Disasterous 1St Toss

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

Found it useful for early short tosses with young birds if you let your doos out for a fly before you basket them and take them away.

 

Last couple of years I've started them at around 15miles after letting them out and not lost many tossing.

[Guest TAMMY_1]

Found it useful for early short tosses with young birds if you let your doos out for a fly before you basket them and take them away.

 

Last couple of years I've started them at around 15miles after letting them out and not lost many tossing.

 

 

yep, that's what we do, it seems to take the steam out them and they are less inclined to go flying all over the place and instead make for home sooner

[geordie1234]

I was thinking today that its maybe better for the smaller team men including myself not to race youngsters so we have old birds to race because these losses are out of hand now! Maybe train hard which will result in losses anyway and maybe one race just to give them the expierance

[Guest TAMMY_1]

I was thinking today that its maybe better for the smaller team men including myself not to race youngsters so we have old birds to race because these losses are out of hand now! Maybe train hard which will result in losses anyway and maybe one race just to give them the expierance

 

personally I have found that if you do not race them as young birds you wil lose them very quickly as yearlings,and I know one of our club members does the same as in he trains lots of young birds without racing them and as yearlings he has lost nearly all of them but there will alwqays be exceptions to that but that is just my opinion and past experience.

 

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.

 

hope you get most home mate

[GRAHAM MITCHELL]

33 home now 12 to come. feel a wee bit better now.

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

33 home now 12 to come. feel a wee bit better now.

YOU WILL GET MORE .BEST OF LUCK.///

[bibendium]

good to hear Graham, had our 1st toss tonight , went well full returns.

[Guest Hey Presto]

any fifers left graham

[just ask me]

hope you get a few more

[K J Young]

good to hear Graham, had our 1st toss tonight , went well full returns.

Thats good ,where did you start of from , will start mine when i return from ypres.

[GRAHAM MITCHELL]

3 fifers left 2 dk griz and red.

[K J Young]

any more the day mate

[Guest youngboy]

sorry to hear this graham hope they turn up for you mate

[GRAHAM MITCHELL]

up to 35 now collected 2 in New Cumnock and 1 in Ayr. Still 10 missing.

[gordi.b]

gave my lot 5th toss this mning let them go at 6am , they usually beat me home ,left for work late at 7-15 none home . phoned wife at 8-15 none home , came home tonight expecting the worst { as we do } full perches , was i glad ,

[Guest peter4pm]

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.

 

 

yea i was told to keepo the first cpl of tosses short 5/10 miles or so then start uping it a bit at a time ..il stick to 5 miles for this coming Sunday since its their first one.

[Guest KING BILLY]

as to date am up to 40mls this smorning this is thare 10 toss started at 20ml had 64yb lost 3 and had 2 with both legs broke so every thing is going well touch wood i will be pouting them in the newmains van next week to lern them to brake thay are normaly up at 0700 to try and make shour thay dont get hit with B O P so the van should give them a wake up call lo

[geordie1234]

as to date am up to 40mls this smorning this is thare 10 toss started at 20ml had 64yb lost 3 and had 2 with both legs broke so every thing is going well touch wood i will be pouting them in the newmains van next week to lern them to brake thay are normaly up at 0700 to try and make shour thay dont get hit with B O P so the van should give them a wake up call lo

king billy how well were yours ranging to start at 20

[Guest KING BILLY]

king billy how well were yours ranging to start at 20

2 to 3 hours fed on tic beens tares and mapels 7in one in the water 7 days then ones a week crap like marballs and of the dark nes 2 6 11 thare on barley weat hormaform and red band all mixed when not racing and back on the protean on the days thay return frome toss treated for worms when thay where on the darknes and thats it and one spot on perches for tics ones a week

[geordie1234]

2 to 3 hours fed on tic beens tares and mapels 7in one in the water 7 days then ones a week crap like marballs and of the dark nes 2 6 11 thare on barley weat hormaform and red band all mixed when not racing and back on the protean on the days thay return frome toss treated for worms when thay where on the darknes and thats it and one spot on perches for tics ones a week

Thanks Billy

[Guest KING BILLY]

Thanks Billy

i have not started with my naturel team yet lo

[Guest KING BILLY]

first toss today for the naturel yb 20ml took 1hr 15min droped them of on the way back after tossing the darknes yb at thare 40ml toss 3 naturel y birds still to come things going well touch wood