training at last

started training yesterday from 5 miles today they had a 8 mile toss going again this afternoon 1 down from this morning ...just glad to finally get them going and hope to have them in a race on the 23rd weather permitting ...these ybs were born mid to late may and were all brought in none home bred and they took a while to get going around the loft just glad to get them going  
only got 17ybs this year

glad to hear your up and running Darren, and hope the training continues to go well.......what race point will be your first race and how far ?

also why did you decide to bring ybs in, rather than breed your own, is it a way of introducing new blood which you can test straight away....?

their first race will be poole david only 60 miles then portland then a poole again then chale isle of wight which is just under 100 mile and that will do them...these are all distance birds david I have no stock birds now got rid of them all and will just breed from racers now and concentrate on distance racing so I can have more time with the family I think distance racing is less dependant on a system and also will not be taking much interest in yb racing other than a bit of education for the birds and will race old cocks on widowhood early season and then pair up for the distance races with them ...that's the plan anyway also this way I don't have to breed early and by entering the 2nd half of yb season i will miss all the sickness on the transporter as usually the first few races are the worst for it imo

good luck Darren

thanks George ....that's the third toss all dropped together and the one missing from this morning has returned this afternoon along with a stray which I tossed after mine later this afternoon but it has returned   onto the next stage tomorrow  

oldstrain wrote:

started training yesterday from 5 miles today they had a 8 mile toss going again this afternoon 1 down from this morning ...just glad to finally get them going and hope to have them in a race on the 23rd weather permitting ...these ybs were born mid to late may and were all brought in none home bred and they took a while to get going around the loft just glad to get them going  
only got 17ybs this year

Glad to see you have got them started but you only need one to win Daz

thanks don

hope your training goes well daz   

cheers ric hope yer yb season pans out well for you to

Mint helps mine.

 i think maybe you been smoking a little too much hal   nice shrubbery though   

strange looking mint plant that hal...........      

Don't smoke it. Wacky weed. About as bad as Woodbines! They still make them?

do you sprinkle it on yer lamb hal   or do ya make a fruit cake   atb

Lamb! One gets a different perspective afterwards....not good with HP though..

could you send me some of that mint over to the uk hal, im sure we could build up a thriving little business...........