When do your birds bath?

[pjc]

yes its in BHW

[Guest]

i went to the school of life in neath great school they tought you everything you needed to survive thats why i joke about life is hard and if i can make one smile i will or 100mad ???????buit as im not wanted im off to keep sosbs going anyone know if petiton in bhw?????

yes Chris it in there and all spelt correct ,well done .                     andy.

 

 

[Guest numpty01]

good

[Guest numpty01]

yes Chris it in there and all spelt correct ,well done .                     andy.

 

not my spelling  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

kindly sorted by pjc

 

[Guest]

not my spelling  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

having known you for a bit now ..... i could tell

 

(evil)(evil)              andy.

[Guest Grasshopper Lofts]

if there is rain forcast for race day try get them in a bath basketing day so they replace oils etc so they can fly through it better  this is what i was adviced also night when race birds return helps them relax and recovery better.Have heard radox bath salts are great to use but havent tried this myself

[blackdog]

with all this hot weather, try bathing the young on a friday morning before going to the race, you will be surprised how well they will come, but if rain forcast i would bath them no later than wednesday, just think when you bath or shower yourself how good you feel after, my birds always seem to exercise better if been in bath in the mornings then let out in afternoon.

[edwards]

i think ad is telling porkys lads why would he bath before the race day when it would interfere with the oils on the 9th primary if he had a certain cock ready and he was tense muscle wise he would to relax them the 9th shows an oil mark of around 20ml like a splash mark  it shows extreme form when its there great for picking your pool bird its not there all the time but when it shows   watch out for it boys in a big race bathing for pleasure is alright once a week but purpose wise vital for relaxing the muscles jeseus hope no one out of my club is picking me up on all this a tips and tricks let slip today boys and remember dont belive everything you read if that was the case we would be all champions .

[Guest slugmonkey]

oil is applied from beak ?

not from wing

[greenlands]

oil is applied from beak ?

not from wing

I beleive the preening gland is on the top/rump of the bird,the beak is used to apply the oils and not from the beak.

Lindsay C

 

 

[edwards]

read what i wrote it explains nothing about were oils come from (splash mark on the 9th shows abird in form )

[just ask me]

i think ad is telling porkys lads why would he bath before the race day when it would interfere with the oils on the 9th primary if he had a certain cock ready and he was tense muscle wise he would to relax them the 9th shows an oil mark of around 20ml like a splash mark  it shows extreme form when its there great for picking your pool bird its not there all the time but when it shows   watch out for it boys in a big race bathing for pleasure is alright once a week but purpose wise vital for relaxing the muscles jeseus hope no one out of my club is picking me up on all this a tips and tricks let slip today boys and remember dont belive everything you read if that was the case we would be all champions .

 

so in other wards the bath takes away this  oil mark and stops the bird from coming into form and stops the bird if taking a bath lets say thursday or  Friday from racing well on the sunday  think this is what u are saying

[edwards]

no the comment stated ad baths on basketing day mate you actually wouldn belive how long a pigeon takes to dry him self out after a bath to us they look fine after an hour but they take several hours to proparly dry baths do not stop birds coming into form stupid even to think that but yes would play a part in one or 2 things to look for we would use the 9th primary with young to many for indiviual microscope testing for picking our pool birds if your dedicated to the sport like us then all our widowhood team is tested 1 by 1 from early friday morning and guess what 9 times out of 10 the pool bird picked would be home first no winning it all the time of course there is other members.