PIGEON_MAN

BRUNO,THANKS FOR YOUR CONCERN HAVE TRIED THE REFLEX TEST BUT SHE DOESN,T SEEM TO REACT TO THIS SO TRIED IT ON SOME OF THE OTHER BIRDS AND IT SEEMS TO BE A BIT HIT AND MISS COUPLE OF THE BIRDS GRABBED MY FINGER WHERE AS 4 OR5 DIDN,T.

BILLYMAC,LIKE YOURSELF I DECIDED TO GO BACK TO FEEDING BEANS ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AS I WAS BEGINNING TO THINK THAT THE COMERCIAL MIXTURES WERE GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER.ALLTHOUGH I STILL GET THE MIXTURES TO MIX WITH THE BEANS I USE 50% BEANS ALL THE YEAR ROUND AND HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL FEEDING THIS WAY.

I MAY BE WRONG HERE BUT WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERANT LOTS OF JANSSENS.THE FAMOUS JANSSEN BROTHERS BIRDS WERE I THINK GENERALLY THOUGHT OF TO BE A SPRINT BASED FAMILY BUT THE PERHAPS NOT SO WELL KNOWN WAS JULES JANSSEN WHOSE BIRDS WERE DEFINATELY BETTER KNOWN FOR THE DISTANCE.

THE HEN IN QUESTION IS A PRISONER THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME IN 2003,I PAIRED HER UP IN 2004 BUT SHE TOOK A LONG TIME TO LAY THAT YEAR THIS YEAR SHE HASN,T LAYED AT ALL SO WEATHER OR NOT THATS WERE THE PROBLEM LIES I,M NOT SURE.SHE AS NEVER SEEMED 100% ON HERE LEGS SINCE I HAVE HAD HER BUT IT DOESN,T SEEM TO HAVE GOT MUCH WORSE.SHE AS JUST THE SAME FEED E.T.C. AS THE REST OF THE PRISONERS SO IT CANT BE THAT SHE IS LACKING IN ANY THING UNLESS HER BODY IS NOT SOMEHOW WORKING PROPERLY.THE REASON I HAVE KEPT HER IS THAT SHE AS WON MANY EYE SIGN SHOWS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR HER LAST OWNER AND ALSO FOR ME.

YEARS AGO I WAS AWARE THAT MANY OF THE OLDER FANCIERS USED COD LIVER OIL ON THEIR CORN .WHAT AS PROMTED ME TO START THINKING ABOUT THIS AGAIN IS THE FACT THAT I HAVE A 1998 BRED HEN THAT SEEMS SORT OF WOBBLY ON HER FEET SHE AS BEEN GETTING GRADUALLY WORSE,I HAVE BEEN TOLD BEFORE THAT IT COULD BE A FORM OF ARTHRITIS WHICH GOT ME THINKING IF THE COD LIVER OIL WOULD BE OF USE AS I KNOW HUMANS TAKE IT IN CAPSULE FORM TO HELP WITH BONES E.T.C.WOULD APPRECIATE SOME OF THE FANCIERS THOUGHTS ON HERE OR PERHAPS SOMEONE KNOWS OF ANOTHER CURE.

BRUNO, DONT WISH TO FUEL THE FIRE ANY MORE BY MENTIONING SALTS BUT WHAT IS YOUR OPPINION OF ADDING GLUCOSE AFTER A RACE AS MY BIRDS GET A MIXTURE WHICH IS ABOUT 80%.

SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO TEACH ME HOW TO SEND IN GOOD PHOTO,S THOUGH JUST CAN,T SEEM TO GET THE HANG OF IT,CAN YOU TAKE GOOD ONE,S ON A MOBILE PHONE AND SEND IN SOMEHOW OR IS IT BEST TO GET ONE OF THOSE DIGITAL CAMERAS.I THINK THE QUALITY OF THE PHOTO,S ON HERE ARE FANTASTIC SO HOPEFULLY I SHALL SOON ABLE TO SEND SOME IN ALSO.CERTAINLY SOUNDS GREAT THE ON LINE SHOW.

