Late Breds<

[THE FIFER]

if you have late breads, what is your winter , training, feeding etc

[ally mac]

I don't race ybs but they get trained over the winter when weather permits. Tend to get a lot less hassle from Percy. If I see a settled spell I will get them going.

[REDROCKET]

we have a small team of late breads that we are training around the loft unfortunately it one smaller now due to a sparrow hawk attack last week end also ive just watched the perigran at Heysham power station in about the pigeons an hour ago.so the bops are still about.

[ally mac]

we have a small team of late breads that we are training around the loft unfortunately it one smaller now due to a sparrow hawk attack last week end also ive just watched the perigran at Heysham power station in about the pigeons an hour ago.so the bops are still about.

Will you train over the winter Stevie or just get them going in the spring?

[lanarkshire lad]

My latebreds have had around 12 to 15 short tosses as far a lanark 15miles to me as the pigeon flys .They are shut in now being fed a good quality moulting mix and next year they’ll be expected to toe the line to 250mile mark and maybe beyond.

[cemetary]

I have one latebred in the hens section, what this, is late bred of is supposed to be the best, wait and see what happens.

[gordi.b]

Got a team of l/bs,mostly from a pigeon mate, had around 10 tosses out to 15 mls they have def got the hang of it, no losses yet , fingers crossed

[THE FIFER]

interesting, lads ,and helpful

[walterboswell59]

must be in a section by them selves and out everyday had 3 twenty mile tosses so far with the six youngest the rest have had 18 20 to 30 mile tosses and stopped for the year ill take the wee ones any good day we have this week and that will do them for this year kept in there own section they fly for hours at the loft all winter

[alec guinness]

Got to agree with Walter regarding the latebreds, too many fanciers take a couple and forget them all winter and lose them at the first races the next year and say latebreds are a waste of time.

 

A basket full in their own section and out every day and tossed on good days midweek my mum and dad would take them when going for the messages and at the weekend I would take them to the away games when watching the famous partick thistle,we turned out some crackers over the years with birds scoring at club fed and national,had a wee hen win 4 SNFC OPEN POITIONS,a bit of time and work but very well worth it.