Frazer

About 30 for me only got a small setup.

Moving words guys sorry to hear about your mate mark, a hero is a very overused word these days but not for our brave servicemen and women everyone of them are heroes in my eyes.

Was thinking about cardboard watching a dvd where they had newspaper fed through the front might try that thanks frazer.

Happy with the light that enters the loft through the windows just talking about the nesting boxes.

Flying natural next year my first season with ob,i have nest boxes with plastic widowhood fronts but is it better for me to block up half the nesting box with wood to darken them up so they get more rest when nesting any advice or pics of nesting boxes would be good.

Very nice karl like the cheq in pic 2 what strains do you keep.

Bit of sunshine at last cocks out having a bath,been battered by the winds the last couple of days down here in cornwall.

Hi can anyone recommend any good Dvds on natural flying or has anyone got any that they would like to sell me thanks frazer

Cheers bakes might see you there if basics have got a stand.

Just a suggestion rock but why dont you invest in some corrugate sheets bit expensive but the amount of times you have to refelt over the years its gotta be worth considering.

Im hoping to go twenty years since i last went where do i get tickets for the show and how much do they cost.Be good to meet up with some of the people on here put names to faces.

Welcome back andre thought i hadnt seen you on here for a while.Sounds like a good idea to me any damp that gets in the loft is going to cause problems and if your birds are locked up for four months then the birds will love acess to a avairy especially on sunny days,just done a small one myself put some pics up soon.

My lofts got vents running the length of the loft you cant have enough in my opinion always plenty of fresh air flowing through birds look well on it.

Asked a couple of people but just checking anyone use cuprinol on the outside of their loft and can you leave the birds in the loft while you do it,read the tin nothing on there saying anything about not using it for birds etc.

Iuse easibed know you have triedit and it does go everywhere but if you can get over that ive never noticed any dust great stuff

40ft in 15 minutes steve thats motoring :P

Put a pic up of mine early in the thread chris ;D

So many come on saying all you will do is feed the bop if you have them on open hole but for me the proof is there by the numbers i lost when i had them out mornings and afternoon as aposed to the few i have lost since i put them open hole wonder if the guys who come on saying this have ever tried open hole.

Heres mine plus wildlife

Dont have any trouble with the sparrowhawk but the peregrines are a different story but dont see that being there to watch them makes any difference been outside before clapping and jumping up and down like a loony when there being chased and its made no difference when they are in hunting mode theres bugger all you can do.Is the peregrine more or less active during the winter months surely they are not feeding young but i suppose you get the extra numbers with the offspring hunting aswell.

Being a novice IB im finding it tricky sexing them some are easy but others one day i think its a cock and the next i think its a hen when im done training in a couple of weeks im going to weed a few out and split them hoping ive got roughly equal of cocks and hens but im sure ive got more cocks than hens.

Not sure about that pigeonscout when i started in january i let the birds out in the morning and then again in the afternoon and lost loads to the peregrine watching them being chased regular,since i put them on open hole 5 months ago i have only lost one even saw the birds fly directly at two peregrines and go up above them definetly beleive they get streetwise to percy very sceptical about this before i put them on open hole but the proof is there with the numbers just my opinion.

Thanks for the advice forgot to mention 15 of my 32 pigeons are latebreds which i have just started to train so ill split them when i have finished training these in a couple of weeks.

Hi got a 21ft loft 2 8ft sections and a 5ft store which i need to use,ended my first season with 32 pigeons when do i split the cocks and hens up if at all problem is i have more cocks than boxes in ob section.Do i move 12 cocks in my 8ft section by themselves and put the rest of the cocks in my other section with the hens bit confused any advice please.

Hi first season this year had the birds on open hole but what about through the winter is it best to keep them in on the really rough days or just leave them open all winter regardless of the weather any advice please