Tony C

Good idea T_T, hope it doesn't have to come to that though. If it does best of luck.

snowy, Have the hens any swollen leg/foot joints or have one wing hanging lower than the other ?

I always plan to send my y/b's to the first race and more times than not do. However if the temperature hits the 30C mark they stay at home, the same goes for a strong tail wind (north in my case).

jimmy would that be 2 tablespoons to a 4 pint drinker ?

The only sites we have to pull of by a certain time are racecourses, thats if there's a meeting that day. If your going to use these as lib sites book them when there's no meeting scheduled.

A cross I think, looks like half a lob on

If I read you right Ray its one of the Canary Islands. Fishing boats run out of Puerto Rico, great fishing there all year round.

It was mentioned in the chat room lately, a hen that laid 3 eggs but they didn't mention the timeframe between 2nd and 3rd egg. On the other hand it could be a big cuckoo doing the rounds! :o :)

How about nominating three yearlings before racing starts. The small team fancier/novice will not be disadvantaged this way.

Cheers Speight

Gran Canaria Speight

MARINA........

The way things are at the minute I wouldn't chance it if collected via roof/guttering.

Sod the chips, where's me waterwings!

More than one way to skin a cat .................redskin :)

I'm the one on the left, to the right of me is Abraham the skipper of the boat and in the middle is ............wait for it................................Ray

To date the poll 'How often do you clean out when racing' shows that 90% of us clean out at least once a day. Do you think keeping pigeons in such an environment could actually have an adverse effect. Children today suffer from more allergies than ever before, the boffins put this down to households these days being kept too clean. I'm told years ago fanciers in the main used deep litter, they tell us their birds were hardly ever Ill. By cleaning out daily are we taking out of the shed the very thing that pigeons especially young birds need to boost their immunity levels. Just a thought.

Thanks for clearing that up Bruno.

I used to clean out twice a day but due to problems with my back I had to find an alternative. I now use easibed on the floor and this gets changed every couple of months, the perches and boxes are still done daily.

Cleaning out, some people clean out more often than others, some people are handicapped and cant manage it, some people see it as a chore, some people like deep litter. What category do you fit into ?

Two peas in a pod

I dont know if this is the same map you see Bruno.

Bruno, the way I read this thread is that our two different experiences could explain how a squab can end up with a splayed leg, the common denominator is that it seems to happen when single rearing. You suggested incompetent sitters I suggested the actual nest. I cant find no reference to a weakness in the youngster?

IF we race and thats a big IF, amals could cut the libs down by half

Silverwings, I've never heard the term 'yellow feather' (well I have led a sheltered life) is it a local term or is it one that you use to explain what you see/feel?