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THE FIFER

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  1. yes i agree as i said in my first post red mite was out as it is a night time pest, but i got the other info from old hand book, there are lots of other mite around, i once got some sand from the beach and put in the loft, it was infested with sand mite, so always give sand and grit from the beach a good rinse before use.
  2. good looking layout.
  3. yes.
  4. or "pigeon BAD coxy" ;D ;D ;D
  5. just looked out my OLD HANDS book, "THE AILMENTS AND DISEASES OF RACING PIGEONS" quote, sitting birds are constantly driven off their nests etc, perched birds can be seen to scratch and kick violently, he puts this down to the DREADED RED MITE which he compounded specially for this purpose, that,s from his book, if BILCO comes on site he will tell you about it and give some info, but i would try the harkers loft compound if you can get it, i always use colombovac floor white all the time. hope this helps,
  6. to me it looks like an ordenary SHORT BEAK tumbler, with a crest or tuft on its head.
  7. i agree with u majorpet, if you dont know the person dont deal with him, or as u say get someone to vouch for him.
  8. yes rose u get some good grit from the shore, also has sopme charcoal in it which the birds love, like you give it a good rinse in fresh water, takes the salt out of it, i know sea salt is good for the birds but it could make them greedy and eat too much of the grit. you always see loads of racers down at the shore picking at the grit.
  9. if my memory gets it right. was he not in some kind of trouble on the PIGEONLAND site, maybe someone from there can give you some info, hope you get him as this sort of person needs to get sorted.
  10. good on ya m8, glad to hear u are still with us.
  11. surely if u are sending him money u will have to get his home address, which he cant keep changeing like he does with his ip.
  12. yes agree with u sammy its some kind of pest, like mite or something, but not the usual red mite as i believe they only come out in the dark,
  13. try ur birds with a bath with plenty garlic in it.
  14. well done and all the best, good to see members working 2 geather and getting on with the sport,
  15. always loads of racinng pigeons down at the beach picking the grit, i sometimes collect it from there as its good grit.ansd the birdds love it.
  16. get them at some garden centres.
  17. it's a hen.
  18. racers can be here 2 day but gone 2 moro, so good to keep good breeders, as they can always replace the racers.
  19. the second one looks a bit of a westy,
  20. THE FIFER

    AWOL

    He's GOING AT 12 NOON.
  21. what ring is on it??
  22. no not really, i would'nt think, but does'nt mean ur birds are not healthy,
  23. give it a good deep fork to let the dampness away, you could also rake the moss away, and keep the moss for the bottom of ur hanging baskets.
  24. garlic is best i have used it for ages, also the house fly spray i use it in the loft in all the cracks etc gets flies and moths on the run.
  25. THE FIFER

    my loft

    lovely set-up karl, hope to see more of ur posts on site, all the best.
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