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Thankyou Graham 👍😊

thankyou 👍😊

Thankyou Chris much appreciated 👍😊

Their Getting their im happy enough with that 😊👍

Cheers their yes i sure agree more of the younger ones involved the better 😊👍

Cheers Tony they did trap good this week last week id fuelled them alittle to much and wasnt as easy lol 😊

@@neilpratt43 looked great seeing them come in dropping out the sky keep them coming mate

theirs a couple of micky takers but they will come in line 😊👍

@@neilpratt43 Great work so far mate

cheers their getting their but long way to go still after underestimatimg how many young birds i would need last year i opted to double the amount especially with having more space now

Thats Great Advice i will do that next time and see if it helps i think they need to go out further as their beating me back everytime last years youngsters where 5 mins slower

@@neilpratt43 hope you don't think I'm trying to teach you how to suck eggs but your training them how to trap for the rest of their racing career. you don't want to be wasting them chucks. atb

Thankyou 👍😊

i agree ive looked at them all my life in a loft show or in a nest bowl but rarely got to see them flying and im enjoying it

well ive got them split up but flying both sexes ive only a small team old yearlings so sort of a roundabout system id say

Thankyou 😊👍

Thanks Gary they trap decently just to slow hopefully as oldbirds they improve next season 😊👍

@@neilpratt43 abit of sun on there back might help

hia their i started at 2 miles this year then 4 ,6,8,10,14,20,30 once im 10 miles out i will stop spreading and just stick to single line up to the 30 then every other day at 30 threw out the race program

@@neilpratt43 How far is the longest race for your birds

​@@tonypeters9763that would be maidstone for the young birds 256 miles adults its eastbourne 280 miles

ive been putting baths in 3 or 4 times a week at moment but that will drop to 2 times once racing starts thurs/sun weather permitting im useing cest pharma bath salts best one ive used

Thanks for the update Neil your birds are looking well mate

i only treat birds if their needed and only after dropping tests or if things where not right

@@neilpratt43 OK thanks 😊

Hia yes i give them 1.5 ounces per day split into 2 feeds i weighed it out on digital scales and have a measure cup and a spoon i mix as i need

yes it runs 6 led lights which are very low wattage their run from a 100watt solar panel and a twelve vault battery i will upgrade the battery when winter comes so im covered cost wasnt alot dont think ive spent 100 quid all in

Thats a great idea and works really well 👍

hia their yes i built this mysekf in march of 2024 its still not finished i need to complete inside with some sections but time and funds caught up with me will finish it after the young bird season now

i bought a kit from premier of 30 birds and bred 40 from my own stockbirds which i dont have many but floated them under feeders to increase their numbers these ybs are the ones im training i moved them over once id finished other shed

OK thanks for that Neil good luck with them

i try and spread the tosses out in an Arc first then when i get out past 10 miles i try and keep them on a line but where i live the wind has alot to do with where i train them from

i think when we are younger we dont think about these things or how serious it is but wearing a nask is one of the best bits of advice we can hive to any one 👍😊

Cheers for that their in great condition but not the best racers but they will improve Health condition feeding and motavation ive found are the key elements location and winds with a bitta luckis also needed 👍😊

@@neilpratt43 the motivation side of things is that putting the pairs together for about 10 minutes before the race ? Is this done though out the race season any other motivation tips

Thankyou for that its much appreciated and if i can help in any way let me know always happy to help Good luck 👍😊😊

Thanks Neil look forward to watching more of your videos very interesting to watch your birds but also how you explain what your doing and why

Thankyou its much appreciated 😊👍

Only started with 21 and lost 6 only all season i do however have a few on the bench with hawk attacks

⁠good luck with them…get the feed right and you’ll close the gap on the winners (feeds everything)

@jock2109 cheers for that yer thats an area im struggling with two many decades feeding fancy pigeons with a shovel but im getting their 😊👍

⁠aye foods poison as well as nutrition… over or underfeed and you’re not in the race.I flew 40 years in the DC and was lucky enough to top the combine 4 times but was brought up in a family of pigeon men so got taught at an early age

Hopefully it pays off i did this last year to and helped with losses when racing started 👍😊

Thankyou i will hopefully keep everyone updated 👍😊

Thankyou im really pleased with them this year i had a lot at different ages last season which was a bit of a pain this year their all pretty much the same age

Thankyou its much appreciated

Its amazing how we find each other at times lol 😊👍

Thankyou for that Paul ive still got a bit to do to finish it off inside but that can wait till later in the year 👍😊

hia their Yer yourright their i didnt do much basket training last year so getting as much in as possible this tine around yes i watch ali brothers vids every saturday night good to see how its done 👍

Thankyou for that it means alot 😊👍

Thankyou im trying thats for sure if you want some youngsters breeding thats no problem at all

cheers for that ive pushed these a little harder than last year but ive got another batch of around 20 for my daughter that are barely flying these are reserves 👍😊

im in north east england in haswell club we ST fed

yes im hoping to catch a few on returns my daughter usually helps with that but with a late liberation she had to go work but thankyou for watching

@neilpratt43 looking forward to watching more. I'm Chris, use my wife's log in 🤣🤣 from Liverpool. Do you direct water and electric on the allotment?

we have direct water but no direct electricity but have a 100watt solar panel and battrey that gets me by for time been ive added some extra lights for winter so will need to upgrade battey

That my owld mate Jackie Cockcroft I spied at marking la?

just like a holdover mate 😏 get some mollases in the drinker for them returning 👍

Thankyou its fun and relaxing that bit i like

they are ranging from 4 to 5 months

Thankyou its very much appreciated 👍😊

its turned out very well doesnt blow around and seems absorbant enough