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Thank you Mike for posting this for me.
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MIL wrote: Sat Nov 02, 2024 9:26 am Gotta be honest with you Dave, I'm not a fan of any form of deep litter

Either I cleaned every day - or when time was more precious I used grills on the floor
Yes i am in the same camp, Mike.
In my opinion the best weapon a fancier has is a scraper.
Greetings from the land down under. :D
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Murray wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 9:27 am
MIL wrote: Sat Nov 02, 2024 9:26 am Gotta be honest with you Dave, I'm not a fan of any form of deep litter

Either I cleaned every day - or when time was more precious I used grills on the floor
Yes i am in the same camp, Mike.
In my opinion the best weapon a fancier has is a scraper.
Trouble is the mess staying damp is the problem for myself as I can’t do it daily . I go out the door at 615 return 630pm times 7 pm currently . no lights only a torch only lantern and head / hat torch so you can only do what you can after work never sorted solar out I guess I should
I was once with a avian vet who told me unless you can clean out 3/4/5 times a day and dry any damp areas then it’s best to use metal grids or a cork dry deep litter as that the best options of the 3 cleaning out ways as once a day is no good in the uk climate particularly this time of year
I remember when I had my heart issue I had 11 days in hospital and put a deep littler down as I couldn’t do any physical things and I had a cracking season topping the fed 6 times in old birds I think I spent less time cleaning or really doing anything than I had ever done as just walking had me breathing heavy
But nothing looks better than a scraped loft for me I must admit
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I'd have happily eaten my lunch off the loft floor of John Bradley's pen

I called on him without notice many a time without warning and it was always exceptional

No one won more Fed's over the years in the West Mids than John

I said to him once "Do your birds ever shit?!"
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MIL wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 10:32 am I'd have happily eaten my lunch off the loft floor of John Bradley's pen

I called on him without notice many a time without warning and it was always exceptional

No one won more Fed's over the years in the West Mids than John

I said to him once "Do your birds ever shit?!"
That’s the thing you have to clean 3-4 times a day which is what the vet explained to me and I guess that’s what he was doing
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MIL wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 10:32 am I'd have happily eaten my lunch off the loft floor of John Bradley's pen

I called on him without notice many a time without warning and it was always exceptional

No one won more Fed's over the years in the West Mids than John

I said to him once "Do your birds ever shit?!"
I have some birds from his loft
Sadies Lofts home of decent birds just a useless loft manager, and now a confirmed loser but proud :D :D
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Buster121 wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 11:03 am
MIL wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 10:32 am I'd have happily eaten my lunch off the loft floor of John Bradley's pen

I called on him without notice many a time without warning and it was always exceptional

No one won more Fed's over the years in the West Mids than John

I said to him once "Do your birds ever shit?!"
I have some birds from his loft
Did you race any Buster I have been told by Mike before how good he was
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There's not many fliers I know who I'd say were "great" but in his hey-day John certainly was

He was a bloody nightmare. Went hammer and tongue with him week in week out

Unfortunately he's gone "yampy" I hear now
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NeilA wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 12:02 pm
Buster121 wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 11:03 am
MIL wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 10:32 am I'd have happily eaten my lunch off the loft floor of John Bradley's pen

I called on him without notice many a time without warning and it was always exceptional

No one won more Fed's over the years in the West Mids than John

I said to him once "Do your birds ever shit?!"
I have some birds from his loft
did you race any Buster I have been told by Mike before how good he was
No sadly I stopped racing the year after I got them, still some in loft and birds down from them
Sadies Lofts home of decent birds just a useless loft manager, and now a confirmed loser but proud :D :D
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