Tony C

I’ve a pigeon in my loft that looks identical ........... who’s going to start the bidding at £10,000 ;D ;D ;D

I'm race rubbered ready to go

Easi-bed for me although I've never tried hempcore, if it aint broke dont try fixing it.

A couple of snippets on dry widowhood http://www.siegelpigeons.com/news/news-Aelbrecht.html http://www.siegelpigeons.com/news/news-nationalwinners-part2.html

Widowhood & natural

Johno the way I see it is tablets get dissolved in out stomach by gastric juices not by the water we wash them down with. Pigeon medicine on the other hand get dissolved in water which in turn can remain in their crops for up to 10 hours, perhaps longer.

A site dedicated to pigeon clocks http://www.unipas.nl/klokken/gb/indexlist.htm Whats the oldest clock you can remember using or come to that still own. (Sun dials excluded Jimmy White ;D)

The tapwater in London is said to have gone through 8 people, wont be long before it starts glowing in the dark 8)

A way of finding out if the water is chlorine free http://www.splashspas.co.uk/spa-accessories/chlorine-testing.htm

lol I'm far from a youngbird expert but here goes. Your going to have to let them out before your of to work so its just finding a way to suit. You'll want them back in the loft at least an hour before you leave as they'll have to eat and get a good drink before you darken them of. Vic I believe put a post on here somewhere saying that he is going to let he's darkness youngsters wake up to natural light (open the shed back up of a night to let the morning light in) I think you should look at doing this. If i were to do this I'd have them out around 11 o'clock. I think a big mistake fanciers make in trying to get darkness youngbirds to fly is giving them too much in the way of fatty seeds, add barley to their feed instead.

Re early bred y/birds, If your going to try this system for more than one year (pairing up early December) I think racing your y/birds on the darkness system is a no-no. Come December when you want to pair these y/birds up they'll not have thrown all their flights and I think thats a lot to ask of them. One way round it could be to pair your 2-3-4 year olds up December and let them rear but not your yearlings, let the yearlings rear when your repair in March. Racing young birds... I dont think there's a better system than darkness.

I have been doing the same for some years now

lets see if my wife throws this one away ;D

Any noticeable frets show up in their flights Vic as I've heard it can knock a pigeon back for a day or two. Hope you've got it sorted, many can learn through your experience.

If you have a good racing hen pair her to her sire and the young from this pairing are your future breeders (if they're sound in every way)

I think you'll find Ivermecin isn't a sure proof way of getting rid of worms.

I've never put old birds in with them, let them work it out for themselves.

Way to go Kieran, keep up the good work and the winning

No Wiley as far as I know they've never done it in powdered form, I used to get it out of a herbalist in Green St but its now shut down.

Thanks

Saturday racing for the simple reason win lose or draw we all have a good laugh up our club Saturday nights, lots of sore heads on a Sunday ;D

Cheers OLDYELLOW, do you know if it comes in powdered form or grandules.

I use to mix kelp powder with brewers yeast and put it on their food. I cant get hold of kelp powder anymore so if there's anybody out there that knows where I can get my hands on some please drop me a line. cheers

I put a glug of vinegar in mine, it keeps them clean of lice.

bring him around here Wiley but tell him to gear he’s camera up with the fastest shutter speed he’s got if he wants to capture mine in flight ;D ;D ;D