over the loft today

as I came from the loft this morning I heard a whoosh and looked up and saw about 50 - 60 pigeons belting along ....a bit early for training I think and what some people do eh for the win of the first race mine wont be going out for another 4 or 5 weeks let alone training ...when do members start to let their birds out and how long around the loft before training tosses.i am thinking 3 weeks around the loft and then 2 weeks training before first race

I keep seeing small groups of pigeons flying over Darren, as tho they are training.....I presumed it would have been fanciers training latebreds maybe ? but a group of 50 to 60 birds is definite training I would say, and a bit early eh........

read were a batch of 20 went over a loft to-day taking one of there birds with them it returned 2 hrs later they thought they were trainers

David wrote:

I keep seeing small groups of pigeons flying over Darren, as tho they are training.....I presumed it would have been fanciers training latebreds maybe ?  but a group of 50 to 60 birds is definite training I would say, and a bit early eh........

David, O/S quoted a wind chill factor of minus 5 etc here, so I would suspect they all may have all been better home in the loft. That being said you will never stop the crazy's being first to get there birds out tossing, no matter what the weather may be.

they may well be latebreds

yeah some guys eh all for the first dash the season is long

rainbow wrote:

they may well be latebreds

not 60 birds George ...even so far too cold and wont be doing the birds any favours

50-60 old birds and latebreds Darren is not a large team I remember back in the 60s some training this time of year and they nearly always won the first race with 140 members in the club a win was a win 50 years on they are still a top loft

ah rite the way it was worded it sounded as though you meant 60 late breds ...to me George 50-60 old birds is a very big team it would be the biggest team at my club of which we have 20 members and by no means the smallest by todays standards but maybe things are different in other areas...if I had 60 old birds to race and was training this time of year I would want to win the first race too but I think its far too cold with a wind chill of -4 to -5 with a NE wind a headwind for the direction the birds were going is to me ridiculous and even more so with late breds ...is it any wonder not many lates make the grade if this is the way people treat them jmo but training in this weather is a no go

my mate has just had 100 rings with 8 flying members in his club lol

rainbow wrote:

my mate has just had 100 rings  with 8 flying members in his club  lol

does he win much George...?

yes not only in the club but in olr his birds do the channel

my birds go out everyday weather dependent threw the winter, so there flying well now but they wont be going up the road until a month b4 first race . my late breads wont be going any where until the ybs start training then they will have the comeback races

mufc rick wrote:

my birds go out everyday weather dependent threw the winter, so there flying well now but they wont be going up the road until a month b4 first race . my late breads wont be going any where until the ybs start training then they will have the comeback races

wise man ric ...big team flyers with 100 rings can take chances and no doubt their birds win in spite of them not because of them atb

I've noticed this the last few weeks teams of pigeons racing over the loft batches of 15 to 20 going like hell won't be any good for the season

David wrote:

I keep seeing small groups of pigeons flying over Darren, as tho they are training.....I presumed it would have been fanciers training latebreds maybe ?  but a group of 50 to 60 birds is definite training I would say, and a bit early eh........

Yes your proberbly right David being late breeds some time it's can be a few members who take the chance taking birds on good days only

markevans wrote:

I've noticed this the last few weeks teams of pigeons racing over the loft batches of  15 to 20 going like hell won't be any good for the season

Your right there Mark have noticed small teams of 10-15 racing hard

In the past there has been open races in Bolton from Cheltenham which a lot of fanciers round here have taken part in

But the one thing I will say is if they are not late Breds they will only be old birds

oldstrain wrote:

as I came from the loft this morning I heard a whoosh and looked up and saw about 50 - 60 pigeons belting along ....a bit early for training I think and what some people do eh for the win of the first race mine wont be going out for another 4 or 5 weeks let alone training ...when do members start to let their birds out and how long around the loft before training tosses.i am thinking 3 weeks around the loft and then 2 weeks training before first race

Could be townies going out to the fields