I would like to thank everyone that sent birds this year to support this race. I really appreciate it. I know the commitment it takes to send birds out, especially with all the different races available these days. I will do my best to make sure the birds are as ready for the races as they can be. I was really lucky with the health of the birds this year. Only 2 birds died of sickness, everything else either got lost off the loft or were victims of the flying predators.
All the birds are now broke to the loft and I have been flagging them. They get a bath opportunity once or twice a week. I will not be posting an official training schedule. As of now I would say 85% of the birds are ready to start training, there are a few lazy ones and of course the most recent group needs some time to loft fly. When I feel the birds are ready I will start hauling them. My goal is to start hauling in 2 weeks. Once I start hauling the birds, I will train every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
The birds get out to loft fly everyday the weather allows. Even if I am not posting inventories everyday, I can reassure the birds have been out. There were only 3 days in the last month and a half I didn’t let them out, 2 were days I pulled flights and 1 was a really bad stormy day.
Thanks again and good luck to all. Please feel free to call or text with questions.
Derik Alder
