Andy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2024 8:12 am
What I would like to know is if the feeding is so important to winning at any given distance why is it that in the Nationals the birds on the South Coast may only be flying around 120 miles. 2.5 hours on the wing at 50mph. So sprint racing and fed for sprint racing. In the same race those up North could be flying 300 miles further, 420 miles. 8.5 hours on the wing at 50 mph. So distance racing and fed for distance racing. The distance birds can often be doing the same velocities as the sprint pigeons. So these distance pigeons were obviously with the sprint pigeons when the sprint birds start dropping onto their lofts even though fed very differently. They didn’t get left behind by the sprinters and then suddenly started getting quicker. I know the wind and weather can have a big effect on this.
But to me it shows that what you feed is of little importance compared to having good quality and healthy birds.
Should think good pigeons for the required distance and wind and the correct feed for the job in hand will produce the same results
I’m good mates with Mark Bulled his sprint team is fed totally different to his distance team and to be honest I would put his performance in nationals up against any working back yard fancier
Two different family’s he keeps well actually three and different feeding totally
Yes but the Staddon's down here, probably the best flyers in the South West feed the same to their sprint, distance, 600+ miles and young birds. Just the amounts fed differ.
Should think good pigeons for the required distance and wind and the correct feed for the job in hand will produce the same results
I’m good mates with Mark Bulled his sprint team is fed totally different to his distance team and to be honest I would put his performance in nationals up against any working back yard fancier
Two different family’s he keeps well actually three and different feeding totally
Yes but the Staddon's down here, probably the best flyers in the South West feed the same to their sprint, distance, 600+ miles and young birds. Just the amounts fed differ.
