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I agree. I used to have the odd bird that would refuse to come in with the rest of the pack. The answer is most definitely food. I feed mine twice a day after exercise. I have a small bucket with a lid for the food which I shake to call them in. I feed them by hand as much as they want for 5 minutes or so then remove the trough. I make no allowance for slack trappers. If they don't come through that trap while I,m feeding they don't eat. They soon learn!

Mac, Picked up a lovely little SVR X chequer pied hen from a young lady from the club this afternoon. I'm well pleased with it. Thanks for responding to my posting. Catcha later M8. Cheers.

Lovely youngsters Mark. Bet your well proud of them.

Should'nt this have been done as a private message? A lot of members including myself would'nt be too happy having their phone number posted on a general forum

Thanks for your help Mac. I might be sorted though. Went to my first club meeting last night and mentioned I needed a hen. One of the members reckons they've got a few spare so I,'m going to have a look later. At least that'll save me £25. I,ll let you know how I get on.

My brother brought 4 pigeons home that he had managed to trap at his school. They were becoming a nuisance so they wanted rid, so my brother asked his headmaster if he could have a go at catching them before they called in pest control. My dad built me a small shed to keep them in. From that moment I was hooked. The following year we started racing as a father and son team right uptill the late 70's when circumstances meant we had to give up. From then untill last year I remained an armchair fancier. Then 4 pigeons tried to return to a previous owners loft that no longer exists. I managed to get them in to my shed and duly reported them. The last registered owner was no longer in the sport so I was asked if I wanted to keep them. I said yes. Bought a loft off ebay. Bought some 06 birds and was kindly gifted some, and will be racing some of them this year. Its true what they say. You never really lose the bug!

Hi Mac, No particular strain. cost and availability has been the deciding factor on purchases rather than strain, so have allsorts, busch. SVR, marcellis, hartogs, VDB, westcott.

Davies & Nelson Engineering Co Ltd www.lambournes.uk.com £7.65 for 25 delivered

I take it no one has a spare hen for sale

Foxes are getting more townified with each generation. I live in the middle of an estate that has loads come scavenging for food at night. I used to worry about them getting into my loft but now I don't as I know that my loft is secure and they keep the cats and rats at bay. I had a visit from rats when I was a kid, and it aint nice to find your first ever round of babies dragged round the garden with their heads bit off.

A big hand to the the moderators for removing the videos so quick. I,m sure we all appreciate it.

Still looking for a hen

Ebay always have a wide variety of books for sale. www.ebay.co.uk

Just found out the hen from one of my attempted pairings is a cock! He fooled two experts. Managed to source a real hen to take his place but now have a spare cock. Rather than get rid of him, as he's untried, like all my team, I,m looking to source a cheap 06 hen for him, tried or untried preferably close enough for me to collect. Don't want to give Amtrak any more business than I have too.

Its just a survey to see which is most popular I guess, tiles on the roof or a flat (pent) roof.

Thanks

All four have got 97 rings.

Interesting story that one. Last summer a pigeon landed in my garden. I fed and watered it and after a week it went on its way. In the autumn it returned, so fed and watered it and enticed it into my garden shed. Reported it and as regestered owner was no longer in the sport was asked if I wanted it. A week later 3 more turned up. Got 2 into shed the first day and the third the next day. Reported them and owner was same as first pigeon. So garden shed became temporary loft till I bought the loft in the pic. So in short I have no idea what strain they are.

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And some of my birds

My small back garden loft

I spend enough money heating my house. I am certainly not going to waste money heating my loft. Cold will not harm your pigeons. The loft must however be dry and free from draughts but with good ventilation.

Found it! Its the pigeonsbasics.com fund. You can find it under latest new 10 Feb on the home page. Quite a few birds have been donated so far.

basically the posting was links to porn and incest sites.

I,m know one of the sites is holding an auction for charity. The charity helps people start up again if they have been affected by theft or criminal damage to their birds, lofts or equipment.