A few of our young birds

young bitrds looking in good health s/walker, I like the grizzles and the dark one in the 2nd photo best, but they are all nice young birds.....hope they do well for you

David wrote:

young bitrds looking in good health s/walker, I like the grizzles and the dark one in the 2nd photo best, but they are all nice young birds.....hope they do well for you

Thanks David. Some of the grizzles are off ray very nice birds.

I really like this bird as well

some lovely ybs their lads keep up the good work ...like the blue grizzle

oldstrain wrote:

some lovely ybs their lads keep up the good work ...like the blue grizzle

Thanks u Darren

Think this will work

Yep you got it, well done luke

[quote="Lofty"]Yep you got it, well done luke[/quote

Video looks OK to roy

yeah, looking good s/walker......

Skywalker wrote:

Lofty wrote:

Yep you got it, well done luke[/quote

Video looks OK to roy

Nice little vid' Skywalker.

I like the look of your young birds. I very much like the grizzles - what breed are they.

If I could give you a little advice re carpentry. I noticed that you just have a piece of battening screwed to a cross member, for the birds to sit on. If you want to stop the screws splitting the wood - drill through the battening before you screw them. For the type of dry wall screws you have used, a 3 mm or 1/8 inch hole is good enough.

Also you will find that the 'chip board' you have used will get damp and start to expand and warp in time. Could you give everything a coat of emulsion paint. I know ply is really expensive, but chip board is not the best thing to use in a loft. I guess many use it because it is cheaper than ply, but still ....

All the VERY best with your birds.

Yours in Sport
Phil (blueskylofts)

Some nice 6b's there

They are looking good mate, all very healthy,

Most of the grizzles are bred by our Ray,(peel bros) and were kindly gifted to us, although not rung will do very nicely for stock next year, they are super birds, some have been bred by us and are just flying out, we've got high hopes for them, probably the kiss of death on them now lol

Phil, the pieces of batten are drilled before screwing, as is all my wood, the perches are made from floor grade woodchip and although you can't notice it, is sealed with wood sealer, I did mention to Luke about painting but as with these youngsters nowadays it's all, yep I'll do it tomorrow lol.

oldstrain wrote:

some lovely ybs their lads keep up the good work ...like the blue grizzle

They're on another 2 young uns daz, if there's another 1 in there your name is on it buddy

Lofty wrote:

Most of the grizzles are bred by our Ray,(peel bros) and were kindly gifted to us, although not rung will do very nicely for stock next year, they are super birds, some have been bred by us and are just flying out, we've got high hopes for them, probably the kiss of death on them now lol

Phil, the pieces of batten are drilled before screwing, as is all my wood, the perches are made from floor grade woodchip and although you can't notice it, is sealed with wood sealer, I did mention to Luke about painting but as with these youngsters nowadays it's all, yep I'll do it tomorrow lol.

Sorry - I wasn't trying to but my nose into your business - just trying to help.

I am sure you have all made mistakes when first putting a loft together.

ATB
Phil

None taken Phil, once someone explains why they've done what it's easier to understand, 40 odd years of working in the building trade does that to you

I made my first widowhood boxes out of floor grade chip board lofty, I had some left over from my conservatory so I used it......I only built a block of 4 and they weighed a ton, and were a nightmare sawing them by hand.....


but out of all my nest boxes there have stayed in the best condition, never bowing or bending......maybe because they are water resistant

like the red youngster, maybe it's a hen? If so she's a nice bird.

Lofty wrote:

Most of the grizzles are bred by our Ray,(peel bros) and were kindly gifted to us, although not rung will do very nicely for stock next year, they are super birds, some have been bred by us and are just flying out, we've got high hopes for them, probably the kiss of death on them now lol

Phil, the pieces of batten are drilled before screwing, as is all my wood, the perches are made from floor grade woodchip and although you can't notice it, is sealed with wood sealer, I did mention to Luke about painting but as with these youngsters nowadays it's all, yep I'll do it tomorrow lol.

I take it Lofty your the one with the gorgeous daughter etc that got Luke hooked on the birds there .

Your right knackered, gorgeous daughter so how the hell I ended up with a tubby bloke with a beard for a son in law God only knows

Lofty wrote:

Your right knackered, gorgeous daughter so how the hell I ended up with a tubby bloke with a beard for a son in law God only knows

Could I suggest that bit of information we just keep between our selves here etc .

Lofty wrote:

Your right knackered, gorgeous daughter so how the hell I ended up with a tubby bloke with a beard for a son in law God only knows

the son in law might be thinking, how the hell he ended up with a grumpy old git as a father in law lofty.............

David wrote:

Lofty wrote:

Your right knackered, gorgeous daughter so how the hell I ended up with a tubby bloke with a beard for a son in law God only knows

the son in law might be thinking, how the hell he ended up with a grumpy old git as a father in law lofty.............

You couldn't be more right David he's a grumpy old bossy git but I will say he really is a super star in my eyes

DAVID, are you reading this, see there is 1 person in the world that likes me, ( if he didn't my daughter would give him a dogs life )