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Borrow a farmers van, it'll stink a bit but it will cost you newt to fill up with red diesel @ 7p per litre. They've never had it so bad??? :D :D ;D ;D ;D

Just to confirm put me down for a brace sprint / middle distance.

This weeks BHW I bet our Karen has no articles printed yet again...? SILENCE OF THE LAMBS at it again. you'll all be changing to the RP when she starts writing articles again, news of the world are after printing her first article "What really goes on inside the Reddings" aaghh! she'll win the nobel peace prize with that one, it'll be a best seller they might even make a film? Have ya tried on ebay, for the colin walker book.

Skymaster Ghost was a great clock, the only down side to them was the paper ribbon but nevertheless a great little compact and very reliable time keeper.

Mac1 hows about a champion online youngbird say £10 each youngster entered into the draw, 2 catergories sprint / middle distance each fancier drawn exchanges youngbirds and races them to their lofts. (ring numbers would have to be registered with yourself). Its just an idea that could build on what you already seem to have been sucessful with. PUT ME DOWN AS WELL, please

Politics are not what we are about, its the many lasting friendships that are found around the world, many states, cultures and countries, we may not understand each others languages or faiths but what we all unite together with is our love and passion for this great hobby of the keeping, breeding, showing and racing of pigeons. Let the Goverments do what they do best, cock things up, millions of people within the UK are facing the worst christmas on record but you can bet Goverment ministers, Bank managers and members of the CBI will be having their turkey breast sliced extra thick unlike the millions hit by financial hardship who be lucky to buy pre-packed turkey that has been sliced with a laser. ( you know the stuff buy 1 get 1 free ). HANDS ACCROSS THE SEA mate, your definately no terrorist.

Some of the old flyers of yesterday, sadly no longer with us told me that instead of using tap water, they boiled the water and then left to cool in a tin bucket, once cold it was added to the drinkers the next day. I ask, if you were to boil the water would this remove the chlorine and then allow any medications mixed into it work to capacity. It isnt cheap to buy some of the preparations today, so with raising your thread it could therefore save us money in the long term.

An interesting thread, I ask, by feeding hemp would this not induce the birds to moult more freely? I remember the great Geoff Kirkland showing us a small bag of hemp seed that he used for conditionong his race candidates, when asked how much / often do you feed this to the birds he told us that the small bag would last him all that season and that would include the young birds as well.If you over heat them it would induce the birds to be slack in feather, which is the opposite of what we fanciers in the UK are trying to attain with our race birds for the optimum condition. I enjoy your view, I can see your a thinking fancier.

Cooperligistics:- A mate of mine recently had need to use a courier and rang Cooperlogistics, the bird was collected and it took them 3 days to deliver the bird a distance of just over 100mls, The bird had not been fed or offered water or removed from the box. The receipiant fancier confirmed that the box had not been opened.He will NEVER use this company again, and whilst I'm on the subject neither will I.

I'll stick with my olde faithful 107yrs old and her hearts still beating, I shall miss her when she's gone, she's served me well neigh on forty years always reliable and never missed a bird, my dear old loyal friend Madames Toulet Imperator thank you! Why change, if its not broke?

Hewd On Owd Lad! watch the amount you give over the feed it should only put a slight glisten to it.Too much and next season your in for heartbreak, this happened to a top midland partnership (Porter & Richardson), one season, one of the partners fancy a go at the shows so the birds were given cod liver oil on the feed, homoform and oil seeds thinking the birds would grow new thick silky feathers, well they faired very well in the shows but on the commencment of racing they put a crack team of proven pigeons out and they were literally dropping out the sky 15 - 20 miles from where they had been liberated.To cut the story short it transpired that all the oil that was put on the feed in the winter, with the birds not flying out,they saturated the birds liver and other organs with oil which stopped the organs working effectively, which amounted to these birds not being able to continue in flight due to the blood carrying to many toxins. The birds in question had to be rested that season, and although the idea is good we should think before we use anything onto the feed or mix into the drinking water,too much we can cause damage too little and there is no point in giving the product at all.

