Carbs flight time

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Anthony webster
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I don't know answer some say 1 hour so even say few minutes,,with dogs it's literally seconds they burn carbs
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NeilA wrote: Thu Nov 06, 2025 11:57 am
MIke Lycett wrote: Thu Nov 06, 2025 10:56 am
NeilA wrote: Thu Nov 06, 2025 10:06 am Read that mate
It’s the carbs I can’t get I have seen it as low as gone by just after lift off to taking a hour
Not saying the birds won’t get home more flying at speed
So it’s hard to know when or what fats they use or need when seems a fair bit of difference in when the carbs are gone
Do you need 3g of fat at 10 min or 60 min
Then if unused it’s dead weight
I don't think that there's a hardcore definitive answer on this.
I think your right seems done say just getting in the air others say after a hour
So say you go a 120 min race and you want say 3g fats per hour as a guide in the build up do you really need 5.5 grams
I use to feed like this but u don't have many birds left after 2 seasons I feed now where all the birds have a minimum of 8 hours fat in them ,,there's no difference in performance even at 65 miles they still poor in trap like rockets .
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NeilA wrote: Thu Nov 06, 2025 12:25 pm
Anthony webster wrote: Thu Nov 06, 2025 12:15 pm I don't know answer some say 1 hour so even say few minutes,,with dogs it's literally seconds they burn carbs
Yes been told just reaching height and like you others say your get 50/60 miles out of them
How about race horses Anthony ate they like dogs

I wonder what the difference between sprint cyclist and grand tour cyclist as there body shape isn’t as contrasting as a 100m runner and a marathon runner that diet you can see more with heavy protein
They use to give bi carb soda to get extra furlong out of horse I use to give a teaspoon a day over dogs food in season.
I found carbs like pasta ,sweet potato potato really made a dog run sluggish like they had a belly of water in them.
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After reading all of these post and Mike's video, I am still a little confused.
Am I correct in saying that no matter how much carbs you feed, you cannot 'load' the bird to the value of more than a 10 min fly......?
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I trained baby's on a Friday morning turned it to a nightmare toss I was pig sick once they was all home they got 1 handful of seed per 20 baby's next day race day n east wind tough race 1034 ypm took first 5 in fed flying 20 miles more than first droppers ,,pigeons do amazing things .
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