PIGEON_MAN

SHE,S A STOCK BIRD JIM NOT FLYING OUT,BUT AS I SAID BEFORE THE ONLY ONE OUT OF 12 PAIRS THAT I,VE A PROBLEM WITH.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY WOULD BE THE BEST THING TO GET HER BACK INTO SHAPE WOULD BE.

SHE IS A STOCK HEN AND DOESN,T FLY OUT BUT THEN AGAIN SO ARE THE OTHER HENS IN THE SAME LOFT,AND THEY ALL GET FED TOGETHER.

THING IS THIS BIRD IS IN WITH ALL THE OTHER PIGEONS, HAD NO PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THE OTHER HENS SO I,M CERTAIN IT,S NOT BECAUSE SHE,S TO FAT.

ANYONE COME ACROSS YELLOW BREASTS (NO CRACKS ABOUT CHINEASE GIRLS) I HAVE A OLD HEN THAT SEEMS TO HAVE A YELLOWY BREAST ALL THE TIME,SHE,S NOT LAYED AT ALL THIS YEAR WONDERED IF ANYONE HAD COME ACROSS THIS BEFORE.

IN OUR CLUB WE PAY 50p A BIRD FOR ALL THE INLAND RACES EXCEPT FOR THE LONGEST YOUNG BIRD RACE WHICH IS 75p WHICH IS TRURO APPROX.180 MILES.THE CHANNEL RACES ARE PRICED AT £2.00 PER BIRD FOR THE FIRST TWO RACES AND £2.50 PER BIRD FOR THE NEXT TWO,THE FURTHEST RACE BEING APPROX 450 MILES.OUT OF THE ENTRACE FEE WE HAVE TO PAY WHAT EVER THE FED CHARGE IS AND THEN WHAT IS LEFT GOES AS PRIZEMONEY.SOME OF THE INLAND RACES(NORTH ROAD) WERE NOT SUPPORTED VERY WELL IN THE FED THIS YEAR SO THE HIGHEST CHARGE WAS £1.57 PER BIRD FOR A 200 MILE RACE SO WE MADE A BIG LOSS ON THAT RACE,BUT THEN AGAIN OUR LAST OLD BIRD RACE THE FED ONLY CHARGED US £1.00 PER BIRD AND WE PAYED £2.50 A BIRD IN THE CLUB.

THINK HE MIGHT BE TAKING THE P--- MATE.

DID ANYONE BUY ONE OF THE SMALL TYPE THAT YOU CAN FIT ON TOP OF AN ESTATE CAR,WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE ONE ON SHOW AT BLACKPOOL,I THINK THEY HELD ABOUT 60 BIRDS BUT AT £380 WERE A BIT EXPENSIVE AT THE TIME,MAY BE A BIT CHEAPER NOW.

DEPENDS REALLY PAUL ON WHAT THE CLUB SAY ABOUT VACCINATING,SOME CLUBS HAVE SAY 2 OR 3 MEMBERS THAT WILL GO ROUND TO EACH MEMBER AND VACCINATE THEIR BIRDS FOR THEM, HAVE ALSO KNOWN CLUBS WHERE YOU HAVE TO TAKE THEM TO THE HEADQUARTERS SAY ON A SUNDAY AND THE CLUB OFFICIALS WILL VACCINATE THE LOT.YOU CAN OF COURSE ASK YOUR LOCAL VET IF HE WILL VACCINATE YOUR BIRDS FOR YOU BUT IF YOU HAVE A LOT YOU MAY HAVE TO TAKE THEM TO THE VETS PRACTISE WHICH MIGHT BE A PROBLEM AND BE EXPENSIVE.I,M SURE YOU WILL FIND SOMEONE IN YOUR CLUB THAT WILL DO THEM FOR YOU.

ALL V RINGS FROM 1-50000 ARE ISSUED DIRECT FROM THE RPRA SO YOU WILL HAVE TO REPORT IT TO THEM MATE.

HI GARY,I HAVE JUDGED AT A FEW SHOWS OVER THE YEARS AND USUALLY IT IS LEFT TO THE JUDGE TO DECIDE FOR HIMSELF WHICH BIRDS SHOULD TAKE THE PRIZE CARDS.I BELIEVE THAT WHEN JUDGING SHOW BIRDS THERE IS CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT THE JUDGE SHOULD ADHERE TO BUT EVEN THEN IT IS DOWN TO HIM AT THE END OF THE DAY WHICH BIRD HE THINKS SHOULD WIN.FOR CLUB SHOWS IT IS USUALLY THE NORM TO ASK PERHAPS ONE OF THE TOP FLYERS FROM A LOCAL CLUB TO DO THE JUDGING THEN IT IS NOT TO FAR FOR THEM TO TRAVEL AND THEN YOU WILL FIND MOST FANCIERS WILL OBLIGE.

