Record Keeping

[JohnQuinn]

Would be interesting to know how members keep their loft records accurate and up to date, the pics are of A-4 size paper which are used to write in the pairs and their offspring's ring numbers. Then at the end of the season i transfer everything into the big book pictured.

 

The final pics are of pages in the book i use for keeping accurate race records.

 

How do you keep your records??

 

[dwh]

badly

thats why i leave it to my m8

[billt]

My records are quite similar to yours John, I use a new book every year for breeding, one pair/ page and a new book for racing and I do like to see them all home not just the ones in the clock

[JohnQuinn]

badly

thats why i leave it to my m8

 

 

 

 

[bullcock]

hi john I use a book similar to yours but once my rings are full i add them to a spreadsheet data base on the computer, it works similar to these pigeon record keeping programs that are going about but I prefer working with a spreadsheet as Im used to using them.

I can look up any bird and its pedigree at the touch of a button.

[JohnQuinn]

hi john I use a book similar to yours but once my rings are full i add them to a spreadsheet data base on the computer, it works similar to these pigeon record keeping programs that are going about but I prefer working with a spreadsheet as Im used to using them.

I can look up any bird and its pedigree at the touch of a button.

 

I wouldn't mind getting mine onto the PC too, one day when i'm no so busy i might set it up. Talking of busy i'm off to work

[KMCK]

We use a book for breeding and we use a book for racing much like yous we like to try and see what's home when its home and we have my grandfathers books from years back we got a loft management system for the computer but the only thing it manages to do is be confusing

[andy Burgess]

similar to yourself John ,i write them all down ,when i first started i used the ring numbers to correspond to the parents ,if there last digit was 5 ,used yb ring numbers ending in 5 etc. as for racing ,used to list there return to loft in sequence ,at season end total up the returning numbers and then divide by how many races they had . E.G. 7th ,3rd ,14th ,2nd = 26 divide by 4 races =6.5 and the ones with the lowest numbers stayed in the loft .

[THE FIFER]

I have a loft book for breeding but also have the nest box cards which I keep each year,

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

TWO BOOKS .1st BREEDING ...2nd RACING.

[greenlands]

I do everything on the computer,then copy to a memory stick just incase.At the end of the season I put everything on a disc.