THE FIFER Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 what is your training methods, birds paired, on eggs or rearing young bird etc, or other methods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeboah Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 I am about a month ahead regarding exercise at home Celibate cocks starting to enjoy themselvesCelibate hens enjoying aviary during day exercise at night and weekendsThe above will be trained to the fechan a dodgy 20 mls lolHave paired my 10 best 2yo hens to 8-10 Year old cocks for obvious reasons these will not race till may Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster151 Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Will give few 20 mile tosses then onto training transporter 2 weeks before first race about 40 milers first race is 82 miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex young Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 My birds fly well around home,I usually give them a couple of 6mls tosses then a couple from 15mls then into the 1st race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnQuinn Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Racers not paired up yet so Handling well and good weight for racing. No road training will be given to those who have raced but latebreds and least experienced will get 3-4 tosses to 22mls before first race. Team are flying well too due to not being paired so 61mls for first race should not be a prob for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE FIFER Posted March 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Good to hear those posts , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIK Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 I am about a month ahead regarding exercise at home Celibate cocks starting to enjoy themselvesCelibate hens enjoying aviary during day exercise at night and weekendsThe above will be trained to the fechan a dodgy 20 mls lolHave paired my 10 best 2yo hens to 8-10 Year old cocks for obvious reasons these will not race till may Mick , im not having a go ...im just going to say with a ? i dont believe celibate pigeons do enjoy themselves ...the cocks will fly frustration out of them at exercise and hens might enjoy the sun ...but fecked if they are happy confined to an aviary. the only enjoyment they get is the feed when called. would love to hear thoughts on thischeersMick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philg50 Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Aye JohnQuinn you say you dont train birds that have been raced last year ,is that all ages i was toying with this idea as they are flying well at home ,i am doing natural cheers in advance for reply .I will be racing to plastic eggs where poss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeboah Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Mick , im not having a go ...im just going to say with a ? i dont believe celibate pigeons do enjoy themselves ...the cocks will fly frustration out of them at exercise and hens might enjoy the sun ...but fecked if they are happy confined to an aviary. the only enjoyment they get is the feed when called. would love to hear thoughts on thischeersMickHi mickLovely day here today the cocks have been out flying since 11 out and in periodically but their boxes are open Happy as an Irishman on St Patrick's Day lolThe hens are not locked in the aviary and can come and go as they pleaseThey do become a problem as the season progresses however this year I am trying out an idea that has been rolling about in my old grey matter for some time it is a loft within a loft will not go into detail about that yet as some may think I've lost the plotAtb for the season Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Racers are rearing young at the moment. I had planned on removing hens when young are around 12 days of age but the weather being as it has (bitter cold) I decided to keep them together. Hens have started laying out again, will let them sit for 8 days then I'll split them putting the cocks on w/hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dal2 Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Racers are rearing young at the moment. I had planned on removing hens when young are around 12 days of age but the weather being as it has (bitter cold) I decided to keep them together. Hens have started laying out again, will let them sit for 8 days then I'll split them putting the cocks on w/hood.Bitter cold????? ........in Dagenham? ??????. Thought that would have made the news lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Bitter cold????? ........in Dagenham? ??????. Thought that would have made the news lolReuters are in talks with Ranulph Fiennes to see if he can help get a handful of reporters in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dal2 Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Reuters are in talks with Ranulph Fiennes to see if he can help get a handful of reporters in Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neila Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 I am about a month ahead regarding exercise at home Celibate cocks starting to enjoy themselvesCelibate hens enjoying aviary during day exercise at night and weekendsThe above will be trained to the fechan a dodgy 20 mls lolHave paired my 10 best 2yo hens to 8-10 Year old cocks for obvious reasons these will not race till may Hisorry to bother you can I ask how you get the cocks to race on the method only I have flown this way for 3 years to around June when I allow them to pair and although the hens race really well I cant seem to get my cocks to race home the same and I only seem to get the odd cock to take to it . Do your cocks race to spare hens waiting for them at home ? I find that some of my yearling move around taking a different box and maybe not bonded . I hope you don't mind me asking you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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