Just be carful dave mate, i know your keen, but very cold still at the moment, and east winds, no rush mate, And a mile is a complete waist of time in my view, if they are going off for a good while, Have you had them in the baskets much? with water troughs on? Get them in the basket as much as you can, and drinking from them, I normally feed them at night, in the loft, and catch them and basket them, with water troughs on, so they have no water in loft, after a couple of times they soon learn how to drink, i havent done it yet this year with mine due to not had time, but will get them in the basket this saturday all day, then i can clean them out too!! feathers everywhere.