Craig05

Missing Stock birds. Loft door blown open in the wind. Peterlee area. thanks Grizzle Cock DV0813105231 Check W/F cock NEHU 03 926

Collected these birds on Monday, absolute beauties, every one of them. cant wait to try them in the basket. thanks again Kev. real bargain

GB08 H 09167 landed in my back garden last night, still has race rubber on it. cant make out the phone number on the wing stamp but looks like K Green of Hull. does anyone know him or have any contact details.

Just the back strain i get from bending down while cleaning the lofts ;D ;D ;D

Looks good. possibly a small window to allow more light in. would house 6 birds quite comfortably once avery is done.

Heres one of mine

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Just a thought! if everyone stayed away from the two largest suppliers of Petrol/Diesel in the UK i.e Esso and BP (example) and refused to purchase from them they would have little choice but to drop their prices to get people back onto their forcourts. now with the power of the web the idea could get to millions in the UK within no time and if all pulled together Esso and BP would see their sales drop like a ton of bricks and would be forced into dropping prices to increase sales. as soon as they drop their prices other suppliers (which we continued to use while boycotting Esso and BP) would have to follow suit to keep up with the competitors. oh happy days! like i said, just a thought

Got me as well. good crack

Hi i have sent you a PM

i did consider puting vents on either side of the door while i was putting the loft up. will go out on Saturday and get some....

Ventilation

Thanks for all the compliments. just a quick update. john the height of the trap isnt an issue for me, i am 6 foot 4 inches tall mate.. as for the ventilation, the loft has a stable door on it so i keep the top half open all the time with the trap infront of it. i have also put vents in the back of the loft just under the roof height. do you think this is sufficient or should i also put some vents in the front of the loft close to the floor?

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Little scruffy border terrier does the job for me

Hi PM me your address and i will get a couple of rings off in the post for you tomorrow. cheers

Hi where about do you live? i am in the North East and if close enough i could give you a couple of rings for the babies that have hatched. i am only starting out myself so cant part with to many. let me know and will see what i can do.

Hi i am very new to the pigeon game in the UK but used to race pigeons in South Africa and we had simelar problems with birds sitting on the roof as our lofts were in the back gardens rather than on an allotment. Feeding the birds less to get them off the roof is going to make them not want to exercise around the loft and you would only probably get a few turns out of them and they will want to come back in for food as soon as they spot you in the garden. what worked for us was feeding some sun flower seeds before letting them out (apparently also helps to break down fat) which gives the birds something in their crop to allow them to exercise normally. By the time they finished exercising some of them still landed on the roof but came straight in when they heard the food tin. The other option is to train them instead of exercising around the loft, but could get expensive. be very carefull of starving pigeons to help get rid of bad habbits, it is something i dont beleive in and could knock them off form for a while.....

Gents looking for a bit of information here, i am just starting up in the sport and plan to race from a small garden loft at my home address. i live on the outskirts of Peterlee, could anyone put me in contact with any local clubs in the area as i am hoping to join and have a crack this season, thanks