Roland

Good question. As the pigeon isn't coloured blind, the question doesn't arise ... So the cheapest lol. Reds best for home made burgers :emoticon-0136-giggle:

Firstly, strange as it may be to us, I noted during the summer, and then every day, that on the real hot days the birds drank less. Half the drinker. The following cooler days they drank more, nigh the whole drinker. Now these colder days and they are drinking less again. Back to half a drinker. Onions. I, as you may know, place an onion in each compartment. As the weather gets warmer they darken quicker and get changed most days. I have cleaned out the nest bowls per usual and left them in the yard and elements. The cold weather is a bind. Now I see, the colder the weather the longer it takes for the onions to collect the gems / viruses etc. and turn dark. This of course is mainly due the coldness doing it's job. Yes of course in the house they continue to turn darker and black very quickly. Obviously because the gems / viruses are more prevalent in the warmth.

Saw once regards Useful remedies 'Lost'! There was 1000's. Many squeezed into Pills / drinks etc. and sold for much money. Indeed the fact is very many... But at cost much easier to swallow ... like the Crap many that do because ..... True! No problem.

Great reading. I have much / many of his writings / articles. Simple and realistic. Mind, he is not one for 'Eye Sign' for as he says' 'No word even for it in Belgium etc.'. They do have 'Maters' who will, at a price, mate your birds, and these seem to do a good job... never looking at the eyes.- Like Steff Van Reet. Thanks for putting it up Tony.

Sorry to hear that mate.

Have posted before, but I believe it could be of an interest to some ... The most common cause of death among small children at the turn of the twentieth century used to be dehydration caused by diarrhea. Professor Ernst Moro, a pediatrician, found that he could lower the death rate dramatically about 1908 by feeding the children a simple carrot soup and this recipe became the standard regimen until the development of antibiotics at about 1940. By far the major cause of diarrhea is an infection by micro-organisms that multiply in the intestines and excrete various toxins. This scenario causes an increase in intestinal motility and massive excretion of semi-digested food and fluids. Dr. Moro had no idea why this simple soup was so beneficial. It took modern science to uncover the secret: Various pathogenic micro-organisms attach to receptors on the intestinal wall. The preparation of the carrot soup splits the sugars present in the carrots into very small oligosaccharides which in turn are very similar to the intestinal receptors. The pathogens attach to these oligosaccharides and are safely excreted before they can cause any problems. Although no longer used against diarrhea in children this soup finds application against diarrhea in various livestock and chicken. It may be beneficial to prevent "young bird sickness" and even treat it in its very early stages. It may also be used again against infections by antibiotic resistant micro-organisms. Recipe for 40 pigeons: 1 kg diced carrots 2.5 l water 3 tsp. salt Let the above simmer for 1.5 hrs. (this time is important) and divide the liquid into 3 equal portions. Use one portion in the drinker (mixed with the appropriate amount of water) for 3 consecutive days. Should the birds already be sick it may be best to feed just some rolled oats for a few days instead of grain that may be too hard to digest. Video in German: http://www.hr-online.de/website/static/ ... height=306

I don't treat. (Though have as said before once) Am a great believer in them having a good constitution and immunity.

Moved back and joined new clubs to fly. I sent to Pau, with a national club of course - with broken birds. Was I disappointed when finding out I was the only one who had sent. Further to that, that they (the club) had, either before or after, decided it wasn't classed as a club race.

A couple of these I first heard on hear so to speak. Still good for a laugh second time round, and better if first time. Actually a couple came back that I'd posted earlier lol. So even lol. Enjoy. Just bought an invisible baseball bat off ebay. I cant wait for it to come, The wife wont know what the ****s hit her!!! Irving was just coming out of anaesthesia after a series of tests in the hospital, and his wife, Sarah, was sitting at his bedside. His eyes fluttered open, and he murmured, "You're beautiful." Flattered, Sarah continued her vigil while he drifted back to sleep. Later he woke up and said, "You're cute." What happened to 'beautiful'?" Sarah asked. "The drugs are wearing off," he replied. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jack has died. His lawyer is standing before the family and reads out Jack's Last Will and Testament. To my dear wife Esther, I leave the house, 50 acres of land, and 1 million dollars. To my son Barry, I leave my Big Lexus and the Jaguar. To my daughter Suzy, I leave my yacht and £250,000. And to my brother-in-law Jeff, who always insisted that health is better than wealth, I leave my sun lamp." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bernie had a fight with Rachel, his wife, and went to the movies to cool off. Later that evening, he decided to phone home to see what the situation was and maybe even apologize. "Hello, darling," he said, "What are you making for dinner?" "What am I making for dinner? After all the horrible things you said to me earlier, you want to know what I am making for dinner?? Poison, that's what I'm making, poison." Bernie replies, "Okay then, just make one portion, I'm not coming home." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Miriam was dying and on her deathbed, she gave final instructions to her husband Sidney. "Sidney, you've been so good to me all these years. I know you never even thought about another woman. But now that I'm going, I want you to marry again as soon as is possible and I want you to give your new wife all my expensive clothes." "I can't do that, darling," Sidney said. "You're a size 16 and she's only a 10." My neighbour knocked on my door at 2:30am this morning. Can you believe that – 2 : 30am?! Luckily for him I was still up playing my bagpipes..... The Grim Reaper came for me last night, and I beat him off with a vacuum cleaner - talk about Dyson with death. Did you hear about the fat alcoholic transvestite? All he wanted to do was eat, drink and be Mary. Man calls 999 and says "I think my wife is dead" The operator says "How do you know?" He says "The sex is the same, but the ironing is building up!" I've just had a letter back from Screwfix. They said they regretted to inform me that they're not actually a dating agency. Spent £40 on Ebay last week for a penis enlarger. Just opened it and some swine sent me a magnifying glass! I saw a poor old lady fall over today on the ice!! At least I presume she was poor - she only had £1.20 in her purse. My girlfriend thinks that I'm a stalker. Well, she's not exactly my girlfriend yet... What's the difference between Iron Man and Iron Woman? One's a superhero and the other is an instruction. Went for my routine check up today and everything seemed to be going fine until he stuck his index finger up my *expletive removed*! Do you think I should change dentists? I was explaining to my wife last night that when you die, you get reincarnated but must come back as a different creature. She said, "I would like to come back as a cow." I said, "You're obviously not listening..." Doctors have just identified a food that can cause grief and suffering years after it's been eaten. It's called a wedding cake. The wife has been missing a week now. Police said to prepare for the worst. So I have been to the charity shop to get all her clothes back. Hi mate I don't want you to panic but I'm texting you from the casualty ward. It's turn out the new Dyson Ball Cleaner isn’t what I thought it was. I've just come out of the shop with a meat and potato pie, large chips, mushy peas & a jumbo sausage. A poor homeless man sat there and said 'I've not eaten for two days. I told him, I wish I had your will power.'

