Winter Time Plans ?

[andy Burgess]

do any members have any plans for the Winter . anybody bringing in a new strain or changes to the loft ??

[greenbar]

Get the numbers down here Andy,done no racing this year,need to lose about 15 hens,just replaced the landing board,20 x 4,that's my lot,hopefully back racing next season.

[THE FIFER]

as greenbar, more to do with sorting out, a few to get rid off as brought in new stock

[Dave barrie]

Get the numbers down here Andy,done no racing this year,need to lose about 15 hens,just replaced the landing board,20 x 4,that's my lot,hopefully back racing next season.

just get training them, thatll sort them out,ill be training late breds for starting back next season after finishing with the transporter duties and am well looking forward to it, my boards are only 2ft wide by 12inch deep to deter cats but hey the doos find them ok, all the best greenbar for the new season.

[greenbar]

Thanks for that Davie,once they are through the moult ,they will be in the basket .

[Jumbo]

Quite a few loft changes this winter again ,especially the young bird loft with a new roof going on to give it better ventilation , as we want to have them all on the darkness next year .

[Kyleakin Lofts]

Continuously busy with house alterations (on hold), garden alterations (on hold), garden hut rebuilds (current) and loft to finish off (next in line), so will be busy for quite a time yet.

[Delboy]

Training ybs lol

[joshua]

Ventilation changes

[ovy1255]

Clean all nest pans out before frost hits, reduce numbers get vacine as i dont like doing it before they are due to lay so inoculate ASAP,spray out all lofts --must create stand for drinkers this year as snails seem to be every where this year

[Froog]

New widowhood and stock lofts going up in next week or two, current 20 foot loft will be for ybs only next season, and a 2nd sprint mid distance family will be here as soon as lofts up. I just hope to get time off from herding my sheep.....hard life being a sheep shagger

[Mattydoos79]

Well I have separated the cocks and hens so my winter plan is to sort the nest boxes out to be extra ones put in and fix up the main breeding loft and fix the young bird loft roof as it leaks.

[moscow master]

Full loft renovation nearly done them train my latebreds as often as possible and hope they run into something at some point 😉

[Delboy]

Full loft renovation nearly done them train my latebreds as often as possible and hope they run into something at some point 😉

[harky]

Building new loft .

[tommy bhoys]

plan tae take tiles aff loft at back and replace with fibreglass sheets tae let more light and heat into the loft

[Ian McKay]

Would like to finish what I started in April 2017 :emoticon-0179-headbang:

 

Getting there but very slow when you have to learn how to do things you have never done before :emoticon-0136-giggle:

 

The list is getting shorter so might be ready for 2018 :drinking-coffee-200:

[tommy bhoys]

if harry o gets the cider in for monday will be up in fife building his new loft way the virus bhoys oh a bbq aswell :drinking-coffee-200:

[showman]

Big changes already started here , Andy.

All birds going, take off sputniks and replace with full length aviary verandahs. One loft already done. Get the lofts well cleaned out, dispose of nest boxes and perches. Hopefully stock up with selection of canaries and other cage birds. Take a bit of pleasure out of just listening to the canaries singing their hearts out. Too much hassle and lack of enjoyment for me these days with pigeons.

[eastcoaster]

New apex roof on both lofts for better airflow . Just need someone to do it for me lol.

[Guest Forester]

Snails. Good old table salt around the loft great to to see the m fk swell and bust

[paddymac]

A few alterations to the outside of the main loft (PVC cladding) and new trapping system, I already finished off the Yb loft earlier in the year and looks really well.

[gladiator lofts]

do any members have any plans for the Winter . anybody bringing in a new strain or changes to the loft ??

recently started racing y/b this year after 3 years convoying birds had to come home to no one being there yet still managed to win a few races with help of ETS and one race taking first eight positions with my van loons but I have introduced some dirk van den buicks to cross with them for next year as my van loons are getting too closely bred in my opinion and they really crossed well when I crossed them a few years back so fingers crossed for next season already training late breds from last year and this year on good days

[REDCHEQHEN]

Replacing stock loft with a larger one - stock and race loft for spare hens I think

[Tony C]

Old 8x6 loft demolished and burnt, preparing ground for a new 8x5 loft to house 16 w/h hens.