fretted flight

had 8 out of the 11 now only 1 of the birds with air in them came out but there was no air in the crop so i suppose thats a good thing, most people had a number of birds away so i cant really complain races have been very difficult this year. my first bird was 3rd club she as a 2nd and 2 3rds now in 3 races the disappointing thing was she was 10 minutes behind the winner, i have 2 race next week 1 from a short distance again and the welsh south road nat from Guernsey so i will keep battling along, anyway thank you for the advice nobody seems to know what causes it but i know now how to get rid of it. cheers

hi mr burgess just to let u know that i tried what you suggested and the air in them seemed to go away, they had two training spins, but sent 11 today (saturday) IT IS 72 MILES LIBERATED at 8 oclock my first bird timed at 9.35 i had 4 by 10 oclock left the loft at 11 oclock and had only 6, out of the missing 2 was there first race and 3 with the air in the crop and 2 of them had 2 race before perhaps i should not have sent them but its a lesson learned and u never know they could make their way back, anyway thanks for the advice at least it did get rid of it

thank you mr burgess just seen your post and i will try that later and let you know if it works, do you have any idea why this happens

hi, i have 12 race birds left,they look good handle well white wattles, chests nice and clean (no flakes) nice firm droppings they are flying well round the loft and are doing well from training, but 3 of the 12 have air in the crop any suggestions on what it is and cure please