carl

Well guess what happened to me yesterday,,,,bird came to win and was clapping around the loft for 10 mins,that aint a lie :B :B :B gutted

I have just topped the fed with a hen sittting only 3 days.I wouldnt train a eggy hen at all..Would you send a pregnant woman to run a race ?????

I have never trained twice a day,,whats the point 2 x 20 miles,,,better off taking them on 1 x 40 mile toss if its miles you want..Just making more work in my opinion carl

I too have been finding out all i can about ets,i have read everything regarding ets i have came across,i have read 1000s of posts talking ets. Bricon is looking the best system in my honest opinion. Steve i take your views on ets highly,keep it up carl greenhow

Sometimes if its very hot they do pant like hell,i have also been told its some sort of respitory problem

Tammy i would train the up to thursday then keep them in friday,i dont see the point feeding them up on thursday to let them out friday morning as birds should have plenty food in the friday morning..

Well wiley how did they do the first race then,we had our 2nd race the weekend gone,i finished 6th,9th,11th came well just behind the winners..

Sunderland premier fed at worksop for our 2nd race,100 miles to us,winds not looking good with a southeast forcast.

So are you going to race him now ???

Craig why toss them all together,dont want them seeing each other every toss i wouldnt have thought

Why mark the eggs?? simply write in a notebook everything you need to.. pen1 blue cock 23241 ch h 67826 laid on 4,4,07 floated from stock loft pen 2 why mark the eggs

The link for the virus softwhere in in Website,news and views,,,,,,,Then find the thread Virus softwhere

Steve i had Norton anti virus and still had my computer crashed by a virus,i now use zonealarm and avg,and have had no problems.I downloaded them for free.Theres a link on this site where to download them.i will dig it out..

Thanks to you all for the kind words,,,i have just got the confirmation 1st federation and looking good for the section.Not sure of fed birdage but im told its high. Steve she was sent sitting 3 day eggs, she is a staff van reet hen from my lofts previous owners birds.The same family are responsible for many winners.She is bred from a half brother and sister which both scored for myself,not great results but birds that were never far away on race day. Im chuffed to bits,,couldnt have started the season any better.

I have a few like that they do grow to be great pets always on the go,,,hard to get rid of them when they are like that.

Thanks mate,,,yes more to come ...

Thanks chaps,all the hard work paying me back i hope,i new she had something special about her as she was always catching my eye as a yb. Shes doing 1516.136 1hour 29 mins and 10seconds in a northwest wind..72 miles to me...

Blue hen Nehu o6 sp 1744 Winner of our clubs first race of the season,666 birds.This hen now has 1st,3rd,5th club.12th fed,10th fed and looking good in the fed this week.I will find out where she finished in the fed later this week,,fingers crossed

First race 72 miles, 1st,7th,9th, 666 birds against 26 lofts in the oddfellows club,had 3 birds in first 6 but wouldnt trap,happy with the win,,,three years on the trot i have won this race,,,,,hopefully more to come....

Good point sammy,got me thinking now

Thanks for the reply frank,it makes sense mate.No frank i dont have to start them from the first race 7th april but i was always unsure about jumping them on.Im still learning here only been flying a few seasons now.I have had the problem of my birds going flat after 150/180 miles,,,now i know why,too much too early i think. Thanks again carl greenhow

Silly question really ben,its upto you.Why give something up you have put time into...just give it a break

It would be an insult to the birds to toss them 1 mile,i start mine around 5 mile,then 10,20,30,50

Frank when do good fanciers toss there pigeons then ? our first race is the 7th april so we have no choice to toss them in march..

Southeast wind here in Sunderland,very foggy and light rain now and again.I aint had my youngsters out for three days now and i aint had a chuck this week.