YB flying over 2 hrs

my ybs are flying for 2 hours and 20 mins now.............. not sure if this is a good thing or not but with them doing all this exercise should i be giving them a bit more food.....?

never worry when y/b are flying and you must be giving them enough if there doing 2 hours so i wouldnt change seems like they found out what wings are for good luck to you

thanks graham, yes over the last couple of weeks they have certainly changed their ways............seems as tho they are loving the exercise as today i had to call them in or they would have flown longer.......im wondering if i should give maybe an oz and a quarter instead of 1 oz per bird, or possibly change the % from 50/50 to 75/25 ???

well they say never change when things are going right over feeding stops um flying so stick with what your doing for now

right, but altho im happy with them exercising at the moment i will be starting training next week, so im stuck for what to do as when i start training it will alter their routine.......

good to hear there flying well now.

thanks fred, going to start training next week so need to re-think thier feeding as at the moment im only feeding once a day and exercising once a day too......

they seem to be flying fine now so keep them on what you been feeding as when you start training i cant see them flying for 2 hours as its only going to be short tosses to start with.

yes it will be fred, the problem is tho that if i send them training they will not fly when they get home, so then i need to exercise them in the evening wont i .....? if so what should i feed them when they get home......?

David i would not change anything mate because as soon as you start training the will soon stop the 2 hour flys mate because when training starts it will be in basket from basket in the loft no messing about at all

Same when exercising around the loft you birds either have to be in the air or in the loft it just routine David and don't forget your the boss mate not the pigeons

Good luck mate wish you all the best

thanks don, proper training starts next week hopefully............ive had them 3 miles away just to get them used to coming out of the basket already but as its only 3 weeks to yb racing id better get them going ........

David wrote:

my ybs are flying for 2 hours and 20 mins now.............. not sure if this is a good thing or not but with them doing all this exercise should i be giving them a bit more food.....?

i had the same thing a few years back,and the caretaker over the school is a pigeon man,he came round one day and said i wish my birds would fly round te loft like mine,he said how they doing in race,i said not good at all.so he then asked to see what i was feeding them on he then said thats why my food was to bulky for them and they burning it of in the week and when race day is here they worn out lol.

David wrote:

thanks don, proper training starts next week hopefully............ive had them 3 miles away just to get them used to coming out of the basket already but as its only 3 weeks to yb racing id better get them going ........

im not going to be racing this year by the looks of things i not training the ybs yet i was wondering why they not doing what they should be doing.they now came down with yb sickness. i going to take defeet for this year and hope everything is better next season.

Have you looked at the ventilation of the loft and treated for respetary with the pigeons

If your birds have YB sickness then keep the food of them for 2 days but let them have plain water only

hope you get them sorted mark...........