speedbird

just looking at another thread & silverdale mentioned that we had this scare here before in 1997 which i briefly remember & he said we had to inject our birds then so why is been blown out of preportion now!!!

dont know if you have had any offers where are you based as dont know if birds are still being transported round the uk due to bird flu so if sucsessfull may have to collect them my self

i would wait or after seeing a programme on tv tonight a chef on there was rearing turkeys & he put a plastic shhet over the top to prevent wild bird droppings geting into the coupe

thanx bruno used it before without any problems will do some research interesting to hear other views on this topic

thats right showman got friends over in blackpool & that was mentioned the other day on radio wave the local radio station

also very good to breath as must pure oxygen as pos

well the hermans i have been crossed with other breeds however still have some that are pure dad had em since the 70,s so maybe i should rename em & he never been any lower than 3rd top prize winner in over 30years

i usually single rear all my young also use pellets seems to realy bring the young on a treat

good idea westy however take a look at roundabout as you can race both your cocks & hens this way thing is with natural plenty of basket training is required as widowhood cocks or roundabout birds exercise well round the loft & probably need less basket training all depends how much time you have

thanx for the advice

think bird brain opened a can of worms here!!

i use the same as heathecote very good stuff i always do yb & old birds after young have been moved from the nest

ok cheers jimmy

some of the general public are very ignorant yesterday i was in the local working mens club & one bloke shouted to me you been working today as i was weiring my loft jacket coverd in paint ect as been painting. i said no been down with the pigeons he then said thats a shame about pigeon flu!! i soon put him right!! thats ok bruno having any age races ect the year after if we can let the ybs out what good will they be if you cant let em out till a year old your idea will be ok if we can let em out & maybe even train

have you got 2 sections nxt to each other? could race roundabout if thats the case if not try natural

my dad had karel hermans for over 30 years still winning & still got the orignal lines think janssens winninig the poll at the mo but there are so many strains of these

lets hope the ban is lifted on the 31st the way we are going there wont even be any racing next year!!!! we havnt even got it in our country apart from those parrots which ere imported. look at the problems if they exstend the ban what about those members who breed in dec what about in they do cxl racing bred all those yb with no races & no room for them for the year after what is to come of them??? its gonna be the spring when those migrating birds come back when i think the problems realy gonna kick off

isnt it not best 2 wait till birds are at least flying round the loft before put on the darkness

if your not racing old birds pair up feb/march breed off em then let them stay together then let thenm sitt dummy eggs for the rest of the season other wise will have babies everywhere!!!

all depends what set you got & how many cocks & hens alot of members only race cocks but i find too many good hens get wasted you could try natural however need plenty of training this way to compete with widowhood men/women unless its distance your interesting in cant beat a sitting hen when it comes down to a channel race

surley need other food ie carbs to go with protein or do you give em that suplement in other ways ie stuff in there water? also whats best for sprinters?

good reply also can birds also keep there form throughout the land programme

what system you racing?

why pair up so early westy how many birds you got to race next year & what system are you planning on useing?

what are members views on gerry plus as are beans best for distance birds???