when winning combine sartilly 505 miles,,,widowhood cock full wing, paired feb no training, but the bird flew itself for 2.3 hoursafter other cocks were in , 4 races previous inland up to 280 miles scored in the last two, more or less normal widowhood method, the race was reasonably fast
sir colin was opposite, scored 4 times nat,inc ist region 2 open 604 miles, second flight just peeping, through loaded with peanuts, the last few weeks as much as he wanted, flew out with widowhood cocks , then with ybs [kept in spacious yb loft] was taking to two young hens all races hard with head winds, with limited birds timed in,
bird that was 15 open rennes 550 miles, widowhood cock 6 years old , cast first flight, last race 280 miles [ broken bird flying back and forward to fife every day] fed peanuts,put two 3day old ybs in nest pan 2 days b4 race, took to them like a duck taking to water, had to keep changing young as he had no soft food
other birds scored natural ,mostly hens 4 races in land up to 280 mile then trained hard down to 50 mies every second day, fed heavy mix , paired march , usually second flight, just comming through,,,,,,would be interested in other fanciers methods