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Is this as well as the mute swans?

http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2002-011511-0444-99 it appears to be a hoax

Beyers GRIT EXTRA (I'm not shouting ;D) http://www.beduco.be/beyers/plus/index.asp?language=en&p=27

The birds ate too much of the Matrix - I buy Beyers (I think it is :X) which is only £6.99 for 25 kg it has aniseed in it - and lasts a hell of a long time ;D

in 2007 9th Fed 1887 birds 55 miles 192nd combine 24199 birds 258 miles 13th combine 19069 birds 317 miles this was our 3rd old bird season

I don't have any white pigeons except a fantail - nor do I personally know anyone who has them - let alone had any success with them

Not 18 any more thats for sure ;D

Its my Happy unbirthday as well ;D

Not only me gets it wrong then :B Mind - I think yours was described as a hen at the auction wasn't it? Have you got him flying out Dave - or as prisoner stock?

I'm getting broody ;D

You need to worm your birds david I have also sent you a message

Taken from your 1st photo (second lot with better lighting) there is also a good worm egg - shaped like a lemon in the first photo

Much better David ;D Yes you've got worms ;D Sometimes cell chambers with starch can be confused with cocci (last photo) For this to be cocci - magnification would be 400x - do you see why magnification is important? If the magnification is only 40x - it couldn't be cocci - because the image is too big I usually look at samples at 100x and 400x - cos the books I have got show these magnifications

you can use any cheap indigestion tablets - it doesn't have to be Rennies - look on the label - Tesco own indgestion tablets (about 99p) contain 500mg of calcium carbonate - I break these into quarters, i/4 morning and evening for a couple of days has worked fine for me ;D

looks like you were right too young to be paired up - but she has shown an interest - then ran away ;D

are these for crop swabs?

brianm - looks like the good lady is about to make a grab for your wallet ;D ;D

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

and theres plenty of others who write in the BHW who also come on this web site write a letter for the letters page - you can e-mail it to editor@britishhomingworld.co.uk they're short of letters - none published last week ;D If you have a printed recept for what you bought (or thought you were buying ) - and you paid by credit card - dispute it through your credit card provider - if there was a problem with the price they should not have sent anything out - and should have got in touch with you and told you - not sent half an order and said tough I think thats shocking - and doesn't sound legal - its like buying a 40 inch TV at a bargain price and they send you a 20 inch instead - you wouldn't put up with that would you?

;D ;D ;D ;D

I'd have to take it out the frame ;D

I've only got one of me and mine on our wedding day :B camera shy :B ;D

How come so quickly re-united? Please tell 8)

What is the magnification David? Is that exactly what you have seen - or is the image reduced in size from the original image ? If the image on here is the same as what you have seen and the magnification is 400 - then I wouldn't have thought it would be cocci - if the image is 100x - then it could be possible - do you have different coloured lights on your microscope - or a light filter? to reduce light getting through? you need to take the image with more light under the sample - you also need more light to look at the sample yourself I have about 8 different lighting variants on my microscope and tend to use the brightest - or with a slight blue tinge - also - how was the sample prepared - flotation - or just a mixed sample with water added (at a guess it looks like a flotation sample as you have no plant cells in the sample - which you WOULD see if you had just mixed the faeces with water - plant cells look like tyre treads)

I would say - it is impossible to tell if there is anything wrong in or with the sample because there is no information provided - and I don't see how you can tell from those samples that there is any cocci in it The sample photos are not bright or clear enough to tell what if anything is there what magnification are you using? That is VERY important :-/