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THE WAY THE WEATHER IS IN THE NORTH EAST,I WOULD LOVE RACING TO BE PUT BACK 2 WEEKS FROM NOW ON AS THE FIRST COUPLE OF RACES UP HERE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN FREEZING COLD DAYS WITH HEAD WINDS AND POOR RETURNS.WHY??? BECAUSE THE BIRDS ARENT UP TO IT AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.YEARLING COCKS CAN HAVE THEIR SEASON ENDED THROUGH BEING SENT STRAIGHT IN TO THE DEEP END AND ASKED TO DO A JOB THAT THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARENT YET CAPABLE OF.

WASNT GIVINGG IT THE CHOICE TO TURN ITS NOSE UP AT IT BRUNO.A HUNGRY PIGEON WILL EAT YOUR SHOE LACES SO I THINK IT WILL EAT A PIECE OF BLACK CORN.

ONCE TRIED IT BUT FOUND WHEN WE CLEANED IT OUT AT THE END OF THE SEASON WE FOUND CORN THAT WAS NOW BLACK FROM EXPOSURE AND PROBABLY AMMONIA.I STOPPED THEN AS I WAS PARANOID THAT IF THE BIRDS ATE CORN LIKE THAT I'D NEVER GET THEM IN FORM.

WE HAVE ALWAYS CLEANED OUT 2X PER DAY AND ANY OTHER TIME WE GO IN THE LOFT WE FEEL ITS TIME WASTED IF YOU DON'T CLEAN WHILE YOUR IN.CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS IN OUR BOOK.

SPEIGHT,WERE TRYING GEM 10 PELLETS AT THE MOMENT WHILE THE BIRDS ARE FEEDING YOUNGUNS, AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT THEY ARE EATING THEM BETTER THAN ANY PELLET I HAVE TRIED THEM ON.WE WERE ALWAYS BIG BELIEVERS IN P40 PELLETS BUT THOUGHT WE'D TRY THE G 10'S AS WE LIKE GEM PRODUCTS.WHAT THE YOUNG TURN OUT LIKE I'LL LET YOU KNOW AS THEY ARE CURRENTLY ONLY 4-5 DAYS OLD AT THE MO.

I HAVE THE CHARGER WHICH I PAID £45 FOR ABOUT 7 YEAR AGO,BUT PERSONALLY I THINK COLLOIDAL SILVER IS NOT MUCH GOOD.I'D RATHER GIVE STOOD TAP WATER THAN COLLOIDAL,IT IS JUST ANOTHER MONEY MAKING RACKET IN MY EYES,SORRY.

I DONT SEE THE POINT IN HAMMERING BIRDS TOO EARLY IN THE SEASON IN COLD FRESH WINDS,THEY CAN KNOCK AN OLD BIRDS END IN NEVER MIND AN OLDER EXPERIENCED BIRD.I'D RATHER MISS THE FIRST FEW RACES THAN THROW AWAY PROMISING BIRDS FOR THE SAKE OF A FEW POINTS.I'VE STILL TO SEE A BIRD THATS THAT GOOD IT CANT BE LOST FROM THE FIRST (SHORTEST) RACE OF THE SEASON IN A COLD HEAD WIND THAT IT ISN'T READY FOR.WE CAN GET COLD HEAD WINDS LATER IN THE YEAR BUT BY THEN THE BIRDS ARE ACCUSTOMED TO WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THEM.APRIL IS NOTORIOUS NOW TO BE FREEZING COLD WHEN THE FIRST RACE COMES ROUND AND THE RACE IS USUALLY A SHAMBLES WITH GOOD EXPERIENCED BIRDS LOST AND TURNING IN LATE.PEOPLE WHO HAVE FLOWN BIRDS FOR MORE YEARS THAN I CAN REMEMBER HAVE SHORT MEMORIES AND SEND FULL TEAMS TO THESE EARLY RACES AND THEN BLAME THE CONVOYER FOR POOR RETURNS,WHEN REALLY IT IS BAD MANAGEMENT IN THE FIRST PLACE THAT HAS CAUSED THE POOR RETURNS!!!!!!WAIT FOR THE WEATHER TO IMPROVE AND YOU WILL BENEFIT IN THE LONG RUN

ANYONE SEEN THE LATEST CORN (FROM THE CORN WAREHOUSE)PSB NUCLEOTIDES WHICH IS ADDED TO THE CORN AT A RATE OF 20%?VERY EXPENSIVE CORN!!!!!!!ANYONE TRYING IT? AND HAS ANYONE LOOKED INTO THESE NUCLEOTIDES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REBUILDING THE BUILDING BLOCKS THAT FORM DNA?IS THIS ANOTHER PINK ELEPHANT OR THE "WAY FORWARD"? JOCK

I LOST A COCK LAST YEAR THAT HAD 8X1ST CLUBS AND 3X1ST 1X2ND 2X 3RD FED AS WELL AS 12 OTHER CARDS IN THE FIRST 20.HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AND REPORTED DEAD THE DAY AFTER THE RACE.SAD BUT A FACTOR IN RACING THAT IF YOU DONT SEND YOUR BEST YOU WONT WIN.

