hi, new member....

yes ian, i would treat before pairing up as routine for the usual canker, cocci etc.....but i think some see a bird a bit off colour and they dive straight in to the medicine....

or failking that they just kill it at the slightest sign of being a bit run down....

yes your right david

hows those ybs you were telling us about last night ian? any change?

tiny bit corn this morning had them out for fly got an hour so not that bad

no, agree they cant be that bad ian....could it be heat?was it that hot yesterday i cant remember....

Agree with ray about fanciers treating blind

Don Webb wrote:

i have read a lot of top flyers treat when theyare on eggs to prevent any problem with the eggs??

don what do you mean got me confused how can you treat when sitting eggs to prevent any problems with eggs ,the eggs are already layed so even if you treat the birds it wont do anything to the eggs

It was some thing i read in an artical in one of the weekly papers

In the artical they would never treat there birds before laying as they did not want the pigeons being knocked about during the treatment

By waiting till the eggs have been laid all the goodness and quality of the pigeon is passed to the egg were if the pigeon is treated during the furtilisation period the quality of the egg may be of a poor

ive always treated two weeks before pairing up, but i see your piont don and it does make as much sence as the two weeks before pairing idea....i suppose its like not treating while they are feeding ybs as it will be passed to them.

Yes David you could be right

noticed over the last week or so my obs have dropped wing flights...is this normal ?they are my stock birds and my yearlings....

yes its normal david

I would agree with Ian

thanks both, didnt know if it was normal....so if they had been racing it would not have been good really would it ?

david my race cocks are starting to cast now wont effect them only when they are casting the last two this is like haven a tooth ache

hi, noticed most obs are throwing flights and some are starting to moult on the body....is this normal too ?

yes it is david time of year

mine are moulting on the body now, thw stock birds and the yearlings.....not a heavy moult but still quite a few flights and feathers around the loft....

yours are natural david arent they they,ll be dropping to bits shortly

already, i didnt expect it so early.....thought it would be later in the year....

yes not be long i bet they have cast a couple of flights already

yes ian they have cast a couple you are right.....body starting now slightly.

David as they are not racing they will start to moult a lot earlier than most race birds

But as soon as the old bird season and old birds are stopped racing within a week they will drop apart

But not if you have repaired them

i think i need to seperate them earlier this year so they can have a better moult anyway....think i left it a bit late last year.