setting up

ohiogsp · October 2, 2008

What are you guys doing before shipping? Honey in the water? No feed on shipping day? Tell me what you do. I am racing a YB 350 miler sat and need tips on setting them up.

ChrisMaidment08 · October 2, 2008

peanuts thats what i gave and rice

October 2, 2008

What are you guys doing before shipping? Honey in the water? No feed on shipping day? Tell me what you do. I am racing a YB 350 miler sat and need tips on setting them up.

I would have been setting up from monday its a bit too late to make much difference now normal feed in front of the until 12-0clock all food out, anfa light feed of rice and conditioning ffeed about 2hours before basketing to make sure they take on water

October 3, 2008

Peanuts on day of racing or basketing is too late, give day before basketing

I lock birds down race day and give a bath then I give a VERY light feeding of corn and sunflower hearts and peas, then leave them alone till around 2 o'clock ( the shorter the race the earlier I feed ) then I feed a mix of corn 40%, peas 30%, hemp 10%, sunflower hearts 10%, and safflower 10% I give them all they want and plenty of fresh clear water I also add Yeast, royal jelly, infant formula and barley grass to the feed

Ronnie · October 3, 2008

If i was sending a 350 mile saturday i would feed a high fat content thursday and friday morning.On thursday evening i would put a carbohydrate loader in the water and leave it in till they get home.

ohiogsp · October 4, 2008

Thanks evryone we will see how it goes today.

van Roberts · October 4, 2008

let us know how you get on?

grizzal · October 4, 2008

did they get liberated to day??

October 4, 2008

was watching a dvd about fancier who has been dutch ace fancier several times and he fed in morning then gave peanuts till they left them the reason being he said peanuts makes them drink and then want to rest so are nice and quite when marked and basketed instead of roaring about in race panniers

ohiogsp · October 5, 2008

Ok. I will tell you what I did and how I did. I am a first year flyer so keep that in mind. I switch to a high carb/energy feed on wensdays. and feed all they want wensday and thurs (picking up after 20 minutes). I put honey and vitamin B complex in the water friday. I feed half rations friday morning then about 3-4 peanuts per bird. The race was good and it was 340 miles to my loft. They had a 5 MPH head wind. I got 2 birds out of 8 today and placed 6th and 8th club 11th and 15th combine. My first bird was going 1150ypm. Some of the club guys are 40 miles shorter than me and some combine guys are 80 miles shorter than me. There is only one further than me here (by 2 miles) and he did not clock a bird today.

grizzal · October 5, 2008

well done ohiogsp, hopefully more will work back.how many birds in the race

Ronnie · October 5, 2008

Ok. I will tell you what I did and how I did. I am a first year flyer so keep that in mind. I switch to a high carb/energy feed on wensdays. and feed all they want wensday and thurs (picking up after 20 minutes). I put honey and vitamin B complex in the water friday. I feed half rations friday morning then about 3-4 peanuts per bird. The race was good and it was 340 miles to my loft. They had a 5 MPH head wind. I got 2 birds out of 8 today and placed 6th and 8th club 11th and 15th combine. My first bird was going 1150ypm. Some of the club guys are 40 miles shorter than me and some combine guys are 80 miles shorter than me. There is only one further than me here (by 2 miles) and he did not clock a bird today.

Thats a good result mate well done

ohiogsp · October 5, 2008

Thanks, there were 140 in the race.

Pigeondoll · March 13, 2009

W fly in england, we exercise 1 hour, an If we cant train we release in 5's then 3's then sngl up sun nateral water Mon + Tue cider vinigar,thur n frid garlic water,saturday multi vits im sure ul do well but cant promised but try we were top prize winners in 2 clubs we do treat if needed eg cocci, tirco,worms, dont be ignorant. good luck try itx