HAVE TO SAY MY BIGGEST THRILL WOULD HAVE TO BE TIMING OUR 2ND COMBINE TOPPER ON FROM TOURS IN 1994 AT 15.54 PM 512 MLS.THE LOFT WAS LOCKED UP AND THE PIGEON HAD BEEN SAT ON THE ROOFTOP FOR GOD KNOWS HOW LONG.WE NEVER EXPECTED BIRDS HOME NEVER MIND AS EARLY AS THAT.I HAVE TO SAY IF WE FLEW IN AN ALLOTMENT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT OUT AS THE BIRD WAS DOING 1500 YPM AND WON BY HALF AN HOUR.SHE PROVED HERSELF TO BE A TOP HEN BY GOING ON TO WIN ANOTHER TWO CHANNEL RACES AND THEN BREEDING OUR THIRD COMBINE TOPPER.

BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO TOP THE COMBINE 3X FLYING INTO THE NORTH EAST (NO EASY FEAT) BUT THE FIRST TIME WHEN WE WERE 1ST AND 2ND FED 1ST AND 3RD COMBINE CLEREMONT ON A 1000 YPM DAY HAS TO BE THE ONE THAT STANDS OUT,BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE TOPPED THE FED NUMEROUS TIMES INLAND BUT NOTHING BEATS THE FEELING OF WINNING FROM THE CHANNEL

THE PROBLEM USUALLY OCCURS THROUGH BEING SAT TOO TIGHT BY THE COCK OR HEN AND THE LEGS SPLAYING ARE A RESULT OF THIS.THERE IS ONLY ONE THING TO DO AND THAT IS CULL THE YOUNGSTER.

GEZ IS RIGHT,THE ART OF FEEDING COMES INTO THE EQUATION WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO FLY THE DISTANCE.IT ISN'T ALL FEED THOUGH BECAUSE AS MY OLD MAN HAS ALWAYS SAID"IF I WAS ON A SPECIALISED DIET FOR A YEAR AND TRAINING ON A SPECIFIC TRAINING PLAN,I STILL COULDNT BEAT SEB COE IF HE HAD BEEN EATING FISH AND CHIPS ALL YEAR AND NOT TRAINING."YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE ABILITY IN THE FIRST PLACE THE FEED AND TRAINING ARE SECONDARY BUT ALSO A MAJOR FACTOR IN FLYING ANY DISTANCE.

ROSE TO TRUELY ENJOY THE GAME OF PIGEONS THEN NATURAL IS THE WAY.WIDOWERS ARE EITHER IN THE SKY OR IN THE LOFT,YOU CANT HAVE THEM ON OPEN HOLE OR PICKING AROUND THE GARDEN LIKE YOU CAN WITH NATURAL BIRDS.SO IF YOU LIKE TO WATCH THEM CLAPPING AROUND THE GARDEN AND ARE PREPARED TO NOT WIN SO MANY RACES IN THE EARLY SPRINT RACES YOU DO WHAT YOU LIKE AND FLY NATURAL AND ENJOY YOUR BIRDS. :) .I KNOW MANY MEN WHO HAVE GOOD SUCCESS WITH THEIR BIRDS FLYING WIDOWHOOD AND DONT KNOW THE FRONT OF A PIGEON TO THE BACK.SOMEONE WHO FLIES NATURAL AND BEATS YOUR WIDOWHOOD MEN AT ANY DISTANCE IS A TRUE CHAMPION AND KNOWS HIS STUFF BELIEVE ME(AND I TAKE MY HAT OFF TO THOSE GUYS)I CANT COMPETE WITH NATURAL PIGEONS AGAINST WIDOWERS IM NOT GOOD ENOUGH SO I FLY WIDOWHOOD

ROSE,IT IS THE EASIEST WAY TO FLY PIGEONS.YOU SAY IT SEEMS COMPLICATED TO FOLLOW???PIGEON RACING IS ONLY AS COMPLICATED AS WE KEEP ON MAKING IT FOR OURSELVES.SOME PEOPLE ON THESE FORUMS WILL BE ABLE TO TELL THE DAY OF THE WEEK ONLY BY WHAT COLOUR THEIR PIGEONS WATER IS!!!!BUT WIDOWHOOD IS LESS TIME CONSUMING FOR WORKING MEN AND EASIER TO MOTIVATE COCKS AND HENS THAN HAVING TO WAIT FOR NATURAL BIRDS TO BE SITTING WHAT YOU WOULD CALL THEIR"IDEAL"POSITION.