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I have tried to register my loft with DEFRA - but you now need a CPH (County Parish Holding) number from rural payments according to the paperwork - so I tried to get a CPH number Rural payments have been in touch with me - last week, and they don't have that facility for racing pigeons

There is no point getting in touch with a department not involved in the negotiations, the RPRA are representing all of the organisations, and nothing has filtered down to any of the local offices or other departments, and won't until it is sorted.

The final sale was listed yesterday and includes donations from Woodroffe Bros, Ali Bros, Luc Vervoort, Gibb & Byrne, Marsay, Taylor, Robinson, Jimmy Richardson, to name but a few.

Such a disappointing first round 12 pairs, one hasn't laid, one has only laid one egg, 4 pairs of eggs are not fertile - 6 pairs of eggs are OK - unlucky 13 🥚😬 Some of the fertile eggs will replace some of those that are not fertile as the hens are 6 years +

Thanks a lot Andy - much appreciated (Received with thanks x)

Does anybody have Squills for 2022 and could take a photo of the article for Sexton & Sexton winning the Up North Combine with "Sweet Caroline" and send it to me - either on here or whatsapp (ask for number) or e-mail - pretty please x I am assuming the article is in there

How long would you give them before tossing? First egg laid 5th Feb - 2nd egg 7th Feb and showed as full on the 10th Another pair of eggs laid 8th & 10th are showing as full today 14th Feb. But another two pairs laid at the same time 8th & 10th are not showing as full - how long would you give them? Or is it likely they're not going to look any different now?

First sale raised £5756 (currently 37 paid out of 40 lots) 2nd sale raised £5630 3rd sale is in progress (see above link) and there is a 4th to follow Thank you for your interest

Final sale listed February 19th, Sapper has kindly allowed me to advertise an off site sale raising funds for the Up North Combine. There are (atleast) 3 sales going ahead and the current fund raiser is sale 2 which finishes Saturday. Sale 1 raised just under £6000 (40 lots) You would need to register to bid ( and even to look) the highest bid I think is on a pair donated by Alfie Hawthorn, there are also donations from Derek Parr and Herbie Thorpe & Ali Bros to name a few so it would certainly be worth a look! The third sale would also be visible I think from the same link, donations have been received from abroad as well as from the 4 corners of the UK https://www.the-stockmarket.co.uk/category/up-north-combine-auction/?limit=40

Similar price to RPRA £50 per 1000 I will need a lot more but not much discount!

£53 for 1000 ? The majority of my fed use ETS but we are doing the requisites for the Up North Combine and last year they were purchased from the RPRA at approx £50 per 1000 Our club's first young bird race we sent 750, so £50 worth wouldn't have lasted us two races! That is a lot of money! Where do people buy them from otherwise?

The transporter driver has always required a copy of the race entry sheets, even on an inland race, also a sheet signed by every member to say how many birds they have sent and to verify that the birds have been vaccinated, it has been a DEFRA requirement in England for a long time. The big if, is if they need a list of the birds specifically in each basket and not as a whole convoy ie - basket labelled with the ring numbers of the birds contained within it. There will be more to this.....

Terrible, there's been some lucky escapes, and some not so I hope these latest storms are short lived

Czechoslovakia? https://www.postovniholub.cz/nahlaseni-zaletlych-holubu.html

She's a beauty ❤️

Some stunners there. My husband was talking to somebody at the Blackpool show who had had birds in the show every year for decades - except this one - DEFRA had deemed him to be in one of the bird flu zones, whilst both the RPRA and himself thought he was outside the zones. Outcome was he wasn't allowed to show his birds - he was gutted.

🤣🤣🤣🤣 My other half went, I stayed at home - the auctions my husband went to - the cheapest was £2300 he tells me and two went for £25K and £28K. Needless to say neither he nor anybody in his company bought a pigeon, it's a pity he didn't follow some of you! And according to him, it was quite busy at the Winter Gardens and most people were wearing masks! There was a saying not so long ago "Recollections may vary", my husband was waiting at the door at 8.30am Saturday, not sure if he was first in the queue, I downloaded his covid pass, took a screenshot of it, so he had the option of adobe pdf document or screenshot to show - he couldn't find either on his phone so showed his vaccination card! Despite great reviews for his hotel on the internet 4.9/5 score - it was not great in his eyes - he's easily pleased as well! I was glad of two days peace and quiet with just the dog for company 😁

The elderly gentleman (Alan Gosling) had a bird sanctuary and kept some of the ducks in his home There is a go fund me page set up to raise money to clean and disinfect his home https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-alan-gosling-clean-disinfect-the-property

Sprout - what a name for a dog! But a lovely informative letter, I never know what I want for Christmas whenever I'm asked, so a good idea, and better than getting something I don't want or need that ends up unused in a drawer somewhere!

A word describing pigeon fanciers in the North East of England (maybe should be apathetic) Leave it to somebody else Somebody else will do it (but I'm not) And those that step up and do the work are fed up of carrying the rest of them Why should those who "do", carry the burden that should be shared by all, not just the few Here's one extremely p*ssed off "fancier"

My OH visited this site last week and he said it is enormous - it needs to be booked via the RPRA, there are many areas that the birds can be liberated from and there are facilities for the drivers - showers etc, which in itself is a rarity https://www.google.com/maps/place/Arena+UK/@52.9513858,-0.7008002,696m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x6b9aafac4823415e!8m2!3d52.9514521!4d-0.6971531 directions to arena UK.pdf

I send mine to: Sandhill Veterinary Services, 14 Long Street, Topcliffe, Thirsk YO7 3RW Tel: 01845 578710 I also visit before season starts (approx 80 mile round trip ) , and have birds looked at - look at their website - they have a page specifically for pigeons - they are avian vets only https://www.sandhillvet.co.uk/game-birds/

But will also send droppings sample to vets during December to see if any treatment is needed before pairing up.

That is incorrect information and has now been revised. Shows are allowed outside avian flu zones (but nobody within those zones can take part)

Got mine about 3 weeks ago, one in each arm, usually have a bad reaction to both, but only sore arm a couple of days - not the usual fortnight! My sister is part of a trial - in her late 70's she had jabs separately, a month apart - she has antibody testing, but hasn't divulged any information, I will have to ask her!