It's hot out there

Devo1956 · Thu Jul 09, 2026 5:22 pm

Diamond Dave wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 4:03 pm Is anyone training in these temps? Would it be ok to train first thing in the morning or would it be best to wait til it cools down?

Early morning i would go with Dave, if all is clear

Spieker-Loft · Thu Jul 09, 2026 7:32 pm

Diamond Dave wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 4:03 pm Is anyone training in these temps? Would it be ok to train first thing in the morning or would it be best to wait til it cools down?

Im not sure what the temps look like over there but i never had any issues with heat. 2 weeks ago we had 35c and the youngbirds were 2+ hours in the air by themself we dont use flags or any of the like to keep the birds in the air.
Since week its also still been pretty warm and we were training the yb's in a trailer with boxes without any issue either.

Without getting me wrong here but i don't need a bunch of "nice weather" pigeons in my loft. Our old bird racing system in germany is from 80 miles to 320+ miles and on a 320+ mile race with head winds and 28c i can't have birds in my loft that can't withstand that.
We do also on purpose let them out in the rain etc and its very important to us that the pigeons get trained in these conditions

Diamond Dave · Thu Jul 09, 2026 8:02 pm

I'm inclined to agree Leon But these temps seem somewhat extreme.
This week I should have basketed my birds for Bordeaux 506 miles. I wanted to test my yearlings and a few older hens.
The temperatures through France are brutal reaching 40degrees on Saturday. If that wasn't bad enough it is coupled with a North East wind.
So I decided not to send and to keep my birds in the shed for next year.
I desperately wanted this race and I dont know if I have made the right decision so can't wait to see the result and check out the returns ( not to gloat but to see if I made a good choice or not)

Spieker-Loft · Thu Jul 09, 2026 8:50 pm

Diamond Dave wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 8:02 pm I'm inclined to agree Leon But these temps seem somewhat extreme.
This week I should have basketed my birds for Bordeaux 506 miles. I wanted to test my yearlings and a few older hens.
The temperatures through France are brutal reaching 40degrees on Saturday. If that wasn't bad enough it is coupled with a North East wind.
So I decided not to send and to keep my birds in the shed for next year.
I desperately wanted this race and I dont know if I have made the right decision so can't wait to see the result and check out the returns ( not to gloat but to see if I made a good choice or not)

I understand when it comes to the races atleast. Our combine planned a 340 mile race 3x now the past 5 weeks and it got restricted by our flight security commite from the german pigeon federation everytime to about 160-190 miles.
I think you made the correct decision tho when it comes to races. Training is a whole different story to racing. and if this weekend we wouldve raced a planned 340 miles from france with about 35-37c on release point with head winds i also wouldve left mine at home specially because i only have yearlings currently.

Andy · Thu Jul 09, 2026 9:14 pm

Diamond Dave wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 4:03 pm Is anyone training in these temps? Would it be ok to train first thing in the morning or would it be best to wait til it cools down?

I haven’t started my youngsters yet. The trouble is I can only go early morning. Which isn’t a problem as far as temperatures are concerned but the past few mornings it has been very misty first thing.