a belated introduction

[chaz]

Hi all

 

Been a member for a long while but have been without pigeons for almost as long  

 

I am aiming to make a new start this year just sorting out the pen ready for some late breds

 

I used to race in the Tamworth fed mainly as well as the MCCFC and a few other clubs as and when the races were what I was looking for

 

Love the distance the very last race I flew in I had the only bird on the day in the club and 6th fed from 7 day birds from Saintes just short of 500 miles

 

but had to give up as my lofts were on the farm I worked on and I got made redundant so the lofts had to go now I have put up a small pen in my back garden and intend to race a double widowhood type system to maximise the number of racers I can fly from a small loft

 

also had a bit of problem with PFL so trying to keep everything as dust free as possible so I am thinking of racing my young birds to an aviary type structure or at least all mesh fronted pen has anybody on here raced youngbirds to such a pen ???

 

Thanks for reading my ramble

 

Chaz

[THE FIFER]

looking forward to your progress and postings on site, welcome

[pjc]

An open fronted loft is fine with good ventilation at the back to allow a good air flow but hav a good overhang at the front to prevent the loft getting wet.

[chaz]

An open fronted loft is fine with good ventilation at the back to allow a good air flow but hav a good overhang at the front to prevent the loft getting wet.

 

Thanks any ideas and experiences welcomed as I am still in the design stages and would prefer to get it right first time ,

 

Once the young bird racing has finished I will probably split the pairs and put the hens in the aviary/loft for a month or so,

something that stood out a lot on my visits to Belgium were the amount of fanciers that put their hens in an aviary for a while after racing was over

[sapper756]

A BIG WELCOME Chaz m8