Not good returns

[Buster121]

7.30 this morning load birds went over just above roof height stood and watched them and they split and a few went back the direction they came from the others carried on towards Stafford way

[NeilA]

As you know Neil we discussed you sending or swerving

After extensive homework there was only one good call and you made it

Well done you

It doesn’t take a brave man to send a pigeon to a race

Cheers Mike yep there wasn’t many forecast sites we didn’t check
My club mates and fed members I know are in bits
At 12 noon today
6/27
3/19
3/15
3/19
1/33
0/26

[MIL]

I think thats 2 bad YB races your Fed had this year and you swerved them both. That’s not luck

[NeilA]

I think thats 2 bad YB races your Fed had this year and you swerved them both. That’s not luck

Got a nice team now for next year
Biggest team I have had and few loses 52 started training and 40 are here after 5 races but 3 only had 3 races due to injuries

[MIL]

Lots to look forward to

[George and Morgan]

just read statement from NFC not very good reading if a member

[MIL]

I came to Jersey on Thursday and yes i’m not ‘on line’ but let me tell you the channel was dirty on Saturday

[Winfort Lofts]

Looked like lots of bad races all across the south of the country!

I saw a good result from Bath libbed around 12:30. But anything further south than that was a disaster!

[Trev]

It sounds like a lot of our members birds turned up next day, still a few missing but I don't think it was as bad as the one a few weeks ago. I've got 19/22 home. Got both of George's 2, it does seem to be the sprint fanciers who have been hit hardest, and it was my brought in sprint pigeons that struggled the most. Probably another emotive comment, but I do think feeding beans helps with these tougher races !!

[NeilA]

It sounds like a lot of our members birds turned up next day, still a few missing but I don't think it was as bad as the one a few weeks ago. I've got 19/22 home. Got both of George's 2, it does seem to be the sprint fanciers who have been hit hardest, and it was my brought in sprint pigeons that struggled the most. Probably another emotive comment, but I do think feeding beans helps with these tougher races !!

I think our trouble was the distance 170-180 miles should have dropped back to 70 miles
The poor weather ours faced was Nottinghamshire about 80 miles of low cloud / thick mist a fed near to us that went from Peterborough had a normal race in London in was a decent day the trouble was further up for us

I think to much light feeding doesn’t help Trev on these days as carbs are burnt quickly in flight then they run on muscle mass but you can add protein and fats that’s readily digested without beans or peas these energy mixtures are high protein high fat I find
The trouble with beans is they take longer to get in the system plus can slow the birds down for the other 9 weeks of normal racing unless your working them constantly so I think after Monday your better off with easily digested fats/ proteins and the peas / beans are more to repair Sunday if used
I don’t seem to lose many and seem to win at various vels upto 300 miles just control the protein / fats to the wind and distance over the week not just the Thursday
My ybs get fats every day the percentages just change , last week I fed to send and they were flying well over a hour all week as they were being constantly topped with energy rich grains which for natural ybs in September wasn’t bad
When I use to work away 3 days a week
I had my birds in beans 24/7 so they didn’t over eat and fed in with a mixture when I let them out to trap . I found to 200 miles I was 10-15 min off the pace but from France there was no issues they performed but upto 200 I think you can do add protein in other ways