Skull Lofts

i rince mine with a hose every afternoon and let them dry through the night. fresh water every morning. friday nights i soak them till saturday morning in bleach and then rince them again with clean water. Skull

after a day or 2 the bleach is not efective anymore or do you put new bleach in every day?

We even use this method in Sout Africa. You mix equal parts of Maize meal, Icing sugar and Cement. Skull

YIPPEEEEEE!!!! I finally HATCHED!LOL Skull

Hi all Today was the 4th and final day of my tossing schedule from the 66km mark. On Friday i started with 116 birds, 111 completed the test and only 5 failed. Skull

you will never do it otherwise again, i PROMISE Skull

for road trainig y/birds! What i do when i want to take them to the road for the first time is the following: 1.When you feel that they work well enough around the house,the following morning i let them out to fly by the loft as usual. 2.When they come down i call them in as usual,but they dont get any food or water. 3.I now basket them to be taken on their first toss. 4.When at the selected liberation point, usualy 10km i wait for about 10min. and off they go. 5.When they dont make it under 20min. they go back to the same place the next day,(the first few tosses i give them 2min. per 1km for flying time.) 6.When all went well i jump them to 15-,25-and 35km every following day,stil ONLY taking them out after their morning flight around the loft. 7.Usualy from here i take them back to the 35km spot for another 3 times,but now WITHOUT the morning flight around the loft. 8.From here i jump to 2@50km tosses,2@70km tosses and then 140km where after they are ready for the first race from 250km. I started doing it this way last year after reading it on some fanciers site on the net and i was amased by the results it brought. The secret lies in letting them first fly around the loft like usual before taking them out on their first toss. They seem to fly their minds clear at the loft and when taken on the first toss they head straight for home without any problems. Another thing i think is that when one dont let them fly around the loft first is that when liberated for the 1st toss they have to much energy and tend to range at the liberation sight before heading home and when they realize they have to go home they are far off. Skull

You are as sharp as a minora blade!!! :PLOL Skull

I do aggree that rest is important, but it depends on the distance the birds flew and how hard the race was!!! Skull

i beg to differ on this statement! why not? Skull

Hi all I took my birds again to the 66km mark this morning. 1hour2mins a pck of 81 dropped together, 50 birds more than yesterday. 09:00 when i fed them they were 98 in the loft, 10 les than yesterday. There are still 7 out as i type this thread. Regards Skull

Hi all Ive just did stock taking, 2 stil out. Skull

Thanks I live in South Africa. Skull

it took me 1h45min. as i checked theire flights and wrote there band numbers down.

try and count them when they are sitting stil on theire perches, thats the way i do it! Skull

Thanks

Hi all I took all the birds together, old and young, 116 in total. They were liberated at 06:40. I got back home at 07:30 and at 07:37 a pack of 31 landed, there after they came in small groups and even 1s and 2s. At 09:00 i counted 108 in the loft and fed them. They are now 112. I am happy with them and now they will stay on the road. 8) Skull

Hi all I have just finished basketing all the birds for theire 1st toss of the new season. I am taking them 66km GPS measured from my loft, straight line. I will let them go at sunrise and then the GAME is on. Will let you know how it went. Skull

My birds have been sircling for 14 days now, 1h10-30min the last 7 days. Weather permitting i want to take them on theire first toss tomorrow from 66km GPS measured. Hope they will do me proud. Skull

Thanks! Could you please forward me your recipe? Skull

I am curios as to what the reason for baking the mix is? Could you please enlighten me? Skull

This shows that Roland hit the nail on the HEAD!!!!

When your birds dont come near you, YOU ARE FEEDING THEM TO MUCH!!!!!! ;D Skull

Same here all NATURAL Skull