Wiley

Ron McKelvy, got to be on the list was a great flyer in England, and is a great flyer in Ireland

like ive said on here before do your homework whos winning with them, and the answer is not many,

in my opinion the rene van de weyers are not out and out sprinters, the results i have seen with people in this country winning, however not regular winning with the rene van de weyers is over 250 miles. They seem to be better at middle distance, then out and out sprint 70-250 miles. Just my opinion, but i scour the books back to front, to see who is winning consistently and with what strain. Im lead to believe Ray Knight done a video on rene van de weyers, i know he was sprint and middle distance champion at one stage but couldnt tell you when, the best ive seen those rene van de weyers perform is from a fancier in the midlands crossed with Jos Thorne birds. If you get the right rapidos you wont go far wrong, same with any strain of pigeon

squeeze the fluid onto the slide, but make sure the slide is warm that way canker will move about more, but you must be quick

i dont do it, and still have about 8/10 birds down before 10 days, the latest would be 13 days all down by!

i think i purchased it of brunel, i tell ya it was worth its wait in gold, you get flotation liquid with the kit, and a book that will tell you everything you need to know

hmmm to be honest the best way to finding your findings and cocci ect is by 1. Select droppings from the bird or birds. 2. Mash the droppings in some of the flotation fluid(can be purchased at Boddys) and sieve with the strainer. 3. Fill four test tubes with the fluid and leave for at least 1 hour, 2 hours at best 4. Take a tiny amount of the very top of the fluid in the test tubes with a pipette and place this on a slide and place one of the coverslips on top. 5. Examine with the microscope at x100 and x400. during this time the flotation liquid ensures that the coccidiosis or worm eggs will float to the top of the liquid and the rest of the droppings in the test tube will sink to the bottom, out of the way so effectively all you are seeing is what you need to see in a dropping sample is the coccidiosis and worm eggs, a swab testing for canker is done in a different way 1. 1st get a cotton bud, and place it under some warm water, 2. place bud at the back of the birds throat, 3. with a warm slide, squish the liquid of the bud and onto the slide, 4. place cover slip over the liquid and observe, however you must be quick as canker cells die of pretty quick, but you will be able to see if there present by there moving, I for one used to do my testing like you but found very little untill one year on a trip to blackpool i bought a dropping testing kit, best 20 quid i spent,!

the rapidos are sprint birds mate :-/

how are you testing this could also be the reason why you are getting so many air bubbles

there is nothing on there to be worried about, first thing first is be careful on your placing as i see many air bubbles, and could lead to a false reading as your sample will get pushed out of your cover, the last picture isnt coccidiosis from what ive learnt, if this was a mouth swab you would be able to see if it was canker, as you will notice movement on the slide, and canker cells move pretty quick, picture 4,5, and 6 look like plant cells to me coccidiosis is more rounder in appearance then oblong, if anything would be coccidiosis it would be your 2nd and 3rd picture, however you would need to count these, then calculate the safe amount, i have a list here on how to calculate i will drag it out soon and post up,

got to be denis ford for me

to me theres solidness there would have a better bet stress related due to the moult

Have to agree, chris is a good, guy, we have had two photo shoots here, and he has big aspirations for photographs he does with pigeons, and i for one hope everything works out well for him, he is a keen learner, and has a keen ear also for what you have to say as a fancier, and he has a genuine interest in the birds. I for one know that for those that help him he would really appreciate it!!

The blue pied spitting image of turbo filmstar, looks class!

Darren Peters

they are jimmy but they still have to be toasted, for the birds to eat them safely

its a bit late notice posting it up on the day available as i would have more then happy have had him come over for a visit

interesting oldyellow do you normally pair to the full moon heard many fanciers doing this but no explanation why?

aldepends if you want to float the eggs

wouldnt know about that best success alot of people have is from buying from 2 lofts, keeping them pure, keeping the best, getting rid of the rest, then crossing the 2 familys into each other

well im a young lad of 19

thought u didnt have any birds chris?

scraper and blow torch find u get far more control and watch over droppings

im starting to liking ideas of entering one lofts,

GB L rings, generally are raced in London its like a ring scheme we have down here if you get in on the combine, but down here its only L rings you recieve