winter fit

hi all since ive split my birds they seem to fly longer and seem more fitter any one else have this with there birds .... and with me trying to settle cocks into other section and then use to going in the section they r just taking off again for a hour ....

phil my birds wont be out until next year after breeding they are recharging there batteries , why have fit birds during the winter and when it comes to racing they are burnt out

ive noticed this with my birds aswell mate my cock birds are flyin better then the hens but come january i been told it will be the other way round

phil411 wrote:

hi all since ive split my birds they seem to fly longer and seem more fitter any one else have this with there birds .... and with me trying to settle cocks into other section and then use to going in the section they r just taking off again for a hour ....

hi phil, i parted my ybs during the racing season because they were paired up and wouldnt exercise around home.........i changed their feed also and when i let them out a couple of days later the hens flew for over 2 hours, the cocks didnt fly as long as that but did fly for 45 mins, needless to say i will be racing ybs next year seperated from weaning.

yea david there a bloke near to me that split his yb off and he was raceing them on roundabout and all he done is split a 8x6 scetion in half and had 10 of each in there ... and he said it was his first time on sheet for 5 years with yb ....
he not got many left like think he said 6 hen and 1 cock bird left out of 20

yes phil, i think this is what ill do next season......loosiing birds is part and parcel of racing im afraid but what he has left should be the best ones (i know good birds do get lost tho).

i think ybs do need plenty of exercise and if they are paired up they wont want to know about flying round home.....i think next season ill either try the roundabout with them or just let them run together before basketting, altho i have been told this can make them too excited and they could get lost......but each to their own i suppose.

well with me been new to the pigeon raceing im just takeing notes down and i was talking to the bloke and he said thats what he done this year and he said he only missed one race with them and he going to try darkie with them to next season same way ....and then he said he might cover the boxes up and keep hens in side them cock out then swap them round next day ....

i think if you could get them on roundabout it would be good and would get some good results, ive been told there are some fanciers who specialise in yb racing and try alsorts of different ideas/methods to motivate them to do well..........one thigs for certain tho, i will definately seperate the ybs again next season and do the dark system properly.