widowhood cocks

thanks for the video ian and the birds look well im sure they will come into form on the race sheet soon enough

once again excellent video ian, how many widowhood cocks do you have and dont you have any reds or mealies...?

ian your birds look great mate but personally i think your feed is all wrong mate
its sunday and you had race yesterday they are bouncing and shouldnt be bouncing till thursday / friday
eed light at the beging ov wk and build up towards end

nice to see inside peoples loft set up , i don,t fly w/hood but when i did
i flew with 12 cocks but had them locked up in there box and not loose
with a small amount it worked really well i had one of my best seasons ever
in a strong club and fed with 2 first , a 2nd fed , and 6th south yorks amal falaise 336 miles
and a few minor positions in the club .

feather wrote:

ian your birds look great mate but personally i think your feed is all wrong mate
its sunday and you had race yesterday they are bouncing and shouldnt be bouncing till thursday / friday
eed light at the beging ov wk and build up towards end

feather , ian say he is going to train them hard this week so they need the fuel inside them
personaly i would not break down how would you like being fed a salad all week then steak on friday only
id go f,ing mad if was me but each to there own .

great video ian birds look excellent and your loft does too

this brings up the subject of do we break our widowhood cocks down or not...? do members feed depurative at the begging of the wek and build up towards the end of the week, or simply feed full food all week regardless...???

feather wrote:

ian your birds look great mate but personally i think your feed is all wrong mate
its sunday and you had race yesterday they are bouncing and shouldnt be bouncing till thursday / friday
eed light at the beging ov wk and build up towards end

for one jason you dont have a clue what i feed my birds are how i feed my birds who,s to say whats right or wrong, i have had plenty success with my birds in the past so i must be doing something right

i dont like the idea of breaking down but maybe its necessary with sprinters

we used to break them down 20 odd years ago, but have been told now its not the done thing............

each to their own i suppose.

surely the race mixs of today are designed so you dont have to david you would think

Nice video Ian but can i ask why your cocks come out of there boxes when you get close to them

Always liked my cocks to stay in there box at all times they never came out ???

dont know really darren, i thought the reason behind breaking the down was so they didnt fly round the house for hours at the begging of the week..........and the build up towards the end of the week was to get them to peak ready for saturday........

this year i`ll be using the vanroebys widowhood mix for old and young birds, also using the super diet.

DAVID wrote:

dont know really darren, i thought the reason behind breaking the down was so they didnt fly round the house for hours at the begging of the week..........and the build up towards the end of the week was to get them to peak ready for saturday........

this year i`ll be using the vanroebys widowhood mix for old and young birds, also using the super diet.

The only thing i would say if you don't break down then you need to work your birds but if you do brak down then you don't work them as hard

feather wrote:

ian your birds look great mate but personally i think your feed is all wrong mate
its sunday and you had race yesterday they are bouncing and shouldnt be bouncing till thursday / friday
eed light at the beging ov wk and build up towards end

i thought the whole point of a widowhood cock was to be bouncing and buzzing.

think it is bazzio, but maybe they need to peak on saturdays....

i know when widowhood cocks are fit they are clapping off every two minutes and dont keep still............but when in the loft they need to be kept calm to conserve themselves for the weekend, thats why some fanciers have blinds to stop the cocks seeing whats going on outside the loft and disturbing them,.............

DAVID wrote:

think it is bazzio, but maybe they need to peak on saturdays....

i know when widowhood cocks are fit they are clapping off every two minutes and dont keep still............but when in the loft they need to be kept calm to conserve themselves for the weekend, thats why some fanciers have blinds to stop the cocks seeing whats going on outside the loft and disturbing them,.............

Spot on David

in your video ian were the birds about to be fed

nice birds mate can i ask . wen do u feed them up for the race on saturday i never feed mine on friday i feed thursday nite ass much as they want and thats it .my mate races very well he picked up last year 47 cards he told me to try it and it works for me

i as your feed as much as they want on a thurday night i also feed an ounce a bird on friday morning and an before basket i give them a bit of light seed just to make them go to the drinker before basketing

oldstrain wrote:

in your video ian were the birds about to be fed

yes darren took the video before i fed them

we feed appox 24 hours before liberation

Don Webb wrote:

Nice video Ian but can i ask why your cocks come out of there boxes when you get close to them

Always liked my cocks to stay in there box at all times they never came out ???

maybe its because they are not used to getting there pictures took don what do you think , they dont like the camera , when i go in to feed without camera they are all in there boxes waiting to be fed , knew you would find a fault with them don ah well cant please everyone lol

peel bros wrote:

we feed appox 24 hours before liberation

how do you know when they are going to be liberated ray , you ring me wanting to know when they are up