windy day

a bit of a windy day out there did anyone get a race or was they held over

yes mark our club did from the channel, only one bird home on the day..............

ooooops a bad day for a channel race

havnt heard of any more returns today...........

i didnt send at the weekend with my hand and all that couldnt be botherd,our mid week club basketed tonight for a tuseday race i didnt send i still couldnt be botherd with it,lol,maybe i feel better by the ybs start,lol

ybs doing my head in lately, cant get then into a routine or anything........dread letting them out for exercise because they wont come in, my fault i know as i should have tought/trained them to a routine etc so dont know what will happen when racing/training starts.....???

the thing i would suggest is to start them off from scratch mate only give em half thier normal feed for a couple of days then gradualy increase it as they start to respond to what you want them to do not what they want to do i may be wrong but thats the way i would do it

im having the same problem mate im doing what was said i kept them in today gave them half feed the same again tomorrow,should be hungry then.then i will slowely increase as said above,with my op and things i have let them slip a bit but it happens.do as above like me should be ok.

cut the corn down you will soon get them into a routine, then keep them on their toes. i keep mine like that and they go in really well,if one or two act on they get less to eat hten they are first in next time

have cut the food down yesterday to virtually nothing and some still wont come in, i left them out all day till 6 oclock when i let the others out for exercise and they didnt fly for long but came in......only thing is 2 different ybs are out and will spend a night out now im afraid, im sick of fussing round them so if they dont want to respond to my methods it will be worse for them because they will all be going to the first race regardless of wether they range, train etc......if i loose them all then so be it.

just gota plod on mate wot dont come in dont get fed they will learn in the end its gota be your way or the hard way and they will soon learn which is best in the end

David I let my youngbirds out and they fly for 10 minuts and they are out from 7 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon they get a full feed then about 7 they go out again I let them do what they like but when the races come they do pritty well but dont forget you may be racing them but what you should be looking for is the way they come and its your future race team just because a yougbird does well it dont mean they are going to be good as old birds do yourself a favure and watch what they can do, to me I like to win but if they dont they will give me some injoyment plus something for next year.

Rene A wrote:

just gota plod on mate wot dont come in dont get fed they will learn in the end its gota be your way or the hard way and they will soon learn which is best in the end

i agree rene, today they seem to have responded a bit better and only one yb still out.....but this same bird isnt looking too well to be honest so it isnt going to be interested in food therefor it wont come in to the sound of the corn tin.

Ginger169 wrote:

David I let my youngbirds out and they fly for 10 minuts and they are out from 7 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon they get a full feed then about 7 they go out again I let them do what they like but when the races come they do pritty well but dont forget you may be racing them but what you should be looking for is the way they come and its your future race team just because a yougbird does well it dont mean they are going to be good as old birds do yourself a favure and watch what they can do, to me I like to win but if they dont they will give me some injoyment plus something for next year.

yes ginger, i know what your saying re next years ob team........but at the moment ive no plans for racing next year, definately not old birds and no plans for ybs again.....racing ybs this year was initially a one off thing regardles of how well/bad they do racing.

If you dont mind me asking why is it a one off

hi ginger, not saying i definately wont race next year......what im saying is ive no plans at the moment to race next year, im just thinking of this years yb season and not holding any back for racing as yearlings as i wont be racing obs for definate, one reason is racing obs is harder than ybs in my opinion and also this year breeding more ybs than ever and having them on the dark etc has taken up a lot of time which i dont really have to spare and i didnt realise it would take over my life.