Tony C

Mine are just taken off the dark, no gradual lengthening of daylight hours. I confine them to the loft for 2-3 days to adjust and take this opportunity to change their feeding times.

I'll start in a week or so time.

Hope you had a good'un winkle

Today.......... yabbadabbadoo!

Racing out of Wetherby with the Essex & Kent Amal, 177 miles to me.

A fancier in Rayleigh Essex used to race them, think he's name is Barry Hall. Will try and find out if he still houses them.

22/22 in no time, doing 58mph out of Retford (North Rd)

22 w/hood cocks going to Retford 130 miles

Yes.

At Retford with the West Essex Fed, 130 miles.

My Guess is that the vaccination you gave them knocked them right back and something else has taken advantage of their weakened state. Your only course of action is to get either a dead youngster or one thats showing symptoms to a vet asap

Thanks gus, very much appreciated.

Four home out of eight sent to Dunbar

LNRC 7:20 lib out of Dunbar 327 miles to me.

Have decided to send 8 to Dunbar with the LNRC and given the Essex a swerve.

3 or 4 from 20 miles then onto 45 miles, have done this for the last 20+ years. I always start them of on nice days with broken cloud, I avoid days when its wall to wall sunshine.

Thanks sapper, just hope the east wind that's forecast doesn't bring in the haar.

London North Road Combine at Dunbar 327 miles Essex & Kent Combine at Berwick 305 miles

Here's another http://www.eastcoastsoftware.co.uk/velocity_calculator.htm

Broken cloud being pushed along by a brisk W/S/W wind

27/27 from Newark 2/4 from Perth

West Essex 12:00 lib out of Newark.

Full low cloud cover, dry. Wind w/s/w

Around the 2nd or 3rd week in June, no fixed date. If we get a couple of days of bad weather between these dates thats when they'll come of the dark.