tigerpomfret

Jonboy, just put a handfull of peas or beans in a cup,teaspoon of sugar pinch of salt,some warm water let them soak for 5-10 minutes,thenbump about 30 down each birds beak(you could bump 50-60 in them easy,but it could make them lazy),takes about 1 minute,then just spoon ,4-5 teaspoons water down after,simple as that,by 17 days old stop hand feeding,just put them in a place on their own with a drinker filled to the brim,and dip their beaks once or twice,then feed out just peas or beans in a trough,leave 20 minutes morning and night,then take away,some thick babies starve themselves for a couple of days,but will gorge in the end,but remember to dip their beaks,do not leave any food about after 20 minutes,they will follow you around like puppies come feeding time if you follow that simple rule. And for christ`s sake do not worry about them not eating,leave them be,and remember grit . And while your at it,watch to find the leaders,not followers,you watch your babies,9out of 10 are crap,no matter what anyone tells you,see what you learn,write down first to find drinker 1st to feed,first to try for a perch,1st to go outside,write everything you see down,hen you will have made a good start,for sure.

Now that Spain has closed shop for us.and it looks ever likely no water races (south) for a couple of years,the old saying goes"every cloud has a silver lining"could this be the perfect time to start up a distance family,no pressure to race the babies,letting them grow on,with a few single ups,next year those babies will have grown on beautiful because of no stress from us fanciers useing motivation systems. Paired up next year,as yearlings,steady single ups from up to 50 miles,what a physically,and probably mentaly well prepared kit of birds you would have when the distance stuff starts up in a couple of years time. What say all you distance minded people out there/,i`m very intrested in your comments. Could this possible be the breakthrough the bicc,bbc been looking for,now no aspiring distance boys can`t get pressured into racing babies on power systems to try to keep up with the pro lobby,who only have the selling market in their thoughts,not the advancement of long distance british racing

why`s that,because i put you in the know,chill out my boy

Who said the market was closed,obviously you was`nt there this morning,or you would know better!

Who says so,i know for fact,plenty of birds are being brought through customs.

Hello d-d, If we, The RPRA had closed up shop all winter,till the kickoff around late march for training,it would have looked good on us pigeon boys,all racers locked up,but no just carry on shipping birds all over the place,now,we will get the blame for outbreaks,by the press,you wait and see,just to keep the sellers/dealers happy,bryant has sacrificed the whole pigeon wide country,just to brown nose the advertisers,typical,just typical,makes me sick.

Hello Gez, Do you taffy`s fly your Lerwick national anymore? i can`t remember seeing any results since Mr and Mrs Mears won it ,only bird in race time 600miles+about 4-years ago. What`s the split in wales between the Northroad-eastroad-and southroad?1/3 even?

Raymond old friend,you still have not sussed it ,have you,peter bryant has been more concerned with big pigeon dealers and their like, am i correct? lol ..because their adverts keep the top boys well oiled. Us cannon fodder are being milked as usual,use your brains,why should any of us invest in new stock for this coming season if there is no racing,or mediocreshort stuff. Would you breed a 100 youngbirds to have them sat on their perches all year,well many people have already bred them,probable 3,000,000 hungry mouths to be fed again this season,a hell of a lot of money , for what?so peter bryant can agree to all defra or the like tell him.lol As for bruno`s suggestion "it`s not airborn",who says so? it will mutate to airborne ,maybe a day,a week,a month,but it will,anyone disagree?

Thanks Rose,

Would Bob mc donalds linebreed family be the perfect cross to try into Jimmy sheperds southcoast linbred family,i wonder if Rose has tried this already? What say you Rose,and would they get the distances you fly?

Aarden, Your kept in the dark,because you are seen to be one of the undisciplined masses.

Aarden, Our gov are shitting themselves, make no mistake about it,when the human form hits maybe next fall or spring,we pigeon fanciers will be lepers of human society

Listen Aarden, We are small fry.a very small minority sport,most people call our birds Flying Rats,we got no chance,we will be the first to go against the wall,you see ,were on the edge,and we will have no help from anyone, no chance,were easy meat,it will look good for the gov to chop us to bits...it`s coming .

time is running out for pigeon fanciers,i`m sure in less than a year from now all pigeon keeping will be banned in britain with jail sentences for anyone caught with birds on their property,i can see it coming.

hello,you people just do not get it,do you,it`s ok having a laugh,but this is a death nail for pigeon racing here in europe,remember it will come every year time and time again,possibly twice per year,we are small fry and will be put through the mincer by the british gov,i`m sure we will get hit hard in the next few weeks,and all the top boys in the know have said it will come back next winter with a massive blast