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All lovely birds but must say i think the Blue cock 4th one down is absolutly superb

I seriously wish i was a betting man!!!!!! i also heard about the Scotish player in hospital with a serious back injury, apparently his parents have been called in and its not looking very good for him.

overcast and cold on the north east coast. looks like we could have a shower or two

i think its going to be alot closer than most think. i wouldnt write Wales off just yet, last week England were flattered by the score line and keep in mind they scored 17 points while Wales were down to 14 men and the winning margin was only 13 points..... going to be a good one i think

Thats all it was Adam. cheers

Sorry to do this to you Adam, but i was gifted a silver STB clock when i started up last year. the condition was that if ever i didnt need it anymore it would either be given back or passed onto a new starter. i now have ets through my club, so if you are interested, please pm me, all i will say is that same rules apply.

i do use the folding cardboard under and behind the nest bowl, easy to remove from the box and replace with a new one as needed.

Roland could it not effect the keel bone if the youngster isnt in a bowl? just i heard somewhere that the risk of the bone not being straight could be higher if the baby isnt in a bowl?

I swear by it, mixed with epson salts, table salts and brown sugar to blow the birds out i put a quater of a teaspoon into 2 litres of water

Where are you, and is the type of pollycarb pannel they use for conservetory roofs any good

I have a 999, 987 and 1000 in my allocation this year.

Hello Old Pied Fellow countyman here. i am new to the widowhood in the Uk having raced in SA all my life but have had some info on the system from Sid Barkel (Jacks brother). my thoughts would be to pair the birds up in March after the moult and let them rear one round to ensure the cocks have claimed there boxes. I know the old bird racing starts in June, but it might be worth racing semi widowhood or roundabout or just off the second round of eggs for the first 4 or so races and then as the season gets to the interesting part (Middle-Long distance) and the days start getting a bit longer i would start them on full widowhood. if you have to and it helps the birds want to mate or breed, it may be worth leaving the light on in the loft for a couple of hours a day to make the birds think that its the breeding time of year with longer hours of light. I must admit we never tried the widowhood in South Africa but having seen it first hand over here, i cant see why it wouldnt work. i dont think it was given enough chance over there, and fanciers that tried it and didnt win after the first few races, probably went back to natural system.

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Keep the misses involved mate, and run any ideas past her and try show her drawings or pictures of what it may look like. i did that with my loft in my back garden, and although not exactly how i would have done it if it was totally up to me, i ended up with the right size loft that works. because i involved her from the off, she has just agreed to a small stock loft as well. oh happy days

Not sure why, but my old man used to worm them, then blow them out with Bicarb, epsom salts, table salts, and brown sugar then worm them again 8 days later, followed by building them back up. beware though the blowing out does cause a right mess in the loft

Its great isnt it, gives you something to look forward to during the cold period. i rung my first 2010 baby this morning

Just a thought and back to the original post... which part of the birds body did you inject? could you not have done some nerve damage to the 3 birds which has caused them to go lame? its just a thought based on what my misses (Orthapedic Surgen) said while she was vaccinating my bird last season. i have seen lots of guys inject at the lower part of the neck, just above the wings, and according to the misses, propably the most dangerous place to put a needle. any thoughts welcome, as i said, just mentioning what the boss said

Sharp Mark, i like it

I think im just going to wait for the snow to melt mate. Dont fancy going out in this weather anyway, im going to hibernate, not used to this

No Chris, only Asda and Marksies. what happened at your Co-op

7, Got the footballer question wrong, thought it was Gazza for some reason

Going to have to give it a miss Mark, my car doesnt do snow, infact its absolutly useless in it :o :(

Im a Director of a Project Managment Company in the retail construction industry. In short, we oversee the building and any work that goes on in your local Asda/Marks and Spencer stores

Got 40 rings and plan to race them every race of the yb programme if all goes well