speedbird

i believe in geting them to around 200mile mark providing there in good feather i may stop some cocks before this stage but realy depends how they are coming i usually send the hens to the 300mile race

best results to train is take them 1/2 hour after there morning fly when all energy is used & not to be taken straight from loft without being out first!!! start as early as pos before there are too many disorient ybs in the sky!! let small numbers go at a time saves heavy losss as all have use there brain instead of following!! when training ybs always let them get there bearings before leting go at first theres no need to train them to do long training tosses dont forget they are learing therefore by training from short distances they are learning to come straight home as quick as possible & will save you time & money not having to drive miles & in resulting in heavy losses

well done very good website where ru based darren

26 out of 26 & 2 out of 2

its a confidence thing start em at 3miles working up to 60miles but like jimmy said once you start you must keep em going

firstly never chase them out of the shed!!! as thats there safe place from things like hawks & not for geting you!! as when they come home from a race the shed is a safe haven they will start to come out in due time why not try & let some old birds out at the same time to encourage them theres no great rush to make them fly again let them build up there confidence again

hes defo going as not channel racing now till 2weeks time probably rest him next week

well this week the bird i fancy im sending him this week as not due to be channel race till the week after next i rested him last eek cos was not right now hes asking to go & he has won inland more than one ocassion but i do like to send every week same as your brother providing its not a 200mile race next week from 140 so perfect pre channel race

now we have the go ahead for racing from france what preperation is needed? this week im from 200miles & have a few im sending to the channel theres 1cock im realy fancy as he has a weeks rest last week should i send him this week as he is asking to go or give him another weeks rest & send him to france next week do other members believe in giving them a rest 1week before a long race?

ive had to move down south with work still race pigeons up in yorkshire with my dad,& in future my intention is to have my own loft down here,i get up most weekends to see the birds come home even if i do the 360miles round trip in one day & give dad as much advive & support as possible but i see lots of pigeons flying out around this area & would like to whatch theres come home when im unable to get back home can anyone help?? can even help with training ect at the mo live near heathrow but moving to byfleet in august which is not far from the lib site at woking so get to see a few libs from there if nothing else!!!

yep didnt get paper work sorted in time for this week so going for next week

yeah they do fly off in ones & twos all im saying is they dont fly like that for the full hour!! dont know if they are actually flying the only way you can asure this is by basket training

only going what club sec said as he wants to know asap how many we are sending!!

yeah all our birds would of had a week rest or two by now if we had started channel racing think its good to give em a rest now & again + had some hard races this year with weather ect

come from fed & chris gordon

no been comfirmed le mans

hi all dont know if anyone else has heard the news but racing from france next weekend

think the later the lib the more south wind

where were they from & going what did 2000 ypm? as thats going around 68/70mph

barnsley fed up at 7am from woking no wind sounds like those sen in bedford at 8am could of been them

heathrow blue skys wind from east north east

one thing about basket training at least you know they are flying & loft exercise how mush flying do they actually do in that hour round the loft!!! as alot of the time they are glideing,clapping ect

in the 1100 for one race and the higher 1300 for the other about same distance up 1hour apart just over 5hours to do 208miles!!! birds well split up

heathrow lovely day not a cloud in the sky should have a great race today no excuses

by repairing them they came up trumps now sitting 1week & if they win again this week gonna keep em paired as flying better now than before if no win spliting em back up & putting em back on the widowhood