Nervousness is always present but by the time races come whatever we did up to that point we just hope it was good. Race Day we should just enjoy but yes I often question whether or not I did what needed to be done correctly... it gets better with experience
ive seen a couple guys do old birds for the first time this year, seems like a steep learning curve. You made the sheets tho! and on a 419 miler, badass. congrats.
Great video as usually ! Very informational. Hope you do a lot better with the yb this year brother. Old bird has been tough this year from what I see. Super excited from achivers babies for me she bred me the most babies this year
She’s on one last round for me for my late hatch paired her up with a really nice inbred harry from bob duhra. Anyway how is the black bird doing on your old bird team ?
"Good job 5506, too bad you're too late" she looked like she wanted to cuss you. 🤣 She had to work hard to get home. I still haven't gotten the hang of old birds, myself. Trying to race with so few numbers ups the difficulty level. I've raced with 6-7 my 1st 3 years in old birds.
I figure a good 15 to 20 old birds would be the sweet spot. With longer races we do need to rotate some birds and if you race specials on top of the combine even more so.
The two clockers did good.. To even get a bird back from 418 miles on the day is an accomplishment in itself. That's a tough thing for a bird to do and flying all the way from Ohio to Jersey on the day makes it a winner. Just curios, what was the bloodline on those two birds that made it back on the day?
I am a race secretary for my club. I will tell you that if guys are not clocking good results the club can hold off on the knockoff time. Giving the birds a chance to clock. They may be doing that on purpose because it cuts flyers out of average speed. You need to make a motion at your next club and combine meeting to make two day races on tough races. Give the birds that much love. 9 birds clocking out of 26 and who knows the combine results. Keep in mind you may not win the race but your bird might be in contention for average speed by qualifying in the race and then starts doing good. If the bird don’t qualify or the flyer don’t qualify he or she is knocked out of any awards.
Yeah, me and a couple of guys already talked about bringing it up, there's enough people not happy to pass a longer window of time to report, so we can enjoy the birds coming and keep more birds in for the average speed like you said. Thanks for your input.
taking young birds on such short tosses is wasting u time if they are not ranging 2 or three miles on their own then their is something wrong with ur managment i take mine 20 klms for their first toss.
I respect your approach, surely many people do that. There a a couple of reasons I go this short in the beginning. I have a timeline I follow since I'm on the Light System, pull 9th and 10th and they are lockdown for the month of June for the moult. I don't have time nor do I like to toss separately my younger ones from the first rounders and they were just starting to range. I like to instill confidence of being released from the basket and aiming for home, and discipline on the calling and trapping. I find that shorter tosses but more frequent, often twice per day in the very beginning of their learning makes a difference. I am not worried about going the distance at this stage. I have all of July and half of August to get them ready for the races.
there so much that goes into racing these birds it makes me a little nervous hahaha but congratulations on hitting the sheets
Nervousness is always present but by the time races come whatever we did up to that point we just hope it was good. Race Day we should just enjoy but yes I often question whether or not I did what needed to be done correctly... it gets better with experience
ive seen a couple guys do old birds for the first time this year, seems like a steep learning curve. You made the sheets tho! and on a 419 miler, badass. congrats.
Thanks buddy, I'm trying my best with what I got!
I haven't seen you post in a while, get back to it!
@@MaydisLoft yeah, late start to the breeding season cuzz of school but ill be on
Great video as usually ! Very informational. Hope you do a lot better with the yb this year brother. Old bird has been tough this year from what I see. Super excited from achivers babies for me she bred me the most babies this year
Got a few from her sister and parents on the team, hopefully they do good. Good luck yours.
She’s on one last round for me for my late hatch paired her up with a really nice inbred harry from bob duhra. Anyway how is the black bird doing on your old bird team ?
"Good job 5506, too bad you're too late" she looked like she wanted to cuss you. 🤣 She had to work hard to get home. I still haven't gotten the hang of old birds, myself. Trying to race with so few numbers ups the difficulty level. I've raced with 6-7 my 1st 3 years in old birds.
I figure a good 15 to 20 old birds would be the sweet spot. With longer races we do need to rotate some birds and if you race specials on top of the combine even more so.
@@MaydisLoft 20 is my number but couldn't get up to that number the 1st couple years. This year I would have had about 10. Hawks are persistent.
What are you feeding
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The two clockers did good.. To even get a bird back from 418 miles on the day is an accomplishment in itself. That's a tough thing for a bird to do and flying all the way from Ohio to Jersey on the day makes it a winner. Just curios, what was the bloodline on those two birds that made it back on the day?
Thanks Kevin. The 1st is a Mussolini and the 2nd a Fabry
@@MaydisLoft .. Nice. Oh yeah, now I remember you saying Fabri in the vid.
I am a race secretary for my club. I will tell you that if guys are not clocking good results the club can hold off on the knockoff time. Giving the birds a chance to clock. They may be doing that on purpose because it cuts flyers out of average speed. You need to make a motion at your next club and combine meeting to make two day races on tough races. Give the birds that much love. 9 birds clocking out of 26 and who knows the combine results.
Keep in mind you may not win the race but your bird might be in contention for average speed by qualifying in the race and then starts doing good. If the bird don’t qualify or the flyer don’t qualify he or she is knocked out of any awards.
Yeah, me and a couple of guys already talked about bringing it up, there's enough people not happy to pass a longer window of time to report, so we can enjoy the birds coming and keep more birds in for the average speed like you said. Thanks for your input.
Hi why do you pull the ninth and tenth flights
It's so that they regain their primary flights ahead of time to be fully moulted and be ready to race.
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I see the dropper sitting on eggs 🥚 are they having baby’s ? I need a dropper like yours so pretty
Yes, you can have one if both hatch.
@@MaydisLoft let me know please I take a
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You shouldn't train YB in the evening when it's hot. There is zero benefit and only unnecessary stress on them in my opinion.
I agree
I think “some where in Ohio” accurately represents all of Ohio in my mind. 😂😂😂 also how are you like this drop trap still?
The trap is fantastic, the birds don't hesitate a bit to go in! Great idea, and thanks for making it buddy!
Tc. Said. U. Didn't. Take. The. Grit. A way. On. Long. Race. Wednesday. There. Salt. In. It. Salt. Bad. For. Long. Raced. .
I normally take the grit away the day before basketing.
taking young birds on such short tosses is wasting u time if they are not ranging 2 or three miles on their own then their is something wrong with ur managment i take mine 20 klms for their first toss.
I respect your approach, surely many people do that. There a a couple of reasons I go this short in the beginning.
I have a timeline I follow since I'm on the Light System, pull 9th and 10th and they are lockdown for the month of June for the moult.
I don't have time nor do I like to toss separately my younger ones from the first rounders and they were just starting to range.
I like to instill confidence of being released from the basket and aiming for home, and discipline on the calling and trapping. I find that shorter tosses but more frequent, often twice per day in the very beginning of their learning makes a difference.
I am not worried about going the distance at this stage. I have all of July and half of August to get them ready for the races.