IS ANYONE STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WIYH THE CHATROOM SOMETIMES WHEN I GO IN THERE AND TRY TO WRITE SOMETHING IT JUST WONT WORK BUT IF I COME BACK HEAR THERE IS NO PROBLEM.

SORRY I DIDN,T WRITE ANYTHING IN THE CHAT ROOM KEYBOARD DIDN,T SEEM TO WANT TO WORK IN THERE.SORRY TO YOU ALSO ROSE AND ANYONE ELSE BUT MY KEYBOARD JUST WONT WORK WHEN I GO INTO THE CHAT ROOM ALLTHOUGH IT WAS O.K.EARLIER ON TODAY AND THERES NO PROBLEM ON HERE.

ALLTHOUGH ITS NOT A VERY GOOD PICTURE I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS ALSO THE EYE OF A VERY GOOD BREEDER.NICE TO KNOW THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE ON HERE THAT APPRECIATES THE EYES.I ONLY EVER GO BY THE EYE WHEN I AM CHOOSING A BIRD FOR BREEDING OFF.I,VE NEVER REALLY BOTHERED TO MUCH ABOUT THE EYES FOR RACING AS IT SEEMS THAT THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT ONES THAT WIN RACES.WHAT DID YOU THINK OF MY POSTING EARLIER ABOUT CHOOSING THAT COCK BIRD OUT OF ALL THOSE THAT WERE FOR SALE,THE EYE ON HIM IS FANTASTIC.

HI SILVERDALE LOFTS WHAT A EYE ON THE PIGEON YOU PUT ON HERE IS THIS ONE OF YOUR BIRDS,WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT IT AS DONE RACING AND BREEDING

SO BECAUSE HE IS A CONSISTANT PIGEON YOU THINK HE WILL BE A GOOD BREEDER AS WELL, IT WOULD BE EASY IF IT WORKED THAT WAY.I THINK I WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO BREED MORE OFF HIS PARENTS IF THAT IS POSSIBLE OR TO TRY AND GET SOME MORE YOUNGSTERS OFF THAT PAIR IF YOU DONT HAVE THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE PROVED THAT THEY BREED CONSISTANT PIGEONS.I HAVE KNOWN FANCIERS WITH PIGEONS THAT HAVE WON LOADS OF RACES BUT THEY CAN NOT BREED BIRDS OFF THEM THAT ARE ANY GOOD.

I WOULD SAY THAT IF YOU ARE SET ON BREEDING SOMETHING OFF HIM IT IS NO GOOD LEAVING HIM WITH THE SAME HEN AS IN 2005 BECAUSE THE YOUNGSTERS OFF THEM WERE NO GOOD SO YOU WILL HAVE TO TRY HIM WITH THE OTHER HEN.I WAS WONDERING WHY YOU ARE SO SET IN YOUR MIND ABOUT BREEDING OFF HIM WOULD IT BE AS WHERE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKE THE MISTAKE OF DOING IS BECAUSE HE IS BRED OFF A CERTAIN PIGEON OR AS HE A PEDIGREE AS LONG AS YOUR ARM.I PERSONALLY ONLY GO BY THE EYE FOR BREEDING IT DOESN,T MATTER TO ME WHAT A BIRD MAY HAVE DONE OR WHAT THEY ARE BRED OFF IF THEY HAVN,T GOT WHAT I THINK IS A GOOD BREEDING EYE I DONT BREED OFF THEM.

WONDER HOW THE SPEAKER OF WISE WORDS (JIMMY WHITE} SEE,S THIS ONE HOW ABOUT IT JIM PUT THE LESS KNOWLEDGEABLE AMONGST US RIGHT.

DOOSTALKER ARE YOU SURE YOU HAVN,T BEEN HITTING THE WHISKY BOTTLE I WOULD THINK EXACTLY THE SAME AS CELTICS EXPLANATION.

