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To cold to start training wind still from the east.

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Still too cold here, mine wont go unless we have some nice mild days, got to admit though I cant get motivated to get them going yet.

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sat the wind turnig south west

bringing showrs and light rain with it though

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We start on April 15th and we have been training our birds for about three weeks now

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Likewise here, we start the 21st and have been training for weeks, just short tosses, the furthest was about 20miles. But that 20 mile toss is more like 60 miles one way for me!

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I know the feeling Carol, to get a 57 mile toss in Steve has to drive 200 mile round trip

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Hi Gez

 

It's 41 degress f at 6.30 this morning, which is putting us in the Banana Belt so to speak.

 

We have been training in temperatures of 20 degrees F

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We don't have your rain Carol, but it's dammed cold stood outside the loft when he's tossing them three at a time lol

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You need a heated waiting room Linda LOL :) We have a little room attached to the loft with big windows, it's nice to take cover there when the weather is uncooperative.

It sure is nice to have the team work you and Steve do for training and racing. I like that idea of tossing in small bunches and checking the return before tossing another batch. One of us is usually working.

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Think the UK weather will get worse before it gets better, snow coming in from the North in Scotland again this weekend.

 

Only this week light enough at 6am to get the birds out in the morning before work; and can only do the cocks as the hens are back on the nest bowls again by the time I get home - not light enough at night yet, pitch dark by 7pm.

 

Interesting temperatures quoted in the thread; here's one for you to consider: operating temperature for the normal household fridge is between 0 degrees and 5 degrees Celsius. Spring's here (er, I think it is, the crocus are out) but maximum temperatures are only around 5/6 max, not counting the wind-chill.

 

My first race is April 29th, but training is still weeks away for me anyway.  

 

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I only give my old birds a couple of training tossess a week or so before the first race.

 

The key is not to train them until they are flying hard (twisting and breaking for cocks - and tight and in straight lines for hens) otherwise you'll just set them back.

 

I never train my birds during the season, just exercise am and pm.

 

Form will come naturally - not by training in north east winds on cold days..

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Have had 6 training tosses at 20ml.  They shall go Su/M/T/W/Th/ of next week as we start on the 8th.  No more training then all season, unless they get sluggish.

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I gave mine their first chuck this morning and they did one turn and off. They will go sat, sun, mon, tues and thats it for mine training wise. All from ten miles only.

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I have been training for 2 months now in cold and wet although short my longest toss was only about 40 miles and didnt train a lot of consecutive days I am training 20 miles on basketing day for shorter races and day before on longer

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