Widowhood

Evening all I’m looking to fly widowhood looking for advice Feed system other tips thanks

mark cauldwells system is very good and simple enough ...I feed in the box myself to but a bit different to marks system regards the feed as I feed a bit more fats as we get alot of headwinds racing on the north ,I experimented a little with it last season with the feed and found this best

60-100 miles morning all week 1/4 ounce diet
evening 1 ounce Gerry
100-200
morning same eve same til wed thurs when they get 1 ounce superstar
200-300
morning same eve all week superstar
basket day am 1 ounce diet and

on day of race(return) evening I feed diet 1 ounce I also make my own fat mix with chia,hemp,safflower,peeled sunflower hearts,linseed,rape and pin head oatmeal all human grade (not too much of this one its toxic in large amounts for pigeons is rapeseed it can lower the red and white blood cells) this mix is given  instead of diet when the race is looking like a stiff one 1200 yds and under its introduced earlier in the week depending on the distance raced ...some like to feed near 1 1/2 ounce per day but the fats fill any hole and I raced well last year on this up to 300 miles we raced 8 cocks 9 weeks on the bounce and only dropped 1 in the last race we won the English averages and were in the hunt every week ,I am sure their are more experienced widow flyers than me and I myself will be interested in the replies atb

Used to feed our birds in pots but not now, they get what they want. A bird will eat what it needs in my eyes so we use troughs . It works for us plus a lot easier with a larger team

tried feeding in pots but they pick what they want the rest went under the grills, so went back to feeders on floor, measured and fed twice day, no big secret in feeding usually a mixture of natural sneaky, versa laga superstar black, and champion plus for channel, don't mess too much for inland which usually is south west up their arse and longest is 176miles so walk in the park

peel bros wrote:

Used to feed our birds in pots but not now, they get what they want. A bird will eat what it needs in my eyes so we use troughs . It works for us plus a lot easier with a larger team

Brave man that would maybe condemn your methods I suggest Ray. End of the day I suspect, you have made it easier for yourself & it hasn't effected your birds in the end at all there when racing.