lost bird 50 miles

i sent one bird of 50 miles first toss 0n 13 0ct 2 days now,do u think its a goner no sign of it at all,only started with pigeons few months back.

that;s a big jump for first toss. and only one bird.
our first toss is 9 miles and that is with a basket of birds of 15 birds min.
if you get it back you will be lucky.

50 miles is too far....should have started at about 5 miles, afterall they need to learn slowly

lofthouse why only one bird was this all you had or did you single up your birds not to worry the late Ken hine give his birds 40mls as a first toss and did not worry if it took them 4 weeks just as long as they got home i think what you have done depends on the number of birds you have

i start at about 3 miles thats it,as i,ve said before on here distance makes no differance,do,nt get me wrong maybe one or 2 40 milers down the road wo,nt harm them,but i had a not to bad season with my ybs including having to jump them 114 miles but that was after plenty of SMALL trianing tosses

People say I'm ruthless, but to be honest mate, that's suicide, we start ours off at 5 miles, but maybe it would be one hell of a bird if it did return.

iv only got six birds i brought down two birds ,but the cock pecked the hens eye while in basket , anyway live and learn i didnt relise it was 50 miles as i was going to work and was just letting them out at random place .let u know if i get it back

i have taken them 5 miles before about 4 times ,i just wasnt counting that as a toss as i taught it was not that far.

this season i started my ybs off at approx 2 miles away, this was mainly to teach them about being basketed and coming out of the basket in a group..........after about 5 of these i took them 5 miles and then to 10/12 miles, and then they went with the club trainer to 25 miles.........

this season i lost no birds from training and next season ill do the same method, 50 miles for just one bird is a big ask..........hope he comes home for you.

i know now i made a big mistake .im gutted.

we all make mistakes lofthouse, as long as we try learn by them thats the main thing........