Derby nestcam...

in my old club you got banned if you let your birds out on race day and anyway like you all say its bad sportsmanship to let them out when they are due back and if anybody did that to me i would make sure i did the same to them the next week

are you allowed them out ray

i,m not sure here at the west park, not that i would ian

Spot on Ian

Yes Ray i would do the same mate

i know that central members who are on our field have toabide by our club rules ray

Nice to know one rule for all Ian

only right

if any of you were to let yours out on race days, how long would you wait before you let them out ? an hour ? any thoughts....

the rule is 1 hour after clock opening

oh right, so what time is clock opening ? thought it would have been about an hour after first birds clocked......

Never had the birds out at all during race days

clock oppening is usually an hour after first bird or when race is over depending on the length of race and how hard the race is

on a saturday[race day]i have no other birds to let out as they are all away,except maybe young,uns which i would,nt let out anyway.if i had a channel team i would let them out a hour or so after the strike

It is always best to be fair and if the rest don't play ball then you can forget playing ball game also

But if the rules aregood them it helps things to be on a leve playing field

it must also be hard if fanciers keep their birds on allotments anyway, i would emagine it would be a nightmare even exercising during the day with everyone with their birds out.....especially when settling ybs.

always been on an allotment so i dont know any different david

i first started out on allotments ian but never settled them, so didnt have the problem.......after about 6 months i took them home to my mopthers and started properly with them and started letting them out.

doesnt seem a problem settling youngens dont seem to loose many

do you think it could be because there are loads of others to keep them back from going too far before they are ready ? when i had none flying out it was hard to settle the early ones as you know......now ive some flying round its easier and i havnt lost any newcomers since...

yes i think with lots of birds out it keeps the youngbirds close to home ,has got advantages and disadvantages tho

Will agree with you Ian

I bet it's electric on a saturday when waiting for race birds

i bet your right don, everyone all waiting together and one apearing in the sky.........wondering whos it is.