Hens Vs Cocks

[andyyy]

Had my birds training this evening, w/h cocks took about 20mins to get home and the hens took just over 10mins... anyone else find hens are faster? this will be my 1st year racing hens! Atb, Andy

[dwh]

Had my birds training this evening, w/h cocks took about 20mins to get home and the hens took just over 10mins... anyone else find hens are faster? this will be my 1st year racing hens! Atb, Andy

hens for me everytime :animatedpigeons:

[andrecrock]

Hens does seem to train allot better than cocks. They fly around 2 hours with the windows shut and the cocks keep dropping every 20 mins. Gone try both this year, as most is yearlings.

[andyyy]

hens for me everytime :animatedpigeons:

 

Thanks for the reply

 

Hens does seem to train allot better than cocks. They fly around 2 hours with the windows shut and the cocks keep dropping every 20 mins. Gone try both this year, as most is yearlings.

 

Cool Good luck, My cocks have flown alright for the last 2 years but haven't even flown like i wanted them to around home. this year is the best ive seen them fly, doing an hour morning and night no problem, the hens do fly alright round home i think but we'll see at the weekend when they're raced

[R.A.M.C.63]

w/h, roundbout, ?? wit happens if cock hen arrive th,gether, Trapping wize, will u lose time,

[andyyy]

Im not sure of the system name just trying to race 6 hens what all prized as ybs so it's a shame to keep them locked away, from training they are let up at different times so no contact is made but on a Saturday who knows what'll happen

[dwh]

Thanks for the reply

 

 

 

Cool Good luck, My cocks have flown alright for the last 2 years but haven't even flown like i wanted them to around home. this year is the best ive seen them fly, doing an hour morning and night no problem, the hens do fly alright round home i think but we'll see at the weekend when they're raced

jmo cocks always looking for there hens or wanting to be back in the loft

hens will live quite happily without a cock

wid hens or r/b hens are easy tp condition but will pair with each other

[andyyy]

jmo cocks always looking for there hens or wanting to be back in the loft

hens will live quite happily without a cock

wid hens or r/b hens are easy tp condition but will pair with each other

 

I got told today that my W/h cocks are droping to his hens so they're on the look out for hens,

I keep my hens boxed so no chance of pairing up to anything but me xD

[Leroy]

I only race to a small loft and this is only my third year but so far this year I've had hens back first in both races. The strange thing is, I didn't even train the hens this year, didn't race or train last year, so their last fly was as young birds. The cocks were trained to 20 miles this year.

 

In my first race a hen landed and as she was about to trap a cock landed as well, so they took off on a lap of honour or two. I lost a couple of minutes but I think it was a one off and is less likely as the races get longer.

 

I just can't believe that my hens have flown better than the cocks without any training. I do fly them out with the youngsters though so they fly better around home.

 

Lee

[andyyy]

I only race to a small loft and this is only my third year but so far this year I've had hens back first in both races. The strange thing is, I didn't even train the hens this year, didn't race or train last year, so their last fly was as young birds. The cocks were trained to 20 miles this year.

 

In my first race a hen landed and as she was about to trap a cock landed as well, so they took off on a lap of honour or two. I lost a couple of minutes but I think it was a one off and is less likely as the races get longer.

 

I just can't believe that my hens have flown better than the cocks without any training. I do fly them out with the youngsters though so they fly better around home.

 

Lee

 

Wow nice, I hope they continue to come for you. Last year my young hens flew brilliant, Week in week out in the prizes so i decided i had to race them this year if all goes well i will race again next year and then on

[Wiley]

We find through observations hens fly extremely well at the beginning of race programs when the weather isn't the greatest, and the wind blows in an easterly direction. When the sun comes out and the wind is westerly the cocks especially those on widowhood outperform hens by a considerable number. However when the distance is long, and the motivation is there hens come to the forefront once again.

 

Young bird wise We find the best positions in our federation and combine are generally dominated by young hens.