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cleaning

another picture today ;D and another hatched today ;D

hi speckled, i the one with black feet is a kirkpatrick X putman & its nest mate is the one that its ring has fell off, different parents, as i fostered.

agree, clean box & bowl, put fresh straw in box & bowl, put eggs in bowl & youngens on nest box floor.

got a tooth pick, just the job ;D

beautiful set up, very neat & tidy, a perfect example of a loft set up.

thanks carol , i will next time, the one 7 days was real snug, i thought i left it too late, i tried 3 times with care, but the other one went on a treat, like you say, we live & learn thanks again.

yes carl, nice one, i wont be making that mistake again, everyday checks even twice daily. thanks

SO ITS NOT JUST MY BEGINERS BAD LUCK THEN?? first 2 eggs chilled with 3 days to go second two eggs cock trod on one(the other i fostered with one egg of its own) third round same cock as above trod on another one(the other one just hatched) ;D the second egg i fostered(above) with the fosters one of its own, rung them both,(1 at 7 days, the other at 5) checked the rings for three days after(all fine) next time i check em (1 ring not there & too late to ring it) hope it gets better :-/

OLD BLOOD BACK ;D

westy! can you now leave the ice in the freezer & not the loft!!! lol ;Dlol ;D

Pigeons wing it home on the sniff of a breeze By Steve Connor The mystery of how a homing pigeon is able to fly hundreds of kilometres to find its loft has been explained by scientists who have shown that the instinct relies on an acute sense of smell. A team of biologists found that young pigeons deprived of the chance of smelling the winds around their loft were never subsequently able to learn how to fly home. A study published this week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London revealed that an early ability to recognise the smells of local winds was crucial if a pigeon was ever to acquire its homing instincts. The first three months of a pigeon's life is crucial. Anna Gagliardo, the lead author of a team from the University of Pisa, said that learning to smell the wind allowed pigeons to associate odours with certain wind directions. "The outcome of this learning process is a map-like representation of the distribution of salient atmospheric odours in the region around the loft," said Gagliardo. The first three months of a pigeon's life is crucial. The researchers found that after three months of being kept in a screened aviary, deprived of wind, the pigeons never regained the homing instinct. Yet older birds, which had not been subjected to that sort of sensory deprivation, could relearn the homing instinct if they were moved to a new loft this was on this site below i cant remember what page http://www.racingpigeonforum.com/index.php?&start=75 good reading

;D happy birthday speckled

http://www.racingpigeonforum.com/index.php?&start=75

heres a good read, off a newsletter i recieve. Pigeons wing it home on the sniff of a breeze By Steve Connor The mystery of how a homing pigeon is able to fly hundreds of kilometres to find its loft has been explained by scientists who have shown that the instinct relies on an acute sense of smell. A team of biologists found that young pigeons deprived of the chance of smelling the winds around their loft were never subsequently able to learn how to fly home. A study published this week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London revealed that an early ability to recognise the smells of local winds was crucial if a pigeon was ever to acquire its homing instincts. The first three months of a pigeon's life is crucial. Anna Gagliardo, the lead author of a team from the University of Pisa, said that learning to smell the wind allowed pigeons to associate odours with certain wind directions. "The outcome of this learning process is a map-like representation of the distribution of salient atmospheric odours in the region around the loft," said Gagliardo. The first three months of a pigeon's life is crucial. The researchers found that after three months of being kept in a screened aviary, deprived of wind, the pigeons never regained the homing instinct. Yet older birds, which had not been subjected to that sort of sensory deprivation, could relearn the homing instinct if they were moved to a new loft

at the breeding history of sire/dam & grandsire/granddam etc but still can prove to be better at one than the other

whenever they are pecking on there own & drinking, & always keep a close eye on them when you first move them to make sure they are drinking properly

they are lovely, well done.

another hatch today ;D

5TH PRIZE WESTYS PENGUIN! ;D lol ;D

welcome jason.

honey is supposed to be an energy fix, but more like a banana than glucose, as bananas let the energy out slowly , unlike the glucose, which is short termed.(quick fix) hope you know what i mean(lol) ;D

have one for me!

let them out b4 they can fly, b4 they leave the nest, on a good day, while cleaning, i put them in a box i made so they can see out with wire mesh on the front, they seem to have a good look round, the earlier the better

Well done wings04!! let us know how u did & how many u won