How Many Times

[andy Burgess]

can experienced fanciers tell me how many times they would expect birds to face an East wind ? first 2 races have been cold ones , and this weekend forecast (so far ) is for much of the same .

[victorious]

can experienced fanciers tell me how many times they would expect birds to face an East wind ? first 2 races have been cold ones , and this weekend forecast (so far ) is for much of the same .

[Guest stb-]

some birds thrive on it andy others cant take it , ive hadthe same yearlings away in it last 3 races feeding young birds and there as fresh as paint, ybs are away from them over weekend but they will defo be going every week

[andy Burgess]

some birds thrive on it andy others cant take it , ive hadthe same yearlings away in it last 3 races feeding young birds and there as fresh as paint, ybs are away from them over weekend but they will defo be going every week

all young away here too , have split them , but un sure as to wether to send them this weekend or not as yet Rob ??

[just ask me]

east wind helps me a little in my position with the wind being south west or west for 90% or more races in a year i wont complain

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

some birds thrive on it andy others cant take it , ive hadthe same yearlings away in it last 3 races feeding young birds and there as fresh as paint, ybs are away from them over weekend but they will defo be going every week

 

Yours only have to face it though if they go too far over Rab

[victorious]

I WONDERED THAT MYSELF ANDY ALTHOUGH I GOT ALL MINE THIS WEEK THEY WERE SHATTERED I THINK IT HURT THEM AND I SAID TO MYSELF ANOTHER RACE OR TWO IN THAT SORT OF WIND AND THEY WILL START TO GO DOWN ,SO AS THE SAME IS FORCAST FOR THIS SAT AGAIN MINES GOIN NO WERE,I DONT NEED THEM TESTED THERE ALL OF CHANNEL WINNERS TO MY OWN LOFT ,I NEED THEM FOR 500 MILE RACING LATER WITH BETTER CONDITIONS I HOPE,MY OWN THOUGHTS ON THIS IS ANOTHER RACE OR TO LIKE THAT AND THEY WILL BE FINISHED FOR THIS YEAR, ANYWAY THATS NOT RACING THATS AN EDURANCE TEST,WE WER AT 175 MILE BY THE WAY 3RD RACE.

[Guest stb-]

Yours only have to face it though if they go too far over Rab

the first couple of races i think most of them had to face it lewis , they have bucked up there ideas and allthough some are still over shooting there not going so far past as they did at the start .

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

the first couple of races i think most of them had to face it lewis , they have bucked up there ideas and allthough some are still over shooting there not going so far past as they did at the start .

 

Where are yous racing from this weekend Rab?

[Guest stb-]

Where are yous racing from this weekend Rab?

were at catterick this week so getting down the road sharpish

 

might go to appleby aswell this week lewis

[blue pied]

were at catterick this week so getting down the road sharpish

 

might go to appleby aswell this week lewis

scotch corner

[Guest stb-]

scotch corner

THATS ABOOT THE SAME PLACE :emoticon-0167-beer:CATTERICKS ONLY A COUPLEOF MILES DOWN THE A1M WAS ALWAYS CATTERICK WE WENT TO ALTHOUGH I THINK REMFREW USED SCOTSCORNER

Edited April 30, 2012 by stb-

[yeboah]

Whilst the wind is in the east and weekend temp will struggle at 8 degrees my birds wont be in any race basket if that means not racing so be it,strongly feel distance in good weather is no problem to a fit and healthy bird,find it astonishing that our organisations never put the pigeons welfare first if the temp stay like this we should try racing in november was f- warmer then,good friend of mine jumped a cock bird into first national as a training toss prior to the gold cup the pigeon left 5000 trailing and won the national he then won the gold cup 2 weeks later with another bird was that because they were spot on and not raced in duff weather i think so ,but everyone to there own

[Wiley]

Middle of may on average the east winds are few and far between. A friend of mine would always start around the middle of may he had a wise head and destroyed all his competitors from this stage

[andy Burgess]

any more opinions ??

[Guest IB]

If your racepoint is on the east route, and your birds are racing into the central belt, an east wind is the equivalent of a tailwind, and a very fast race usually comes from it, like last weekend. It does get warmer - honest.

[Guest Tooshy Boy]