MIK

interested

no.6

crackin cock...canny understand why u atleast didnt take a late bred from him atb Mick

thats it Andy

the bastid thing...i hope it chokes on a bone and dies. Poor wee bird decided to come home for a good meal b4 cold snap and instead it ends up dinner

Ganus family maybe

no.6

at least 200 on floor 100 each side wall and 63 back wall.... good guess ..500 in total with room for 30 more stock to try

im intrigued Rob, any chance of sending it to me atb Mick

6 and 15 will vote no. 6

6 and 9 top 2 for me....hmmm 6 gets vote

Pot eggs now means sitting 2nd round at time of race. Wonder if this is timed to a certain age of egg or near chipping? Can be good for training (i think), giving them the mind set to get home. but also first round laid at end of month could have more motivation also. Thanks Andy for updates, will be interesting to see how this pans out. atb Mick

looks like half the membrane missing, if its real why does the 2 pics look different. either different camera angle or the eye has shifted left about 30 degrees.

thx Bill appreciate that Dal...thank you

Hi all me mame is Michael Moran, i keep pigeons for the love of it more than the glory. I do race but im not that good of a fancier. I have won a few but time and family restrict me putting 100% in. I have bred winners for others. Im trying to build a team of distance pigeons that you can count on when the going gets tough, and to time regularly from France to the N.West of Ireland. i take part in chat now and again in 2 other sites but i like to sit read and learn. atb Mick

Best of luck Mr and Mrs Burgess..hope all goes well Mick

no. 5 for me

12 for me

2 and 4

no.10 for me

no.11 for me

Gary to me a strain would be a line of winning pigeon or pigeons your family descended from, and continue to win for yourself through generations. There are many winning strains all over the UK and Ireland purposely bred by the individual, all from top breeders from the UK and the continent. so what im trying to say is that your van loons are a strain developed by yourself for your own requirements and have served you well. Same with anyone buying , say a busschaert,Aarden or any other for that matter. We all develope our own strain. atb Mick

My father when i was about 10(40 now) i took an interest and my uncle reared me 6 ybs to race from me oul boys loft. Me da trained and fed them with me looking in. When the first race came along, 120 miles, ill never forget the feeling when i seen one of mine bomb in , do a wide circle of loft then trap to win the club. I WAS SMITTEN through growing up and meeting the wife i didnt start back until 2003(age 31) when me da decided to pack up and i had me own home to build a loft. I brought some of his down ...broke what i could and raced them out. It was like starting from new and even novice status...im still a novice(although i have won a few races) and learning every year. atb mick

happens quite often in my loft, alot of nests through 2 cocks and 2 hens and as MJB stated they are all ybs atb Mick

change your feeding and put garlic in da water. its not a disease ...more of a condition when fed too much protein and bad circulation in blood