CHEERS ROSE ALL SORTED NOW.THANKS AGAIN TONY(PIGEON_MAN)

HAVING PROBLEMS FINDING A HOTEL THIS YEAR CLOSE TO THE WINTER GARDENS WITH CAR PARKING AS I,M HOPING TO ENTER SOME BIRDS IN THE EYE SIGN CLASSES ANYONE GOT ANY NUMBERS.

SOME YEARS AGO I WAS GIVEN A RECIPE TO MIX MY OWN SALTS WHICH IS BASICALLY MADE UP OF MOSTLY GLUCOSE WITH A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF TABLE SALT,BICARBONATE OF SODA AND LOW SODIUM SALT.ITS CHEAP TO MAKE UP AND SEEMS TO BE O.K. FOR THE BIRDS RETURNING FROM A RACE.WHAT DO YOU THINK BRUNO ABOUT THE INGREDIENTS.

AS YOU SAY JIMMY THE LOFT MOST CERTAINLY AS TO BE BONE DRY I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT ANY WAY IF YOU USE DEEP LITTER OR NOT.I CERTAINLY DONT TAKE OFFENCE IN FACT I LOVE TO READ YOUR POSTINGS IN SOME WAYS YOU REMIND ME OF MY LATE GRANDFATHER I USED TO SIT AND LISTEN TO HIM FOR HOURS TELLING PIGEON STORIES E.T.C.

PERSONALLY I DO NOT THINK IT MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE AT ALL WHEN YOU CLEAN THE LOFT OUT.I HAVE A SECTION WITH 12 WIDOWHOOD COCKS IN AND I CLEANED THEM OUT EVERY MORNING AND EVERY NIGHT WHEN THEY WERE OUT FOR EXERCISE WHERE AS MY YOUNG BIRDS HAVE NEVER BEEN CLEANED OUT SINCE I PUT THEM ON DARKNESS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

EVEN THOUGH THE BREEDER SAID HE THOUGHT THEY WERE A PAIR HE COULD STILL BE WRONG.CAN I ASK WHY YOU WANT TO BREED FOR THIS LATE IN THE YEAR.

THIS MAY BE SEEM A SILLY QUESTION BUT ARE YOU CERTAIN THAT THEY ARE A COCK AND HEN.AS THEY ARE STILL YOUNG BIRDS IT IS EASY SOMETIMES TO MISTAKE YOUNG HENS FOR COCKS AND VISA VERSA.IT IS ALSO LATE IN THE YEAR NOW TO BREED I WOULDN,T BOTHER FOR THIS YEAR AND SEE IF THEY TURN OUT TO BE A COCK AND HEN NEXT YEAR.

SEVERN VALLEY FED AT TRURO.LAST RACE OF THE SEASON.

HAVING BEEN AROUND PIGEONS ALL MY LIFE (MY GRANDFATHER HAD THEM THATS HOW I CAUGHT THE BUG) AND RACED THEM FOR OVER 35 YEARS THIS IS PROBABLE THE BEST SEASON I HAVE EVER HAD,THE THING IS I STARTED USING ALL THE SO CALLED EXPENSIVE STUFF A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO,SO IS IT A WASTE OF MONEY OR NOT.I CERTAINLY WOULD RATHER NOT PAY THE PRICES FOR SOME OF THE STUFF BUT THE QUESTION IS WOULD I STILL HAVE HAD A YEAR LIKE THIS ONE IF I HADN,T USED IT.PEOPLE SAY NEVER CHANGE A WINNING SYSTEM SO WHAT WOULD YOU DO.

HI ASHLEY T,HOPE YOU DO WELL WITH THE BIRDS,WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE EYES ON THEM IF YOU CAN GET SOME PICTURES OF THEM.PERSONLY I DONT CARE WHAT VANS THEY ARE WHEN BUYING BIRDS FOR STOCK THERE IS ONLY ONE THING I WANT TO LOOK AT AND THATS THE EYE.