4 crackin birds gifted to me

4 crackin birds gifted to me from a Mr Dixon and Sons from County Durham
will take some better pix as soon as i can

all look nice birds rene, hope you breed some winners from them next season.................

Rene they look the part mate good luck with them

very nice indeed rene,i like the last 2 the best

thanks for the comments guys the grizzle droped into me a while back so reported it and he asked if i wanted it so said yeh then he told me that she had won a coulpe of races for him but he was giving so like a cheeky twat i am i asked if he had a cock that i could put to it he said give me a ring in 4 weeks and when i did he ofered me a cock to go to the hen and another cock an hen for free the are all related to his main bird in the loft thats 15 years old and has bred 27 1st winners for him and others aswell so i got the blood just sort my feeding and management out now

well done rene thatsthe way to do it

im sure they will do well for you rene....................

like the one in the 3rd pic rene good luck with them

was his name norman by any chance rene

i think his name is Andy mate races in the wearside HS flys under Dixon & Sons mate

Wow, some great birds there mate. Especially the last two, they have everything I look for in a racing bird. But the first one is one I would defo have in the stock loft. Best of luck with them. A superb gift.

Gary no idea will ask my son to-morrow do you have a theory? george

Gary Burgess wrote:

Wow, some great birds there mate. Especially the last two, they have everything I look for in a racing bird. But the first one is one I would defo have in the stock loft. Best of luck with them. A superb gift.

thats where they are mate and thats where their stayin just goin to race the ybs from them mate

A wise move mate. Best of luck with them. They should produce the goods. Fingers crossed

i realy hope so mate

I see you mentioned feeding. A trick I use with my youngbirds. I feed them on the floor in the loft. For this I use a large square shallow galvanised tray. About 2ftx2ft, this makes a great sound when you chuck corn onto it and stops corn going all over the place. This gets them to associate you with food. The trick is I only feed them until the third bird goes to the drinker. Don't worry if a few get very little. They will get more the following night. This I have found gets the birds competitive. The will compete for food. Just like in the wild.
But be rigid with the drinker rule. Always remove the tray after feeding. With this regime, you will find that your birds are always alert and full of life.
You will be amazed at the results.

Gary Burgess wrote:

I see you mentioned feeding. A trick I use with my youngbirds. I feed them on the floor in the loft. For this I use a large square shallow galvanised tray. About 2ftx2ft, this makes a great sound when you chuck corn onto it and stops corn going all over the place. This gets them to associate you with food. The trick is I only feed them until the third bird goes to the drinker. Don't worry if a few get very little. They will get more the following night. This I have found gets the birds competitive. The will compete for food. Just like in the wild.
But be rigid with the drinker rule. Always remove the tray after feeding. With this regime, you will find that your birds are always alert and full of life.
You will be amazed at the results.

Gary agree 1,000,000 % mate always used this with youngbirds

It's a good system. There are lots of fanciers out there, dare I say it!! Ruin their birds with kindness. By overfeeding them. This makes them lazy, they become selective feeders, eating all their favourite grains leaving all the bigger stuff and as a result doubling your corn bill.
You will know when you have feeding right, because you will have full control over your birds and will be able to get them in the loft in seconds, just by chucking a few grains of corn in the loft.

Gary Burgess wrote:

I see you mentioned feeding. A trick I use with my youngbirds. I feed them on the floor in the loft. For this I use a large square shallow galvanised tray. About 2ftx2ft, this makes a great sound when you chuck corn onto it and stops corn going all over the place. This gets them to associate you with food. The trick is I only feed them until the third bird goes to the drinker. Don't worry if a few get very little. They will get more the following night. This I have found gets the birds competitive. The will compete for food. Just like in the wild.
But be rigid with the drinker rule. Always remove the tray after feeding. With this regime, you will find that your birds are always alert and full of life.
You will be amazed at the results.

thanks for the tip mate i use a whistle and there in like rockets they soon learn that if they dont come in when i want em too they go without till the next day they will learn my way or the hard way lmao but think i might give the tin bath a go see how that works

hi rene, i tried the whistle a couple of times, coudnt get them to respond..........i suppose it was me who wasnt doing it right or not giving it enough time.

i stick to shaking the tin now...........

its easy mate if ya do it from weaning as soon as ya walk in just blow on the whistle as your shakin the tin do that for a week and gradualy reduce shakin the tin it tokk me about 3 weeks to get them used to the whistle but the trick is to be firm with them mate if they dont do what you want they go with out simples

David wrote:

hi rene, i tried the whistle a couple of times, coudnt get them to respond..........i suppose it was me who wasnt doing it right or not giving it enough time.

i stick to shaking the tin now...........

try the pizza methord david come in or pizza off lol

birdy2011 wrote:

David wrote:

hi rene, i tried the whistle a couple of times, coudnt get them to respond..........i suppose it was me who wasnt doing it right or not giving it enough time.

i stick to shaking the tin now...........

try the pizza methord david come in or pizza off lol

That was my next tip, the tin. That's the reason for the tray. Right from the word go they hear me whistle and say come on when I'm putting the food down for them. It works a treat.