well lads i havent been on as much as normal with work etc ive had a bad run of luck with losing young birds [cant settle them for some reason ] but ive finally got a kit flying steady on 3 hours so i will start adding 15 minutes each day till their happy doing 5 hours then its down to feeding and conditioning for hopefully some long flys

good to see thing working out ok for you , its always a scary time when settling ybs.......i had 2 missing today for 5 and 7 hours but thankfully they came home and i got them in...........wouldnt mind getting some tips on how to make pigeons exercise as my widowhood cocks are ony doing 10 mins around the loft............

david i lost my first round of young birds [9] on the second day out and was gutted thuoght i had lost these birds but they were raking about and are settled now so each day i hurry home from work to get them out its great when things go right but soul destroying when its all going pear shaped

had birds out today and added another to a kit so ive 5 flying now .they flew 3 huors again so i think its about time to push them a bit to see if there up to it .i will add a touch of depurative with the barley that should help them stay up .will keep you all updated on any progress

hi highflyer, good to hear they are flying well............do they fly because of their breeding or is it down to feeding...? do you think you could get racers to fly a long time by using the same management methods ?

sounds like they are doing well now billy mate

david they fly because of there breeding mate the feeding just helps them to stay up longer there is an old bird fly on sunday [im not in it] the record stands at 21hrs plus so will let you know how the lads get on my mate in sunderland has a chance with his 3 hens as he has been flying them to 1oclock in morning so they should be used to the dark now!

thanks alex im pleased as punch with them i bred them im training them so its all down to me this time

sounds very interesting about the old bird fly.............never knew about this, does the judge have to stay at the loft to verify they have flown this length of time....?

yes the judge has to be a member of ntu they normally take turns to watch birds dedicated tippler men to watch birds for this length of time eh?

not half, never thought this much went into it..........they certainly are dedicated, my neck and back hurts after standing watching mine out for half an hour,

let us know what happens wont you ?