racing this weekend 11/12 july

Should be boosey of course, old age and all that, sorry barnie.

Regards.

MISTY wrote:

Another problem oldstrain may be the pigeon/pigeons in the panniers that possibly caused the problem may be in the panniers again this week, carriers.

Have any of your fellow club members had the same problem ?.

Hope matters are improving.


Regards.

firstly well done steve on yer returns m8 and hope you got a good un....now,
when they want to send and birds are ill they wont tell you but when they send 12 and dont clock i dont need to ask questions really do i and besides i have a good memory and remember some talk down the club about sick birds i could go down the club tonight and confront but its just not worth it despite feeling that way...had to take another 2 away this morning i thought that would be the case but left it overnight so 4 old birds and 2 squabs ,at present the droppings are improving so i am hopeful no more have to be taken out ...luckily the racers seem to be pulling through and not so bad this afternoon ....fingers crossed eh but i think this will the final nail for me ,will race our few ybs (12) and whatever birds are left old and young can stay as pets or breed a few ybs for one lofts

Oh blimey Darren, I can understand how your feeling I bet Alfie’s gutted.

keep your chin up Darren, honestly we've all been down at some time but there's always someone worse off and that's a fact. You put a tidy team together so need to keep them going, keep improving the way that you are. You put a lot of time and effort into these past few years, take a step back and see how the birds pick up. take your time with them, pick their races, see what you have at the end of the year and dust yourself down pal.

things are turning in our favour they ate up well tonight only depurative though droppings improving all the time ...will burn out loft and spray virkons tomorrow ,cheers lads

Could not be better news, perhaps they will feel on top of the world after having a set back and getting over it.

Regards.

If you can sprinkle Diatamaceous Earth on the floor you will be surprised at the effects. I beleive you can get it in small packages. I have a 45 lb bag. Use it lightly on the dog cages and lofts. Kills ticks, fleas etc,. Natural product gardeners use.
Glad your birds are OK!

halcanada81 wrote:

If you can sprinkle Diatamaceous Earth on the floor you will be surprised at the effects. I beleive you can get it in small packages. I have a 45 lb bag. Use it lightly on the dog cages and lofts. Kills ticks, fleas etc,. Natural product gardeners use.
Glad your birds are OK!

yeah my freind keeps a few chickens down in plymouth/bodmin  and uses it he says its good stuff for bloodsuckers and worm eggs /parasites ,cheers hal

sorry to hear this darren, i hope they are quickly on the mend........its very annoying when others put sick pigeons in the race panniers , knowing they arnt right

oldstrain wrote:

things are turning in our favour they ate up well tonight only depurative though droppings improving all the time   ...will burn out loft and spray virkons tomorrow ,cheers lads

100% not circovirus then, thank goodness!

barnie wrote:

oldstrain wrote:

things are turning in our favour they ate up well tonight only depurative though droppings improving all the time   ...will burn out loft and spray virkons tomorrow ,cheers lads

100% not circovirus then, thank goodness!

thanks colin ...yeah thank goodness is right i have heard some real horror stories ,was looking at them in the basket last night at the club and not many were in race condition imo and did notice 1 throwing up be interesting to see how they return from the basket of hens that went...anyway droppings improving all the time and ybs back on track to but never treated them just a natural product for them but it was touch and go whether i did ,thanks for yer support lads it means alot to me ...good lads we have here ,just to add that without medication intervention i think i would have lost alot more ,targeted medication at the correct time does have its place i just hope its at least another 5 years before i need it again atb

oldstrain wrote:

barnie wrote:

oldstrain wrote:

things are turning in our favour they ate up well tonight only depurative though droppings improving all the time   ...will burn out loft and spray virkons tomorrow ,cheers lads

100% not circovirus then, thank goodness!

thanks colin ...yeah thank goodness is right i have heard some real horror stories ,was looking at them in the basket last night at the club and not many were in race condition imo and did notice 1 throwing up be interesting to see how they return from the basket of hens that went...anyway droppings improving all the time and ybs back on track to but never treated them just a natural product for them but it was touch and go whether i did ,thanks for yer support lads it means alot to me ...good lads we have here ,just to add that without medication intervention i think i would have lost alot more ,targeted medication at the correct time does have its place i just hope its at least another 5 years before i need it again atb

I go away for a few days here etc O/S & all hell breaks out in your loft it appears sadly    . Glad your back on track now thou apparently, so on to the next little challenge/hiccup, as one could say  .
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thanks oz ybs and old uns looking dandy this morning ...plenty noise this morning at first light ,its a good sign eh and eating upwell still on depurative ,ybs will go out this evening and may even get a toss in end of the week the ybs have already been basket trained a few times so hopefully a 10/12 miler end of the week just really glad things never progressed never use antibiotics willy nilly but do always have something to hand as time is critical in these situations ,just because its there does not mean you have to use it but may save the day ...did for me atb lads and thanks once again for yer support ....oh and the fancier who sent last week and never saw a bird not even through the week...well he sent again this week and again he never saw a bird from 220 miles only member not to clock this week ...i will be on the ball with basketing of ybs at the club

Any pigeon showing any signs of being off colour at baketing was always declined entry to the race in the clubs I was in.

Could cause (and did) some arguaments but no doubt saved many problems.

Of course a fancier wants to race when he/she has put all the work in but far better to point out that the pigeons are out of order and then the fancier concerned can treat his/her pigeons and have a better chance later on.

No one is going to win with sick pigeons.

Anyone who disagrees is not a pigeon fancier in my mind.


Regards.

yes same here misty, a few fools in the club, but ive seen birds refused basketing a couple of times in the past ............it makes you wonder if these fanciers who enter sick birds actually know they arnt right, or if they do know and just dont give a sh*t ........