Young Birds, How Are They progressing

[THE FIFER]

How are your youngsters coming along, started training ? what is your daily working with them, any losses,( training. off the loft) how many bred for racing, late breds,

[andyyy]

Had a disaster this year, sent 80 + on Monday night finished up with lese than 30 back on Monday. Now up to 56 with 3 birds reported nightmare!! Hope everyone else has had better luck!!

[Ian McKay]

Started with 18 youngsters went first toss yesterday watched the BOP attacking them :emoticon-0179-headbang:

 

Got 15 from my 18 yesterday nothing this morning but still time today weather good enough :emoticon-0138-thinking:

 

Guess what's missing Archie ?

[alex young]

Mine all had a race from Wollaston(67mls) last week a 1500's day all home in 30mins,unfortunately I wasn't given the lib time until club birds had been timed in.

[THE FIFER]

Started with 18 youngsters went first toss yesterday watched the BOP attacking them :emoticon-0179-headbang:

 

Got 15 from my 18 yesterday nothing this morning but still time today weather good enough :emoticon-0138-thinking:

 

Guess what's missing Archie ?

 

[philg50]

28 birds bred tae race trained out to 20 mile 6 tosses lost 1 got 27 now fingers crossed.12 later bred maybe get them into race later will see supposedly lang distance will see.Goodluck to all!!!

[andy Burgess]

How are your youngsters coming along, started training ? what is your daily working with them, any losses,( training. off the loft) how many bred for racing, late breds,

 

hesitating to answer , dont want to tempt fate . Mr Hawk has had 2 , 4 with injuries . also 3 latebreds not yet had freedom .around 30 to race ,which Mrs Burgess will be doing due to me being "out of action" for a while.

[bigbill]

So far good, started training 51, 18 tosses later 50 still there, Now for the racing,

[eastcoaster]

First round 37 had 3 short tosses 5mls, hoping to get them to carnwath Sunday . 2nd round 28 still not running yet but no hurry , lost 2 i think.

[ALF]

1st toss 39 older wans 7 tosses fae approx 9-10mls and 4 or 5 times in the fed lorry and back at the starting point today left with 36

[ALF]

Younger team straight to Carnwath 16 or 17 mls all home back again yesterday 3 missing 1 homew this morning i went to feed my old birds this afternoon and 1 of the missing 2 was sitting on Gerry McFalls loft????

[REDCHEQHEN]

Worst young bird team we've ever had!

Don't usually lose youngsters training - but this lot have barely been ranging around home - so have 4 missing in training so far

Lost a few off the loft, and one (breeder buyer of course) with a badly broken leg (just above the ankle - bone through the skin as well )is out of action

 

Sexes are going to be split today as we will have the room (old ones will be paired back up leaving an empty section) that usually makes a difference

 

First young bird race is not until next week

[kirky]

same as andy dont want to tempt fate but best team of ybs for a while, bred 35 1 lost training,thay are fully trained up for 1st race next week,

[JohnQuinn]

Bred 40 for racing, have 38 left after 10 tosses in small batches to 22mls. First race tomorrow will let me know if it's been time, money and effort well spent!!!

[bigbill]

Bred 40 for racing, have 38 left after 10 tosses in small batches to 22mls. First race tomorrow will let me know if it's been time, money and effort well spent!!!

Same here John, plenty of tosses , but tomorrow is the time it counts, all the best,

[gordi.b]

Bred 38 , had 9 tosses out to 25 mls, 38 left fingers crossed.

[REDROCKET]

We started with 47 in the main team 37 of which are away to race

20 in second round team 19 of which will join main team next race

And about 20 late breads altogether lost about a dozen or so same as

Others the big day is tomorrow here goes.

[THE FIFER]

[JohnQuinn]

Bred 40 for racing, have 38 left after 10 tosses in small batches to 22mls. First race tomorrow will let me know if it's been time, money and effort well spent!!!

 

Very difficult to assess them after Saturday's strange/erratic race, my losses are about average by all accounts so the jury is still out on them.

 

About Saturday's race.........a friend was driving along the M8 around the time our birds would have been en route home, he seen 5 birds trying to land on the M8 itself and could only assume the shimmer from the heat on the tar looked like water to them because they were determined to land, he didn't see but if they did land they are gone for sure.

Something else to note was when the water was put into the drinkers on the baskets only about half a dozen baskets from the 160 on board had doos drinking from them in the first few minutes after the water was poured, if that had been old birds 160 baskets would have had birds drinking from them immediately.

[eastcoaster]

First big toss today from 35/40 mls sent 38 have 33 home very pleased with that , although I thought the ones that are missing were nice birds will settle for that . First race on sat .

[kirky]

had 20 of mine away to 40mls today all home,

[ALF]

The wee team were at 10 mls today a 4 or 5 of them missing and i am just back from the loft letting 3 in that were sat on the trap i dont think it was percy i think they just hit another batch of trainers as 3 of the wans missing are all short ar$es..

[C WRIGHT]

until sunday passed had 61 pinging home from 40/50 miles

and was feeling good about there progress

last toss before wee rest and a few short tosses n racing

hit by perigans 22 made it home 1 by 1 over 3 days

2 reported over the borders

and well what can i say seriously bad start to yb races

got my work cut out now trying to settle my remaining ybs and get there confidence back

[geordie1234]

First yb race for me this weekend good returns is all I want to see all the best

[THE FIFER]