aye ready

what do you think he mean't by a complete match obviously same sire and dam but did he mean bluexblue cheqxcheq etc

was told that o/y it was because the gene pool was too close i.e too inbred but this question was out of curiosity (shrug)

could be the cold weather but i always give the birds mixture 1 wk before pairing

although i've kept pigeons or been around pigeons for about 40yrs i've never paired a brotherx sister pairing for racing has anyone done this with any success with their offspring

davy this isn't a recent thing the last couple of weeks i've had problems for about the last 8 wks,it used to be in guaranteed friday morning not any more now it's monday before i'll get this weeks issue

theright photographers have the right equipment and they take the photo using foot equipment and the photo booth is built especially with holes in the side that the photographer can insert 2 sticks to position the bird while he looks thru the lens and operates the camera using his foot.seen bobby kennedy doing it you just need the right equipment

6/8 got the one about the pigeons being mated for life and the film one wrong

best of luck with them frank are you going down to blackpool

tried today first day off work -7 here all day like frank(frankdooman)gave up must be warmer er the west john (hehe)

well it'll not be scraping out,sh$te's solid who's managed to get scraped out in the last week (happy)

when i notice the first one getting to a bottom perch

leaving at 9 am so be there in plenty time,2 day passes have arrived by post,don't know about sales cos don't get my BHW till tommorow but i'll be in the ROSE&CROWN pub hoping to meet up with friends i see week in and week out and others i see only once a year.thats what the weekends all about

condolences to you and your family derek martin conlin

then i think the bird becomes wary of you the fancier and loses confidence in you jmo was told years ago the bird should never bite the hand that feeds it and should have all confidence in the fancier not all birds are the same tho

thats why i'm on here

what i do is when the offending cock goes into the wrong box let the fight commence then get a hold of one leg of the offender they will be to busy fighting to notice you've got a hold on the leg gently draw the fight to the edge of the box and draw the offender off the box onto the floor (gently) the offender will think he's been ousted and the cock who resides in the box will think he's won you might have to do it 2/3 times but normally they get the message.i think if a bird gets a battering like you said then same bird loses all confidence and is never the same.tony c's idea sounds ok too

i'm led to believe that the new life rings will be in use next year and i think they weren't brought in this year because there sitting with a stock pile of the old type they probably bought on the cheap and they'll flog to us this year 2010 at rip off prices JMO

good educational video kev for any new starter that wants to learn about the stall trap,pity you didn't show the inside of the trap to show the workings of it,i stillbelieve it's the best form of timing pigeons from a race into and it should also be noted that the landing board can be made bigger if required

since the last couple of weeks there has been nothing but tepid water in my birds drinkers due to it constantly freezing over and the birds are looking great and the droppings are A1 so do we really need all this cider vinegar ,probiotics and everything else that's supposed to support the" immune system" i have used all these things in the past and up to the present and think as somebody has probably already posted that are we tinkering too much with pigeons these days

me personally i would let the 2 pairs sit 10 days then slip the good eggs under the foster pair and let your good pair go back down on their next set of eggs

cheers alf as long as it's not anything like up here at the moment

just read in the papers that the cold spell's to be with us another 2 weeks,anyone know what the streets are like in blackpool at the moment or in that area

not up to speed on photos etc but i'm sure one of the more up to date members on here will post you a reply or photo (ok)

but the difference is klaus you posted up the way to trap y/b's is through an open door then you tell us thats the way your doing it for 2010 when you started in july so you have never experienced open door trapping so you are first timer at this method telling a new starter how to trap young birds,i'm not knocking you klaus if i can call you that but calm doon (dizzy)

still think you onto a loser with the open door method bakes, worked with the stall trap old/young birds on ets now and never looked back,been involved with pigeons 40yrs and apart from ets stall trap still the best way to trap pigeons,and pigeons are still in a routine so don't post up open doors when as you say how you do your managment is up to you not joe bloggs down the club because joe bloggs down the club will come up and bite your *expletive removed*