from south to north

[markspigeons]

what is your honest advice please. i have raced my birds for the last two season on the south road. but i want to go north next season, i have yearlings only and ten 07 birds. if i slowly train them on the north road through the winter months do you think they will be ok any advice would be of help

 

thanks

mark

[madmaxlofts]

were we live its a lot harder turning them from south to north than it is turning north to south

apart from the north road is dead here

but if thats in your mind go for it

id wait till spring now the weathers changing and i wouldnt train now

[Guest]

were we live its a lot harder turning them from south to north than it is turning north to south

apart from the north road is dead here

but if thats in your mind go for it

id wait till spring now the weathers changing and i wouldnt train now

 

i would agree with this , i would wait till the spring also ,  then train them slowly. Will do them more harm than good doing it now.

 

 

[Guest TAMMY_1]

were we live its a lot harder turning them from south to north than it is turning north to south

apart from the north road is dead here

but if thats in your mind go for it

id wait till spring now the weathers changing and i wouldnt train now

 

I asked this before  how does a pigeon know if it is flying north or south ? a good bird should fly anywhere it is sent

[madmaxlofts]

youll find south its flat, north theres lots ov valleys  and hills if they go down the wrong 1 they end up in wales or anywhere

thats why the north is a lot harder racing

apart from the southerly winds we seem to get a lot of

[Guest]

youll find south its flat, north theres lots ov valleys  and hills if they go down the wrong 1 they end up in wales or anywhere

thats why the north is a lot harder racing

apart from the southerly winds we seem to get a lot of

   end up in Wales ?????     thats just terrible  :ofancy them poor pigeons ending up wales      a fate worse than death   :o                                          andy ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

 

[Guest]

   end up in Wales ?????     thats just terrible  :ofancy them poor pigeons ending up wales      a fate worse than death   :o                                          andy ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

 

i thought the fate worse than death was saved for the sheep andy ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D.......................amanda ;D

[Guest]

 

i thought the fate worse than death was saved for the sheep andy ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D.......................amanda ;D

:o :oonce again .. i couldnt possibly comment   :o                              andy ;D ;D

 

 

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

is this not then just trying to make it easy for your birds then, what about the birds up here who continually have to fly through hills and suchlike every week ? nobody tries to change then from north to south to make it plain sailing for them, aye it would be a travesty if they end up in wales or someplace, good birds will fly any route

[peterpau]

Got to agree with tammy. I had a cock 280th NFC Tarbes 634mile, the next year he went Bath, Taunton, Exeter,  85m 122m 154m. turned him into Perth NRCC 297mile. He was 13th sec never been trained north. If I were left with no water races for next year we would go south with the club, and straight into NRCC. Wouldn't dream of training south road birds north.

[Guest]

Agree that racing pigeons should be able to race from any direction. My 5 yearlings raced & trained on south road, but also trained 20 miles & 40 miles north as yearlings, without any problem. Will be doing same next year with this years YBs.  

 

Wouldn't think about training birds in winter, spring is time enough, and if they are already trained & raced, I'd start at 15/20 miles, seems you run greater risk of losing experienced pigeons on short tosses?

[jimmy white]

what is your honest advice please. i have raced my birds for the last two season on the south road. but i want to go north next season, i have yearlings only and ten 07 birds. if i slowly train them on the north road through the winter months do you think they will be ok any advice would be of help

 

thanks

mark

 

if theve raced this year, on my opinion need left now to moult , maybe a few weeks ago you could have had them short distances north [but hawks are bad at this time] the yearlings will go , no problem north providing their not trained too early in the year in the cold east winds , patience till may , and theyll fly better