Training

[sapper756]

When do members plan to start training their old bird teams?

I am hoping to give last years latebreds a toss asap

[dal2]

When do members plan to start training their old bird teams?

I am hoping to give last years latebreds a toss asap

Too cold for me the now

[grizzal]

if its warm again tomorrow 17cocks

will go 5miles,but the weather is going

to go back to cold again im told

for the end of the week.

[Guest pigeonguy147]

sapper  allways thought that l/breds should be trained in the year of their birth ?

[sapper756]

sapper  allways thought that l/breds should be trained in the year of their birth ?

 

yes you are correct m8, but sometimes things don,t always work out :-/

[cowman]

i`m starting this weekend weather looks good for a week at least.

[Guest strapper]

i will start training next week depending on weather.

old birds have been out a dozen or so times and flying well.

ive left them on open hole on warmer days when im out about the garden.

[Guest devonred]

Way too cold a the moment, not starting training my yearlings til may always get hammered in the 1st 3 races

[clyde]

much 2 cold yet  

[Guest JonesyBhoy]

Ive not even thought about pairing up never mind training..

 

And Sapper.. not a bit early for lbs..?? Cold day and they'll go down like flies..

[Guest youngboy]

well our racing dont start till late april so ill hope to start about late this month!!

old birds out everyday ( weather permitting) since 30th janurary and now flying really well!!

will start with a nice few 12 mile tosses!

[blackdog]

2 weeks before 1st race is soon enough for me as all birds have raced last year so will only need reminding what its about, cocks and hens will get about 4 training chucks each then thats it, no more when racing

[Guest pigeonguy147]

have to agree with jonesy on this trid it myself a few years back after buying in l/breds went down like snaw aff a dyke

[Wiley]

when the winds in the west is when ill train my birds, pick and choose my days, no need to rush them in these early east winds

[marmite]

the 1st race will do for training toss  yearlings stay at home till may when a bit warmer so training starts april 10th

[Guest southern and mason]

sapper  allways thought that l/breds should be trained in the year of their birth ?

 

a think its the worst thing u can do a traind me l/breds wit me old birds the followin year and they went 2 every race in the program apart from a couple a lost a even timed 4 ov them in

[Tony C]

A week or two before the first race if the weathers set fair. Would rather miss a race or two than rush them along.

[pigeonpete]

When do members plan to start training their old bird teams?

I am hoping to give last years latebreds a toss asap

 

My sons team have had 2/3 chucks this year :-)

[Guest IB]

My yearlings are mainly untrained late breds. Wouldn't dream of training just now, anything but warm, and they'd become hawk fodder, aren't we in the main sparrowhawk / peregrine breeding seasons during the first 4 months of year?

[pigeonpete]

My yearlings are mainly untrained late breds. Wouldn't dream of training just now, anything but warm, and they'd become hawk fodder, aren't we in the main sparrowhawk / peregrine breeding seasons during the first 4 months of year?

 

Mine are safer training than loft flying. like a dawn chorus of sparrowhawks round my loft just now.  :-/

[Guest Greig the doo Drysdale]

sapper  allways thought that l/breds should be trained in the year of their birth ?

 

I bread latebreds in 2008 and they never had a training toss till start of 2009 season and sent 1 over the water and she was there on the 3rd morning might well have been the 2nd night so that theory is not true mate an old saying jmo

[Guest stb-]

if its warm again tomorrow 17cocks

will go 5miles,but the weather is going

to go back to cold again im told

for the end of the week.

 

-7 this morning   and still - 2 just now :'( :'( :'(

[Wizzer]

WHY!!!!!

 

Abit of Sun and now into March, why do you want to train.

 

You have cared for the birds all over the winter and will drop birds left right and centre if you train now.

Far to cold,

If they are experienced birds they don`t need training untill a week before.

July is when all the good races are so why start them this early.  

[dwh]

WHY!!!!!

 

Abit of Sun and now into March, why do you want to train.

 

You have cared for the birds all over the winter and will drop birds left right and centre if you train now.

Far to cold,

If they are experienced birds they don`t need training untill a week before.

July is when all the good races are so why start them this early.  

 

goin over top of us in droves every fine morning :-/

[Guest bakes]

mine have been warwick this morning and just up again now just had phone call from mate if weather is the same tomorrow they be going morning and night again while the weather is like its been today thought i get them back in the basket

 

all the best