Tuesday training

Trained the birds 30 miles this morning. I could only go 30 miles because the weather north of there was pouring down rain. Released the birds all together in light rain. All came home in 50 minutes except 1. A red pied hen came in with a broken leg. when the one missing bird came home in the afternoon his whole chest was torn open. I conclude that a hawk or falcon must have dove through the flock and caused the birds to dive down into wires or trees. Unfortunately both injured birds are auction race birds. I think both will heal in time for the auction race which is the weekend before thanksgiving,




Wedding Dove Releases

1st Race Success

First Race is Over and the birds did well. They could have done better had they not sat on the roof. The birds won 5th and 8th place and 8 more birds in the top 50. First bird in was number 230 it took over a minute for him to trap. 1 minute wouldn't have moved him up in the standings but a few more seconds and he would have moved down in the standings.
Here is a picture of the 3rd and 4th bird in. they sat on the roof for several minutes and actually placed 18th and 20th. Had they trapped right away they might have been in the top 10.
Here is a link to the race results. I am flying under the name Pompano Bch loft.
Results I haven't received the combine results yet but will post them when available.

Basketing Day

Big day is here. Basketing 30 young birds to take to the club tonight. Race is 86 miles for me. I don't expect to do well tomorrow. My birds are not trapping well and this race will be fast. There will be seconds between the top 20 birds. If my first bird sits on the roof longer than 1 second he will lose. As the races get longer I hope to do better. I will also be working on the trapping with the team.






White Dove Release Alabama

Last training before first race

Trained the birds 50 miles. Let all go together. They were caught up with over 100 other birds that were flying south. Birds arrived home in small groups. First group of 6 came home in 1 hour and 9 minutes. Another group of 6 came in while the first group was trapping. Birds are sitting on the roof for 30 seconds before dropping down to the landing board.






Homing Pigeons For Sale

Out on the Road

Trained the birds 50 miles this morning. Released the birds in groups of threes. Clear skies with a 15 mph side wind. They all came home in 70 to 80 minutes. they are not trapping well. some sat on the roof for up to 7 minutes. My wonderful wife sat outside for two hours and took notes. I love my wife so much!

Vacation

After 1 week of vacation the birds are back on the road this morning. I had to go out of town for a week so the birds didn't get much training. My daughter fed and watered them. They only were able to fly around the loft in the mornings. They of course were overfed and under exercised. They are not trapping well. Don't know if the break from training will be a good or bad thing.

92 Mile Training Toss

Trained the YB team 92 miles exactly this morning. I have a GPS and I navigate to a waypoint I have marked at my house. A direct line from where I released the birds to the loft was exactly 91.8 miles. They were released at 8:30 am . I have the clock set up now that the birds are wearing their chips. They all came home together and all clocked at 10:32 . 1324 Yards per minute. 45 mph. You can calculate ypm by multiplying the miles times 1760 and then dividing by the number of minutes the birds flew. 1760 is how many yards are in a mile. 2 hours and 2 minutes would be 122 minutes.
Birds look and feel great and are ready for the first race which is exactly 86 miles for me.

Race schedule

100 mile sept 27
150 mile Oct 3
200 Oct 10
200 Oct 17
250 Oct 24
250 Oct 31
300 Nov 7
300 Nov 14
350 Nov 20
400 Dec 4 Season finished

chips are on

Met at the club last night to code chips into the clock. I now have chips on the birds so that I can start clocking the training tosses.
we also have an auction race this year. It works like this; I brought 10 birds to the club. The birds are placed in wire cages for all to view. Everyone can then bid on the birds. If someone bids and wins one of my birds and then the bird wins the race that person wins the money raised in the auction. Here are the birds that are in the auction;1825, 1854, 1873, 1840,1835, 2990, 2957, 1877, 1848, 1841 I have the money on all but three of my birds. If any of those three win the bidder has to give me 40% of the prize money.

Training 50 miles

Trained 50 miles this morning. Tossed in groups of three. I am waiting 5 minutes between releases and it seems to be enough time that they are not getting together. Sunny at release, small showers along the route home. Birds are coming in from the East, which means they are flying down the beach all the way home.

Wed sept 8 Training

Trained at 40 miles released the birds in groups of three. Birds hit several rain showers on the way home. Not trapping well. They are landing on the roof of the house first and then hoping down to the landing board. Will have to work on this. I am losing 10 seconds.

The First 50 mile training Toss

Trained the whole Team 47 birds to the 50 mile training station which is 50 miles north on the interstate highway. Released the birds 3 at a time. It took them 1.5 hours average to get home. My wife said 1 bird came home first by himself in 1 hour. Didn't get his number. I saw a lot of flocks flying south.
Today is Labor day and I guess everyone is off of work and training their birds. One group of three got caught up in a flock of about 100. Most of the groups of three probably ran into other people pigeons on the way home. I wasn't patient enough this morning and waiting long enough between releases. The birds were catching up to each other and coming home in groups of 6 and even 1 group of 9.
I have added a piece of video from this am training.

supplimenting the feed

The birds have had a few days off but will begin tough training tomorrow. I am down to 47 birds for the team. I will switch to high carb feed which I mix myself. I give the birds probiotics in their water and on their feed. I also give them Juice plus tablets spread over the feed. I will use Garlic Oil to make the powder stick to the feed. They also get 1000mg of Vitamin C in their water twice a week.Races start in just 20 days.

Released 3 at a time

Released the birds at 40 miles this morning. Let them out just 3 at a time. I wait 4 to 5 minutes in between releasing groups so that they don't get together and learn to wait on each other. Shot some video this morning while releasing.