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im going to try there blood red maize durring racing

i use carrot juice that i juice myself to take fat off the birds and mix the pulp in with the corn which they eat

i knew a fancier that did this and swore by it however as we all know any goodness or vitamin benifit would be gone in the boiling process

if sound crackly then you'l need to treat , it sounds like your birds have ample room and it maybe the bedding giving off toxic fumes which will poison the birds or ventilation needs improving perhaps a few photos of yer loft and dusting the deep litter with lime will help dry droppings quicker and remove the amonnia from the loft

sounds like respiratry youve got air going straight through and not in at bottom of front of loft ? if you put you ear under wing you can here its lungs inflate deflate and you'l get a rough idea if alls not well when did you change your bedding ? is there any ammonia smell in the loft ?

its usualy a vitamin deficency along with a draught dont have draughts and ensure you suply vitamins , one eye cold can sometimes get confused with Hexamitiasis

heres a good site for you to look at pigeon ailments , a good avian vet is worth there weight in gold and you should seek one out in your area so can regulary test your birds to help maintain there health : http://www.chevita.com/en/pigeons/symptoms/index.php

as pms are working and issues have been resolved i shall now lock this topic , many thanks for your cooperation and understanding whilst these problems were being resolved Regards Mark

it could well be respiritary althought its treatable the only way to get rid is to ensure your loft has good ventilation and is not over crowded when did you canker last ?

could be dust , normal preening , canker , one eye cold , a draught, but without knowing or seeing your loft then very hard to get every aspect taken into consideration

could be many things or nothing if you could take a photo of its eye then perhaps we could help sort it out for you

nice loft may you have many winners to it

kirk the pms system canae take it ( scotty ) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

just to see if helps could members empty there in and out boxes of old and sent messages

am recieving but cant send ian seems to think yerv blocked me lmao ;D ;D ;D ;D

cant send pms to The Fifer :-/ but could to others

sounds like the nest felts cant beat good old fashioned gased straw

are you using artifical lighting ?

all the best with them Karl spend plenty of time sitting with them getting them tame

yes bops are about all year round the racing season is 6 months so if locked up best part of it thats 50% less birds losted , if bops kill and are successfull they'll keep returning as long as the food source is there if locked up no food source then they'll move on

too much beans pulses add 20% barley or wheat or a mixture of both

can be one of three things its 1 banged itself 2 got gout , 3 paratyphoid , as warm probably gout , what are you feeding them ?

shame nice bird as well

why let them out during winter ? i keep mine in from end of racing till i've finished breeding , seems your just a free food outlet to passing bops , at least if locked up your starving the local bops and they'll look elsewheres for food

nwhu north west homing union