How's training going ?

We are a bit behind ourselves as per usual after a few mishaps.just wondering how others are doing with their training .how far are you .have you lost many.do you let them all up together or do you split them ect ect ...thanks

we had our last toss at 22 mile today all home 1 was late and has worked hard to get back...lost 6 training 5 in one hit they have had 12 tosses 3 at 5 miles 4 at 12 miles and 5 at 22 miles training in the stroud valley maybe a 12 mile toss midweek then into first race for my naturals

Trainings been going unbelievably well 14 tosses started with 3 tosses at 17 miles and toss them now at 20 or 30.
They are smashing it home and I'm not home when they come home but by the time they are registering they can't be hanging about trapping, last Thursday they were all in within 12 seconds.
Then on their 1st race Saturday they were 33 minutes behind.
I feel I'm doing everything right, it's like banging your head against a wall.
Training them Tuesday and Thursday this week, weather permitting.

Are you on natural steve

Yeah some of the youngens are on eggs Ray

I'm sure they will come good this weekend.

hope they do boosey...

Not being funny but they will not compete with Darkies,that's why we went back on it..

peel bros wrote:

Not being funny but they will not compete with Darkies,that's why we went back on it..

its possible first few races but difficult after that mine only have 4/5 flights to go its the body and around the head that worries me

Yeah your right Ray

Boosey wrote:

Yeah your right Ray

how many flights to go for yours steve

Totally agree Darren I won one on natural but it was only 120 miles after that I was well behind .it was a one off but they will better yearlings

Mine are the same Darren, all with 4 or 5 flights to go.

Boosey wrote:

Trainings been going unbelievably well 14 tosses started with 3  tosses at 17 miles and toss them now at 20 or 30.
They are smashing it home and I'm not home when they come home but by the time they are registering they can't be hanging about trapping, last Thursday they were all in within 12 seconds.
Then on their 1st race Saturday they were 33 minutes behind.
I feel I'm doing everything right, it's like banging your head against a wall.
Training them Tuesday and Thursday this week, weather permitting.

Had you given your y/bs any tosses with other peoples birds, in training, Boosey?

If not, it might be that they just freaked a bit with all those other birds around them. Don't let it get you down just yet, I am trusting that they will be right on the mark very soon.

Your birds have shown you that they have the speed and the orientation to your loft because they have done so well in training.

As a matter of interest - how far was your first race?

ATB
Phil

Cheers Phil, I decided not to train with anyone else's birds this year.
Last year I sent them with a local trainer to teach them to split and they caught Yb sickness just before the season started.
1st race was Peterborough 75 miles to me.

oldstrain wrote:

we had our last toss at 22 mile today all home 1 was late and has worked hard to get back...lost 6 training 5 in one hit they have had 12 tosses 3 at 5 miles 4 at 12 miles and 5 at 22 miles training in the stroud valley maybe a 12 mile toss midweek then into first race for my naturals

Looks OK to me O/S if they haven't twigged yet the message your trying to send them by now another 12 tosses would just be a waste of time & effort etc from my perspective . For me here, I tossed mine for the first time south into a gale on Sunday & the took 78 minutes for 30 odd miles & today I gave them the pleasure of doing it all over again into a gale from the same spot & they did it in 55 minutes etc & I class that as racing speed, with the way the wind was today here but I have to admit thou     one is out there some where, dragging his bum sadly.

30 miles today, all home in 34 minutes.
17 seconds between 1st and last through the trap.
Hopefully weather will be ok for another one Thursday.

When you believe your doing something right you've got to stick at it.

Boosey wrote:

30 miles today, all home in 34 minutes.
17 seconds between 1st and last through the trap.
Hopefully weather will be ok for another one Thursday.

When you believe your doing something right you've got to stick at it.

Hope it wasn't a head wind their Boosey as your time "34 minutes' makes mine time look rather sick etc .

Boosey wrote:

30 miles today, all home in 34 minutes.
17 seconds between 1st and last through the trap.
Hopefully weather will be ok for another one Thursday.

When you believe your doing something right you've got to stick at it.

That sounds fantastic to me Boosey.

How do you get your birds to trap so quickly? Do you use a Sputnik with Bob wires, or another system.

Phil

Just a normal trap with Bolton wires, they trap quickly because there's blended peanuts mixed in with the diat on their return, there's not that much food in their trough on return so they've got to get in quick to get some.
They've had 16 tosses now so they know the routine.

Boosey wrote:

Just a normal trap with Bolton wires, they trap quickly because there's blended peanuts mixed in with the diat on their return, there's not that much food in their trough on return so they've got to get in quick to get some.
They've had 16 tosses now so they know the routine.

You say there is not much in their food trough Steve, do you give them more when they are all in? Or do you give them a small ration in the mornings anyway?

I am just wanting to learn.
Phil

good luck for the weekend steve sounds like their coming well ...phil we always leave about a tea spoon per bird in the hopper as i dont have the luxury of being at the loft on their return from a toss as usually they will beat me home

I've got 8 young birds, and they come home to about 5 table spoonfuls of food.
And I give them their main feed when I get home from work.