how long should they be taking?

[Newbie2020]

I have started to train my birds and they are up to 25 miles, how long should they be taking to get back home?

[Guest numpty01]

at most 45 mins if they are fit if youngsters and are flying in tight bunch but they should beat you home every time

[just ask me]

first few tosses mate dont be too worried sometimes there back before u and go ranging again  especially with new starters as they tend to be too kind and overfeed  

[valteng]

;d hehehe....

[No 1]

Newbie 2020,

 

You are now educating your future race team, out the basket & straight home, to do this they need a bit of encouragement, you need to keep them a bit tighter on the food untill they do what you want them to do, when you have got them doing a mile minute in any wind on the short tosses, move them on a bit, make sure they always have a nice treat waitng in the hopper for there hard work, only a couple of handfulls (red band or crushed peanuts) give them ten minutes to cool down & feed your normal young bird mix, don't train in the hottest part of the day.

[Guest strapper]

dont forget that in different winds they will take longer or shorter...so time varies.

[pjc]

Newbie 2020,

 

You are now educating your future race team, out the basket & straight home, to do this they need a bit of encouragement, you need to keep them a bit tighter on the food untill they do what you want them to do, when you have got them doing a mile minute in any wind on the short tosses, move them on a bit, make sure they always have a nice treat waitng in the hopper for there hard work, only a couple of handfulls (red band or crushed peanuts) give them ten minutes to cool down & feed your normal young bird mix, don't train in the hottest part of the day.

 

good advice, once they have learnt to leave the basket and go straight home they won't forget it as long as they know there is something waiting for them!

If the birds are homing then rangeing or rangeing before coming home as a lot do on short tosses give them excercise before you train, call them in then basket them and take them it will take the sting out of them.

 

 

[Shortcut Lofts]

My youngsters have 12 training flights over them. They never beat me home until i took them 20 miles. Early on they are just learning and will tend to range when let out and sometimes will fly over but once they get the hang of it they should beat you home every time. You should not be worried about this early on as the way i see it if they are in the air they are learning although when i hit 25 miles they are expected to beat me home.

[No 1]

They should have learnt the area from loft flying, basket home, no excuses, if birds do not head for home straight away, something is not right, if they are not exercising for more than an hour from loft flys, we would not even consider traning, I personally think many commercial mixes are too heavy for young birds, you only get one chance to educate ybs, its your job to make them athletes & not homers.

[ALF]

I see you found it then Nick ;) ;D 8) 8) 8)

[No 1]

Yes old buddy, totally different set up to chat, this site is going to take a bit of getting used toooooooooo.