REDCHEQHEN

The ring number was issued to Hazelrigg HS is that your club kev43 ?

Nosey (evil)

Is it SHU or NEHU?? (Newcastle West Federation?)

They're MNFC Rings

Cable for ETS from pad to base (I think) I looked on e bay and couldn't find one - have you got a link?

would like to swap a brand new 5 metre cable for a 10 metre cable if anyone has a spare - or can let me know where I can get one for less than £10.81 (incl p+p) (evil)

BLACK W/F is or the youngsters? (evil)

I am not an electrician and neither are you 250w to 1 AMP is what I was told when I worked at the electricity board - so 35 amp sounds far too much !!

he has one for £80 - price is going up !!

It is an american system - I know people who have tried it - and failed as they couldn't get the youngsters through the moult and it ruined their young bird season .....!!

it won't be that for long

Open the bird up yourself (post mortem) and see if there is anything untoward (still got worms - ulcerated colon - etc etc)

the 7 day old ones - no - they appear to have doubled in size overnight LOL !! (all the maples have disappeared!) The 11 day old ones were rung several days ago

If I was ever bothered about the cost of pigeon racing I would give up! I took photos this morning - these are only babies I've got at the moment

A disappointing 'lunch box' whats in the buffet? Chipolatas (evil)(evil)(evil)

We bought two pairs of birds for stock - although the cocks are 08 - the hens are 09 - and possibly latebreds at that. One of the hens laid 2 quite small eggs, but they have hatched out - the youngsters were very tiny and at a week old tomorrow - I daresay it will be another week before they will be big enough to ring. I might add that it is highly likely that the hen was egg bound for a few days - as she laid both eggs the same day - and they hatched only 2 weeks (14 days ) after being laid - though the eggs were clean. The other pairs first eggs were clear. The youngsters are healthy looking - but still look about 2 or 3 days old as they were so small to start with - are they worth persevering with do you think?

Paulo whispering sweet nothings in your earhole (evil)(evil)

You're going to have to wait Owen I think the lighter the colour is - the sparser the down is (but not sure) You should be able to tell in the next week or so !! Patience young man

I'll give you £500 and you can give me 1000 euros - I like your exchange rate (evil)

You've hidden it well (evil)

There are a few liberation sites at Maidstone I think I don't think the UNC use the RPRA site

http://www.carbolicsoap.com/reckitts-blue-p-864.html

I'd love to bring you lot down to earth ........ This may be a male only thread - but you sure are giving us girls a laugh (evil)(evil)(happy)(happy) (In your dreams springs to mind (evil)(evil)(hehe) )

Whatever colour you might call it, its defo not a chocolate I have a similar one - but more red with an underlying blue cheq. and just thought it was a red cheq ! (came from a mealie hen and a dark cheq cock, no jannsen in it)

Taken from Jack Barkel's site 14 October 2000 1. Herpes 2. Flying -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Herpes Jack Barkel Hello Herman, and Members, Many times when people start treating for PMV, they think the vaccine will cure, vaccines cure nothing. To give a vaccine after a bird has contracted a disease, boosts the illness even more and can be fatal. We as fanciers must remember this before going crazy with medication. If your birds get Salmonella, Newcastle, Paratyphus,etc the first and most ridiculous diagnosis, by most fanciers and Vets is Paramyxo. It is as if it is the only word they know, and not only that, we in South Africa have not got the facilities to test for PMV!!. Yet our clever guys can diagnose it by site. What a poor bunch of specimens we have looking after the health of our pigeons. If your pigeons are showing signs of these several diseases I have just mentioned, it is nearly certain as I have proved by curing peoples pigeons for them, that what there birds have contracted is nothing more than the Herpes Virus. But in my opinion because it is so easily and cheaply cured no assistance will be forthcoming from the guys who provide all the expensive vaccines and anti-biotics. Many lofts harbour infected birds, and 75% of pigeons tested have shown to have this viral disease. Still the powers that be concentrate on PMV and not Herpes Virus, I still say it is money that creates this shocking brain washing of the fancier, nothing else. If you live in South Africa, and you have your birds tested for PMV, show me the lab report and signature and I will show you an untrue document unless it was sent overseas to be analysed. If one treats their birds for Herpes Virus you will have a healthy loft within a week. I can provide evidence of many lofts that were treated professionally for weeks for PMV with no improvement whatsoever. They have come to me, and the following week are back in the clock, I am not a clever guy, do not get me wrong, I learn from genuine people not commercialists, it is cheap and easy to keep your birds healthy. I hire a virologist to keep my birds healthy, I have too many birds, to run these lofts any other way, therefore I have no microscopes any more or other testing equipment. But I learn from people who get paid for results not for how much useless medication they can sell me. Herpes Virus (PHV) has even been described as an Avian Paramyxovirus type 1. It can look like Newcastle, Canker and Paratyphus all rolled into one. It can effect the digestive tract as well as the nervous system that is why people are too willing to believe they have an incurable disease. Treatment: Purchase Virkon S, it kills all 18 viruses known to your pigeons and the price will not make a hole in a school child's pocket money. Read the dilutions on the packet, and disinfect the entire loft with this solution. Mix one teaspoon = 5-grams on 10 litres or 2-Gallons of drinking water for three days and your birds will recover, then for three days give them a flora treatment to replace the good germs in the gut tract. It is cheap, it is easy, and IT WORKS, simply because you are using the correct product for the 18 viral diseases known to pigeons. I do not say that other treatments are no good, but I do know I have one of the healthiest lofts in South Africa, housing hundreds of birds at any one time. It is a business and it is run as a business, no margin for mistakes. No unnecessary medication, this all creates unnecessary overheads and immunity problems. I do not say that you must do it my way and I have no intention of offending anyone other than those who earn a living by being less than truthful in order to bleed the pigeon fanciers dry. I learn from the people who keep my lofts and birds squeaky clean and I pass it on to other fanciers, so that maybe they can use what I consider valuable information in maintaining HEALTHY PIGEONS. I would give 1-Teaspoon of VirkonS on ten Litres one day every two weeks to ensure that my birds remain germ free. Yours in Sport Jack Barkel. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------