Having only tried widowhood proper for the first time this year I was more than happy with performance and results,I changed to widowhood to prevent having to basket train because of horrendous losses incurred by the falcon,I got plenty of help and advice from some of the best in the game but found that you must perfect a SYSTEM that suits your work schedule and stick to it ,example 5-30 mornings 5-30 evenings 7 days a week all season no compromise,as for feeding i never broke mine down same all week except last two feeds depending on forecast for weekend be it SW wind or NW wind,i did find that when they were really performing they got as much as they wanted to eat at night then when they were really on top form found it difficult to get them to eat at all,do feel that one of the main factors with the widowers was leaving them to rest all day with no one entering the lofts,everyone to there own can only say i got an enormous amount of satisfaction out of watching them flying freely and would not change back to natural flying under present circumstances,Good Luck to all suppose its whatever system that we find suits our needs and gets us away from the hassle that is WORK!!.