Your Race Team Plans

[THE FIFER]

how are your race team birds treated as from now until the racing, ie: breeding, feeding, training,systems etc, and when,

[Wiley]

The birds start to get into a morning routine, I work nights so most stuff done around the lofts are in the mornings. Half the team are just going down on eggs now, no artificial lighting is used however I still expect all to be laid out in 14 days. The other half will be paired 17 days before the first race, which is usually the weekend closest to 14th April, with the intention of the birds sitting 5 days prior to the race. No pigeons will ever sit more then 10 days and none will rear, they will rear the first young birds later in the year. After sitting they then are on widowhood.

 

The birds currently have only just really started to go out and have been locked in since September they are only giving me 15 minutes however theyre time in the air will increase as will there fitness. Once they have been flying for 4 weeks I will then be paying attention on the weather and consider training the birds on good days, when the temp is ten degrees minim and there is no east in the wind.

 

However before any training takes place I will get them tested by a vet.

[THE FIFER]

very good report m8,

[dal2]

Mine are looking at each other again wae big YBS in nest. Once last yb spaned then split never tae be seen again til may sometime when a couple of mins on a friday will be their lot till next January!

Some naturals will be paired in june for nest condition for nats!

[Guest LBuddle]

how are your race team birds treated as from now until the racing, ie: breeding, feeding, training,systems etc, and when,

 

at the moment the race birds are on 2/3 Barley and they will stay on this until the day their eggs hatch.

We will pair this year on 11 Feb.

They will bring up a round of Babys and the hens will be taken away when they are about 18 days old for the cocks to finnish them off and to give the hens a rest, after this they are on widowhood. We leave them about 7 days then give them a 20 mile trainer, they will have 5-6 of these then a 100 mile inland training race them over the channel and thats where the fun begins

[THE FIFER]