HI PAUL,SO SORRY TO HEAR OF YOUR MISFORTUNE ALLTHOUGH I HAVE HEARD OF PSITTACOSIS IN PIGEONS BEFORE I BELIEVE IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH PARROTS MORE.I CAN IMAGINE HOW YOU MUST OF FELT HAVING TO DISPOSE OF ALL YOUR BIRDS BUT GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE GOING TO CARRY ON.THERE ARE A FEW FANCIER,S ON THE FORUM WHO ARE GIVING AWAY LATEBREDS PERHAPS THAT MIGHT BE AN ALTERNATIVE TO SPENDING OUT A LOT OF MONEY ON NEW STOCK WITH NO GUARENTEE THAT THEY WILL BREED YOU ANYTHING ANY GOOD.BEST OF LUCK ANYWAY LOOK FORWARD TO SEE HOW YOU GET ON.

MOST OF THE BIG SHOWS CATER FOR BOTH RACING PIGEONS AND SHOW PIGEONS.

NOBODY FOUND THE BLACKPOOL DATE YET,HAVE TO SEARCH THROUGH THE BACK COPIES OF THE BHW.

YEA YOUR RIGHT ALAN OLD COMRADES SHOW AT THE TELFORD INTERNATIONAL CENTRE 28-29 OCTOBER.

EBAY MAY BE A GOOD BET,OR EVEN ASK ON THE FORUM THERE ARE ALLWAYS BARGAINS ON HERE,SPECKLED AS A VERY GOOD LOFT FOR SALE AND SHE,S NOT THAT MANY MILES FROM YOU,CHECK OUT HER POSTING THERE,S A PICTURE ALSO.

SENT A STRAY BACK YESTERDAY,GUY LOST HIM AT THE SECOND RACE,FIRST RACE HE WAS 1ST CLUB 4TH FED,AS THEY SAY NOT ALL STRAYS ARE BAD.ANOTHER STORY HAD A DARK CHECKER YOUNG BIRD COME IN THIS WAS IN 1980 BIRD WAS IN A TERRIBLE STATE ANYWAY KEPT HIM IN A WIDOWHOOD HEN BOX UNTIL HE PICKED UP A BIT AND REPORTED HIM,GUY TOLD ME TO DO WHAT EVER I WANTED WITH HIM BUT HE WAS A WELL BRED BIRD(USUAL STORY)ANYWAY GOT HIM BACK TO RIGHT,S LIKED HIM THAT MUCH I BRED OFF HIM.I HAVE EITHER WON OR TAKEN POSITIONS IN THE FIRST FOUR EVERY YEAR SINCE WITH PIGEONS, RELATED TO THAT BIRD.

HOPE YOU DONT MIND ME PICKING UP ON A FEW POINTS WHICH TO ME ARE WRONG TO MAKE TO A NOVICE,JUST BECAUSE THE BIRD CAME BACK TO HIS LOFT ON A FEW TRAINING TOSSES DOESN,T MEAN IT WILL BE A GOOD RACER FOR NEXT YEAR,THE TRANSFER NEEDS TO BE SENT TO THE UNION AND REGISTERED IN HIS NAME BEFORE HE IS RESPONSABLE FOR IT,AS IF IT WAS LOST IT WOULD BE REPORTED TO THE PRESENT OWNER,WHAT DIFFERANCE DOES IT MATTER WHAT IT SAYS ON THE PEDIGREE THAT DOESN,T GUARENTEE IT WILL BE A GOOD OR BAD BIRD.AS FOR SENDING IT TO A RACE JUST PUT IN DOWN ON THE RACE SHEET AS A TRAINER UNTIL THE TRANSFER COMES BACK THEN YOU CAN ENTER IT IN THE RACE PROPER.

IF THIS QUESTION WAS FOR ME REDCHEQHEN I CAN HONESTLEY SAY I CANT EVEN REMEMBER EVER USING ANYTHING FOR COCCIDIOSIS AND THE LAST THING I USED FOR CANKER WHICH WAS ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO WAS FOUNTAIN PEN INK PAINTED ON THE SCABS WITH A FEATHER.

IF THIS QUESTION WAS FOR ME REDCHEQHEN I CAN HONESTLEY SAY I CANT EVEN REMEMBER EVER USING ANYTHING FOR COCCIDIOSIS AND THE LAST THING I USED FOR CANKER WHICH WAS ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO WAS FOUNTAIN PEN INK PAINTED ON THE SCABS WITH A FEATHER.

ARE WE TO TAKE IT THAT THE CSCFC AS CHANGE TO CHALE AS WELL AS THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION IN YOUR POSTING BETWEEN THE CSCFC AND THE NFC.

NO WONDER THERE ARE SO MANY YOUNG BIRD LOSSES WHEN FANCIER,S ARE CONTINUALLY DOPING UP THEIR BIRDS WITH MEDICINES AND ANTIBIOTICS.

I,VE NOT EVER BEEN TO THAT ONE BEFORE BUT MAY CONSIDER IT NEARER THE TIME JUST HOPE THAT THE BIRD FLU DONT STOP THE SHOWS THIS YEAR.

IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SENNEN COVE BUT THERE IS A COMMITTE MEETING TONIGHT AND THE YOUNG BIRD RACE IS ON THE AGENDA BUT I CANT SEE THAT WE WOULD BE GOING TO THE ISLE OF WHITE BUT THEN AGAIN ANYWHERE WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME,GUESS WE WILL KNOW FOR DEFFINATE TOMMORROW.

I WOULD CALL IT A CHOCOLATE PIED,AND AS CRAIG SAYS I WOULD THINK IT IS A MEULEMAN.