which is ur top tip.........

[Guest]

for new starters,.....one tip id give is...dont be afraid to ask someone if u think sumut is wrong with ur birds, id rather look stupid then risk the birds going down with summut and costing a forute to cure it.....paul

 

[THE PRIEST]

Dont know if this is a tip but when i joined the forum i read all the posts on health and was amazed by the amount of good information that was available.

My tip to any fancier new or old is keep reading the health threads your never too old to learn somthing new.

                                                  michael  

[Guest chrisss]

in my fathers in laws time[1970s/80s] if you got a sick bird you put it away on its on, gave it 24/48hrs then "nutted it" so no big bucks to the drug companies for "repeats"

the cost/colour/strain[what is a strain anyway?]did not matter to the "old boys"chrisss

[pault]

my tips

1)dont send to a race if they are not right

2)look at your self before you blame your birds for bad results

3)have a health program in place for the season

4)would be to treat your birds like friends and look after them 365 days a year they will repay you in the long run

 

cheers

paul

[chickadee]

my tips

1)dont send to a race if they are not right

2)look at your self before you blame your birds for bad results

3)have a health program in place for the season

4)would be to treat your birds like friends and look after them 365 days a year they will repay you in the long run

 

cheers

paul

 

I strongly agree with you there pault, if you are kind to your birds, then they will be good to you. ;D

[madmaxlofts]

my top tips

 

1 health (no ailments)

2 feed (knowing what to feed and how much)

3 training (keeping them fit )

4 motivation(it doesnt matter what you do all week the race is won on a friday

                   if you motivate them in the right way)

[swilcox]

Feed them good food and fresh water only!!!!

 

Stuart

[pault]

Feed them good food and fresh water only!!!!

 

Stuart

 

what no treatments at all stuart find that hard to believe

 

[The White Rapido Man]

Assuming that the top tips do not just relate to health....

 

If you are finding that your nestlings are dying on you for no apparant reason at all.....make sure that you don't have a security light facing into your stock loft!!!!!.

 

This happend to me a few years ago......I kept lost most of my first round.... .then I sussed that when the next door neighbours light came on.....the birds were nipping down for a drink......when the light suddenly turned off.....the grounded birds were plunged into complete darkness.......and could n't get back to their nest boxes...................babies chilled................and subsequently died.

 

no illness.............just a simple oversight!!!!  

[Guest chrisss]

Assuming that the top tips do not just relate to health....

 

If you are finding that your nestlings are dying on you for no apparant reason at all.....make sure that you don't have a security light facing into your stock loft!!!!!.

 

This happend to me a few years ago......I kept lost most of my first round.... .then I sussed that when the next door neighbours light came on.....the birds were nipping down for a drink......when the light suddenly turned off.....the grounded birds were plunged into complete darkness.......and could n't get back to their nest boxes...................babies chilled................and subsequently died.

 

no illness.............just a simple oversight!!!!  

 

therefore by definition if you have lights fitted in your loft you must have a manual dimmer switch fitted [not a timer] its always the simple things we miss chrisss

[Guest]

 

therefore by definition if you have lights fitted in your loft you must have a manual dimmer switch fitted [not a timer] its always the simple things we miss chrisss

;) good point well noticed mate  ;D                     andy

 

 

[schouwman71]

1st ,Good birds,you can only blame yourself for so long.

2nd,Good Health

3rd,The right inviroment,ie no overcrowding (biggest mistake ) no draughts,Balanced Feeding.

4th,365 days observation.Its the winter that makes you the winner in summer.

5th, and a lot of luck.

[Guest chrisss]

does anyone use aloe vera? or the old favorite iodine/cynacon b12 and parrishs chriss

[pault]

tip

wrap your nest bowls in newspaper and use nest felts nice and warm for y/b

plus tobacco starks

[Guest]

my tip is dont eat yellow snow

[Ronnie]

Anyone can read up on health and basic management so do it.

The biggest tip for the racing season is get a sensible system and DONT change it .My biggest mistake when i started was being over eager and trying to do everything everyone else was doing.Get a system for feed and training and then be patient.But never forget you are meant to be enjoying it .

[EAGLEOWL]

keep it simple

dont have to many birds

enjoy what you have

dedicationand hard work 365 days a year

[sapper756]

My Tip. NEVER upset the FEMALES on this forum

[snowy]

2 cut up cloves of garlic in a 2 ltr bottle of water left for 24 hours once or twice a week. give to the birds.

this was the best tip i was ever given by (bruno & jimmy white) of this forum.

keep it simple

dont buy all that fancy expensive stuff.

 

hope this helps.

[Hogni]

Anyone can read up on health and basic management so do it.

The biggest tip for the racing season is get a sensible system and DONT change it .My biggest mistake when i started was being over eager and trying to do everything everyone else was doing.Get a system for feed and training and then be patient.But never forget you are meant to be enjoying it .

 

I have to agree with this, find a system that fits you and stick to it, in my first racing season back in 1995 i did very well on the first race but on the second one not so well, then i decided to change my system to get better results but only got worse, my biggest mistake.

 

And don´t get fooled by the ads stating you will only win if you use this or that.

 

 

[hicky]

never over croud your pigeons

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

what no treatments at all stuart find that hard to believe

 

And so do I  !!!!

[Guest]

                       LOOK AFTER NUMBER ONE WEAR A MASK

[Guest TAMMY_1]

my tips

 

3)have a health program in place for the season

 

 

cheers

Paul

 

think the one tip I have  quoted from you Paul is the one that I  feel is the most important one of them all, have a good health programme put in place for the whole year and stick to it, which is something I  now do since the problems  I  had this year with my young birds and I intend sticking to a well organised health care plan the whole year round from beginning to the end of the year

[steve d]

the best tip i can give is never leave grit and minerals in front of pigeons as when it is damp it is a breeding ground for all sorts of illness. if you do insist on leaving it before your birds then change it daily.

i am a big believer in having as many sections as possible with very few pigeons in each, if any illness was to break out you could with luck retain it within a section, hope this helps in anyway ;)