Been in touch, regards the 'Distance Race' in Canada. Dave Rogers helped very much with support and fund - raisers etc. His reply is as below: Re: Pickle Lake Sent: Fri Oct 21, 2016 2:11 pm From: david rodgers To: Roly Hi Roly. it was easy to run but just couldn't get the support from the flyers to fly it. 75 percent or more just want the short to middle distance races. as they don't like the long races. its just the changing times, hope your well and you take care now. Etc. etc. I believe this is certainly the case in England, but possibly not so in Scotland. Wales maybe many would be interested in 'Distance' but would there be enough numbers to carry it forward? Scotland has always been to the forefront of such.... but are times a changing there too?

Not interested in rehashing the topic of who has, or hasn't etc. regards Y/B sickness. Feel that that is, and has been well discussed. Mind it would be interesting, I believe, especially for many, what the Vet said when one paid for A. the finding regards Y/B sickness, and what they recommended as a cure. Indeed any light thrown as to the cause!

Spot on mate, just joshing of course. But not regards those you bought. They could, and hopefully will, do you proud.

Aye... the price of the little boots too eh! Thinking of crossing a few with parrots ... so that they can ask the directions too lol Now On a more serious note though, I have lined the back of the loft with Rubber and covered in thick foam, they trap so fast and hit the back ... any one know where I can buy little crash helmets lol :emoticon-0136-giggle:

All the best mate. I hope that they do you proud too. Besides that '..... The top pigeon was sold for £9K, unfortunately a wee bit out of our price range. I bet you wished you'd gone another £400 or so now and bought that one too. lol :emoticon-0140-rofl:

SUSIE LEE DONE FELL IN LOVE SHE PLANNED TO MARRY JOE SHE WAS SO HAPPY ABOUT IT ALL SHE TOLD HER PAPPY SO. PAPPY TOLD HER, 'SUSIE GAL, YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER, I'D JUST AS SOON YO' MOTHER DON'T KNOW BUT JOE IS YO' HALF BROTHER'. SO SUSIE PUT ASIDE HER JOE AND PLANNED TO MARRY WILL BUT AFTER TELLING PAPPY THIS, HE SAID 'THERE TROUBLE STILL YOU CAN'T MARRY WILL MY GAL AND PLEASE DON'T TELL YO' MOTHER, BUT WILL AND JOE, AND SEVERAL MO' I KNOW IS YO' HALF BROTHER'. BUT MAMA KNEW AND SAID 'MY CHILD JUST DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY. MARRY WILL OR MARRY JOE, YOU AIN'T NO KIN TO PAPPY.

Never a problem. Mind walking on the cobbles / paving slabs every day would certainly do a good job.

True, afraid it's burn and local tip. Mind this time of year, as kids' we were full time collecting for the 'Bonfire'. Them days are gone too I guess.

Lol :emoticon-0136-giggle:

Yep. I bought a colinder ( A dust bin with a few holes )and burnt hell of a lot. A couple of 40 gallon drums makes shorty thrift too. Last time did a few trips to the tip. Also when the walls were up I had 3 fires burning and that dry out the walls / brick work a treat.

Will be if you have to fork out on skips lol. Was a time when a mate would be able to drop one of for a drink Glenmorangie 18 Year Old Whisky 70 cl eh!

Well done.

A few trips down the tip in back of 'Some One's car Mind I have always took the old lofts down the tip in back of my car, an estate. Well blanketed out and a little common-sense - Well the wifes lol

Looking good mucker. You have certainly got the bug now ...

Yep chimneys.

Seems that the only safe ones are those for human consumption. Then after being in the micro wave. Mind I never use them.