Wiley

the reason why i believe i got it was because my friend was starting back up in the sport and asked if he could house the pigeons he bought at my house till he put up a loft which i agreed to as we were racing partners a few years back, he brang in the bevverdam birds to be housed with my birds till he got a loft all looked full of health but i beleive it is these and overcrowding that caused the problem.Last year i found out another guy who bought birds from the same beverdam sale as my friend culled them all as they all had paratyphoid ! It was a hard and expensive lesson to learn and many good winners brang a tear to my eye! That was just in the stock. It only affected one section of the race team which was strange and this wiped out 3 federation and 7 club winners.Since then havent topped the federation for last 3 years and always used to top it at least once! It ruined my team and caused me to basically start back from scratch! Even those that had it and recovered after the jab where no good, so had to be removed. Its taken me three years to slowly build up a good team yet again,this year first year with what id say with a full team of pigeons. I jab my birds every year the treatment starts in novemeber with a 10day course of treatement and were jabbed on the 11thday! This year this was done and only two showed signs of a reaction these were my best racers last season. They may show signs of a reaction but as your birds have it they will not react the way birds that have it in a small dose as they sulking,and not eating for 2 days but the third day they are fine.This is due to i believe they have a bit of paratyphoid inside there system and the vaccine makes them have a paratyphoid overdose then the 3rd day its completely gone. All birds also have to be given a booster vaccination which can be anything from 21 days to 6 months! Hope this helps abit and shows the damage it had caused!

sounds like paratyphoid mate,if its lost use of legs,and the wings then become lame and birds are dieing left right and centre,had this about 3-4 years back,once i jabbed them it stopped lost loads of good pigeons including combine winners. Heart breaking even contemplated in leaving the sport stay in there. The question is thought mate you have to question why you got it!

oh i guess uve been talking to bigwood lol! Or you've got younguns out of the famous 'Bang On' thats why you done that sneeky grin lol

is she a grizzle looks like chequer pied with just white tic eye and a small bib under the beak

good to see you back you got that loft up!

welcome mhope you enjoy the site and good luck witht the loft,

the new members seem to be coming thick and fast, blackpool must have worked! WELL DONE RICHARD!

lol how comes its only gangster that gets the pigeons lol

Yea sounds a quality idea stuart

lol yea but i wasnt exactly certain it was use!

thing is everyone breeds at different times

i saw use at the herman beverdam stand didnt know it was use at the time,when the guy on the stall! Saw use around few times just didnt know use were use lol

lol i dont want theif anyones birds i just like them

these were in the show i think dont think for sale

i reckon a lot of ladies liked them,speaking to a lady in my hotel when i got in from the early hours in the morning she was quoted saying 'iv'e never seen a cock so big'

lol you hear us all the over night

seen going in with a bar of drinks dont no about electric fire lol

richard let me know mate willing to helpo if needed

congratulations to Hjaltland

its a shame i couldnt have stayed when saw your wife to bump into you as i was in a convosation at the time but next year mate She did spot the badge from a mile of bet shes good at spotting the racers coming

yea have to agree tony we was all up there for a while,i liked the birds they were some form of pouter searched the net i think they were called horseman theif pouters wat lovely pigeons wouldnt mind one of them in the future

yes henrik it was nice meeting you mate was a shame i couldnt stay and had a drink with use as i was flying out in the evening,shame you didnt find us on the saturday, was a good crack lol and a few drinks was passing the lips lol

No worries lads have to say it wasnt in the best of places to be honest but it was there and im sure many new members would be made from it.i understand that alot had trouble finding it and i hope paddy macs wife found them in the end as paddy mac and his wife were supposably looking for hours as i bet use lads were! But i for one did miss quiet a few people and i wouldnt have met anyone it was only through contact made i bumbed into the lads and lasses! Next year it would be better if maybe we organised a place to defaintly all go and meet up! I was disappointed my old grounds the counting house was closed for refurb! I believe the webmaster has them lads so if you get in contact with him maybe something can be arranged

they should never get an ounce of feed

yes id happily make a badge for 2008