young bird racing

Subject: young bird racing Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:49 am

hi everyone our young birds are at about 80. miles this saturday. only had about 7/8 chuks longest being about 20 miles. going to put halve the team into the first race then next week distance about the same we will send the whole team. what do you do cheers terryp...

Subject: Re: young bird racing Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:09 pm

hi terry, our first yb race is Newark 56 miles this weekend, the only training ive given them is approx. 10 - 12 Pontefract race course which is approx. 12 miles......going to send all 27 of them and hope for the best.

Youngbird Posts : 2398 Join date : 2013-01-21

mine will have had around 8 tosses from 20 miles, race on sat 54 miles i have 42 y/birds born early may bred to race , so race they must , all 42 y/birds will be going, we shall wait in antisipation of there return ? cheers

Oldbird Posts : 14517 Join date : 2013-03-11

edgie wrote:: mine will have had around 8 tosses from 20 miles, race on sat 54 miles i have 42 y/birds born early may bred to race , so race they must , all 42 y/birds will be going, we shall wait in antisipation of there return ?

MMMMmmmmmm Smile

So am I

"waiting with anticipation" lol!

about to basket up my young hens here, for there first race of the season etc 150 miles. Hatched in March/April, 2014. One will see Wink

if everything goes belly up Crying or Very sad

or I live to fight another day. cheers

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