UkPigeonRacing

Steve Howells wrote: Wed Jan 14, 2026 6:31 am

PeteDerby wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 8:52 pm I need to tap into the collective wisdom if I may. Droppings have all of a sudden gotten wet. Not been out since September so not mixed with anything, not paired yet. Only thing that’s changed is I took a delivery of depurative a couple of days ago and so I took them off moulting mix to the depurative until I pair. Would that do it?

Whether it’s connected across 2 lofts and 8 sections I don’t know, but I’ve stuck one of the hens in quarantine this evening as she was sat hunched up. Body weight fine, nothing in the throat, but when I set her on my hand to flutter down she just dropped without flapping her wings. Something told me she wouldn’t be around in the morning. The rest of the birds look superb.

Second point, I wasn’t intending to breed off my yearlings (my only race birds), but a chap at the club this weekend said that yearling hens usually produce their best round. Not heard that before so I thought I’d ask you guys.

Obviously there’s something up with the hen, if she were mine I’d just remove her, in all the years I’ve had pigeons I can’t ever remember having a tidy one that I had to patch up. As for the rest how wet are the droppings? The weather here in the last few days has gone from dry and cold to wet and mild and often when the humidity changes suddenly the droppings can go a little soft.

Id have no hesitation breeding off the yearlings.

NeilA wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 9:33 pm If the hens dropping to the floor pretty much I would use antibiotics if I wanted her
When you say when something happens i understand that but your team have wet dropping could you post a photo of them
Have you tested for cocci ?
How wet are they can you see solids and wet separated or compact but mushy

MIke Lycett wrote: Fri Jan 16, 2026 12:13 pm Virkon's a good shout Neil - it'd do no harm