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Some will pay thousands for their pitch, an ex stall holder told me he paid £2500 for for his a few years back :-/

Each to their own but the badges did help a few from the site meet each other that would not normally have met. More important the small fraction of members that did order and contribute made £139.38 for PFL fund. I would be quite happy to print bags to go over members heads if they thought the badges did not draw enough attention to their already inflated egos

After getting all of Pope Benedict's luggage loaded into the limo, (and he doesn't travel light), the driver notices the Pope is still standing on the curb. 'Excuse me, Your Holiness,' says the driver, 'Would you please take your seat so we can leave?' 'Well, to tell you the truth,' says the Pope, 'they never let me drive at the Vatican when I was a cardinal, and I'd really like to drive today.' 'I'm sorry, Your Holiness, but I cannot let you do that. I'd lose my job! What if something should happen?' protests the driver, wishing he'd never gone to work that morning... 'Who's going to tell?' says the Pope with a smile. Reluctantly, the driver gets in the back as the Pope climbs in behind the wheel. The driver quickly regrets his decision when, after exiting the airport, the Pontiff floors it, accelerating the limo to 205 kms.. (Remember, the Pope is German..) 'Please slow down, Your Holiness!' pleads the worried driver, but the Pope keeps the pedal to the metal until they hear sirens. 'Oh, dear God, I'm going to lose my license -- and my job!' moans the driver. The Pope pulls over and rolls down the window as the cop approaches, but the cop takes one look at him, goes back to his motorcycle, and gets on the radio. 'I need to talk to the Chief,' he says to the dispatcher. The Chief gets on the radio and the cop tells him that he's stopped a limo going 155 kph. 'So bust him,' says the Chief. 'I don't think we want to do that, he's really important,' said the cop. The Chief exclaimed,' All the more reason!' 'No, I mean really important,' said the cop with a bit of persistence. The Chief then asked, 'Who do you have there, the mayor?' Cop: 'Bigger.' Chief: ' A senator?' Cop: 'Bigger.' Chief: 'The Prime Minister?' Cop: 'Bigger.' 'Well,' said the Chief, 'who is it?' Cop: 'I think it's God!' The Chief is even more puzzled and curious, 'What makes you think it's God?' Cop: 'His chauffeur is the Pope!'

We have never had one bit of bother and we have been using it for 4 years, it is biodegradable as well

I can get you good exhibition fantails if you plan on showing them, where are you from?

I'll second that

Yes shop around, I only posted that link as an example

We sprinkle it once a week over easybed or hemp core in the lofts but we sprinkle it over straw in the hen coops

Sorry but you cannot show garden fantails You can show exhibition fantails You can show Indian fantails

So says Master Miyagi ;D

Try this link, http://forum.pigeonbasics.com/b-couriers/

Rake the easybed everyday and add Stalosan F once a week, this keeps it dry and kills the bad bacteria and worm eggs http://www.flytesofancy.co.uk/chickenhouses/Stalosan_F_Disinfectant.html Stalosan F Disinfectant powder is a very effective, and DEFRA recommended, dry disinfectant powder for use in the poultry house. Broad spectrum, destroys worm eggs, coccidial occysts, fly eggs and larvae. Anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral. Highly absorbant and will help to reduce the ammonia smell created by the chicken's droppings.

Cheers Mav, I will get you a badge for next year

The Duke of York was a great night and the Central Club

Chickadee and I were in Dundee today so we dropped into Clockman's and we opened the tin. Between us all we made £139.38 from 36 members badges, other members and strangers all putting money in the tin for PFL Fund. I have two or three other members that missed me at Blackpool who have promised to post on cheques to add to the fund Please make all cheques payable to 'British Pigeon Fanciers Medical Research Trust' for future badges

Were you at the show Badgeman and if so did you see the birds and the stand we are all referring too? You seem to be defending this trader rather than joining in with what everyone else seen with their own eyes. I think in hind sight a lot more could have been done but I think that will be the last year this trader or any other like him gets away with it. That is the great thing about forums we all discuss issues that concern us and learn for the future, I don't think taking this to the RSPB or RSPCA would do the show any good as it would be blown out of all proportion and used in their propaganda machine as they are anti pigeon in a lot of their views. I think we should all learn how to report these findings to the right people and in the correct manner before any show so that if needed something is done. If some see this standard of trading as acceptable then there may be a few other stands trying to sell birds in these conditions because there was not a shortage of buyers who allowed him to trade over the weekend

OHHHHHH NO not the Maltese connection ;D ;D ;D

We went back into hospital yesterday but no word from him yet, he was on earlier today and I am sure he will keep us informed, his earlier ones went well and he is looking great at 3st lighter

He hung around with Ian Sommers from Edinburgh or did you mean this pic Mav and Micko

Well I hope we can meet up at any future shows or gatherings

I hope Chick does not see these

Intimately

You better hope yer room mate does not see this Mav

Who me, always ;D

Maybe it was Cornelius