First 35 mile trainer today.......

had my ybs for their first 35 mile training toss today, four cocks came togeather from the right direction then the rest all came withing 15 mins from the side and back of the loft..................so im very happy with how it went all home another one tommorrow then hopefully into the 56 mile open race sunday with them all...........

Glad to see things went well, would say if you are racing sunday would try to get at least 2 more tosses into them, will not hurt them at all

If you can train friday then the skies will be free of pigeons as most will be getting ready for basketing that night

will be going tommorrow daon but club trainer doesnt go on fridays........hopefully they will be ok for the open race as its only 56 miles..

Me i would have liked a few more but they should be fine have known fanciers train only 15 miles and win well David

mine have had about 5 at tn miles and 2 at 35 miles, thinking of jumping them in to the 98 mile race this saturday

There is only one way to find out and that is to basket them and send to the race mate fingers crossed hope everything goes well for you

thanks don, basketing postponed 24 hrs due to weather..............thinking of sending all ive got

How many you got in total

10 cocks and 9 hens, 2 of the hens are injured so will rest them for a couple of days but nothing serious........i seperated cocks and hens last saturday and they are flying excellent round home now and cant fault them coming from training..

Brilliant for you David, if they are parted and you do send just let them play together for about an hour then basket them mate but just keep a close eye on them nalso

good advise don but be careful david sometimes young cocks can get a bit over excited and youll loose them, ive always found it better not to show before the race because as mine are seperated they all arrive home from training together so they have abit of time before i seperate them, then when you send them to the race they automatically know they will see the hen when they get home.

each to their own though david but just watch your own birds and decide whats best for you.

thanks for the advise little h, interesting info there thanks...............

did you send then david

no little "h" decided not to as it was a ne wind and altho it wouldnt have been much of a problem for birds which have been before i decided that with mine having not raced yet it was too risky.........prooved the right decision as a lot were lost in our club and by what ive heard in other clubs too.

forecast for saturday sse winds cloudy with sunny spells

winds changed to sw for saturday from yesterday

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/forecast

good site that steve, just had a look................ will come in handy over the next few weeks

had 2 training chucks 25 mile yesterday building them up, morning 3 back well other 4 10 mins behind, afternoob stronger nw winds all 7 together 1st time trained in n winds, sw winds for saturday upto now mist clears before 10am clear skies for a change

will you be sending at the weekend then steve .....?

yes down to 6 disposed of 1 that was always behind was going to get rid of it a while back but didnt a van reet, a very good traing chuck today 2 cocks & dk hen left go a few minutes after other 3 hen, cocks came 15 seconds behind hens so nearly caught them 28 mile chuck they were in seperate baskets last trainer tomorrow before race

glad things are going better with them now for you steve, did you ever get anything out of those two lefebres.....?

also noticed mine come better from 35 miles than they do from 10 miles.....

DAVID wrote:

glad things are going better with them now for you steve, did you ever get anything out of those two lefebres.....?

also noticed mine come better from 35 miles than they do from 10 miles.....

sometimes they do david,youll tell the difference when they arrive home after 35 miles compared to the sorter tosses.

mick.

hi mick, yes your right they are totally different from 35 mile......they swoop down from high up opening their wings and dropping onto the loft, they seem as tho they are trying hard to get home and i dont have trouble getting them in either, better not speak too soon as one of my worries is that they come home good from the race but wont trap.....

Littlehen, thanks for the good comment but you were right in your comments also which i can keep in mind