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Wiley · September 12, 2006

a fancier sent me this a few years ago and jus come across it again,he said he paid £4 pounds for it as it said it was an unbeatable method,he took one look at it and left a bad comment as he said its not worth £4,i agree its defaintly aint worth £4 pounds,but there is some interesting points there,however if you are a novice i suppose there is some stuff you can take on board and use.But you cant knock it untill uve tried it,i dont know the fanciers name whos system this is so i couldnt help ya folks,just posting it up incase use are interested

THE BATH

PIGEONS SHOULD BE BATHED AT LEAST ONCE PER WEEK IN ORDER SO THEY CAN REMAIN IN TOP CONDITION BUT THERES ONLY A FEW THAT NO HOW TO USE THE BATHING OF PIGEONS TO INCREASE FITNESS OR TO MAKE IT WANE.

BATHING HAS AN EFFECT ON THE FEATHERING; IT BREAKS UP THE OLD OIL THAT PROTECTS THE BIRDS FROM THE WEATHER. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THIS COMES ABOUT BY CHANGING SKIN TEMPRETURE, WHICH SEEMS TO CAUSE A HUMIDIFIEING EFFECT BETWEEN THE FEATHERS. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT ONCE YOUR PIGEONS HAVE TAKEN A BATH THEY WILL PREEN ITSELF, CAREFULLY EXTRACTING OIL FROM THE OIL GLAND AT THE BASE OF THE TAIL AND APPLYING IT TO OTHER FEATHERS. AT THIS TIME YOU WOULD FIND IT HARDER TO WET A PIGEON AFTER IT HAD TAKEN A BATH THAN A WEEK PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE, OF COURSE, THE OIL ON THE FEATHERS IS VERY FRESH.

THIS IS WHY IF YOU HAVE SOME TIMES NOTICED WHEN YOU SEND THE BIRDS TO THE CHANNEL AND THEY INCOUNTER A LOT OF RAIN YOU DON’T SEE THEM AGAIN. BECAUSE THEY CANNOT FLY WHEN THEY ARE SOAKED WITH RAIN THEY KEEP GOING LOWER AND LOWER FROM THE WEIGHT AND EVENTUALLY DROWN. IT’S A SAD, BUT IT’S TRUE JUST BY BATHING THE BIRD YOU CAN ENSURE THAT THE BIRDS PERFORMACE WILL IMPROVE AS THEY WILL BE BASICALLY WATER PROOF AS WELL AS THEY WILL BE MORE BOYANT IN FLIGHT. BUT ITS WHEN TO ADMINISTER THE BATH AND WHEVER IT’S A HOT OR A COLD BATH, EACH BATH IS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF RACES.

NOW IT’S A FACT THAT BATHING A PIGEON WILL KEEP THE MOULT CONTSTANT. ONCE A BIRD HAS A BATH, WITHIN 24 HOURS ONE WILL EXPERIENCE A DOWN MOULT AMONG FIT PIGEONS. MOST TOP FLIERS ACTUALLY BATHE THEIR YOUNG BIRDS ABOUT TWO OR THREE HOURS BEFORE BASKETING AS THIS WILL OFTEN LEAD TO A FLIGHT DROP AND IN TURN BRING THE YOUNG BIRD INTO FORM.

ANOTHER USE FOR A BATH IS THE FORCED BATH OF WIDOWERS ON THERE RETURN FROM RACING. THERE A MANY TOP WIDOWERS THAT USE THIS METHOD, BECAUSE IF ONE GIVES THE WIDOWERS A FORCED BATH ON THEIR RETURN FROM A RACE IT HAS THE EFFECT OF CALMING THE BIRDS DOWN AND IS SO EFFECTIVE THAT MANY TOP FLIERS BELIEVE THEY OWE MUCH OF THEIR SUCCESS TO THIS OPERATION. THE WAY FORCED BATHING IS DONE IS FILL A BUCKET WITH WARM WATER. AFTER THE WIDOWER HAS DESIGNATED TIME WITH THE WIDDOWER HEN AND SHE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE LOFT HOLD THE WIDOWER IN THE NORMAL WAY PLACING HIS BODY IN THE BUCKET OF WARM WATER WITH HIS HEAD COMFORTABLE OUT OF THE WATER FOR ONE MINUTE THEN CAREFULLY PLACE HIM BACK INTO HIS BOX. WHEN YOU ARE SPRINTING WIDOWERS FROM WEEK TO WEEK THIS CALMING EFFECT SEEMS TO ENSURE GRATER FITNESS FOR THE NEXT RACE. THESE WIDOWERS ARE RESTING FAR EASIER THAN UNBATHED ONES WHICH SEEMS TO TAKE AT LEAST TWO MORE DAYS TO SETTLE DOWN AGAIN.

THE THIRD USE OF A BATH IS PRE-BATHING WIDOWERS BEFORE THE RACE. THIS METHOD IS ESPECIALLY GOOD FOR LONG DISTANCE RACING AND IS SOMETHING I HAVE ALWAYS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF MY GRATIST SECRETS. WHEN A WIDOWER IS GOIN TO BE ENTERED INTO A LONG DISTANCE RACE, HE SHOULD NOT BE RACED OR BATHED THE WEEK BEFORE. MAKING IT AT LEAST TWO WEEKS BETWEEN RACES. THEN AROUND TWO TO THREE HOURS BEFORE BASKETING, NORMALLY AROUND LUNCH TIME, WHEN THE WEATHER IS AT ITS WARMIST, GIVE THE BIRDS A COLD BATH. YOU MUST BE SURE ITS TAP WATER ABOUT 20 C, DON’T GIVE A WARM BATH AS THIS WILL QUITEN THE BIRDS TO MUCH.

