How far with latebreds

[Frazer]

Basketed 20 later bred yb for their first toss in the morning ranging really well,was going to take them 18 miles to sort the wheat from the chaff but bottling it a bit now was going to go a bit shorter do you guys think 18 miles is a bit to far for a first chuck.

 

[kev43]

5 mile m8 is far enuf but make sure it,s a nice sunny day and wind is in ur favour

[ALF]

I have 1 in my loft just now that was'nt any farther than 25 mls last year and i timed him to be 3rd club Ypres this year as a l/b at 445mls....

[Guest bakes]

its up to you at the end of the day bud i started mine off at 1mile,5mile,10mile,15mile,20mile warwick there had 10 tosses from warwick before i moved them up to 25mile,30mile,35 mile,45mile,50mile evasham they stay at evasham until i race them as yearling

 

best of look for the training toss mate

 

all the best.

[kev43]

5 mile m8 is far enuf but make sure it,s a nice sunny day and wind is in ur favour

 

sorry i shud ov said for your 1st training toss then build up 2 how far u want 2 go gd luck

[blaz]

10 mile as long as birds are ranging

[Wiley]

everyone has different training methods so every fancier you will ask will give you a different answer, but any training i dont go any shorter then 12 miles for first training toss

[pigeonpete]

everyone has different training methods so every fancier you will ask will give you a different answer, but any training i dont go any shorter then 12 miles for first training toss

 

Agree with wiley, i have a small team of latebreds, they have been 3 time to 4 miles now, and took them 12 miles yesterday, and took them 2 hours!!! never been of ranging though as been in with old birds, (moulting aswell) will give them 2 more there in next week or so, then try 3 at 2o miles, and as many i can get in over the winter upto 50 miles (weather permitting) then they will get 5/6 inland races next year, fingers crossed, Then they will be treated as normal as 2 year olds :-)

[Frazer]

Thanks for the advice guys took them about 12 mile in the end dropped a couple and they arrived in dribs and drabs but thats the first one out the way just pick the good days out now through the winter.

[Roland]

Thanks for the advice guys took them about 12 mile in the end dropped a couple and they arrived in dribs and drabs but thats the first one out the way just pick the good days out now through the winter.

 

Would say that you have done what is comfortable with yourself. That is good.

I lost some from where they can see the loft - after ranging for hours. Also use to always go 30 odd mile for first chuck, and this seems far and away the best ever for me ... But I knew the birds they were bred from etc.

Days end mucker they cause the heart to flutter a bit, and satisfatory result. What morew could one want!

[peterpau]

The question is are we looking at distance or sprinters.

If we are looking for distance 18 mile would be fine, as we are looking for birds with a good sence of direction.

If we are looking for sprinters we need to teach them to home quickly, 18 mile is then too far and 10 would be enough.

My own late breds will see a basket for the first time in may race in june and will go out to 270 mile.

[Frazer]

Good point pete although new to this game i suppose everyones got their own way of doing things but having tossed my late ones from 12 miles first off i think im going to stick with that next year as a starting point.