aye ready

Would've still went lol there's a bed oan the ship and plenty alcohol and sunshine you could've suffered it on deck taking in the Suns rays

Wi his dicky knees no chance

Was there not someone in the last 2/3 days giving Birmingham rollers away for free

John in ma opinion the lack of response tae your question regards how many are affected is because some of these guys wouldn't miss a race if their life depended on it I.e one week their sending 40 the next their down tae 10 etc and if you ask where's the rest ye get all the excuses bad toss during the week or don't fancy the forecast I know of guys that have had young bird sickness but have never missed a race.so in my opinion they pick out the ones that"LOOK ALRIGHT"? but in my opinion their all affected to some degree

Never use antibiotics as a preventative cos it's a virus and no antibiotic can treat a virus it's the secondary infection that causes all the problems,I've use VETROMOX every year for years and it's never failed me yet turns the birds round in 3/4 days but as you say they look ok but internally they might not be,that's how I said in an earlier post they never go back in a basket till they're flying freely at home and wanting to fly,I've seen guys trying to put them back racing after a week and wonder why they have heavy losses

Always goes through my full team but usually find that only 2 or 3 birds have crop retention but I can see it in the droppings in the trays below the stall perches that every bird is affected to some degree with a secondary infection which is what I treat for and treated successfully every time using the same product

Losses in young bird racing says it all tae me del mine had it mild this year as well but I'm clued up enough tae spot it but till their back flying well enough at the lofts they don't go in a basket in fact this year they only got one race and then when I felt they were fit and healthy enough they were trained numerous times out of Dunbar be interesting to see how they do as yearlings if and all is ok then I wouldn't hesitate stopping young bird racing again and just privately train them

Yes your right Ian never looked into this but surely they would carry this out long before pairing

Never heard of onybody doing this Peter and I've been about a while but forgetting the baytril what's the etc

We've got one that's a frequent visitor in our works mill killing the ferals. never fails either there always a carcass when it's been in

John I'm assuming their medicated on return from a race for 3/4 days so by basically the Tuesday and rest of week nothing more is added

in answer to your question john no i don't use antibiotics regularly only when and if required in fact i would say 95% of the time my birds get fresh water and i never get "sick" old birds just on the very odd occassion a slight rise in cocci count and as for something different every year to try and avoid young bird sickness believe me i could write the book and just as a matter of interest john in all the years i've had young bird sickness and there has been a few,i've never once had young bird sickness before them being entered for the first race so is this where they contract it? and the previous poster is right john bosworth openly admits medicating his birds regularly(weekly basis) i think throughout the racing season,i've also been at quiz nights when john has been on the panel and heard him say this so food for thought.another thing john is I attend the deweerd veterinary stand at blackpool every year and buy test kits for the whole season and if i think the birds are a bit off the pace theni have no hesitation in sending a test kit in and in reply to rolands view that vets are in in to make money so to speak deweerd has never forced me to take any of his products if there is something showing in the test.

Canny see how it's down to mismanagement John even the best fanciers in the British Isles get it I.e mark Gilbert,mr Mrs cooper to name a couple and Bert braspenning out width the uk who openly admits getting it every year, who in turn has a great relationship with dr van der sluis so if these 3 fanciers canny avoid it with their resources then whit chance have we got and ps I invite anybody tae come round tae mine and see if ma doos are mismanaged that Comment I take exception tae

You can send me it ian

Interesting can you tell me what your entry's are from the 1st race to the last and ring allocation to the fed just out of interest and ps how the fuc@k can we not Molly coddle young birds that are stricken down with young bird sickness year in year out or are you just another f@ck you jack I'm alright

Oor fed will no go to consett tried it Oor fed will no go to consett tried it

When did we ever batter them do on the road before we went east the reason the "big jumps"are there is cos we can nae get into race points that were middle points I.e wittton castle and bishop Auckland to name a couple,nae body seems to remember that doon the west we had six races in the northwest fed Crawford,Crawford,locharbriggs,locharbriggs,Gretna,Penrith,Lancaster and leyland and Penrith wis 99mls tae me so there he go 6 young bird races under a hundred miles

Barclays

Coont me in as always

Wee cheq any takers got phone number on wing but canny make it oot

Well done cameron

Young birds andy

Jim jack 01324 627805 fed secy

Top class Lewis well deserved