Roundabout System.

[BANDIT]

How long should the hens and cocks exercise each day....do they have to do an hour twicw a day like some say.

[peter pandy]

When FIT they will do that themselves.

[BANDIT]

come on roundabout flyers let me know how long your birds are loft flying a day...

[geordie1234]

my cocks fly crap 20 mins if I'm lucky

 

hens 45 mins to and hour easily

 

bit diff this year though with been at a new location...hens go away whether they are flying or sitting at the old loft who knows

[greenlands]

Both my hens and cocks just want back in the loft twenty mins. if that.

[BANDIT]

The reason im asking is when mine were paired and rearing ybs they flew min 40 plus minutes twice a day...now lucky to get 15 minutes or less.

[dal2]

The reason im asking is when mine were paired and rearing ybs they flew min 40 plus minutes twice a day...now lucky to get 15 minutes or less.

Sounds about right......ml this year mine are doing 40 to 50 mins but that's unusual.....the differance perhaps this year is I am feeling in troughs and removing after they have had their fill rather than individual box feeding

[greenlands]

The reason im asking is when mine were paired and rearing ybs they flew min 40 plus minutes twice a day...now lucky to get 15 minutes or less.

Same here mate,were a pleasure to watch,now I'm getting more exercise than them.

[King billy 2]

Feeding to fly round about is something hard to get right for them to exirsise af found give a light feed 1 hour before you let them out they fly better i was getting 1hour easy cocks & hens onest a day but onest they have had a race or been pout into a basket it takes a couple of days to get them into there system again

[geordie1234]

Feeding to fly round about is something hard to get right for them to exirsise af found give a light feed 1 hour before you let them out they fly better i was getting 1hour easy cocks & hens onest a day but onest they have had a race or been pout into a basket it takes a couple of days to get them into there system again

Yeah Tam really Wednesday before I get any proper work out of them tbh

[King billy 2]

Yeah Tam really Wednesday before I get any proper work out of them tbh

that's when you start giving them the good feeding geo lol

[geordie1234]

that's when you start giving them the good feeding geo lol

Barley and beans mon to sunday Tam lol

[Blue Chequer Pied]

Cocks have been flying for an hour and 20 mins but only because a peregrine was here soon after they went out and a sparrowhawk had a go at them as they came in to land. They have now fcukd off and who could blame them.

 

Normally mine will fly for 20-25 mins in a batch then land a start striking of in ones and twos and I leave them doing that for half an hour. Hens have been hit or miss (more miss than hit).

[neila]

I fly cocks and hens to there own section so not really roundabout

My hens flew for 1 hr 5 mins this morning the cocks 40 mins then down and after 15 mins they went for 30 mins more

I think the hens will fly more once the weather warms up

 

Yesterday they flew around 40 mins each

[dal2]

I fly cocks and hens to there own section so not really roundabout

My hens flew for 1 hr 5 mins this morning the cocks 40 mins then down and after 15 mins they went for 30 mins more

I think the hens will fly more once the weather warms up

AM no sure you want them to be flying more

[REDCHEQHEN]

Anywhere between 25 minutes and one hour twice a day - it probably averages out at 40 to 45 minutes twice a day

 

The problems we're having at the moment are the inconsistency of the cocks - and considering racing hens only

 

First race (55 miles) 5 hens home before we got one cock

Second race - 9 hens home before we got one cock

 

Does anybody race cocks and hens on alternate weeks? So that the opposite sex is waiting at home

 

We have 6 spare hens - so they have no boxes to race to - and so far these have performed the best of all of them! Thrown in with 3 x 12 year old cocks retired from the stock loft for 10 minutes before basketing. The hens have never been paired up before

[neila]

AM no sure you want them to be flying more

 

 

I don't really but when I increase the food or type of food they will towards the end of the week. 45 mins once a day is fine with me

[BANDIT]

Does any of the fanciers roundabout birds just fly for 15 to 20 minutes or less twice a day and win..

[neila]

Does any of the fanciers roundabout birds just fly for 15 to 20 minutes or less twice a day and win..

 

 

I think mine would if I let them out twice a day when the races get longer but I prefer to have them out just once a day I don't always let them out on a Monday and never on a Sunday

[Uphill Lofts]

Does any of the fanciers roundabout birds just fly for 15 to 20 minutes or less twice a day and win..

Mine do 15 mins at most (cocks) out once a day but up and down for a couple of hours open hole.fed in midday.Won 2 firsts 2 secs.and a 3 rd.(3 races this year).Hens going a lot better at home, will see the first race for them this coming weekend. Cocks only ever see hens on return from a race.Hens trap to own loft all week and cock loft race days.(Lofts are side by side)

[novo10]

Roundabout cocks will use as much energy lifting of loft and landing no need to force them hens will do 40 mins to an hour

[novo10]

Does any of the fanciers roundabout birds just fly for 15 to 20 minutes or less twice a day and win..

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