey it works well 4 me and as i said im lazy when it comes to training prefer to have them working well at home but many roads lead to roam

well done m8 looking good plenty of air in

never train after 1st race u want them to exercise then rest as its a long season rest is as important as exercise jmo

leave as they are my yearlings have only just started to get ready to go down but older birds ive taken there 1st round of ybs away some just take longer than others

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