Good Morning

2 nestmates left David think 2 races left that's 2 very hard races

David could you email me the rpra rules if possible

i`ll have a look and see if i can george .......

still on with clearing garage, another 10 mowers and a few petrol hedge cutters out this morning....... have set up my scaffolding to stand them all one i think theres approx another 15 mowers to come out yet then its sweeping out and painting the concrete floor .

its never ending .

i have a few eggs David just want to see full eggs not wait till the breeding

hopefully i`ll be breeding next year, was glad of the rest this year .....

nestmates had there 8th race yesterday both home slow but on the day seems there were many losses yesterday

shown consistancy then eh george ...... is that yb racing over now ...?

no David one more race but losses have been so heay at start of racing ybs over 1000 birds this week 175 in the fed nr

always heavy losses over the last few years, seems more than previous years ...... surely theres some reason for it .....

cant be just bad weather .

at one site David one fed went up the other held over

David wrote:

hopefully i`ll be breeding next year, was glad of the rest this year .....

...........and will you also pair the pigeons too David

barnie wrote:

David wrote:

hopefully i`ll be breeding next year, was glad of the rest this year .....

...........and will you also pair the pigeons too David

you naughty boy colin .........

good morning all

hi george, lovely here but its very cold for time of year. training later when it warms up a bit.

got 2 nestmates having there 9th race this week

they'll have a few miles under their belts now george, not an easy season; hope they make good yearlings

Morning all. Beautiful here today

good to see you back Ray tell us about your racing this year

Rubbish unfortunately. Only 2 wins and 2nds 3rds ect but Rubbish. Not good enough for a large team we have . Long story but something not right in loft so getting sorted soon hopefully. It's been a nightmare. Lost winning birds this year which shouldn't happen

sorry to hear that Ray hope you still post

did things go wrong after you built the front using lots of polycarbonate?

Yes and no . We started well winning 2 out of first 3 races then we had problems with worms which I couldn't understand as 2 sections on grids now , I think it was letting them play about in garden which caused it . Then we were told maybe the algae on the roof which we have now sorted I think. We are going for tests soon but costing 400 quid which we will pay once I find it haha . The birds trained excellent then went off , told maybe respiratory but we treat for that . Anyway I don't think it's the polycarbonate but just incase we have increased the ventilation in the loft by leaving doors open all day . We have put a mesh stuff on the doors so birds can't see out but air can get in . So we ate certainly trying to put it right and we will.

I found having a lot of polycarb on the front and roof, my loft was really hot during the day like a greenhouse at times, but massive drop in temperature during the night, same as what happens in my conservatory.
I'm thinking this isn't good to get form into the pigeons so changing it in next few weeks once the last race is over.

Do you have louvres anywhere on the loft ray?

We are going to add them to the front by using greenhouse ones if I can find some cheap enough

good morning all

peel bros wrote:

We are going to add them to the front by using greenhouse ones if I can find some cheap enough

like you, my pigeons were always picking worms up yet the shed is kept very clean and swept out every day. My garden is teeming with slugs and snails all year, sometimes i could see their trails on the loft floor and inside walls but never really thought much. they were travelling through the louvres on a night even though there was half inch mesh behind. they feed on all sorts of rotten stuff, bird crap, dog crap, dead things, not just plants. these are riddled with nasties, lice, carry worms and eggs plus e-coli and all sorts of disease . I put flyscreen mesh in the louvres, nothing can get in now and pigeons improved in a week. If you're on gardens I guess you'll get plagued with slugs and snails too, just a thought.