Returns & Losses

[just ask me]

what the returns like this week

[JohnQuinn]

For the most part Lanarkshire have had excellent returns this week, even if it was only 55 to 75 miles for the members

[adam owen]

48 from 53 first race 78 miles happy chappy also 1st 3rd 5th as well added bonus

[Guest stb-]

AT GOT SEVERLY PUMPED AT 93 MILES SOME HAD GREAT RETURNS SOME NOT SO GOOD APPARENTLY THEY SPLIT IN 2 DIFFERENT BATCHES AND A BATCH WENT WEST OVER TO CUMBRIA I HAD TO BIRDS REPORTED OVER IN THAT DIRECTION YESTERDAY SO ME THINKS MOST OF MY BIRDS BEEN IN THE BATCH THAT WENT WEST ,, JUST YER DONALD DUCK WHAT BATCH THEY WERE IN

[lvlasked]

my first race ever this saturday i got 4 back way off the time tho like the rest of the club and had 1 back this morning and im still 5 sort out of my 9 im hopping tho

[geordie1234]

Full returns again thats me packed up for the season, maybe send a few ugly ducklings right out but need to think of the future also think old bird racing will be more enjoyable that the slaughter house yb racing

[Guest IB]

my first race ever this saturday i got 4 back way off the time tho like the rest of the club and had 1 back this morning and im still 5 sort out of my 9 im hopping tho

 

Wondered just what you expected when you had YBS in the loft?

 

http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/topic/48844-yb-sickness/page__p__673483__fromsearch__1entry673483

[geordie1234]

Wondered just what you expected when you had YBS in the loft?

 

http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/topic/48844-yb-sickness/page__p__673483__fromsearch__1entry673483

Thats right they should never be near a race basket

[clockman]

Thats right they should never be near a race basket

Maybe hes got a quick cure

[Guest charliepigeon]

I had 13 out of 13 from Hereford 77 miles!

[THE FIFER]

just took my 17 young birds for a toss as hopefully they will get their first race this week, they have been over the water and had a few tosses, so took them to Burntisland just this side of the FORTH, looked around and the sky was klear, so up they went, watched them circle around for a while the knocking along came about 60 or more birds heading for the Forth going south, mine were still circling but the big batch swerved round and all joined up, so whatched them for a while,some trying to break away now and then but all went south, so hopefully I get some back, this is in my opinion the biggest reason for losses, clashing, too many birds in the sky, and young birds follow others, :emoticon-0179-headbang: if mine come it will have been good training, this was about 10-50 at Burnisland/

 

just a thought,who would be tossing from North of the Forth going South

[THE FIFER]

just got 8 drop in

[THE FIFER]

another 3 so 11, 7 to come,

[geordie1234]

another 3 so 11, 7 to come,

Gd stuff

 

Same thing happend to me with 24 about 8 weeks ago i ended up with 18, those 18 have been trained hard and 2 races still here, maybe does them the world of good

[clockman]

another 3 so 11, 7 to come,

that would make 18.

[REDCHEQHEN]

that would make 18.

 

 

Not like you to be 'on the ball' George

[THE FIFER]

yes thats right I now have 13 so 4 to come :emoticon-0127-lipssealed:

[andy]

Pentland Fed racing seems to have been good for 3 weeks with very little losses, although they've only had 3 Ridsdales, 76 miles to me. This week we're at Thirsk 140 miles, so things could change. Mine on their way to Otterburn at the moment (66 miles) so fingers crossed for a good toss......

[andy]

Pentland Fed racing seems to have been good for 3 weeks with very little losses, although they've only had 3 Ridsdales, 76 miles to me. This week we're at Thirsk 140 miles, so things could change. Mine on their way to Otterburn at the moment (66 miles) so fingers crossed for a good toss......

Update:68 home from 75. Got 48 on the drop after 1 h 46m bang on line. A few first timers to come but I'm sure they'll work in..

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

Pentland Fed racing seems to have been good for 3 weeks with very little losses, although they've only had 3 Ridsdales, 76 miles to me. This week we're at Thirsk 140 miles, so things could change. Mine on their way to Otterburn at the moment (66 miles) so fingers crossed for a good toss......

 

Be interesting to know of what is the reason why Pentland are jumping from 76 miles to 140??

 

cheers

Gareth

[andy]

Be interesting to know of what is the reason why Pentland are jumping from 76 miles to 140??

 

cheers

Gareth

Gareth,

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you always got, and that is a lot of losses in about the Wear & Tyne Valley, so we are trying to get the birds to have a run at them. It may work, may not, Saturday will tell.

[Guest IB]

Gareth,

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you always got, and that is a lot of losses in about the Wear & Tyne Valley, so we are trying to get the birds to have a run at them. It may work, may not, Saturday will tell.

 

North West Fed did that too a good few years back, to jump a perceived black hole. Think we went from 2 Coldstream, 2 Otterburn to Ripon?

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

Gareth,

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you always got, and that is a lot of losses in about the Wear & Tyne Valley, so we are trying to get the birds to have a run at them. It may work, may not, Saturday will tell.

 

Dont disagree with you and i hope everything goes to plan.

[geordie1234]

Does anyone think that if we didnt race youngbirds just for one year it would bring the BOP numbers down as we know this is when the full family are out to learn and feed so if we didny race the youngsters there will be less food for them???

[PIGEON_MAN]

Does anyone think that if we didnt race youngbirds just for one year it would bring the BOP numbers down as we know this is when the full family are out to learn and feed so if we didny race the youngsters there will be less food for them???

Some might think it but do you really think that people would do it,I aim to race every young bird I breed in its year of birth,any that for some reason may not have had a race are the first to be disposed of at the end of the year if I,m over stocked.