Fred Holbard..........

Hi David

I would suggest one thing at a time, race your youngsters on the Dark learn that this year, its not that difficult, it gets you in a great routine, you cant beat a young hen on eggs, just enjoy them, I'm sure you will

Health, motivation, good birds, what could be simpler

hi fred, could i just ask you, do you put yours onto dRK WHEN THEY ARE WEANED or like some when the clocks alter.

you don't have to put them on the dark till the clocks go forward, because then there's naturally more daylight than night, however, personally I put them on straight away, because I then get into the swing of it and it comes as second nature and as you'll probably find you'll forget to close them down or open them up

Hands up, who says they've never forgot I know I have, especially in the beginning, but if you miss a day, don't panic. As long as you get back in the routine and that's why I start straight away

hope this helps

thank you for all info fred, its been very helpful

never heard pigeons purring before but i was only saying yesterday i,ve had them stuck in a tree like a cat but not purring like one

they only purr ray if you give the kity kat

I said you would doubt it, but try it and let me know, you have to be in there for more than ten minutes though

Normally you see the pigeon shaking, like adrenalin, then you'll here the purring, honest, it's not a wind up.

i believe you fred sorry if you think iam mocking but dont mean anything by it just a bit fun

not at all Ian, no need to say sorry, I know it sounds iffy, but it's not

hi fred, i seem to think ive heard this but have put it down to the birds shaking like you said and just thought the noise was made by the flights etc.........i tried to listen today but they wouldnt be quiet long enough but just kept cooing.

keep trying David, you'll get there

an old timer years ago said, you will know when the birds have confidence in you, you will hear it now i know what he meant

once put some glass in cabin window the old fashioned way linseed putty the next morning when i went back to the loft there was no putty left around the glass only the pins keeping it in , thought it was the pigeons eating it same again the next day all gone found out it was a cat not the pigeons

Yes your right Fred have heared the purring when i was younger and sat in the loft most of the time

Must say the once i had one of my hens pair to me when i was making as fuss around the rest of the team of pigeons but i was copying the purring

Don Webb wrote:

Yes your right Fred have heared the purring when i was younger and sat in the loft most of the time

Cheers for that Don

just goes to show that if you dont spend time sat in with the birds you can miss what is going on.......with me spending time pairing my birds i neglected to sit in with a cock and 4 spare hens which i left to pair up on their own, each day i looked in and couldnt see any signs of him pairing up to one of them but today i decided to sit in and watch them.....within a few minutes i saw he was more or less paired to a ch hen so ill be putting him in the section with nest boxes tommorrow.....

Observation

It's all about obsevation

Cheers Fred we think alike

So it seems

Everyone look out

Fred does this mean that i am your apprentise now

what we got to look out for

I am always ready to learn Ian