Yearling Pigeons

[pigeonman2013]

MY YEARLINGS WERE NOT RACE AS YOUNG ONES AND NOW THEY ARE HAVING TRAINING TOSS OF 10 MILES BUT THEY ARE TAKING HALF A HOUR TO GET BACK HOW CAN I GET THEM TO RACE HOME

[JohnQuinn]

Keep them on the hungry side and they'll be keener.

[Kyleakin Lofts]

Take them to 20 or 30 miles.

[pigeonman2013]

Take them to 20 or 30 miles.

WHAT FOR THE FIRST TRAINING TOSS

[geordie1234]

MY YEARLINGS WERE NOT RACE AS YOUNG ONES AND NOW THEY ARE HAVING TRAINING TOSS OF 10 MILES BUT THEY ARE TAKING HALF A HOUR TO GET BACK HOW CAN I GET THEM TO RACE HOME

Keep them at 10 miles until they are doing a mile a minute

[Kyleakin Lofts]

WHAT FOR THE FIRST TRAINING TOSS

 

Depends on the pigeons. If they are loft fit they may just be flying around to use up their energy before deciding to home. I have found with my pigeons that if they are trained from around 10 miles it can take them 30 minutes to return, but if I take them 20 or 30 miles they can be back around the same 30 minutes.

You will get to know your own pigeons and how they behave.

[Wiley]

How long where the birds loft flying before training commenced, and for how many weeks prior? How many tosses have you had at 10 miles? Have you done any treatments when, and what with?

[pigeonman2013]

they have been flying around loft now 3 weeks half hour each time they have been out and had three training tosses upto now and been cankered and wormed

[Wiley]

Imo if they only been flying half an hour once a day although it was three and half weeks, they still wasnt at the required fitness they should have been at before being basketted. Birds that get let out once a day should fly with vigour, and freely, so i would say you may have an issue with your feeding or the health isnt 100% correct. I would also always make sure their heads are clear of respiratory/ornithoses before id ever train old or young.

[tommy bhoys]

MY YEARLINGS WERE NOT RACE AS YOUNG ONES AND NOW THEY ARE HAVING TRAINING TOSS OF 10 MILES BUT THEY ARE TAKING HALF A HOUR TO GET BACK HOW CAN I GET THEM TO RACE HOME

what type of feed are you on mate ?

[pigeonman2013]

what type of feed are you on mate ?

i feed oz of gerry plus a day

[tommy bhoys]

i feed oz of gerry plus a day

how long have you been feeding this for ? how many times a day are they fed ?

[pigeonman2013]

IV BEEN FEEDING THE GERRY PLUS NOW FOR TWO WEEKS OZ A DAY OR DO YOU RECOMEND GIVING FEED TWICE A DAY HALF IN THE MORNING OTHER HALF A NEXT FEED

[tommy bhoys]

IV BEEN FEEDING THE GERRY PLUS NOW FOR TWO WEEKS OZ A DAY OR DO YOU RECOMEND GIVING FEED TWICE A DAY HALF IN THE MORNING OTHER HALF A NEXT FEED

personally not being able to handle your birds i would guess they are over weight i would feed barley morn and night plus exercise twice a day morn and night for at least 40 min each time stop trainig till birds are flying for at least two hours a day at home. personally i only train young birds

[pigeonman2013]

personally not being able to handle your birds i would guess they are over weight i would feed barley morn and night plus exercise twice a day morn and night for at least 40 min each time stop trainig till birds are flying for at least two hours a day at home. personally i only train young birds

hi is that one ounce of barley a day i think you might be right with them been heavy

[tommy bhoys]

hi is that one ounce of barley a day i think you might be right with them been heavy

done give a oz per bird give say two scoops per loft of barley and see what birds leave thats tells you how much tae feed after that ie if they eat it all its nt enough so up the scoops till there is food left then deduct from the scoops you used in first place that gives you the amount to feed nt oz per bird mate

[eastcoaster]

If only feeding 1 oz per day surely not over feeding ? Gerry plus is not heavy enough at that rate , maybe they have slight head resp problem .jmo

[eastcoaster]

Keep them at 10 miles until they are doing a mile a minute

If they were,nt raced as ybs give them plenty time the above post is a good guide.

[kingbilly 1]

Doesn't matter if yearlings or any other doos you have got to get them racing home. And into the loft no hesitation the problem you have is not training them as ybs and be prepared to lose halfe of them there's 2 ways you can doo thiss cocks one day hens the next don't separate till they no wot you wont from them

[tommy bhoys]

Doesn't matter if yearlings or any other doos you have got to get them racing home. And into the loft no hesitation the problem you have is not training them as ybs and be prepared to lose halfe of them there's 2 ways you can doo thiss cocks one day hens the next don't separate till they no wot you wont from them

tam how dae you know he never trained them ? some of my best pigeons never raced as young birds

[kingbilly 1]

tam how dae you know he never trained them ? some of my best pigeons never raced as young birds

Tommy read his first post to me that tells a story mate

[tommy bhoys]

Tommy read his first post to me that tells a story mate

tam i train young birds and dont race them find them tae be better old birds i thot you knew the guy thats all spelling getting better by the way

[kingbilly 1]

tam i train young birds and dont race them find them tae be better old birds i thot you knew the guy thats all spelling getting better by the way

Tommy am disleseck some times you just have to suck it an se lol

[tommy bhoys]

Tommy am disleseck some times you just have to suck it an se lol

pmsl

[ALF]

Our birds have been doing 25 mins twice a day for the past few days and I don't think they are ready for 20 mls yet but each to their own...