Guest jason Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 Started the youngsters this morning...I've started training early as I'm not rushing them down the road....just nice and steady. 40 birds basketed, 10 to a basket and taken a mile.....all home but not trapping very well I must remember to cut the food back a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbar Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 Not Hungary Jason as u say.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDCHEQHEN Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 Do you loft fly first? They always seem keener to trap when they've had 40 minutes or so round the loft. Trap to a bit of seed then into basket for training Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jason Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Do you loft fly first? They always seem keener to trap when they've had 40 minutes or so round the loft. Trap to a bit of seed then into basket for training No I don't loft fly them first. well I was up at 7am, hoping to take them again....only to be greeted with heavy rain, so birds let out and they did 50 minutes around the loft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbar Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 can.t moan at that Jason, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jason Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 took the youngsters a mile again this morning.....all doing well, so a couple more from there and then onto 3 mile I'm taking things nice and steady and giving them a good education in theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter pandy Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 In my experience when I have started training with the basket it stopped them from running and they will get more experience from running than you can ever get from the basket. But they are your birds and you do what you are comfortable with. All the best.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiley Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 In my experience when I have started training with the basket it stopped them from running and they will get more experience from running than you can ever get from the basket. But they are your birds and you do what you are comfortable with. All the best.. Pete why do u reckon that is? Imo u get more exerience with birds in the basket as the name of the game is basket straight home and clocked....hence why when i do train ybs they never loft fly again, basket, home, fed, its brainwashed..... Quick orientation is what the aim is to achieve, and it works!! Keep doing what ur doing jason, and best of luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jason Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 In my experience when I have started training with the basket it stopped them from running and they will get more experience from running than you can ever get from the basket. But they are your birds and you do what you are comfortable with. All the best.. Hi PeterWhen I raced pigeons before...(8 years ago I packed in)...I would have agreed with you and I wouldn't have started training till the youngsters were 6 months old.But I got friendly with a Belgian pigeon 'expert' and he says that the youngsters are too old to train at 6 months and in Belgium, they start training theirs at 4 months old....which mine are. and so far, so good.....but at 4 months old....you have to go steady and only when the weather allows.It feels too early in the year to be training youngsters, but another 11 weeks and they will be racing, which isn't a long time when your not 'rushing' your birds down the road. hope this makes senseJason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jason Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 due to heavy snow here this morning the birds were let out and flew for 45 minutes which I was surprised at....but they seemed to be enjoying having a fly in the snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jason Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Youngsters taken a mile again this morning, all beat me home and in the loft....time for some 3 mile chucks I'm thinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jason Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 they had another from 1 mile yesterday and took some younger ones with them....5 minutes later they were all home and in so now the weather has improved, they'll get another 2 or 3 chucks from a mile (1 this morning) then move them on to 3 miles. my first race (our clubs first young bird race) is 10 weeks this Saturday....so plenty of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbar Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 [a5 /quote]at this rate Jason.u.ll have them at the 1st race point training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jason Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 quote][a5 /quote]at this rate Jason.u.ll have them at the 1st race point training. That's the plan mate ^_^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbar Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 go for it Jason,how far would that be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jason Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 the first young bird race is from Stafford, that's 62 miles to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jason Posted May 8, 2016 Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 well a disaster this morning.....I liberated my 40 young birds at 08.15, 3 miles from home.......and......15 back up to now :emoticon-0179-headbang: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbar Posted May 8, 2016 Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 They had a visitor Jason.they.ll work their back.keep us updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jason Posted May 8, 2016 Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 25 back up to now, I'm off to the pub shortly to drowned my sorrows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbar Posted May 8, 2016 Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 Well leave the traps open.we all get bummers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jason Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 28 back by nightfall last night....the last 3 home looked as if they'd flown 500 mile so the plan is to give them all a few days rest, then get them back to 3 mile chucks for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbar Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Probily flown about 200 mls.so how many are still AWOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jason Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 12 still missing, but the weather is very good this morning, so I'm hoping a few more will turn up.....nothing as yet though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jason Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 got 2 more back at 10am yesterday, 10 still missing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quando Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 well a disaster this morning.....I liberated my 40 young birds at 08.15, 3 miles from home.......and......15 back up to now :emoticon-0179-headbang: I would not train inexperienced young birds on a Saturday or a Sunday when there is federations racing on that day as there was today (8th) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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