breaking racers

[PATTY BHOY]

if breaking racers to your loft if the bird in question still goes to its old loft before coming to your loft,what would be the best solution.the bird in question has scored at the breaking loft :-/ :-/ :-/

[ALF]

Just keep sending it and make sure it's keen

[Guest]

if breaking racers to your loft if the bird in question still goes to its old loft before coming to your loft,what would be the best solution.the bird in question has scored at the breaking loft :-/ :-/ :-/

i would say Patty ,if possible take down the old loft . if not possible ,whoever is there to frighten the bird away ,eg throw a soft toy at it ,wave a bright cloth or similar ,make it feel un-wanted ,it only has one home .            andy.

 

[Guest strapper]

there is one way...keeping it hungry for the 1st weeks of liberating around your loft.

when it goes back in feed it up.

[Guest frank dooman]

Just keep sending it and make sure it's keen

 

i done it 3 years ago i dont think there is a hard and fast ans. just keep sending but dont expect to get a decent raceing season with them some learn quicker than others and it is not allways the older birds that cause the probs. after 3/4 races i realiszed i had to put that season down to experence they sometimes make it  ok the following year

[Guest WINGS 04]

 

i done it 3 years ago i dont think there is a hard and fast ans. just keep sending but dont expect to get a decent raceing season with them some learn quicker than others and it is not allways the older birds that cause the probs. after 3/4 races i realiszed i had to put that season down to experence they sometimes make it  ok the following year

 

i did that this year and could not get them to race to the new loft they homed i only keep 1 for this year and hope to send it to the gold cup race with the snfc

[Guest frank dooman]

 

i did that this year and could not get them to race to the new loft they homed i only keep 1 for this year and hope to send it to the gold cup race with the snfc

 

i know excatly how you feel wings i lost good birds that iam sure if i had been at my old loft i would not have lost but some did surprise me my old 9yr old broke no probs and he had been over the water 6 times and every race point to the coast many times in fact the older birds seamed easer to break than the 2/3 year olds

[Guest WINGS 04]

you are spot on there i brok 19 birds and the 08 where the last to take to the new loft it get you right down when they are not racing roll on next year ;D ;D ;D ;D

[nogin]

you are spot on there i brok 19 birds and the 08 where the last to take to the new loft it get you right down when they are not racing roll on next year ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

THE LATE GREAT SAM OWEN GIFTED ME A RED COCK BEFORE HE DIED IT KEPT GOING BACK TO IT'S LOFT,SAM SAID KEEP TRYING IT, HOW RIGHT HE WAS IT WON ME THE DISTANCE CUP THAT YEAR .....GOD REST HIS SOUL

[fletch]

if breaking racers to your loft if the bird in question still goes to its old loft before coming to your loft,what would be the best solution.the bird in question has scored at the breaking loft :-/ :-/ :-/

 

just make it feel unwelcome at the old loft it willsoon get fed up of the unwelcome ness at the old loft

[yorkie]

cocks usually easier than hens, once they breed at your loft they usually give up going back eventually

[blaz]

had some good results this year with birds i broke in .in January february one of the older hens got 3 or4 2nd always coming back from old loft. i hope she will be better next year as 1 or 2 of the results she is only beat by a min or 2 . as for the yearlings the penny dropped with them when they got out over 300 mile no messing about out the sky and on to the loft .one or 2 in good time as well . i don,t see them flying toward their old loft now .like they where  doing most days when out flying in the season. i think and have also been told that you will get better results from broken birds the following season .