cold snap

[frank-123]

good to see you back geraint

[Guest]

well done geriant

[frank-123]

freezing here today as quick as i could feed and water today ??)

[Guest]

freezing here today as quick as i could feed and water today ??)

 

nice here, 8)

[sammy]

 

nice here, 8)

 

even better here  

[greenlands]

Everything frozen here this mo. -8.pleased to get birds done and back in the house.

[BLACK W F]

is it not an SHU rule no rings untill the 6th janany thing that hatches before Jan is  an 08 so should have an 08 ring on  moral is do not pair up too early and you would have rings lol

cheers Alan

[BLACK W F]

i can only think of one Paul i think he stays in Aberdeen  may be wants them for darkness or is it nightshift lol

[Delboy]

Dont know what year it was, I think around 1996/7, the temperature was minus 27 in Scotland.My loft was in the middle of a field and when I changed the frozen water in loft, the time i was ready to leave the water had frozen up again. I had birds sitting on small ybs, no nest felts, no electric and no heaters. Never lost a yb, in fact the down on ybs was fantastic. A brilliant team of ybs were bred, gaining top prizes every time they were raced.

[terry mccarthy]

i was cod fishing last night it was so cold it was unreal

ive heard rpra rings wont be available until 5th of jan nwhu u will get them on the 2nd my babys are about 5  days old now

[REDCHEQHEN]

Dont know what year it was, I think around 1996/7, the temperature was minus 27 in Scotland.My loft was in the middle of a field and when I changed the frozen water in loft, the time i was ready to leave the water had frozen up again. I had birds sitting on small ybs, no nest felts, no electric and no heaters. Never lost a yb, in fact the down on ybs was fantastic. A brilliant team of ybs were bred, gaining top prizes every time they were raced.

 

the coldest I remember it being was in 1982 - when it was -17 where I lived - but I didn't have pigeons then - the pipes froze inside the house on a warmer day (-12 ) and burst while I was at work (shrug)

[andrew gooch]

mine are fine

i have some which have been reard for later part of old bird season 14 days old

also some just hached 2days

[Geraint Parry]

I think as someone has already stated if the birds are good parents then there will not be a problem. Seen them in the local town with young in the nest at begging of December / end of November on a regular basis

[blackswan]

not cold in midlothian at the moment

[blackswan]

what rings

[Williedoo]

They are still open to offers.

[ALF]

One of the coldest i can remember was 1962/63

 

You can remember it that well as you celebrated your 21st that year mrs ;) :P ;D ;D ;D

[BLACK W F]

willie thanks but no thanks i will get my rings from our club sec

but there s not any hurry as i will not pair untill middle of Feb  but if i had of wanted for the 5th i would have got as i would have had  another unions rings and paid the membership  but thanks all the same

cheers Alan

[ALF]

 

Thank you alf  :-/ ;D

 

Your welcome my dear ;) ;)

[ChrisMaidment08]

They are still open to offers.

 

how many you got

[BLACK W F]

secound thoughts Willie wor lad says he could have picked them up before and posted up to me so would have had the in December

cheers Alan

[Williedoo]

 

how many you got

375,cost me 26p each.

 

[Guest IB]

One of the coldest i can remember was 1962/63

 

I was a teenager with a morning & evening newspaper delivery round then, basically started snowing in November and freeze continued till early April?

 

There was a more recent one, 1980's, remember a nightshift week with 5 main line railways in Scotland blocked  by snow, and when west coast main line through Lockerbie was re-opened, clearance left sheer walls of ice on either side of the line, that were taller than the trains.

 

Cold now, but no comparison.

[micko and jack]

OMG my daddys 78 and he talks like that

like A LOT of people on this thread

my father remembers getting into the pictures

for an old jam jar

ahhhh dont worry

at you time of life

sure you'll get the winter fuel payment hahahah

[Guest kev d]

i know its going off the thread a little , but with this cold weather

my pigeons are eating double the amount of corn nearly but with

pairing up in feb i dont want the hens putting on weight , any body else in the same boat