Wiley

Not to be a downer roland, but i heard that normal colours throughing grizzles, is a sign of carriers of paratyphoid, heard this many years ago when i had a cheq x a blue throw a chequer grizzle, the following year i did catch the dreaded disease and it started in the section those birds where kept, coincidence could be,

its the same guy, Nick from chat is No 1 on basics

the key to winning with young birds is having complete control of there protein content, at the right times of the week, if you control this u have the key to the door

some of the best pigeon poems ive heard are from Vic

Be Careful with the milk idea, it will release alot of toxins from the birds system, all the bile ect, however its very dangerous for pigeons to engulf to much, if offering it to the bird only allow them to sip at it, and would MUST be given cold, 50% milk 50% water with a desertspoon of honey in the mixture, dont give this to the bird often,

to how much water mate

anyone use this on the corn or drinker, contemplating to use it this year mixed with brewers yeast and then dried onto the corn, anyone use it in the drinker if so how much. And for those that do use carrot juice anyone have any opinions on it?

i live about a mile from the flats, very good liberation point open spaces, however the facilities like said arent so good, but it is only a matter of 2 min drive to nearest take aways ect, and you have toilets on the land, i think main problem was regarding the pigeons at some point there was getting alot of travellers on the site

sorry i dont use liquid just tablet and powder form sorry

flagyl, however you should rotate your treatments you use for canker and respiratory

give me number 5 any day, wats his breeding

last seen at blackpool drunk!!!

maybe didnt make myself clear, i didnt say i never treat my young birds, just a tip so when you wean the young birds its a stressfull time for them, and every pigeon fancier knows a stressed pigeon is a prone pigeon to illness, hense the reason why i do this as the ailments dont like an acidic environment, hope may have cleared the tip up a bit :-/

just a little tip, about 5 days before you wean your young birds, put your birds on cider vinegar, and carry this on for around 10 days after weaning, its a known fact after weaning ybs this causes young birds to become stressed and prone to ailments, but the cidervinegar casues an acidic environment which many ailments do not like to be in!

sue could you pm me his phone number if you have it?

Class looking set of ybs!Sue out of interest have you heard from Zuffy??

always on easi-bed as there being weaned, one flagyl tablet down there throat and that will be only treatment untill they are jabbed, unless anything goes amiss, then its just pure food, grit and minerals, and water, but more importantly plenty of air

dunno about that the wal zoontjens as far as i am aware are brillant sprint-middle distance birds

think a few cross wires, paratyphoid is a yearly injection, however on the first vaccination a booster will have to be given 6 months afterwards, and thereafter every year,

LOL His got all 3 strips lols Once again thanks for all the well wishes we truly appreciate it

Thank you all for your kind words, really appreciate it, and no worries Alfie already has his first scrapper ;D ;D ;D ;D But thanks truly once again

have to disagree old yellow its just an other theory or old wives tales that the cocks with the higher box the better the performance! Tony i can only go on my experience couple times it has happened, the 2 cocks in question did out perform once changing boxes, but could it have just been the box change that made the birds better then previous years, instead of the fitness, health and management that i couldnt answer. But like Vic said i have used that method before leaving some boxes unocuppied and opened up as a motivational technique and has worked a treat.

every strain is a cross, no strain is pure so hence there cant be a best cross, as most modern raci9ng pigeons unless they have been inbred have the hybrid vigour

my pigeons have onyl started going out on a regular basisthe last week or so, far to cold, and to much in the east in the wind for me to start training, if they dont make the first races on the 4th april thats fine by me,

Cartoon competition sounds very good to me but getting people to join would be a different matter