lawrie Posted December 14, 2009 Report Posted December 14, 2009 how much loft exercise should young birds do before their first toss?
Guest ROCKYandRAMBO Posted December 14, 2009 Report Posted December 14, 2009 i like to see mine out rangeing for upto two hours before i start to train them .
Guest bakes Posted December 14, 2009 Report Posted December 14, 2009 how much loft exercise should young birds do before their first toss? best thing to do is keep an eye on them when they get up and go out of site for 1 hr the next day put them into the basket and go 1mile or 3 mile or 5 mile up the road wonce they come back from there keep them there until they are beating you home then go a few miles further keeping them at the same lib site until there beating you home keep doing this to you get to 20 25 mles that more than enough for them. all the best
Skull Lofts Posted December 14, 2009 Report Posted December 14, 2009 best thing to do is keep an eye on them when they get up and go out of site for 1 hr the next day put them into the basket and go 1mile or 3 mile or 5 mile up the road wonce they come back from there keep them there until they are beating you home then go a few miles further keeping them at the same lib site until there beating you home keep doing this to you get to 20 25 mles that more than enough for them. all the best Heres a tip for you and every one else! When they are ranging and you want to take them for the 1st toss, fly them as usual that day around the loft, when they enter the loft you dont give them food or water, you basket them and take them 10miles up the road. When you let them go they head straight for home and dont circle and take a lot of time to go home. Why is this? They are used to fly for 1 or 2 hours around the loft and when you just basket them without them flying around like they are used to, they will fly for 1 to 2 hours when you liberate them as this is what they were taught to do every day for weeks. Do this the first 3 or 4 tosses and then you can basket them without flying around the loft at first. YOU WONT BELIEVE THE DIFFERENCE IN TIME, TO GET HOME, IT MAKES! Skull
Guest ROCKYandRAMBO Posted December 14, 2009 Report Posted December 14, 2009 thats a gd tip never tryed it myself but i will this year
Guest lenwadebob Posted December 14, 2009 Report Posted December 14, 2009 Brilliant idea, will do that myself this year. It may also help to reduce losses to the BOP, as they will head straight for home rather than milling around for an hour at the liberation site.
Guest stevie-b Posted December 14, 2009 Report Posted December 14, 2009 i give mine 4 or 5 2 mile tosses i sit my crates on the harbour wall and let them have a look at the river tay the but be ranging for atleast 1 to to hours before i start and once i start the only time they are out the shed is when getting trained no bad habits only thing they know is out the basket and home
marmite Posted December 14, 2009 Report Posted December 14, 2009 i norm give 1st toss to ybs after they been ranging for about an hr but there 1st toss is norm from 15miles gives them time to settle and get there bearings ive found get less losses this way as givin short tosses jmo tried & tested
Guest IB Posted December 14, 2009 Report Posted December 14, 2009 Think you have to take the youngsters age & experience into consideration before you decide on your training. I usually pair to hatch in March, and I let the YBs range right up 2/3 weeks before YB racing begins at end of July, and their first trainer is 15/20 miles. Seem to handle that OK at that age, ranging for weeks beforehand. This year I paired up in March and even 2/3 weeks before YB racing began felt they were too young & inexperienced to start training, never mind being jumped in at 15/20 miles. So started them at under 5 miles, but felt they didn't come well from these 'twopenny stages' and only got them to 20 miles about twice before racing began, whereas I'd normally get them to 40 miles. I'm still looking at my 2010 pairing date, as I never want to throw my YBs away like that again.
gorsy bank lofts Posted December 14, 2009 Report Posted December 14, 2009 Heres a tip for you and every one else! When they are ranging and you want to take them for the 1st toss, fly them as usual that day around the loft, when they enter the loft you dont give them food or water, you basket them and take them 10miles up the road. When you let them go they head straight for home and dont circle and take a lot of time to go home. Why is this? They are used to fly for 1 or 2 hours around the loft and when you just basket them without them flying around like they are used to, they will fly for 1 to 2 hours when you liberate them as this is what they were taught to do every day for weeks. Do this the first 3 or 4 tosses and then you can basket them without flying around the loft at first. YOU WONT BELIEVE THE DIFFERENCE IN TIME, TO GET HOME, IT MAKES! Skull bang on mate, also if they do have a bad toss after being loft flown less likely to go far and they work there way back better.
Guest Posted December 14, 2009 Report Posted December 14, 2009 i norm give 1st toss to ybs after they been ranging for about an hr but there 1st toss is norm from 15miles gives them time to settle and get there bearings ive found get less losses this way as givin short tosses jmo tried & tested spot on and 2nd toss from 25 miles also i dont put old birds with them
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