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Today I took my widow cocks on a 50mile chuck which was going to be back to their hens. But the weather was so bad, I ended up bringing them back home.
I would like to ask the members if I should have still shown the hens bearing in mind they were in the basket all day.

I would have given them a 5 mile chuck.

I can't comment on your question, but I would like to support what has been said about bringing the birds back to a suitable lib point. I did the same myself (drizzle) once and brought the birds back all the way home, but after telling my club mates what I'd done, they also gave me the same advice.

Read the thread on the way the Forces trained their birds for war service - the Forces instruction book said 'never bring back in the basket, bring them nearer home and lib, the birds must always fly home'.

i think youve did the sensible thing , a lot of fanciers wouldnt have" waisted" the petrol, but lost birds , i wouldnt have shown the hens , just put a pinch of red band in each box

had to do a similar thing with a cancelled race 2 weeks ago , brought them back in basket opened loft door and released them one at a time thru loft door .         andy