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I have used it for last 2 years its good stuff birds always look well on it and feather quality is improved, i have not had yb sickness neither since being on it, i must say as i told bakes its no good giving it willy nilly you must use it every day to see the results and get it into ther system

Bakes you can come and clear my land of rabbits anytime you want theres loads of them and its not far from you cheers stan

Bakes get your loft sorted and i will give you a pair of blacks to breed off, you saw them when you came to my place, failing that i will breed you a pair of youngsters all best stan

Thanks for the replies and offers of help and advice, also thanks to those that have pmd me it gives me great comfort that people out there are willing to go the extra mile to help people out, I am going to take a good hard look at things and then decide where to go, I wont rush into anything and do something i might regret ONCE AGAIN THANKYOU

Lindsay i am by sounds of it similar to you a few good weeks then bang for no reason it goes and i get really bad muscle spasms and have to go on diazepam and tramadol which usually ease it after 3-5 days. I have got one younglad started this year who has offered to help out at weekends and its greatly appreciated but i live a bit away from him so its not ideal

Thanks for the advice folks, i have got ets and do use easibed on floors which does cut workload down, as regards a partner if anyone out there wants to join me thats fine i live just outside Atherstone in warwickshire, as regards a partnership no-one needs to worry about costs as i will pay for everything if it means the birds stay and we become competetive again

Can you folks out there help me out with a decision i need to make? once again i find myself laid up with my back problem and quite honestly i have had enough after not racing the old birds properly due to same problem then managing a few youngbird races managing to top fed which gave me a massive lift, i now find myself back to square one and relying on my teenage daughter to feed and water them if someone came along now i would let them take the lot. Has anyone out there got any suggestions to make life easier and more importantly to remain competetive when laid up? all advice welcome cheers stan

the T2 is a perfectly good clock it is a quartz clock the T3 is the updated versionof it , the T2 uses the same printer as the T3 the major difference is that it is set as a running clock and does not zero in to the nearest minute like the T3 does my T2 keeps better time than my T3 any questions put them on and i will be happy to try and answer them i have been setting clocks as long as i have had pigeons

i am pretty sure that geoff kirkland adopts this system with his hens during the winter prior to pairing up i just remember reading or seeing it on a video maybe someone else can confirm this

I use easibed and only change it once a year i rake it over every week and top it up with some new easibed since doing this birds look well on it and no youngbird sickness the floor underneath is bone dry, ask Bakes on this site how well the birds look on it also cuts workload down as i struggle to bend down to scrape out floors

thanks for the nice comments lads i will always try to help anyone out if i can and its pleasing to see others doing well or getting enjoyment out of my birds or advice its just a shame i cant do more because of this problem with my back, all best to friends old and new

no problem mate you can call round whenever it suits now you know where my place is and i will sort you some birds out when you get your loft sorted all best stan

I have used parastop for last three years on stock and racers before pairing up and then repeated on racers before racing starts and have not had youngbird sickness and also have had much better hatch rate,

Yes mate it was me and you can pop round anytime you want am on the same road as dobbies garden centre its easy to find look forward to seeing you all best stan

Bakes theres some good names on your list but in my opinion the best flyer in our area is John Gilbert of Dordon top man and being doing the winning for ever and a day

I bought the white cock for a mate its an absolute belter and we got it for a third of what we expected to pay for it will put some photos up when i get chance

It was a decent sale birds did not fetch as much as i thought they would go for I got lot 3 for my pal for a third of what he was prepared to pay and its a cracker nice to see a few old faces and have a chat all best stan

Its in the big concert room its a nice venue plenty of room and good beer at cheap prices will see you there john and everyone else whos going

John there is no reason at all not to buy a so called cross, my reasons being as follows 1. it will add hybrid vigour to your birds 2. there is no such thing as a pure bred 3.its carrying the genes of winners 4.if the bird fits in with my ideas of conformation type and its parents ancestors have performed at the distance i want then its a no brainer i would buy it too much emphasis on bits of paper instead of looking at the bigger picture my best ever channel pigeon was a busschaert x stragg say no more

I will be there helping out at the auction as its at held at the Trent valley, look forward to seeing you all there it promises to be a good night stan

given the choice I would sooner pay a bit extra and have my own crates on the fed wagon with just my birds in and if everyone else wants theirs in with each others thats fine, i think if we adopted this system it would catch on and less disease will be spread, its crazy that someone can have birds ill this week then same fancier can put his birds in with everyone elses the next , look at the one loft races they have had all sorts of problems due to mixing birds from all over the place, in fact i am going to make a proposal for our fed next year that members will be allowed to pay for their own crates on the wagon

Bakes where do you live as it sounds like my later youngsters which are going off for about an hour there is 19 of them and i live near dobbies garden centre not far from hartshill

best day for racing for weeks weather brilliant here in warwickshire not to hot and very light southerly breeze

fozzy whereabouts in coventry?

Roland count me in for support my cheque will be on its way to you when you have finalised details of bank accounts etc, i will also donate a couple of birds to any sale that is organised we have got to give it a go