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kev d Youngbird
Posts : 1123 Join date : 2009-12-28 Age : 58 Location : wellington
| Subject: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:34 pm | |
| just wanderd how many hours aday do you spend with the birds ie , winter and in the racing season . during the winter when im working 20 mins aday , in the breeding and racing season can be any thing up to 3-4 hrs aday . |
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IANYOUNG Oldbird
Posts : 11428 Join date : 2009-03-30 Age : 60 Location : south shields
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:35 pm | |
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David Oldbird
Posts : 43280 Join date : 2009-03-18 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:37 pm | |
| hi kev,in the winter probably about an hour to an hour and half......it all depends on if the water is frozen which takes longer to change, and if i clean out as sometimes the droppings are frozen arnt they.........at the moment im keeping the birds in the loft but usually in the summer depending what work is being done i can be there for hours |
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Rudderfett Youngbird
Posts : 2152 Join date : 2009-09-27 Age : 55 Location : pembrokeshire
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:40 pm | |
| For once I agree with Ian too much isnt that good, pigeons need to be observed but they also need to be left alone I give them lots of visits totaling 15/ 25 mins winter, and about 1 hour summer, made up of lots of visits at different times. |
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IANYOUNG Oldbird
Posts : 11428 Join date : 2009-03-30 Age : 60 Location : south shields
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:48 pm | |
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kev d Youngbird
Posts : 1123 Join date : 2009-12-28 Age : 58 Location : wellington
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:50 pm | |
| during the winter on week days im restricted i only half hour lunch break don,t go down on the nights but some times i do i take the wind up latterns and spend about 1 hr on a night but no very often , in the summer one hr in the morn and a couple hrs on a night but like rudderfett says some times you can up set them with disturbing them all the time . |
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David Oldbird
Posts : 43280 Join date : 2009-03-18 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:53 pm | |
| in the winter it takes longer to feed and clean out anyway, but i dont disterb them any more than necessary, and when they are pairing i just nip over to check on them through the front of the loft. |
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peel bros Oldbird
Posts : 13064 Join date : 2009-03-27 Age : 59 Location : south shields
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:55 pm | |
| we spend a lot of time with our birds epecially the weekend which is all day ,at the moment a couple of hours amorning then night time just to lock up so about a hour or so by the time we have our famous cup of tetleys lol |
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kev d Youngbird
Posts : 1123 Join date : 2009-12-28 Age : 58 Location : wellington
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:58 pm | |
| - DAVID wrote:
- in the winter it takes longer to feed and clean out anyway, but i dont disterb them any more than necessary, and when they are pairing i just nip over to check on them through the front of the loft.
david i don,t clean out every day in the winter might do it about 2 times a week i just put kiln dry sand down keeps every thing nice and dry . |
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peel bros Oldbird
Posts : 13064 Join date : 2009-03-27 Age : 59 Location : south shields
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:01 pm | |
| we clean out everyday, twice in the summer or breeding time
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David Oldbird
Posts : 43280 Join date : 2009-03-18 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:02 pm | |
| thats been a problem with me during the winter kev, whe i was able to scrape out i used the floor whitener but it didnt dry it out totally and the floor was still a bit damp.......then with wet shoes it made it worse |
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David Oldbird
Posts : 43280 Join date : 2009-03-18 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:03 pm | |
| - peel bros wrote:
- we clean out everyday, twice in the summer or breeding time
how did you go on with the droppings frozen ray.....? |
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kev d Youngbird
Posts : 1123 Join date : 2009-12-28 Age : 58 Location : wellington
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:10 pm | |
| i know what you mean david but with sprinkling down sand the dropping just get brushed up and it keeps the damp at bay , try putting a matt in side where the door is to wipe your feet on but soak the matt in bleach . |
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chris perry Hatchling
Posts : 551 Join date : 2010-07-18 Age : 58 Location : walsall, westmidlands,
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:10 pm | |
| - DAVID wrote:
- peel bros wrote:
- we clean out everyday, twice in the summer or breeding time
how did you go on with the droppings frozen ray.....? same as we all do play marbles |
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peel bros Oldbird
Posts : 13064 Join date : 2009-03-27 Age : 59 Location : south shields
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:11 pm | |
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David Oldbird
Posts : 43280 Join date : 2009-03-18 Location : Leeds
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David Oldbird
Posts : 43280 Join date : 2009-03-18 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:17 pm | |
| - peel bros wrote:
- just scrap harder
your joking ray, they were like rock..................they bent the scraper.. |
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IANYOUNG Oldbird
Posts : 11428 Join date : 2009-03-30 Age : 60 Location : south shields
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:27 pm | |
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David Oldbird
Posts : 43280 Join date : 2009-03-18 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:31 pm | |
| i broke water bowls too trying to get the ice out...........luckyly i had a spare just in case. |
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kev d Youngbird
Posts : 1123 Join date : 2009-12-28 Age : 58 Location : wellington
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:32 pm | |
| - ian wrote:
- snapped my scraper
saying that you lads up north have had it a lot colder than us down in the west country i think the coldest we have had was about minus 9-10 thats one thing i don,t miss about yorkshire is the cold weather . |
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David Oldbird
Posts : 43280 Join date : 2009-03-18 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 10:33 pm | |
| what about rene and ginger in gurnsey kev, they havnt had snow yet and ginger was in his shorts and t shirt the other week........ |
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Don Webb Oldbird
Posts : 14926 Join date : 2009-03-27 Age : 51 Location : Tipton
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 10:37 pm | |
| - rudderfett wrote:
- For once I agree with Ian too much isnt that good, pigeons need to be observed but they also need to be left alone I give them lots of visits totaling 15/ 25 mins winter, and about 1 hour summer, made up of lots of visits at different times.
Your right there |
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IANYOUNG Oldbird
Posts : 11428 Join date : 2009-03-30 Age : 60 Location : south shields
| Subject: Re: how many hours aday with pigeons Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:07 pm | |
| - DAVID wrote:
- what about rene and ginger in gurnsey kev, they havnt had snow yet and ginger was in his shorts and t shirt the other week........
lucky sods |
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