RACE BOOSTER

THIS MIX WILL MAKE UP ENOUGH CORN TO FEED 15 BIRDS. FEED THE BIRDS LIGHTLY UNTIL TWO FULL DAYS BEFORE BASKETING AND THEN MIX UP ENOUGH CORN TO FEED 15 BIRDS AND ADD THE FOLLOWING TO IT:

1 TABLE SPOON OF BREWERS YEAST

1 TABLE SPOON GLOUCOSE

THE JUICE OF 1 LEMON

ONCE YOU HAVE MIXED ALL THIS ONTO THE CORN LEAVE IT OVER NIGHT INSIDE YOUR WINDOW TO DRY. THIS IS BEST DONE WEDNESDAY DAY TIME IF YOUR BASKETING THEM ON FRIDAY SO IT WILL BE READY FOR THURSDAY.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY YOU CAN GIVE YOUR BIRDS AS MUCH OF THE CORN MIX THEY WILL EAT BUT TAKE OFF WHAT THEY DON’T EAT BY 1 O’CLOCK FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS IS BEST USED FOR INLAND RACES, HOWEVER IF YOU WISH TO TRY IT GIVE THE BIRDS AS MUCH AS THEY CAN EAT EVERY DAY AND TWO DAYS BEFORE BASKETING ADMINISTER THE RACE BOOSTER. NEXT IS A FEEDING PROGRAM WHICH YOU CAN TRY AND ADMINISTER THE RACE BOOSTER MIX AS DISCUSSED EARLIER.

FEEDING PROGRAM FOR WIDOWHOOD RACING SYSTEM

THE FEED CONSISTS OF TO TYPES OF MIX I.E ONE KNOWN AS THE BREAKDOWN MIXTURE, WHICH CONSISTS OF A MIXTURE OF BARLEY, DARI, BUCKWHEAT, WHEAT, SAFFLOWER SEED, LINSEED AND HOMON PELLETS.

THE OTHER IS KNOWN AS THE BUILD UP MIXTURE, CONSISTS OF MAIZE, PEAS, TARES, DARI, WHEAT, BUCKWHEAT, RED MILO, LINSEED, HEMPSEED, BARLEY AND HOMON PELLETS.

THE ABOVE MIXTURES SHOULD ONLY BE FEED OF THE FINEST QUALITY GRAINS.

WEEKLY ROUTINE FEEDING FOR INLAND RACING

SATURDAY EVENING 3/4 OZ. BREAKDOWN MIXTURE

SUNDAY MORNING 3/5 OZ. “ “

SUNDAY EVENING 7/8 OZ. “ “

MONDAY MORNING 3/8 OZ. “ “

MONDAY EVENING 7/8 OZ. “ “

TUESDAY MORNING 3/8 OZ. “ “

TUESDAY EVENING 7/8 OZ. BUILD - UP MIXTURE

WEDNESDAY MORNING 3/8 OZ. “ “

WEDNESDAY EVENING 7/8 OZ. “ “

THURSDAY MORNING 3/8 OZ. “ “

THURSDAY EVENING AS MUCH AS THEY WILL EAT RACE BOOSTER, BUILD UP MIX

FRIDAY MORNING 3/8 OZ. BUILD UP MIXTURE & RACEBOOSTER

FRIDAY NOON AS MUCH AS THEY WILL EAT, LEAVE FOOD IN FRONT OF THEM UNTIL 5PM (BUILD UP MIXTURE CONTAINING RACE BOOSTER)

WELL THAT’S IT NOT BAD FOR £4. THIS HAS TAKEN YEARS FOR US TO PUT TOGETHER, I CAN’T TAKE THE CREDIT FOR IT, NOR CAN MY DAD AS IT WAS MY GRANDFATHER YOU PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER WE JUST STUMBELED OVER IT TWO YEARS AFTER HE DIED. WE HAVE A NICE LOFT SITUATED AT MOW COP AND HAVE RACED HER FOR MANY YEARS SHOULD ANYBODY WISH TO POP UP AND HAVE A LOOK AT OUR LOFTS FEEL FREE TO.

WE HAVE TWO LOFTS A STOCK COAT AND A MAIN-RACING COAT WE FLY A TEAM OF ABOUT 16 COCKS ON THE WIDOWHOOD SYSTEM, WHICH WE HAVE FLOWN FOR MANY YEARS. THIS YEAR WE HAVE NOT USED THE RACE BOOSTER BECAUSE WE CONSTANTLY LIKE TO TRY OUT NEW THINGS AND DRUGS ON OUR BIRDS. THIS YEAR WE TRIED CREATINE AND I TEL YOU WHAT WE HAVE NEVER HAD SUCH A CRAP SEASON IN OUR LIVES. JUST GOES TO SHOW USE THIS WINNING SYATEM AND DIN’T TELL ANYONE IN YOUR CLUB A THING IT’S THE BEST WAY.

REMEMBER KEEP YOUR LIPS SEALED AND YOUR EARS OPEN, THAT’S A GOOD SAYING. KEEP A LOOK OUT FOR MY GRANDADS 500 MILE CAKE RECIPY I DON’T KNOW THE INGREDIENTS YET BECAUSE MY DAD WILL NOT TELL THEM TO ME AS HE IS THINKING OF NOT SELLING THE RECIPY AS THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN IT. BUT WHEN MY GRANDAD YOUST TO USE IT HE AND MY DAD HAD A HELL OF A RACING SEASON SO MUCH SO THEY HAD THEIR PICTURES TAKEN AND EVERYTHING.

BEST OF LOOK FOR THE FUTURE AND I HOPE YOU DO AS WELL AS WE HAVE WITH ARE TECHNIQUES.