Disasterous 1St Toss

[GRAHAM MITCHELL]

Took 45 y.bs first toss this morning.Liberated at Ayr (8 miles) at 08.25 .First bird home 10.04, second bird 11.15. Still waiting on 43. F--kin pig sick.

[ALF]

expletive remove SORRY TO HEAR THAT GRAHAM

[JohnQuinn]

Took 45 y.bs first toss this morning.Liberated at Ayr (8 miles) at 08.25 .First bird home 10.04, second bird 11.15. Still waiting on 43. F--kin pig sick.

 

expletive remove Thats worse than my first toss this season when my old birds were attacked by percy x 2, about 30 seconds after i liberated them.

 

Hope they start tumbling in for you Graham atb.

[alex wight]

Took 45 y.bs first toss this morning.Liberated at Ayr (8 miles) at 08.25 .First bird home 10.04, second bird 11.15. Still waiting on 43. F--kin pig sick.

 

 

Holy hell Graham, thats not good, fingers crossed for more for you. This is getting beyond a joke now a days, and for someone starting back up again is frightening.

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

thats not good at all

 

in 2002 though we had something similar.took 65 youngsters to 15 mile for their first toss.

 

Only one came on time the rest worked back over 3 days.Ended up with 53

 

They were all sent to every race including the Combine and some went to the National.

 

Finished the racing with 49 of the 53

 

you'll lose some but the ones you get back in the next couple of days will be a lot harder to lose

[lvlasked]

they probly flying around some where mate looking around, on my first toss they didnt turn up for 6 hours and they all hit the shed 1 after the other with 5mins between them but i dont reali have problems with bop around my area and you might but i am sorry to hear that

[lanarkshire lad]

Bad news mate hope you get them.

[GRAHAM MITCHELL]

got another 8 together at 14.14.up to 10 now 35 to come.

[greenlands]

Hope they turn in for you mate,I never let my youngens out on a Sunday morning,too many strays making there way home,especially after a bad days racing.

 

Lindsay

[Guest Hey Presto]

hope u get most of them back pal hope to get good news from u later on

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

YOU GET MORE TURNING UP MATE .BEST OF LUCK.///

[Fly_caster]

Did you liberate the entire batch together ?

[sapper756]

Sorry to hear this m8, keep us upto date on your returns, fingers crossed you get morehttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/emoticon-0126-nerd.gif

[GRAHAM MITCHELL]

12 home now 33 to come.

[geordie1234]

12 home now 33 to come.

A gd friend of mine had something similar he liberated 26 ybs 3rd toss after 3 hours only one home 3 days later only missing 3 so they will work back and what rooster said they will be hard to lose the ones that do

 

atb

[Fly_caster]

Did you liberate the entire batch together ?

 

 

Well ?

[GRAHAM MITCHELL]

yes they were all liberated together.

[Fly_caster]

Thought so - and not meaning to rub it in but that is like showing a red rag to a bull - the BOP in the area must have thought that all of their birthdays came together.

 

 

Libbing 10 together is about as many as you should lib in one 10 minute interval - even if you get hit it would be less than 20% of your entire flock that were affected.

 

 

Nonetheless, I hope that you get them all back - all the best.

 

 

Steve

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

Thought so - and not meaning to rub it in but that is like showing a red rag to a bull - the BOP in the area must have thought that all of their birthdays came together.

 

 

Libbing 10 together is about as many as you should lib in one 10 minute interval - even if you get hit it would be less than 20% of your entire flock that were affected.

 

 

Nonetheless, I hope that you get them all back - all the best.

 

 

Steve

 

Or the first 10 could be the starter,the 2nd 10 the main course and the next could be the pudding

 

Nah I'm just joking I've found better returns from tossing letting them go in smaller groups

[billt]

I never give youngsters first toss without a few old bids for company, Percy about or not I can't see any reason for not having them there

[Guest peter4pm]

im doing my first toss next sunday i hope i do better than this fellow or il have none at all to race ..only taking them 5 miles mind you for their first training toss

 

i hope you get more back matey thats a sore one

[duncandoo]

im doing my first toss next sunday i hope i do better than this fellow or il have none at all to race ..only taking them 5 miles mind you for their first training toss

 

i hope you get more back matey thats a sore one

better taking them to elsrickle peter and get them thinking. twenty miles is not a hard ask,i would not contemplate starting my young birds under twenty miles

[GRAHAM MITCHELL]

now 17 home 28 to come.hopfully good forecast for tomorrow for more to work back.

[lanarkshire lad]

better taking them to elsrickle peter and get them thinking. twenty miles is not a hard ask,i would not contemplate starting my young birds under twenty miles

I think its best to keep them short for the first two or three tosses less chance of meeting the pery and i always make sure the ybs have been out first to take the sting out of them before taking them which is usually in the late afternoon.Plus add a few old ones.

[Novice]

Graham---why Ayr?

Are you going north this year?

For yearsI liberated from Ayr cattle market but sadly no longer as I always lose birds there.

Pity coz the wife always thought I enjoyed taking her to Ayr for the day but I had other motivation.

I hope you get more back soon.