10 Golden Rules

[whiteflighted]

 

1st breed has meany eggs has u can they taste lovey

2nd never treet 4 any think has u can taste it in the breast lol

[dwh]

Hi All

 

Lets say a novice approach you asking for advice. What is the 2 moste important things you would tell him to look out for / do when starting as novice/newby. Let limit (if you want) the advice to two items per member, and try not to repeat what was already said.

 

Lets then see if we can 'agree to disagree' on the maybe 10 most important things to look out for/do, and perhaps we would be 'indirectly' reminding ourself of things we know, but forgot.

 

My advice would be:

1-Never over-populate your loft

2-Write down day-by-day what you do with birds, and also what you give them, thus keep record.

 

1. ask advice

 

2. fly natural 1st 2 years ( helps you learn there habits)

[Guest stb-]

 

OR SOMEWHERE NEAR LIKE KIRKINTLICK ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

is kirkintlik on the east coast Alan,

 

may have to move there was that a tip ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Guest mick bowler]

1) keep the loft dry and well ventilated, but with no draughts.

 

2) Set you alarm clock for at least an hour earlier than usual, and spend that hour in the loft with the birds (birds flourish on this hour with you more than any other hour in the day). If you cannot do it then i hope your happy to just compete (and not win), or buy a set of golf clubs.

[Guest youngboy]

well im a novice! and i was givin these to!! clean loft eveyrday! never over crowd! and as we say drive them on means no spoon feeding hard training!

[peter dempsey]

get yourself an overalls and a good mask

and never never ever go into the loft

without them fitting snugly over you

if only I had been told this 30 odd years ago

regards

peter

[BLACK W F]

 

is kirkintlik on the east coast Alan,

 

may have to move there was that a tip ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

just west of edinburgh where you stay rab ;D ;D ;D ;D  they call it the golden mile ;D ;D ;D

[Guest stb-]

 

just west of edinburgh where you stay rab ;D ;D ;D ;D  they call it the golden mile ;D ;D ;D

 

Yes have heard the golden mile saying before Alan   goodness knows why as it is very hard hear m8 8) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Diamond dave]

1). ENJOY this great hobby of ours.

2). Make sure you have the support of those close to you because you will become Obsessed.

[Guest wattle]

no 1= get a good shotgun because you will need it .

no 2= get plenty of cartridges because you will need them also.   ;D

[BLACK W F]

 

Yes have heard the golden mile saying before Alan   goodness knows why as it is very hard hear m8 8) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

just shows you Rab  you got to get racers not fantails  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[TREBLE D]

been to a few good doo mens and all have two things in common rigid routing and healthy capable doos.

[Guest stb-]

no 1= get a good shotgun because you will need it .

no 2= get plenty of cartridges because you will need them also.   ;D

 

rule 3  get another 10 boxes of cartridges   as you will need them also  ;D ;D

[Guest cloudview]

1 try and buy local area  ie region from a consistant loft , not a 2 season wonder.

2 medicate only if you have to ,this will pay in the long run, keep it simple and natural.

3 dont get involved with the latest fashion craze, usually a lot of hype over nothing.

4 look in the mirror , dont keep blaming the birds for your failures.

5 dont thrash them every where , they ,re birds not machines .

    all the rest is common sense really .

[Guest BRYANBROCK]

1    happy birds win races  > > > > >

2   unhappy birds  dont    :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

[gulkie]

1] choose what distance u want to fly [short/middle/distance]

 

2]learn the art of feeding.to me the most important. : ;)   

[Tony C]

Keep things simple

Keep to a routine

[Ricorico]

Selection is the main target for a novice, buy some birds from a good familly of flyers an then fly them  hardly. My advise is to buy birds from two diferent good family, it gonna be easy for you to have results with yungsters from them. Dan( Romania)

[jimmy white]

Hi All

 

Lets say a novice approach you asking for advice. What is the 2 moste important things you would tell him to look out for / do when starting as novice/newby. Let limit (if you want) the advice to two items per member, and try not to repeat what was already said.

 

Lets then see if we can 'agree to disagree' on the maybe 10 most important things to look out for/do, and perhaps we would be 'indirectly' reminding ourself of things we know, but forgot.

 

My advice would be:

1-Never over-populate your loft

2-Write down day-by-day what you do with birds, and also what you give them, thus keep record.

 

only answer one   befriend the best and respected fancier in your area,, then try and emulate him/or her [that will answer hundreds of questions ]

[BLUERON]

dont run before you can walk .and rome was not made in a day

[Guest peter.j]

1. set yourself realistic goals 2.FRESH  air /water

[stantheman]

I think something that i was told years ago when i started my apprenticeship with British Coal sums it up nicely, the thing that stuck with me was the words

OBSERVE and LEARN

[Merlin]

learn how to keep em healthy

always enjoy keeping them.

[granada]

1  enjoy

2 enjoy