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Very good Peter. Here's a thing, if you were only interested in national distance racing would it not be easier to keep the birds celibate until pairing for yer chosen nest condition 2/3 weeks prior? No problem with wing moult or hens laying ?

How are you retarding the wing moult?

Sometimes I read posts and think Wot the fook

My loft is a bit smelly in the morning at the moment wae breeding and the weather. We n the summer months I have mesh doors on as much as possible. I hate too many birds but the rules on overcrowding are mostly down to individual interpretation. Pretty sure most would think my yb loft to be too small. I have 55 on 13x6 with a 6x6 aviary

I think they might go hand in hand mate

Some say ventilation is overrated and others that overcrowding is a myth Robert?

Best of luck

What happened to yer old birds

No mate. There is a mob gam frae fechan but am at Glasgow mare fitba!!!

What about the fine details that are required to win? Can you give the same attention to a big team?

Having got the birds settled on the first round turned my attention to the racers. I have 46 cocks and hens to race!! Never in history have we had as many and is already causing bother as I don't have room to race them as I would like. It will be interesting to see how the results pan out. Will they slip back because conditioning is harder in a big team or will numbers increase my chances??? Wots the perfect number? Does the loft dictate or the fancier?

Anybody that was bothered about saving money wudnae or shouldn't get in tae racing pigeons

Still wicker baskets doon here on the factory floor

Great stuff Walter..............................I havent moved my loft........as yet lol

Ok. I had a measurement done a court of years back that must have been it

Who supplies this benzing GPS?

Flung 16 eggs this morning. ...should have been more...hindsight required

That's it pal......dinny fook about

Ton each

That was a reply tae the first post lol.....I do the same as you......sometimes. ...but have sent them widow to 500 miles and done well so just what ye fancy

That's it for me mate.......just looking to see if am just as P*** wae the big boys as I am week to week

Makes no odds. ......you can win first to last whenever you pair or whenever you split.....variety is a great thing with widowhood. ...bring them together for a day during the season etc! Just my opinion and everyone does it different

I just filled sheet in for my first ever solo go at this......must say I am looking forward to it.....gutted could be the feeling after a training toss but got to be in it to win it

Hope so Derek. ....as you well know us boys in the sooth like it easy lol......deluded in my book mate but best of luck to everyone. I will be trying my best

Surely nae body in the west wants tae race frae the east????........do they??? Lol