widowhood cocks

i go off the book ,if it says 10 i will be 24 hours eariler , do you understand what i mean or do you want me to phone you to explain what i mean in more depth

so ray before this weeks race did you feed around 1 oclock because they said it would be an afternoon liberation

i gave them a light feed at 12 just in case......but normally i give them a feed 24 hours before lib like i said, i was told this a few years ago now off a top fancier and it seems to work for me...its very rare they go up this late is,nt it

no not really ray more hold overs last year than other years all iam saying you can never feed 24hrs before lib as they very rarely go up by the book

thats true but i feed roughly 24 hours there or there abouts

thats impossible to work out ray you can feed what you think will be 24hrs but nine times out of ten you will be no where near, and iam not talking about light feed iam on about a full feed, i feed mine before nine on the day of basketing

ian wrote:

oldstrain wrote:

in your video ian were the birds about to be fed

yes darren took the video before i fed them

thought so ian as they were very interesred in you and very perky

how it so hard to do ian,it has worked for me in the past give or take a few hours which will not matter, as long as they are not fed too close to liberation,how many times have you felt birds on a friday full of corn, where are these on a saturday , nowhere i bet...

wraggydoll2008 wrote:

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

hi mate was wondering if you have had a holdover yet feeding this way and if so how did you get on and do you do this with ybs aswell

peel bros wrote:

how it so hard to do ian,it has worked for me in the past give or take a few hours which will not matter, as long as they are not fed too close to liberation,how many times have you felt birds on a friday full of corn, where are these on a saturday , nowhere i bet...

its not hard ray all iam saying you cant feed 24hrs before as you dont know when they are libbed , who feeds late full corn on a friday not many well not in our club anyway

ian wrote:

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

ian i wasnt having a dig mate
i just wouldnt like to see my birds bouncing after a race on sunday

hi guys how much do you feed your cocks mornin and nite cheers

when i raced widowhood i fed 1 oz per day if im not mistaken, altho now im thinking it might have been under feeding them as i hear some feed 1 and a quarter oz per day........

ian wrote:

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

Ian not knocking but all the top fanciers i have been to when you enter there widowhood loft there cocks never move out of there boxes and if you place your hand next to them they will fight you

So that is the reason for asking

peel bros wrote:

how it so hard to do ian,it has worked for me in the past give or take a few hours which will not matter, as long as they are not fed too close to liberation,how many times have you felt birds on a friday full of corn, where are these on a saturday , nowhere i bet...

Spot on Ray its about finding the balance mate

I just fly to the loft, I have about 80 to fly this year Widowhood looks like a
lot of work

does anyone fly widowhood where you live barry...? once you have got the hang of it i think its easier then flying natural, have you never tried it....?

Yep some do But not where i live
Down south some do but don't fly that good on it
we fly in the winter cocks don;t give a shit about the hens

I fly cock & hens to gether in the loft We start flying in June

ah right, our firt race in my club is on 9th april for old birds..........we have 15 oldbird races and then 9 youngbird races.

some of the members on site pair up round christmas time, maybe end december or january, this year i paired up 5th fab but think i left it a bit late as ive only just weaned my ybs making it so i will miss the first race and will have to jump them in later on.

DAVID wrote:

ah right, our firt race in my club is on 9th april for old birds..........we have 15 oldbird races and then 9 youngbird races.

some of the members on site pair up round christmas time, maybe end december or january, this year i paired up 5th fab but think i left it a bit late as ive only just weaned my ybs making it so i will miss the first race and will have to jump them in later on.

This year I will pair up in August still a bit cold at night

Don Webb wrote:

ian wrote:

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

Ian not knocking but all the top fanciers i have been to when you enter there widowhood loft there cocks never move out of there boxes and if you place your hand next to them they will fight you

So that is the reason for asking

even when they go in loft with camcorder

just had a look at your website barry, is the horse stud yours or do you work there......

DAVID wrote:

just had a look at your website barry, is the horse stud yours or do you work there......

who,s barry

ian wrote:

Don Webb wrote:

ian wrote:

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

Ian not knocking but all the top fanciers i have been to when you enter there widowhood loft there cocks never move out of there boxes and if you place your hand next to them they will fight you

So that is the reason for asking

even when they go in loft with camcorder

Now you can do this look at the partnership of Mike Lennon he won the Midland National Car Nom a few years ago and when the photo was taken of the winning pigeons the doors on the loft were open and no pigeons came out of there boxes even with a flashing camara

whoopy doo