i have raced sqeakers for years with good results and yes 1st lancaster jumped strait in 128 mile after 8 tosses ist and 2nd club ist and 3rd sect 4th open consett 4800 birds two nest mates north west wind 100 odd miles 9 tosses from 12 to 3o miles there first race the hen that won the section that day won 1st club 1st sect 12 th open lanarkshire fed salisbury 2012 the other thing about squekers is the wing and feathers are great and they have not learned to hit the deck when percy attacks if they have a brain they batter on but they must be able to fly round my loft for two hours a day and ranging before i put them in a basket as soon as they have been outside the loft a few days there chased up with the older yb remember there birds there born to fly swallows and other birds that dont get feeding our pigeons get migrate 3000 miles at six weeks old and just a wee bundle of feathers wee are to soft and our birds to pamperd well thats my opinion for what its worth