jimmy white

a ft long plankof wood on a hinge,,6ins inside the loft 6ins outside ,,with a lead weight under the end of the inside part ,, so that the outside part would take the weight of the pigeon, but anything heavier i,e, a cat, this would close

in my opinion a yb well trained and raced up to 100 miles without any ill effect will be as good an ob as any of them [further if you want less ob,s ;D] just to give an example i know a chap who didn't race yb,s at all but gave them 10= 55 mile tosses every three days all on good days ,, this" man cleaned up" the folowing year ;D

very difficult to say without seeing the bird ,, this is really just a guess, birds that have had paramyxovirus and came through it are usually left with some sort of impediment ,, much the same with paratyphoid [salmonella] not usually good to breed from,,,,,,off course it may have nothing to do with this at all , so maybe best advice would be good avian vet,,,, its possible the bird has been hurt in some way , sometimes bruising on the wing takes a while to heal

no, thats how i use my loaf ;D ;D ;D

this bird MAY have this impediment due to a past infection

the instructions on the bottle tell you exactly how to sterilize water,for drinking , ,,,read it ;D

in my experience would say no,,, would be more inclined to go for a yb that has came steady throughout racing and training ,not necessary winning

do the best yb,s make the best ob,s,,,,reasons for answers

said it b4 ;D aim for the 3 c,s ,,,contentment ,condition and control ,b4 any tricks or tips can be worked

i wouldnt put too much emphasis on yb racing ,, would feed for the growing bird i,e higher protein and look for decent ob,s out them

yes i would agree with that one

well done paulo ,, your doing very well indeed,,

they used to advertise pigeon eggs in the rp, years ago :) but never see it now a few years ago i brought eggs back packed in a loaf of bread ;D ;D ;D up from nottingham to scotland in a hired car ;D ;D ;D handed the car back , forgot the eggs in the glove compartment,,, ;D ;D ;D had some explaining to do at the car hire firm ;D ;D ;D they said they had many things left in hired cars , but never a dozen pigeons eggs stuffed in a half loaf ;D ;D ;D true ;D ;D ;D actualy formed a great team of birds from these eggs ;D ;D ;D

do you prefer the light system to the darkness one ??? or whats the advantages or disadvantages ?? i have did the darkness system in the past quite successful but never tried the lightness system

i think we should get 5 hours overfly craig ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D what do you think ;D ;D ;D ;D

best of luck to all winners ,great site ,great info brilliant :)

as you say debbie ,with hindsight maybe should have separated it , but however we live and learn,, i think you did your best for the bird , but it looks like its either had something wrong with it [made it too weak] or very much exhausted , but a cock bird would go for a weaker bird [especially a stranger] they know there own loft mates and know when there's a different one there, its not your fault , but as i say, we all live and learn :)

vey interesting roland but wonder if that 10 years study was worth it ,,,,,to find out they follow the roads ,,,,wonder how noahs bird done that ;D ;D ;D,, but very good reading

{MOVED-MESSAGE-PLACEHOLDER}

{MOVED-MESSAGE-PLACEHOLDER}

milton will purify water in 20 mins [at the proper dose],..................,sounds a bit drastic , but pigeons with crop ailments ,can be helped by dowsing their crops with milton [again at the proper dose ] washed out with milton then emtied ,,will kill any bacteria in crop

the less,,the better

yes i have done the same pigeon wife had one chap [really decent old guy] really appreciate it, but some you never here of ,,,,so good on you mick donnachie and good on you celtic for being so appreciative :) good luck to you both ,,the way things should be

i think this goes a lot deeper than this , but basicly as far as im aware pigeons are tetrachromats see 4 colours [ but see differantly than humans ] www.2.abc.net.au. humans are trichomat ,,and im doormat ;D ;D ;D,,very interesting post

went up to sacc to find out about this ..... main office 0131 535 4000 a good debate is CONstructive and what the forum is about , but a bad debate is DEstructive . found no evidence that a pigeon can have a form of meningitis ,, this is my findings and my opinion ,,anyone else is entitled to have their opinions tom pennicott works in liason with the sacc ,,,top vet with pigeons and gentleman.my advice would be to ask him