showman

I take it this is a Show Racer Society you are applying to ?

Boddy & Ridewood...£6.99

Really pleased to see what appears to be an excellent liberation. From what I can see, the transporter seems to release 2 rows of hampers at a time, and again there appears to be a bit of time given between each release. Excellent stuff !! Well done to North of Scotland Fed on their transporter, and a huge well done to your convoyer, who appreciates the needs and safety of the birds.

Must admit with their colouring, it's amazing how they just fade into their surroundings !!

A good strong head, plenty of distance behind eye to back-skull. Good width across skull. Coming from back of skull, over head, and down face, should all flow with a gracious curve. No stop (little dip/indentation) between wattle and face. The line between the two parts of the beak should form a straight line which when looking at the pigeon from the side shold cut the centre of the eye. Good colouring to feathering. Not too long in the leg. When standing, should adopt a certain 'attitude' which says to you...'hey, look at me!!' Body shape & length....ah, now there's the rub !! Whatever suits you. !!! There are other things, but you have to start somewhere, and fortunately not all showmen have the same ideas as to what a show racer should be like. That's the beauty of keeping them...no pre-ordained standard. The above points are only my opinion....that's the one main point you have to remember...what you believe to be correct is your opinion, others will vary. Best of luck. Paul I would advise handling as many birds as you can, fix in your head what is your preference, and build on that.

Thoroughly enjoyed watching your video. Lovely view of countryside from your loft. Best wishes. Paul.

Yea, comes up for a split second, I can see it's from PJC with the single word 'test', but quite literally stays on screen for a second, then dissapears.

Got yours Oldyellow....appears PJC has sent one as well, but when I go to open message, comes up as blank.Not sure what's going on !!

Can someone please send me a test PM to check if it's working. Wasn't yesterday. Thanks. Paul

I have that done, but I received a PM yesterday, but no notification. I only knew about it, because when I was on changing a few details on my profle, I went into the comments box, started to type, and when I typed first letter in the comments box, up came a PM from yesterday !! Somebody enlighten me please !!

Well, that's a fair plan. Don't rush into it, and don't worry where your birds will come from.....should be a few about at that time of the year. A couple of pairs will be plenty for your proposed loft size.

There was a notice placed before closedown of site, which advised everyone to save their PM's.

Haven't started it yet mate !! To be honest, I couldn't get a plan right in my mind, and it was only last week that I think I got it sorted. With only 24' x 8' room to play with, and wanting aviary access for all sections, it was doing my head in coming up with a design. Fortunately Chris Knowles threw in his say, and from there I got it sorted. I now just have to imagine the loft built, and convince myself it will work. Thanks for asking mate

Agree with Phil. Get your loft etc. sorted out, and suss whichever Society will suit you. Better to leave it until late summer / autumn before looking for stock. Like to see pics of loft when you have it finished.

Any wire you use on loft, to stop vermin, has to be 1/4" square. Anything else, mice will definitely still get through. Can be hard to get in roll form, but is available in 'panel' form from good hardware outlet.

That'll do, cheers mate

On the old site, when you clicked on message forum, there was a block of 6 or 8 topics which came on automatically, showing the latest postings under whatever topic concerned. Where do I find that now ?

Mmmmm......not so sure about layout, really confused here !! In my opinion not as user friendly layout as 'old' site.

Cheers mate, and add my best wishes to everyone whose racing this weekend.

Mine doesn't even have an aerial view !!

Plenty of time Mick, no bother !!

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Brilliant gesture Anto, and best of luck with them Tommy.

Pic 19...3 Mealies........Tell Bob I'll have the one on the left !!!!! :P ;D ;D

Thanks for that, best of luck with them