Race Day Preparation

[sapper756]

With the weather as it is, most dayshttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/emoticon-0156-rain.gifhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/emoticon-0156-rain.gifhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/emoticon-0156-rain.gif, so if fanciers can not train their birds or even get them out for exercise around the loft during the week, because of http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/emoticon-0156-rain.gifhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/emoticon-0156-rain.gifhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/emoticon-0156-rain.gif

 

How do you prepare your birds for the up and coming weekend race?http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/emoticon-0138-thinking.gif

 

Thank you in advance for the replieshttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/animatedpigeons.gif

[andy Burgess]

With the weather as it is, most dayshttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/emoticon-0156-rain.gifhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/emoticon-0156-rain.gifhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/emoticon-0156-rain.gif, so if fanciers can not train their birds or even get them out for exercise around the loft during the week, because of http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/emoticon-0156-rain.gifhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/emoticon-0156-rain.gifhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/emoticon-0156-rain.gif

 

How do you prepare your birds for the up and coming weekend race?http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/emoticon-0138-thinking.gif

 

Thank you in advance for the replieshttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/animatedpigeons.gif

too many if,s , but,s , and maybe yet . if weather is poor most days yet its dry 5 am one morning ,thay may go out then ? etc etc . i can remember a "bad week" before rained Monday till Thursday almost non-stop ,i put them out Monday am ,and pm for them to fly only 10 minutes each time ,locked up all week .most tried theres out in the rain .i never let them out on a Friday , but this week it was good ,so kicked them out am ,and went out for the day .let in late afternoon ,basketed for a 168 mile race .most members had a lot missing at clocks , all mine homed fine .

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

REST .THE . BEST.

[Guest IB]

Find that it is hard to plan anything with the weather being so changeable. I had to pick & choose times and days according to conditions as I perceived them.

 

I don't think there is anything to be gained risking birds training when weather is so iffy, so the majority of mine have been loft-trained only - my hens do 90 minutes unforced most mornings rain or shine from about 2 weeks prior to the first race (21/4) - then went straight into the race basket at 63 miles. The hens now have had 2 x 63 mile races, and they are all still there.

 

I've dropped 2 cocks at 63 miles. They don't exercise nearly as well as the hens, but they were both trained before their 1st race, and went down??