Skull Lofts

Hi all Does Lugols Iodine cure or prevent any diseases? If so, which? Skull

Hi all Yesterday a fellow fancier visited my loft and we had a great afternoon going through the birds. He is an Old Hand in the game and this year he came 5th in our Union which concists of 180 memebers. He showed me something on the birds tailfeather, the top middle one that i never even noticed. If the shaft of this feather isnt in the middle of the feather, he would not breed from it. He said that this is where the birds balance statrts if i understood him correctly. What are your thoughts on this? Skull

My reason for wanting to go this way is: The past season my young birds all came back from the opposite direction of race-point in 90% of the races we flew! I clocked with the other guys in the club, same time, but then i stil had to give overflight wich made me loose valuable positions and points. They even came from the wrong side, EAST, on the tosses where they should have come from the SOUTH/WEST, race point. Now, as we as fanciers always want to try and improve, i thought this would maybe help.

I always put my young birds in the baskets when first starting to loftfly them and liberate them in the front yard, so they already learn to leave the baskets before they are evn close to being road trained.

Why dont you take them on theire own?

What would the pros and cons be of road training a young bird singled up the 1st time you take them on the road? Skull

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Hi all Has anyone got experience with tossing young birds SINGLE UP as theire 1st toss? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Skull

Hi all A fellow fancier told me that my loft is to cold during Winter, the time we race here in South Africa. My loft is build out of Bricks and plastered. It has a ceiling and the roofing is from Corrugated iron. The loft floor is cement. Our temperature during racing in winter is Max:17 and Min: -3 degrees celsius. Any comments or suggestions? Skull

I have done this plenty times but stopped after i noticed that it did not make a difference!

Hi Davy Sorry for the dumb question, but whats REHYDRATION? Skull

Then whats your opinion?

Hi all 1. A steady wind rarely, if ever, favours any one area over another; 2. Side winds favour no one area over another; 3. An increasing tail wind favours the long end (more time in the air to take advantage of the increasing help from the wind); and 4. An increasing head wind favours the short end (less time in the air to be slowed by the increasing headwind. With which of the above scenarios do you agree or disagree? Skull

Hi all My 1st 3 birds made 19, 49 and 73 in the Union. 168 members send 2832 birds to the race. Skull

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Hi all Today we raced our 14th race for the season, the Derby for the Yearlings from 657km to my loft. In my Club i managed 1,4,8,21,25 and 28. 18 members send 342 birds. My 1st birds velocity was 1249mpm. AT LONG LAST I GOT LUCKY!!!!!!!!! :'( Skull

Hi all This week we raced 2 races from the same place, 30min between liberations from 657km to me. In the 1st race i managed 5, 17 and 18. 21 members sent 178 birds as there was a limit of 10 birds per member. The winners velocity was 1304mpm and my 1st birds velocity was 1279mpm. In the 2nd race i managed 12, 13 and 29. 21 members sent 193 birds as there was again a limit of 10 birds per member. The winners velocity was 1336mpm and my 1st birds velocity was 1268mpm. Skull

Hi all Yesterday was our 11th race from 589km to my loft. It was a hard one with headwind the whole day. I managed 9, 15, 19, 22 and 28 in my club. The winning birds velocity was 1180mpm and my 1st birds velocity was 1162mpm. 18 members send 339 birds. The WIN stil eludes me! LOL Skull

Hi all This weeks race was held over from Saturday until Sunday morning from 589km to my loft because it rained the whole day on Saturday from race point to our lofts. In my club i managed 12,13 and 17 out of 339 birds send by 19 members. The winners velocity was 1439mpm and my 1st birds velocity was 1411mpm. Skull

Hi all Yesterday we raced from 589km to my loft. I managed 8th and 22nd with my 1st birds velocity 1293mpm and 2nd birds velocity 1254mpm. It was actually a hard race as every one complained about bad follow-ups and plenty birds not back at strike out. The winner in my club had a velocity of 1346mpm and won with a 11min 30sec margin. Maybe next week wil be mine! LOL Skull

Hi all This week i was a bit of pace again and only managed 22nd club out of 386 birds send from 514km to my loft. My birds velocity was 1283mpm and the winners velocity was 1327mpm. Fortunately theres always next week! LOL :'( Skull

Hi all My first 3 birds scored in the Union 36, 73 and 86 in a race with a total of 3127 birds raced. Skull

Hi all We raced our 7th race yesterday and it was the best one so far for me. The distance was 487km and my 1st bird made it home with a velocity of 1226mpm. I got 7 positions, 4,8,10,14, 16,20 and 25. 19 members send 348 birds. Skull

do you use it?