Tony C Posted June 16, 2011 Report Posted June 16, 2011 mine are still doing an hour on the lawn. I'll start in a week or so time.
nickiclark Posted June 17, 2011 Report Posted June 17, 2011 mine are doing 1hr 25 mins atm flying around my area but im not traing them till ino that my secound batch is doing it aswell
just ask me Posted June 17, 2011 Report Posted June 17, 2011 i think the younger you start them the better
geordie1234 Posted June 17, 2011 Report Posted June 17, 2011 i think the younger you start them the betterhow young
Guest challengerlofts Posted June 17, 2011 Report Posted June 17, 2011 Anyone started training there young birds yet ????? Yes I did. 2x on 2 miles, 3x on 5miles & 2x on 10miles. Yesterday after work, went for 13.9miles. Can't go any farther, it's getting dark. From the beginning, I started training my 15ybs, got still 15ybs. Including the 2ybs from homestead. So far, So good. Good Luck to everybody.
big blue bar Posted June 18, 2011 Report Posted June 18, 2011 going to start next week .the second nesters are flying with the batch now most of mine have been flying for an hour and half for more than a month . Should of prob had them down the road before now
geordie1234 Posted June 18, 2011 Report Posted June 18, 2011 i remember reading an article in BHW from a fancier he said as soon as his young birds are flying round the house in circles its time to get them going roughly about ten weeks old
john cumming Posted June 18, 2011 Report Posted June 18, 2011 young birds will be in the basket for the next 48 hours getting them used to drinking & feeding, then the road work begins, john
Guest mi5lyn Posted July 3, 2011 Report Posted July 3, 2011 only got 4 older young birds they sat round the roof with the younger ones til i got feed up watching then 3 tosses so far one at 10 miles 2 at 20 miles to keeping them flying .
geordie1234 Posted July 3, 2011 Report Posted July 3, 2011 started training last wee ive had 2x4 miles all home 1x6 mile all home 2x13 twice a small batch has came back and the rest worked back over the day except 2 each time so started with 26 now have 22 and thats just 4 tosses! i have 4 other younger ones that might make the last comeback race
Tony C Posted July 4, 2011 Report Posted July 4, 2011 Took them 20 mile for their first toss this morning, 3 awol.
OLDYELLOW Posted July 4, 2011 Author Report Posted July 4, 2011 took mine for a 3 mile toss this morning and they'll go for another tonight maybe a bit further i work on good toss move them further bad toss move them back its all about confidence
just ask me Posted July 4, 2011 Report Posted July 4, 2011 i remember reading an article in BHW from a fancier he said as soon as his young birds are flying round the house in circles its time to get them going roughly about ten weeks old the younger the better they say
geordie1234 Posted July 4, 2011 Report Posted July 4, 2011 took mine for a 3 mile toss this morning and they'll go for another tonight maybe a bit further i work on good toss move them further bad toss move them back its all about confidence Wish i had the time and patience to be like that
Guest TAMMY_1 Posted July 4, 2011 Report Posted July 4, 2011 took mine for a 3 mile toss this morning and they'll go for another tonight maybe a bit further i work on good toss move them further bad toss move them back its all about confidence we had ours away yesterday for first time,about 4 miles all back, had them away this morning about 9 miles and all back,same place in the morning and after that it is a few at twenty miles then as many at 35 miles as possible before racing starts
OLDYELLOW Posted July 4, 2011 Author Report Posted July 4, 2011 we had ours away yesterday for first time,about 4 miles all back, had them away this morning about 9 miles and all back,same place in the morning and after that it is a few at twenty miles then as many at 35 miles as possible before racing startsI hate training hopefully the changes to loft i'll make after old bird racing finishes will make it easier for next year
geordie1234 Posted July 4, 2011 Report Posted July 4, 2011 Do you mind me asking old yellow what changes are going to be made to make it easier
OLDYELLOW Posted July 4, 2011 Author Report Posted July 4, 2011 Do you mind me asking old yellow what changes are going to be made to make it easier im going to make traps / mini avairy's to fit my baskets manly for exiting and bathing and basketing , so ill open inside birds will think there going out and they'll be basketed this will be done on all the lofts and also creating one central trapping area so one trap one ets pad and one entrance they'll use throughout there racing life's so no breaking them to another section required
geordie1234 Posted July 4, 2011 Report Posted July 4, 2011 im going to make traps / mini avairy's to fit my baskets manly for exiting and bathing and basketing , so ill open inside birds will think there going out and they'll be basketed this will be done on all the lofts and also creating one central trapping area so one trap one ets pad and one entrance they'll use throughout there racing life's so no breaking them to another section required yeah that would make a big difference i think going in to catch all the young birds to go in the basket causes stress
OLDYELLOW Posted July 4, 2011 Author Report Posted July 4, 2011 yeah that would make a big difference i think going in to catch all the young birds to go in the basket causes stress :emoticon-0137-clapping: :emoticon-0137-clapping:
geordie1234 Posted July 4, 2011 Report Posted July 4, 2011 :emoticon-0137-clapping: :emoticon-0137-clapping: saying that the more you handle them the tamer they become
OLDYELLOW Posted July 4, 2011 Author Report Posted July 4, 2011 saying that the more you handle them the tamer they becomeyou tame them from nest and by feeding by hand , there even tamer if you don't stress them by handing them
geordie1234 Posted July 4, 2011 Report Posted July 4, 2011 you tame them from nest and by feeding by hand , there even tamer if you don't stress them by handing them you must have plenty of time to do that mind you did you not say you get your daughter to do it
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