birds on loan

what your view of having birds on loan

If you have plenty room, big aviary, and they are worth loaning give me a basket full

Different if someone doesn't really want them and is just pushing them on you instead of getting rid.

just been bought the hen is very slow laying also i don't like being told what i should feed ybs on to fatten them up as ybs will be shared

i agree george, i wouldn't like being told what to do either ..... your the one doing the work .

barnie wrote:

If you have plenty room, big aviary, and they are worth loaning give me a basket full

Different if someone doesn't really want them and is just pushing them on you instead of getting rid.

Never really been one here on average for George's fancy type thing Colin Nothing against it if one so fancies but just not my scenario/scene down here.

not for me ,can ruin a loft so never worth the hastle ....i di borrow a ck bird once but he was in a isolated section with a hen and i knew the owner well as i used to take care his birds whilst he was away

im paranoid about bringing any new birds into my loft, in case they carry illness ...... as it is now my birds do not mix with any other birds, this is part of the reason im reluctant to race , due to being in a basket with other birds .

it don't really worry me David

i think im like that because ive not had much success with treating ill birds george, sour crop if caught early has been successful but if left too long i feel it effects their organs and respiratory and i cannot save them .

other stuff requiring anti biotics has been hit and miss, some recover while some dont .

only got going light tablets no mater the illness that's what they get

sometimes they need to be treated for the simple things otherwise they die ,sour crop,worms ,canker ,cocci are all sorted very easily and will kill them if left un-treated but not a lover of antibiotics...each to his own but have treated sick pigeons that went on to win and stayed healthy thereafter ,who would have thought eh  rearing 2 ybs is akin to a hard 500 mile race so rear 4 -6 ybs then you get the idea they may get a bit of canker/sour crop so the crop needs a bit of tlc like fennel tea once a week or some oregano you dont have to treat with drugs
pigeons are hardy but not invincible