When using straw a tip dave Allen gave us all was to take a slice of the bale and shake it loose and place into a black bin liner, then pour a capful of Duramitex over the straw, then tie the top of the bin liner with string hang up for 72hrs then use as needed, this way you have as suggested in an earlier thread "gassed" it and the lice, mite and creepers will not want to live in it plus it keeps the moths away.In my stock loft I pour an enormous quantity of cresote over the wooden floor area and then split a full bale of medicated wood shavings then I put a full bale of straw on top of the shavings, it is only replenished annaully before I weaned the new years youngsters accross and I find no problems with their growth or health using this method.But your loft must be bone dry for this to work sucessfully. 8)

Cant get a picture up here on the moor, radar and low flying military aircraft so Ive set alarm and shall listen to it on my wireless, I'll have a diver on Joe calzagy (he's the best we'll see for a long while).

Quality stamped upon them, I think we all wished we had one responsible for 20 x 1sts it would do me, could do with him on the Bull System and offer the youngsters on here, you'd jam the net with enquiries. Whatever the family very nice birds in excellant condition well done mate.

A Homing Society or Pigeon Club, is a private club that has a membership that decides who can be a member or who cant, it has always been this way.Now the problem arises when that club affiliates to a Union, by being affiliated to that Union the club has to accept and abide by that Unions rules.The Club or Homing Society can also have a set of its own domestic rules agreed and propsed by that club/homing societies membership, but must not allow any of these domestic rules to conflict the Union rules. This new ruling now allows any Tom,Dick or Harry to gain membership whether the members of that club want the applicant in their club or not.I find that if this is the case a lot of the clubs would shut down and a lot more fanciers calling it a day and finishing in the sport which has been a much large part of their lives.It is a sad day when the association you finance ( oh, by the way the subs are to increase to £8 each) is allowed to get away with this dictatorial attitude.Q.Who requested that a rule change was needed dont say it was them lot again who dont fly pigeons.Time we rid ourselves of these charlatans or if that cannot be attained, start a new union as this one is way out of control and no longer listens to the voice of the membership.

Simplicity it may well be, but you get an application from Mr Nasty, the members dont want him in their club, so the secretary writes to say his application was unsucessful, You now have no backing from the rpra because of the rule change. Mr Nasty is'nt having none of this so instigates proceedings against the secretary, wheres the backing for him/her, who pays the damages awarded to Mr Nasty when the case goes to court. No I believe the rpra have pulled the carpet from under our feet I see it as the start of the beginning of the end and there is a lot more of this divide and destroy attitude to come.In the words of freddie mercury "I want to break free" anyone else?

The only curtain you need bother about is closing them on your windows when its gone dark to keep out the peeping toms. Its a load of cobblers, just another unproven theory to take your attention away from the simple method of racing your birds, its just like eyesign unproven, my mate has an eyeglass on his birds 365 days of the year for the last 12 years he has paired and brought in stock defined as top notch by the eye theory.In the last 12 years he has won 2 races, both young bird events with a hooligan tailwind blowing through, before he has got the the coast 220mls with the widowers his cabin is empty. I urge you to use the commonsense you were born with and forget all this crap before you get dispondent because it does not work. FORGET IT!

The convoyers of our federation held at meeting behind closed doors with the main pigeon transport contractors and the proposals are there is to be a levy charged to each club of £10 per race AND the clubs shall be responsible to feed their birds into a central collection station.Unfortunately I will not be having any of this nonsense and I applaud anyother fanciers out there who take the same stance. The writing is on the wall boys, we have to make and stand and not take anymore of this nonsense, if we don't look after ourselves no one else will? > > > > >

