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There is a Spring Fair at THE DOME Doncaster, Saturday 24th March, will anyone be going. Is the Webmaster going to be there with his PC. Looking forward to meeting up with PB people. yours in sport mO.

I am close to Huddersfield and will have my birds out at the weekend, if it drops in to me or any of my club mates i will give you a call. As you are only in huddersfield, are you short of any birds as I have a few too many if it will help you out. PM me if i can help mO.

The best thing to do is to TRY and donate a bird as well and double your chances,especially if it goes to a better flyer. It also a way to test your birds under diffiernt management. mO.

I think you are right, but dunno about the terminology you are using. My fed Normanton is also havibg a sale,ie Breeder/Buyer. Where you can enter a bird into the sale (Breeder) and anyone can buy that bird (Buyer), later in the Y/Bird season at a Centraly marked Fed race those same birds (if enterd) can then fly for a pot of money. It usually pays out 50/50 to the Breeder/Buyer after the Fed has deducted its cut. And yes it would be to both parties advantage if the bird was entered and only fair to the Breeder who has donated the bird for FREE. Hope the above helps mO.

beware of THE WAEKEST LINK lol but good luck and i look forward to your review. mO.

I agree with Steve, unless they cut wide open and require stiches I leave them well alone. There are pics on my site showing what Razor wire does to mine, as my neighbours have a 14ft high fence with Razor barb wire on the top. mO.

I think you got it right. Lucky You

congrates on passing ya test. well done mO.

you may want to give this link a hit http://www.suntimes.co.za/PrintEdition/Article.aspx?id=384637 mO sorry you may need to type it in. or cut and paste. very interesting reading on the subject at hand

Having visited S/Africa only last October and although I didn,t see or handle this years 2007 german entrys I did handle German birds from earlier SCMDR that had been sold off at auction. I was very shocked to see these very high priced birds. I would have culled them as I weaned them. I was handling COCKS that to me were smaller than my smallest HENS. very VERY SMALL BIRDS indeed. hope the above sheds a little light on the type of birds they enter. mO.

As with ALL vermine 2 legged and 4 legged I believe you must ensure your lofts are Secure, we put are birds into a captive environment where they cann't protect themselves and therfore are totally reliant on us. mO

To Help stop birds getting out of the Boxes Amtrax supply I always put tape through the handle,packing tape or cellotape i guess would also do the trick,its stops them opening them for a quick look and guess what? the birds out before they now where they are, ooooooooooops, bird missing mO

Deepest sympathy to his family, and i trust someone has rallied round to see to his birds to help out the family at this sad time. yours in sport mO.

My understanding of the IDEAL time to pair is approx 90 days before the 1st race. If flying natural for the distance then you need to adjust the time to get the nest conditions that you want the birds to fly home to. ie, driving, sitting,chipping, or with young in the bowl. Unless you want the young birds from your Distance birds then I would say leave em alone for now and pair them nearer to the race. If you intend racing the young off your distance birds I would of suggested breeding as early as practical, young birds onto darkness system and then split the old birds and re-pair again nearer to the race mO.

just had another look at the pics and the birds look great. I did notice that you use Tobacco stalks and that some of the nests are above the top of the bowl. From my own limited exsperience may I just say that I have lost eggs using tobacco stalks due to the birds piling them up so high. I now always break or cut them in half and do not get eggs out of the bowls now. hope the above is of help. yours in sport mO.