widowhood cocks

[Guest d2d2]

widowhood system

do u think that this could be ok as i dont have time in the morning

take them a 45 mile toss every night as they will work just as much if they were out  am pm

wot do u think

[Wiley]

theres no need for 45 mile, 12 mile would be just as efficent, mark evans never lets his widowers out 12 miles every day,  by training the birds would work much harder then they would around home, if your sprint minded single up from these points are essential as teaches them there route of braking, as im a big believe in sprint racing, the birds that top the federation are the ones braking from 12-15 miles from home, and not the one braking 5 miles from home.

[Guest]

Hiya I flew widowhood for the second time ever this year. I need to start by saying my aim from race 1 was the channel races so my birds were fed Iish mix right through and not prepared to try and win the sprints. I had lack of time too and my methods were very unconventional.

Firstly my birds were not left out of the loft from September to April because of my hawk problems. I missed the first two races , they weren't ready, they had two 25 mile tosses in to the first race and every day I locked them out when I got home from work for 2 hours, regardless of whether they flew or not, no flagging nothing no further training. My cocks that were selected for Marmandes 473 miles and Tarbes NFC 556 miles did have on 80 mile toss with a club mate Andy Hodge, (a top man, thank you Andy) on the saturday before Tarbes basketing (Marmandes was the following week). I had a decent channel season finishing with 78th open NFC Tarbes and 1st & 2nd Marmandes. So I would not worry to much about the training, though I appreciate the conditioning for sprint is very different and if you are in a very competitive sprint area then it may make a difference, though personally I'm not convinced; for me quality birds and health are more important. This year  will be looking to do well at 200/300 mile to so will change my methods. But my birds will still be kept in until late and I won't be mating race cocks until end of Feb beining of March like last year. Hope this helps a little.