You can make figures say almost anything, but it is frightening to think of the waste of our money that goes on unchecked. remember the Galloping Major he had a car on lease which cost over £19,000, Lewis Hamilton does'nt pay that for his Ferrari and he gets to smash it up, I shudder to think what drain on our finances the last "Wet Lettuce" cost to get shut of him. But joking aside the new General Manager has already endorsed his authority in a reply to a complaint recieved he's gone on record as saying "In My Experience" one hell of a clever bloke is this one, he's not been in the job long enough for his coffee to go cold but excuse me but did we not read in the BHW he had no experience of pigeon matters? Where on earth do they get these misfits from? Its alright laughing at this, but seriously its costing us money............Subscriptions are to be increased, BHW gone up, Rings are the next and anything else they can screw extra money out of our pockets before Blackpool, BEER £10 per pint, Soggy Sandwich £4.50 each oh you may laugh but mark my words and wait till January. >

I dont think I would rush back to the Kentucky if I got a bad tasting bargain bucket either, would you ;D

A policeman comes accross a 97 year old man, crying his eyes out sat in the middle of a road, the officer helps him to his feet and leads him to safety, he then asks him "why are you crying Sir" the old man still heavily sobbing told him " Ive just got married to a beautiful 19 year old young lady, she very slim and enjoys making love three times before dinner, three times before tea and three times before bedtime" the officer asks "What she do a bedtime"? the old man said "oh its unbelievable she makes love all night long" the officer says "Well if that is so, what the hell are you crying about" the old man replied "Officer, Ive forgotten were I live" ;D Thankyou and goodnight all.

NYSTATIN- Antimicrobial that is used to treat thrush and fungal infections. Nystatin must come into contact with these organisms to be effective and as it is not absorbed from the digestive tract, can only treat infections here. An alternative to use would be KETOCONAZOLE, An antimicrobial used to treat thrush and fungal infections.One of the few fungal drugs that is absorbed from the bowel and can therefore be used to treat fungal airsac infections.

Nystatin an antibiotic that fights against yeast infections. It was cultured by the Americans in New York thats were the NY abbreviation comes from now the STATIN is derived from Statin Island where the research laboratory was based so thats how it got its name NYSTATIN. It is readily available if you know where to look but beware use it properly or it will come back and bite you, you know what I am getting at or you will inherit more problems than you started with, yes we all know jimmy whatsisname uses it down the road and wins all the prizes ,that's what is said the truth is he most probably does not and thats why he wins as he does? ;D CIDER VINEGAR is a good product, I only used it once on the wife, I didnt get a wink of sleep she lay there screaming her head off all night, tryed ROCK SALT that didnt fair too well neither..... well you dont know unless you try and they tell me God likes a tryer. 8)

Barack Obama told the world yesterday "Change has Come" well its most certainly has because before it comes around to racing next year 2009, change is all we will have left in our pockets, gentlemen and ladies "Time has Come" to vote with your feet its time to leave the sinking ship, women & children first OLD YELLOW you can come with us into the new land NWHU land. Did you know that a ship sinks and goes down to the bottom and lies lifeless upon the seabed, all the rats are drowned with her, so that may well be the cleaning out of the old wood which was reffered to in a previous thread tonight?

Less manufacture, oh yes another item WE have to payout for when they sold off the premises then sold the printing presses that WE bought with OUR money. Now the profits are reduced because they have someone else print it on their presses. Another item to record in the rpra's catalogue of errors which ever way you look at this were being stitched up from every possible angle. The increase in the price of the BHW is unjustified and they want reporting to the consumer watchdog for alleged falsely inflating the price of the newspaper, I shall not be affected as I do'nt subscribe to it, but there must be thousands of you out who are being ripped off! Its a good job this lot aint involved in running an airline company, you can be assured half way through the flight the captain's voice comes on the speaker "the price of your flight has just been increased, those of you prepared to pay remain seated, those who won't or cannot afford to pay see the stewardess at the back of the plane and you'll be fitted with a parachute, we hope you'll enjoy your flight with us".Oh and thats another point the old geezer in seat no 106 did he jump, or was he pushed? they never found him, or was that yet another cover up? ;D