hows everyones young bird training going

mine have had 4x 8 miles or there abouts but tomorrow there in at 25 miles
and fri and a couple next week its there first race a week on sat 69 miles .
cos we are racing the east to west route im the back marker now the old birds i was the first drop .

kev d wrote:

mine have had 4x 8 miles or there abouts but tomorrow there in at 25 miles
and fri and a couple next week its there first race a week on sat 69 miles .
cos we are racing the east to west route im the back marker now the old birds i was the first drop .

good luck kev I am doing the Portland ,poole programme with the fed

keep um going out first david it takes the sting out there arses then take um training
they soon get in the routine to trap when they come back as well

only had 4 chucks but been hit 3 times by percy lost 4 training got 5 hurt don't look good at this rate will get a few more trainers in first race 19th July sean

birdy2011 wrote:

keep um going out first david it takes the sting out there  arses then take um training
they soon get in the routine to trap when they come back as well

Will second that G always gave them an hour before training

As I know nothing I think it also helps with the trapping ???

oldstrain wrote:

kev d wrote:

mine have had 4x 8 miles or there abouts but tomorrow there in at 25 miles
and fri and a couple next week its there first race a week on sat 69 miles .
cos we are racing the east to west route im the back marker now the old birds i was the first drop .

good luck kev I am doing the Portland ,poole programme with the fed

are you racing with the WOESRC daz like i said our first race is lyndhurst . good luck

kev d wrote:

mine have had 4x 8 miles or there abouts but tomorrow there in at 25 miles
and fri and a couple next week its there first race a week on sat 69 miles .
cos we are racing the east to west route im the back marker now the old birds i was the first drop .

I look with anticipation etc Kev    as to how you will go    Here, you change the direction like yourself & you change the result & as strange as it is     "the champs" ??? down the bottom. Moan no end        as they think their hard done by.   
*****

had the y/b out at 5.15 am all in for 6.25 then down the road we let um go in 4 groupes at 20 miles all home so happy days not many more left now

p.s the m1 was clear for a change good luck all

glad to hear alls going well graham, I`ll be waking mine up soon for a flutter round the loft, then out for another 5 - 6 miler if weather is ok.......thinking maybe 2 or 3 at this distance then on to 12 miles.......ASAP

David wrote:

glad to hear alls going well graham, I`ll be waking mine up soon for a flutter round the loft, then out for another 5 - 6 miler if weather is ok.......thinking maybe 2 or 3 at this distance then on to 12 miles.......ASAP

Hi David

What type of distances will your birds be racing when they start, just curious?

Also what bloodlines strains are your birds

cheers

looks like its going to be another fine day so im off to the lofts get the y/b out then off training first race in a weeks time
we got a race from saints today and another saturday 502 miles so gona get me tanning cream on and fill the fridge could be in for a long wait     
have a good day lads be lucky

a very long wait       

stu1102 wrote:

David wrote:

glad to hear alls going well graham, I`ll be waking mine up soon for a flutter round the loft, then out for another 5 - 6 miler if weather is ok.......thinking maybe 2 or 3 at this distance then on to 12 miles.......ASAP

Hi David

What type of distances will your birds be racing when they start, just curious?

Also what bloodlines strains are your birds

cheers

hi stu, our first yb race is from Newark which is 56 miles to me, we have two from Newark and then progress further each week up until the coast which I think will probably be around just over 200 miles...not sure because ive never sent that far since I restarted...lol

my birds are mainly janssen based with a few others dotted in, they will easily fly the channel, that's if I do my part properly   

David wrote:

stu1102 wrote:

David wrote:

glad to hear alls going well graham, I`ll be waking mine up soon for a flutter round the loft, then out for another 5 - 6 miler if weather is ok.......thinking maybe 2 or 3 at this distance then on to 12 miles.......ASAP

Hi David

What type of distances will your birds be racing when they start, just curious?

Also what bloodlines strains are your birds

cheers

hi stu, our first yb race is from Newark which is 56 miles to me, we have two from Newark and then progress further each week up until the coast which I think will probably be around just over 200 miles...not sure because ive never sent that far since I restarted...lol

my birds are mainly janssen based with a few others dotted in, they will easily fly the channel, that's if I do my part properly     

thanks David, really hope your yb race goes well for you, you deserve every success

if I have done my research correct are the Janssen middle distance birds =400 miles?

all the best for Newark not too far away from me

kev d wrote:

oldstrain wrote:

kev d wrote:

mine have had 4x 8 miles or there abouts but tomorrow there in at 25 miles
and fri and a couple next week its there first race a week on sat 69 miles .
cos we are racing the east to west route im the back marker now the old birds i was the first drop .

good luck kev I am doing the Portland ,poole programme with the fed

are you racing with the WOESRC daz like i said our first race is lyndhurst . good luck

no kev I am going with the fed...I think its a better programme for getting ybs ready for channel racing as yearlings as I only have distance ybs and will only have future interest in channel racing although I will be a member of the combine next year but will only enter channel races with the combine all inland races I will go with the fed atb m8

good luck daz , well ive waited all fri and sat for my bordeaux birds but up to now no luck they were 11 birds home on the day and what i can make out not very many more today , so i was down the loft this morn at 5am so i thought sod it i will let the yb out 7.30 am they came back i was crapping my self i thought i had lost the lot they have had a good fly though and i got them all back from there 20 plus mile chuck on fri morn .

last chuck wednesday then there off for the first race good luck to all

another 12 miles today, all home.......our first yb race from Newark 56 miles a week on Saturday, will need to get as many of these 12 miles as I can, but not sure its going to be enough.     

cant take them any further myself, and the local trainer isn't taking them now...   

just got the dreaded yb sickness 4 days b4 my first race   so im afraid my ybs will be getting jumped in at 100mile cause im away for the 2nd race aswell .there well trained so hopefully it wont be to much of a problem

sorry to hear that rick, how are you treating them...?

starving them mate. cleaning there crop, then slowly building them up on diat mix.ive got stuff in for emergency if the main infections flare up with stress i.e e coli canker but will try to let it run its cause   

David be carefull near rothwell corn been cut their shooting town pigeons as they fly over

thanks stuart, I took them the other day to Pontefract race course, they came back in patches and one still missing........do you think they will avoid rothwell from ponti...?

theirs a lot of wires at ponty it was tea time when I heard the guns

it was about 5 o clock sunday when one went missing stuart, I took them again yesterday around 1.30 and all home......will be taking them again soon when they come back from their exercise.

I think ponti is as far as mine will go this year for training as kim isn't doing it again....