Would or not

Hi lads it's my first race this weekend from Newark and it's 100miles but my hens have had three 30 mile chucks and they have been flying well around loft would you put them straight to race with the less training

hi phil, glad to hear your racing this season....I think if the hens have raced before, and are coming from training well, then they should be ok if the weather is decent.........I`d be in two minds like your self, but they should be ok I think.

with the tailwind yes I would...provided they exercise with a bit of vigour around the loft

No one with common sense would purposely send a pigeon if there was a unreasonable possibility of not giving it a chance to perform to it's best ability.

On the other hand if you do not test a pigeon in all kinds of situations you will not eventually get a team which will perform in all circumstances.

A pigeon does not need excessive training tosses if it can be made healthy and fit at home, training does not improve it's homing ability nor anything else.


Regards.

MISTY wrote:

No one with common sense would purposely send a pigeon if there was a unreasonable possibility of not giving it a chance to perform to it's best ability.

On the other hand if you do not test a pigeon in all kinds of situations you will not eventually get a team which will perform in all circumstances.

A pigeon does not need excessive training tosses if it can be made healthy and fit at home, training does not improve it's homing ability nor anything else.


Regards.

In relation to your first thought above Misty History suggests sadly, many do not have the common sense factor when they send their birds as such for the first time.
2 & 3 thought thou couldn't agree more etc.

Defiantly not they need more training as three 30 mile tosses isn't enough if they get off track say good by to them or they will come back and be out for a couple of Weeks its not the distance its the time on the wing that kills pigeons

markevans wrote:

Defiantly not they need more training as three 30 mile tosses isn't enough if they get off track say good by to them or they will come back and be out for a couple of Weeks its not the distance its the time on the wing that kills pigeons

See your point Mark . But would depend from my perspective on what type of pigeon you may keep etc I suggest when racing. Certain pigeons have the brain factor built in others no matter what one does with them will never require it etc. National/open type pigeons on average are a different beast I would suggest to the normal corridor/club/ & local Fed type issue & if made of the right metal, being off track on race day is like water off a ducks back type of thing .
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never go past 20miles for training chuck, the cocks went hen chasing up the road yesterday, out for 2 1/2 hrs, came in like they been nowhere

i would send 2/2.5 hours is nothing not saying some won't mess up
But they should all manage to home.