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[weecunny]

what about banning the sale of birds and gift birds for a few year.bet there would be a lot less ill birds going about

[Guest frank dooman]

i did 2 years ago i dont want any that iam not sure of last year i took in only 2 stock birds but they spent 3 weeks in quarentine no harm to anyone but i think thats how most things are spread

[Guest strapper]

what about banning the sale of birds and gift birds for a few year.bet there would be a lot less ill birds going about

 

why stop there..why not stop racing too...sale birds dont come into contact with other birds as racebirds do in a basket and they come from everywhere!

[Guest Davy Fleming]

You are right cunny but this issue is far too wide spread and banning it on the site wouldn't even scratch the surface to resolving the problem and also there is now far to much money involved

[sammy]

lets go the whole hog and ban racing as well as they are all mixed in with strangers

[scottym7]

what about banning the sale of birds and gift birds for a few year.bet there would be a lot less ill birds going about

 

Hi I hope this will not happen to soon as i am just starting up and only have seven late breeds that were gifted to me, I have bee showing pigeons for 5 year now but decided to have a go at the racing next year (amount of birds allowing)

 

Scotty M

 

 

[weecunny]

and where do u think the sale birds come from sombodys hut most race birds only spend a nite together  but sale birds are  with ur own birds for a  few weeks at least . would say thats where it all  starts

[Guest Davy Fleming]

Wouldn't worry about it scotty cause it won't happen

[weecunny]

u got it davey it no a hobby noo  lolcheeper ti run a car lollllllllll

[thunderboult]

what about banning the sale of birds and gift birds for a few year.bet there would be a lot less ill birds going about

 

it's not sales of birds that's caused all the illness going about, sales have always gone on. more than likely over use of drugs, resulting in lack of immunity and breeding from birds like that.

[Guest frank dooman]

i dont think we should ban anything but i will safe guard my self by  not taking them from all over so just do the same no need to go for a forced ban

[weecunny]

so how do u no if the bird for sale was reared on drugs

[thunderboult]

so how do u no if the bird for sale was reared on drugs

 

you don't, and there's the problem.

[Guest strapper]

 

it's not sales of birds that's caused all the illness going about, sales have always gone on. more than likely over use of drugs, resulting in lack of immunity and breeding from birds like that.

 

i wouldnt say its the over use of drugs but the unexperienced person using the drugs.

also the hygiene levels may have gone down too.not saying my lofts a palace but have seen some that could do with taking down.

 

 

[rob09]

so how do u no if the bird for sale was reared on drugs

but u can tell if a bird has been sick that year on day of sale

 

[Guest IB]

If you have no birds to begin with, banning sales & gift birds would make it a tad hard for people to start up?

 

I think you must bring in pigeons ~ it's part & parcel of improving your stock. But bringing in new pigeons does have risks, and that is why no matter how good the source, all new introductions should always spend at least a week in quarantine, with no contact with your birds, before they are given the run of your loft.  Not only for your own birds' sake, but for the new birds too ~ yours might be carrying something 'normal' for them which is 'new' to incomers and could knock them off-colour. They all need time to adjust to the change.

[blaz]

what about banning the sale of birds and gift birds for a few year.bet there would be a lot less ill birds going about

 

i have given away a good few gift birds and sold one or two.not 1 bird has left my loft unless in PERFECT health. if it was banned the one or two would not be racing as not everyone can,t afford to buy birds to replace birds lost or to better their team.

[Guest valiant]

i wil be selling a round of van veets next season for the first time all top peds and breed fed winners this season.

[Thimbles]

what about banning the sale of birds and gift birds for a few year.bet there would be a lot less ill birds going about

 

Does this mean you wont be gifting me birds for a few years now haha

[Thimbles]

so how do u no if the bird for sale was reared on drugs

By its dilated pupils

 

[Thimbles]

weecunny has a good point every loft has its own viruses and diseases in it no matter how  clean you keep it so if you get birds from all  different loft your just adding  to the pot.And just because u quarantine your birds for several weeks it does not mean its safe as the bird may be a carrier who shows no signs of ill health but will soon spread it round your birds its a good subject but il still take gift birds lol

[Guest lenwadebob]

what about banning the sale of birds and gift birds for a few year.bet there would be a lot less ill birds going about

 

Personally I feel the biggest cause of illness in birds is down to overcrowding. The vast majority of us house far too many birds in order to overcome the ever increasing pitfalls our birds have to encounter whilst exercising around the loft, training and racing.

[dwh]

its down to you to judge  wats good  or bad new stock should always be quarentined anyway no matter where you get them from and how do you prevent gift birds most men send their own rings down tgo save transfering them