Wiley

I like my hens to act like young birds when flying. I like them to be in the tightest ball in the air you can see and not see them for at least 30 to 40 minutes, and then you get a quick glimpse and they are gone. I wouldnt be changing a thing in your regime if i was you pal. Tasker always said to me treat hens like you would young birds, cocks are a different beast

I used to feed my ybs once a day after their training toss mate

Neila, it was the only way I raced was above, my young birds were all together and were all different ages. Our mutual friend Tony Webster can confirm how my young birds used to race. There is no issue at all doing it this way, in fact the later ybs would get up in air much earlier then their older loft mates, I always said its cos they didn't want to be left behind, but had no real logic to it. One thing I used to do though which was a ball ache was I used to hold those on later rounds back at exercise. They would be released before the older lot looked like they was going to drop. It then also kept the older lot up in the air longer, but also enabled me to gain some confidence in the younger ones. Once I was happy the strength on the wing was nearly on par, they'd be let out together. We used to always put clip rings on the 2nd or 3rd or 4th rounds to know the difference each round was a different colour.

We used to use fantails or figuritas they was always our flirt birds, to encourage trapping, these were the birds we used to go in with the first cocks or the first hens. As a cock or hen came they were replaced even if they wasn't their partners. The racers had to have something regardless and over the years I've found they don't care who it is for them aslong as they get something. It's a load of rubbish that a cock can't come back to an empty box either, they come back to empty box, timed, and then flirt bird out in to please him. Means nothing at all. Alot written about pigeons of the past is believed whole heartedly, do things against the grain what is written they'll surprise you

Ideally pick up a few fancy pigeon hens

It would work really well or race all of them but alternate which 4 hens stay at home

No Neila, I do not think so, a total widowhood cock when on song performance wise was exactly the same as when I raced only cocks. Only difference was my hens would beat them on occasions. But there was always a hen not there hen waiting, generally the hens they saw were my flirt birds. Aslong as they saw something and had a chance to play it didn't matter. Generally I would get a cock and hen together most races and if they wasn't partners they went in together after clocking

I don't race roundabout tried it many years ago but didn't like it. Went to total widowhood where they race to there own sections but both partners are sent each week. I feel total widowhood is the best. I would never go back to just racing cocks with stay at home partners. With the total widowhood I always keep 1 or 2 cocks home each week and I always end the year with spare hens and there is usually always 5 left at home, as I believe they must see something when they come home, they don't care who it is,

Treat every weekend like they've been to a race

May but they was bred later too

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