Birds all out today

Yes got all 3 ends out today and nearly all went through the Bob's which I'm happy about . What a difference my new trap will make as well . Hopefully get more wins this year. Got sick of losing races with bad trapping, but all sorted now

will you be able to set your ETS pad upon the traps ray... ?

Set all sorted

these are the things that make all the difference and give an edge the likes of a good landing area and skylights for condition and the new aivary on the front ...i am sure you lads will have a good season as yer pulling out all the stops ,you deserve it for your efforts ...good luck for racing 2021

We done  well previously to all these alterations,  so hopefully we will do even better.  We have the cattle the rest is up to us now

With these type of traps I think the pigeons need plenty light inside the loft. Just my thoughts here, but after racing in the brightness and sunshine (hopefully) then dropping on the let, they might hesitate going from the brightness they've been flying in for hours, then through the trap into much darker confines .
Looking at your's it will be almost as light in the trapping area so fingers crossed they bomb in.

It is fantastically light in that corridor,  plus the sections have skylights in now as well . Honestly the difference in the lofts even on cold miserable days is fantastic now . Wish I could do the other sections but saying that the other section flew the best over last 3 years but that might change yet . Hopefully...just wish I done it years ago

Sent it 3 times again but you get the idea how bright it is

that's real light, shows what I meant about trapping, just like mine polycarb on the front.

The pigeons look better, tighter feather and the cocks are roaring as soon as the sun comes through. Yours got plenty slope but mine just gradual slope and the snow lies on it making it very dark now and again, but still glad I done it this way. good luck with yours this year, won't be too long now

Yes pleased I done it and yes not long now ...thanks

Pigeons are immaculate yes , put a video on Facebook and couldn't believe how good they looked

barnie wrote:

that's real light, shows what I meant about trapping,  just like mine polycarb on the front.

The pigeons look better, tighter feather and the cocks are roaring as soon as the sun comes through. Yours got plenty slope but mine just gradual slope and the snow lies on it making it very dark now and again, but still glad I done it this way. good luck with yours this year, won't be too long now

Interesting type photo's Ray has posted etc I suggest Barnie God's gift to pigeons the sun as such I believe & always pays to have a reasonable type slop on one roof of one ones loft or you could just maybe finish up like I was here yesterday, sweeping gum leaves by the tonne of my loft roof to unblock the gutters as such before winter .

Obviously the sun helps with pigeons of course but there's obviously a lot more to it than that , we try every year to improve things and I think this has considerably

peel bros wrote:

Obviously the sun helps with pigeons of course but there's obviously a lot more to it than that , we try every year to improve things and I think this has considerably

Of course your right etc Ray But give me the choice of a dark gloomy type loft & a type one I will always choose the later down here . Now, just a query did you by chance, somehow place insulation under your new iron roof there to combat the condensation factor with your winter period.

No the tin went directly onto the old melted roof, which acts as insulation I would think . Well it must as it's a different atmosphere in the loft now . Even better with corridor

nice job ray, best thing i did make the new loft with a corridor ...........

Get some photos on

Different atmosphere with corridor.  Birds just seem better for it

always gave up the corridor for a flight /box flight ...will be a much drier atmosphere with the corridor i would imagine

The birds in those 2 ends are far superior to other end , but saying that other ends is where our best results came from . So if the ends with corridor do as good as end without the sky's the limit , so to speak

just out of interest does those ends with the better results get more sun ?

peel bros wrote:

Like to see a photo here Ray no rush of all your race team there all landing at once etc from a toss/race on your new landing board as such .

Yes of course knackered...