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terry mccarthy

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  1. ive used it for myself and the birds found it very good
  2. i use unikon its brillant and so easy to use a kid could use it
  3. to be honest i thought i has it a couple of weeks ago but turned out to be husks caught in the throat of a couple of them but birds are flying well now so hope i dont get anything
  4. very heavy snow here now within 20 mins everywere covered
  5. first real answer get droppings tested in mean time i would if me put on broad spectrum antibiotic just in case imo but thats me theres a lot of strepptococci bovis about leave that to late say goodbye to birds
  6. best i have found and used is tromexin
  7. the silver shadow van loons will go from the start to 500 plus and harder the better
  8. mine does all cleaning training and helps every way she can
  9. personally i dont think its anything to do with cold or feed etc i rekon the birds may have had a challenge at sometime
  10. bewted u may be better off putting the fishing gear on ebay if there loads there split it into setups u will get more for your money
  11. this is how i done mine so easy
  12. COUNTED UP TODAY 56 BABYS HALF WILL BE AWAY MONDAY PLUS A FEW MORE EGGS TO HATCH
  13. i got 30 pairs down now 50 babys plus eggs a lot have started there 2nd round now i have no heating or anything but had lights on 1 month before pairing youngsters will be away from monday
  14. ive tried most breeds and the one i still got and get week in and out are the vanreets they win from 65 to 500 plus
  15. i had a couple off chucka his year and flew out there skin for me scoring well in fed £25 thats a good price looking forward to racing them this year
  16. i got 2 horses 6 dogs ferrets chickens the horses and half the dogs are pets the other half of the dogs are tools for working as for pigeons if i didnt race i would not have them there are atheletes as far as im concerned to do a job i never get close to them as we all no here 1 day gone the next so no there not pets to me
  17. on the celibert system wen u have a hen in a show pen in middle of floor just stick a bowl on top of pen wen u go in to basket birds the pooler is sitting in the bowl calling the hen having fought off every other cock for the right of the hen
  18. i was cod fishing last night it was so cold it was unreal ive heard rpra rings wont be available until 5th of jan nwhu u will get them on the 2nd my babys are about 5 days old now
  19. i cant stand breeding or the cleaning out so for me clocking that first bird and sitting there in the sun in the garden waiting for that last bird to get home to give peace of mind
  20. totally agree gaz what a waste of money even if i had it i can think of better things to do with it its a joke
  21. had my first eggs chipping today so christmass babys
  22. this came up after i had decided to sell the bird if i got a chance of racing i will take it and no i have never stated im packing in all i ever said i may have to if i cant get in club as for racing for clubs honours etc this has 1 good point its called motivation this is wat a club does for you just racing for fed honours dont as for flying against the best i do as far as im concerned perhaps we think diferent on whos best yes i do give birds away fed winners etc i give loads to charitys aswell if i can ever help anyone out i will u cant knock anyone for wanting to keep there best if there going to race
  23. THEY HAVENT AS SHES NOT FOR SALE NOW PENDING CLUB MERGER IF I CAN RACE I WILL KEEP HER I HAVE SPOKE TO PERSONS THAT HAVE OFFERED TO BUY HER BUT AT THIS TIME IF I STILL GOT A CHANCE OF RACING SHE WILL BE STAYING
  24. i was going to let a top racing breeding son go with her a cracker of a bird the rest i will keep just in case something turns up club wise
  25. firstly no i dont need the money as i said before im only selling as cant see the point of keeping her i do have sons and daughters from her plus way things are i wont be racing unless some thing changes drasticly there are no duplicates 1sts these are first birds only in open compatition with birdage up to 2000 birds her offspring have won from 65 miles to 500 plus they are a allround pigeon if u want me to add 2 birds then shes bred treble of wat i said then but i dont count them yes i have had 3 offers over 1000 pound and no she is not up for sale yet i did say around the weekend i race in the south of thames fed and west essex fed as for my creditials on a good racing loft most of my results are on some were in just one race this year weatherby 185 mile south east wind 13 in first 100 of combine 11 in first 20 of fed thats 24 cards without clubs in that result i was 3rd 4th 5th combine 1 second apart 2 on same vel and i lost a lot of time its the sort of bird if you need her and willing to pay for success then go for it and i dont need money for christmass presents lol thats finished although i spose the mrs would like some more
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