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PostSubject: Tips for beginners...   Tips for beginners... EmptyTue Feb 22, 2011 8:40 pm

cheers , don and ian , because we have some novices on here can we start a thread on tips .
i will start , the water i give my birds i always let it stand 24hrs
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Very Happy Good one...mine is clean the perches every evening and clock where the birds sit, first thing in the morning see what they are like, this way you spot birds on form and others that may go sick.
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PostSubject: Re: Tips for beginners...   Tips for beginners... EmptyTue Feb 22, 2011 8:57 pm

[quote="kev d"]cheers , don and ian , because we have some novices on here can we start a thread on tips .
i will start , the water i give my birds i always let it stand 24hrs
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may- bee a good thread for me to watch, thanks
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kev, i think i know why you leave it to stand, but could you tell other novices why you do please, thanks kev.
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PostSubject: Re: Tips for beginners...   Tips for beginners... EmptyTue Feb 22, 2011 9:04 pm

hi chris , its for every ones benefit we can all learn some thing new .
another one for w/hood flyers take your best cock out of his box on a fri night and put in a different cock in with his hen then let the cock back in but dont let him in the box let him hang on the front of his box
seeing the other cock in his box with his hen then basket him up for the club , works every time .
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kev, i think i know why you leave it to stand, but could you tell other novices why you do please, thanks kev.
yes david , i let it stand over night to let the chemicals disovle
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PostSubject: Re: Tips for beginners...   Tips for beginners... EmptyTue Feb 22, 2011 9:07 pm

also if you dont want to put another cock in the box just stand a mirrow in the box he thinks its another cock same result
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would this apply to all areas or moreso for certain areas with hard/sorf water or with maybe high chlorine content?
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ive got one, if a pigeon has a bent feather hold it in/over the steam from a kettle and it springs back into shape......... Very Happy
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yes good one david have done this many times
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did it years ago ian when entering club shows. Razz
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i got told to do this years ago , i think its a big factor on yb sickness
different areas have different tasting water ive never had any probs with watery droppings
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after treatment always give them nystan or mycostatin for any secondary infection , take out all grit and minerals when treating , then use probiotic , yoghurt(yakult ) either on corn or in water to put the natural bacteria back into them,
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never lose your temper in the loft (DAVID) they can sense your moods
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kev d wrote:
never lose your temper in the loft (DAVID) they can sense your moods


Embarassed yes true kev, very true...........
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Very Happy about leaving the water stand, there are no chemicals in the water in wales, no chloreen added to our water its just parts of england like the midlands they have it.
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PostSubject: Re: Tips for beginners...   Tips for beginners... EmptyTue Feb 22, 2011 10:03 pm

ive heard of this before re leaving to stand by other fanciers, they also leave potions to stand over night too by what ive read.
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Very Happy about leaving the water stand, there are no chemicals in the water in wales, no chloreen added to our water its just parts of england like the midlands they have it.

Spot on there Martyn

There are 2 water supplyers South Staffs Water and Severn Trent Water

South Staffs Water is very harder and Severn Trent Water is a lot softer, mthe reason i know is because my old house was South Staffs and the new house is South Staffs loads better
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PostSubject: Re: Tips for beginners...   Tips for beginners... EmptyTue Feb 22, 2011 11:38 pm

kev d wrote:
hi chris , its for every ones benefit we can all learn some thing new .
another one for w/hood flyers take your best cock out of his box on a fri night and put in a different cock in with his hen then let the cock back in but dont let him in the box let him hang on the front of his box
seeing the other cock in his box with his hen then basket him up for the club , works every time .

Spot on Kev but you can only use this a few times a year with the same pigeon
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kev d wrote:
cheers , don and ian , because we have some novices on here can we start a thread on tips .
i will start , the water i give my birds i always let it stand 24hrs

Spot on with the water to allow the cholorine to reduce with in the water content
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PostSubject: Re: Tips for beginners...   Tips for beginners... EmptyTue Feb 22, 2011 11:43 pm

On basket night put widowhood cocks in basket leave basket in the loft with loft door open

Place widowhood hens in a basket then in the garden let the hen out so they fly into the boxes they see the cocks fly to the basket you collect the cocks take them to the club
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PostSubject: Re: Tips for beginners...   Tips for beginners... EmptyWed Feb 23, 2011 12:52 pm

Listen to all the tips and take the ones that sout you or you will be confused if you try to take it all in and odservation in other words look at your birds and watch what they are doing you will see when they are fit with little things they do study study study study study study it all takes time
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PostSubject: Re: Tips for beginners...   Tips for beginners... EmptySun Feb 27, 2011 8:30 pm

in the warm summer evenings hang a rag up in the loft with either vicks or albus oil
keeps there nasal passages open .
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Very Happy Kev I really like that one mate, I use vicks for me and my son we both have asthma so it helps at night, put it on the pillow, I will be putting that on a rag in my loft this year, thats excellant never thought of that.
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DAVID wrote:
ive heard of this before re leaving to stand by other fanciers, they also leave potions to stand over night too by what ive read.
what if you use filtered water would you still advise to let it stand.
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