Tony C

When you have y/birds in the nest this time of year dont put freezing cold water in the drinkers, add a bit of hot water to it just to take the chill of. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You cant stop smashed eggs from occurring but if you add a dummy egg to each nest (especially if you have the odd troublesome yearling) you can at least salvage their nesting condition, they'll carry on sitting the dummy and you can give them a baby when they were due to hatch.

Vic's heart is in the right place. He's been telling it like it is for years and long may he continue.

Once laid out I feed 50/50 w/h mix/depurative. I cease feeding them in their boxes and feed them communally.

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Depends if Alphaletya ;D

Ditto

I guess the first and biggest mistake I made was not laying a concrete base to sit my loft on. 2nd mistake, thinking that some of the old boys way of doing things were outdated.

Well done again Stuart and yes a nice touch from those offering a donation if they were to be one of the lucky ones.

As a rough guide work on them growing 1/4 inch per day

Oil from the preening gland only makes up 7% of a pigeons waterproofing, pigeon bloom does the rest. Boffins now think that the act of preening (the spreading of oil on feathers) in some species of birds is also a sex/mate indicator, the oil is visible in their ultraviolet sight range thus aiding identification.

As a health indicator? or a feeding indicator? or both? or neither?

The Have's v The Havant's, happens in pigeon racing every week ;D. I wonder who'd be more gracious in defeat

I s t h i s e a s i e r f o r y o u t o r e a d ? ;D ;D ;D

Klingon's cloaking?

;D ;D ;D TTFN

Yep! rocket surgeons & brain scientists we aint but we try our bestest Welcome spin cycle

You saying about the Woodbine ends Jimmy I knew a fancier that collected all his fag ends ('Players' he had a few bob ;D) and put them in a bucket of water for a few days then used this to spray out his loft and what was left he sprayed his roses with.

For he’s a jolly good fellow For he’s a jolly lucky fellow For he’s a f%^&*lucky b@?$%^&* ;D ;D ;D ;D Well done Kelly Tom, hope he knocks you out winner after winner.

My guess is when they delivered them they landed in a puddle, a typical case of Wet Droppings Syndrome ;D ;D ;D

lol forgot to add, on the middle shelf ;D ;D ;D

I know a fancier that soaked barley in milk then placed it in the oven to dry of (dont know what gas mark or for how long ;D) he then fed this to his pigeons (not himself ;D)Saturdays & Sundays after a race.

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The best time I found to introduce it was when they started feeding their young.

I don’t know if the SHU rules similar to the RPRA. The RPRA I'm led to believe say all applications to join has to sit on the table for 14 days before voted on. If this application was in the hands of the secretary 14 days prior to this meeting these 'concerns' should have been looked into then. The club in question constitution they submitted to the lottery grant should make interesting reading. If by not allowing this lad in I'm positive they would be breaching both their own constriction and the terms of the grant.

You run out of nail varnish Vic? ;D