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Are members still flying this system I know it’s a old post just wondered if many still do

Any ideas why one race cock has wet dropping ? he’s a 3 year old that started around being a bit wet May this year then all seemed fine now these last two: three months it’s returned all the other cocks are fine so seems odd to be just him if it’s a illness they have ACV 4 days a week , iodine 1 day and garlic on the other two days the food just has flax oil and pink mineral two days and gemthepax 2 days with some cinnamon/ turmeric on it feed is barley and all rounder beyers multi mineral grit fed a little fresh each day , he eats fine has no weight loss and like the others looking for food each day . Nothing goes out over this period of the year so he not picking stuff up and the loft is dry grids in the box VL granules on the floor which is a bone dry litter

Would flax oil work the same as giving linseed to activate the B12

I use them in my hens with boards under the perch area set at a angle and hinged to the back so not sh** really goes on the grids

I use about 15 percent pellets during the moult and then when babies are in the nest I put a Handful in each box with fat seeds of a morning so they get easy to digest first feed .This year from December to pairing I plan to feed 5 parts barley 1 part layers instead of just barley and my racers will be in that to mid March as they don’t rear .

Anyone feed Beyers corn ? i normally feed Bamfords or VL I thought I would try Beyers and I find my birds do not clear the maize the same normally they clear maize and would leave other grains but I noticed it’s not the case with Beyers Anyone else notice this ?

Do any members add vitamin C to the water at all before or after flight ? would it be any use for short races or only suitable after a long hard fly

interesting older topic this Had the cocks out 6 times and first time today they flew with speed as a team , pleased with them so far I have them on tight rations at the moment they are a little under weight which is ok for me just in a ounce a day since mid December unless it’s a minus tempt then I give a little more good to see how others are going

In two minds what to do I have my 20 cocks I keep looking at the hens although some very good fanciers have told me for sprinting not to race there hens As I seem to get by with the Vicks but I do have 7 extra hens plus I have a 4 retired cocks that I haven’t bred out of but kind of put them to one side plus two June bred cocks that I could add to the 4 . i am weighing up if it’s worth it or not

How interesting pretty much exactly what I was heading towards in my head I have some lovely yearling hens and I like the idea of celibacy but thinking as we all do more and more and I started thinking of a yearling hens on there first nest ever potential for 6-7 weeks of her experiencing the first pairing to eggs to young plus they would be super fit by the time they are paired by flying unpaired during March i am in two minds to be honest

Anyone race hens on natural for sprinting at all if so do you train a fair bit or flag at a certain times I have a idea of just pairing 6 hens so they sit eggs from early April rearing youngsters in May so it’s the first nest of the year etc

Cheers mate I will let them know sure one of them must be on Facebook I’m not myself

Thanks I will pass the number on to one of the club members today

Will look today it never arrived yesterday 👍

Would that be the complete system apart from leads? If so would you have a number I could pass on to a club member thank you

Hi mate thank you we are bidding on that one 👍kind of you to let me know though We got out bid on two recently so hopefully get a bit of luck they seem to have gone up . Mine was £310 in august so I was thinking about £350 but there hitting £400

Anyone who has a unikon ETS for sale could they let me know as 4 of my club members are looking to purchase a system each thanks

Yes that’s what I do increase it to a base mix I tend to use a base with added barley early in the week maize late in the week with some fat seeds

Blimey I never expected that mate silly me

Anyone having trouble reading messages ? I can't seem to open mine but can see there's one there

Hi if anyone has a unikon pad for sale please pm me

How many youngsters did members wean and how many do you have now ? I weaned 41 and I now have 29 having flown one race from 94 miles and about 25 trainers so i am 25 per cent down after one race seems a lot

How’s training going for everyone I only had 3 tosses 5 mile ,8 mile and 18 mile stopped now because of the heat plus they were taking to long so I will train and feed once a day to get then thinking once the heat drops . i can’t see me getting in the first race so hope to be ready for weeks 2 and 3 as I’m in hospital week 4

Only raced to 250 miles but luckily I only lost 1 that’s was flying around home . I also removed one that had a knock to its wing as a baby so my error trying it as a old bird as it was late 3 weeks in a row . I started with 20 ended with 18 cocks

Good ideas like you mine get plenty at 18 miles 1 st 5 miles 2at 8mile . i may try 2 at 25 miles but aim for 15 tosses at 18 miles . Just to learn A to B fast as they can