not all birds will eat grit - even when its in front of them all the time - I put calcium on the feed (crushed calcium tablets) once a week during racing season - and twice a week prior to and during breeding
Grapefruitseed extract - I wouldn't call it inexpensive
Enviroclenz is good - and costs about the same for 1 litre as Grapefruitseed extract does for 100ml
Google Earth is 120 yards different from the co-ordinates I've got
and so is GPS (the guy who did them said it was accurate to 17 yards)
if its true - I fly 120 yards further than my measurements
PURBAC is Sulfamethoxazole + Trimethoprim - which is used to treat e-coli , paratyphoid and coccidiosis in pigeons
it doesn't treat respiratory problems
People with white birds say they don't often get them reported - but not many birds get reported - full stop !
I have had 4 whites in - in 5 years - all reported - all went back to owners or were collected
Splint using the stem of cotton buds - cut down to size (discard the cotton bud bits)
wrap tape (micropore) around
it wouldn't be able to 'get around' with only one leg
the 2009 details for the club it belongs to are:
NW68 MARTON VILLAGE H S
Mrs Anne Nicholls, 342 Midgeland Road, Marton Moss,
Blackpool FY4 5HZ. Tel: 01253 694544