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This bird came in today ring no. IHU 07S 50072. Any claimers message me, Thanks, LNK

Hi Kev, I don't mean to patronise,but I'm a novice just starting out this year, I didn't let my birds out till they were dropping from there perches with me whistling and shaking the food tin. I let them out knowing that if I shook the tin and whistled they'd be back no problem, in the first few weeks of leeting them out I over fed them once and they wouldn't come back for anything, so I kept them lean until I started doing training flight with them. Now they come in at the shake of a tin even if they've ben fed, takes them a few minutes more but it works. Could it be that they are fat, have you been putting food out for them? For a bird to spend three nights on the tiles and not be hungry is puzzling. Hope this helps, LNK

Hey mate, I haven't had a problem with my birds, Ii just fill up a washing up bowl, I also spray them with the hose pipe, they love it, they lie on their sides with their wings up, failing that Id jjust leave them.

I'm in South Lincs about 30 miles from the coast and we've had mist/fog in the morning till about 11.30, clear blue skies now though....

How much are they?

Hass anybody got any spare thimbles for an STB clock, This is my first season racing I'm just getting back into the sport, someone kindly sorted me out with a clock but he didn't have any thimbles for it. Thank you.

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hey mate, is the shed still available?

How many birds have you got, I have 5 3litre bottles that I fill up, I give the birds 2 litres a day and they last me 7days with 20 birds, easier than a water butt and much fresher. you could fill them up and leave them sealed in you loft.

Thank you, but I've tried that and I get this reply; "The file you have tried to upload is either too big, invalid, or exceeds the maximum size of a multiple-attachment message." Does anyone know how to make my file smaller because it does this with all my own pictures? Thank you, Lee

Hello, I tried putting my own picture on my avatar profile, and I couldn't do it. Instead I'm posing as Elmer Thud. I noticed some people are successful at putting there own images on there avatar profile. How do I do it? Thank you, Lee

How do I treat for canker and cocci, and what other deseases or infections are their that I need to prevent and what are the treatments available? Thank you, Lee

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I got my loft set up end in February, birds moved in a few week later, and I now have 3 pair down on eggs. I got these young birds given by a club member to get me started. Just wondering how often would you rest young birds that are just finding their wings? I feed them a bit before they go out. They are out for a couple of hours before I call them in but only flying short distances, in these early stages of flying should I give them rest days or continue to let them out daily? Thank you, Lee

I am just starting up this year since I moved from burnley to lincolnshire so I have only six young birds that are only doing short flights at the moment, I have more due of the nest soon. I just feed the yound birds twice a day, though they only get a quarter of their allowance in the morning. They go out flit around from loft to tree to loft onto the lawn back onto the loft etc, Ii spend a few hours with them whilst they are doing this, then when I'm ready for them to come back in I go in with the rest of their food and they all fly back in. This has worked for the last week.

No, Sparrowhawks and peregrines are masters of the sky. The only time they can be put off is when they are juvenile but they soon learn how to handle themselves. Crows are always good for mobbing are spoiling the hunters chances but crows are alsso as unwelcome around the loft. There's nothing that can be done to stop a peregrine, though peregrines won't strike birds that are sat in tree's. Sparrowhawks are a little more gun-ho, a bit brainless, a manned (trained) sparrowhawk can be encourageed to tackle anything, they are just built to kill. However they will also try and break through anything in flight. A good technique that I once witnessed was to keep a greefinch/canary or diamond dove behind some plate glass in the avairy of the pigeons. Sparrowhawks cannot see this and will go 50mph head first into it to try and get the decoy. The hawk would slide down the glass into a not to a bath and drown. Plastic decoy's of any bigger bird, flashing lights high pitched noises and all the other stuff doesn't work.

No, Sparrowhawks and peregrines are masters of the sky. The only time they can be put off is when they are juvenile but they soon learn how to handle themselves. Crows are always good for mobbing are spoiling the hunters chances but crows are alsso as unwelcome around the loft. There's nothing that can be done to stop a peregrine, though peregrines won't strike birds that are sat in tree's. Sparrowhawks are a little more gun-ho, a bit brainless, a manned (trained) sparrowhawk can be encourageed to tackle anything, they are just built to kill. However they will also try and break through anything in flight. A good technique that I once witnessed was to keep a greefinch/canary or diamond dove behind some plate glass in the avairy of the pigeons. Sparrowhawks cannot see this and will go 50mph head first into it to try and get the decoy. The hawk would slide down the glass into a not to a bath and drown. Plastic decoy's of any bigger bird, flashing lights high pitched noises and all the other stuff doesn't work.

Thanks mate. I flew hawks and falcons for many years. Yes sparrowhawks do get eager and start the wholeplucking and eating process while it's victim is still alive, this usually happens with young hawks or very hungry ones. Anyway, dunt realy matter I suppose coz top and bottom line is either way we don't want them getting our pigeons. Have a good season mate, and all the best. Lee

Hawks actually kill very quickly with a process called napping. Not of the other dramatics that you have explained actually occur. The extent of a HAWK vs PIGEON is a bit of a struggle and then a napping, almost the equivalent to a pigeon fancier catching up his birds and ringing the neck. What I'm saying is lets keep things in context hear, wow. And if we read les post he actually says once the hawk has taken one of his birds it doesn't take another. Let us read between the lines here, he has got a means to an end. I'm not saying anyone has the right opinion but we can hardly take the moral high ground if we murder our beloved pigeons if they don't fly quick enough. I think Les has found quite a vacancy to keep birds alive rather than murdering them because they don't make the team. Anyway, what do I know I'm just a novice. Have a good season chaps !

With your ventilation, don't cut in the front and sides becausse its a small shed and will weaken the structure and make it too open to wind and rain making it uncomfortable for your birds. Make the door the place for ventilation either by putting vents in your door or make a new door with plenty of horizontal lats or heavy gauge mesh windows, o ne at the top and ne at the bottom to allow circulation. T have no young birds available as I am relocating this year so my old birds have become stock birds, later in the year though if you message me I'll see what I've got as I'll be breading all year round. All the best, Lee

Hey mate, If you know where the fox is entering from or if you can find any of it's regular foot paths (it's tracks), then you can set a wire snare and you can get hold of one for a £1 at any hunting shop. How to set it..... 1. Firmly secure it to a fence or post (firmly means sso that you can't pull it out). You can do this by knocking a resonable post in the ground about 2ft. 2x2 post or a strong thick broom handle. 2. The hoop of the snare needs to be 9 or 10 inches across-no bigger or smaller. 3. Set the hoop 4-5 inches ( a fist distance) of the ground. 4. Check it everyday. OR......... If where you live accomodate using a quiet .22 bullet, stay up one night and shoot it. Hope this helps, Lee

I have some white warren foster busscharts, very nice birds, I'm breeding young birds for racing this year, so I'll know how they race but the birds themselves are very nice, helathy and strong. Lee