Good morning Breeders,
Quick update on the birds, we are loft flying again due to weather, it’s frustrating not being able to train the way we want to but we can’t fight Mother Nature. The forecast is not looking good for the next couple of days, we are monitoring the weather closely and if we find a break we will take it. Hope you all have a great day.
Brito & Pedro
Today is our Primalac 75 Mile Trainer, the first 3 birds on the clock will win a Primalac Bundle Kit with some hats and also a FREE PERCH for 2024 Season. Thank you Primalac for sponsoring all of our 75 mile trainer. Good luck to all.
Good afternoon Breeder,
Today we finished a hand inventory that we felt it was needed before moving forward, it’s not fun to find these on basketing night especially with the amount of birds we have.
Summary of the findings:
17 birds (No Chip)
74 birds (Chip Not Working)
Total of 91 birds not scanning
We are correcting these issues today and doing a fresh update with Benzing in the morning. We are planning to Loft Fly tomorrow so these birds that were corrected should come up on tomorrow’s loft fly. We will be back on the road this Saturday, good luck to all.
Any questions feel free to give us a call,
Regards,
Good afternoon Breeders,
Quick update on the birds, they are flying much better with the new feed. Today the plan was to loft fly again and we couldn’t due to weather, rain and strong winds forecasted for the next 4 days. We will keep an eye closely and hoping to find a break in between to loft fly. We are behind on schedule which means that all the race dates will change. We will post the new schedule for the races once we are done with activation. Thank you for your patience.
We wanted to give you all a quick update how things are doing at the loft, please watch the video. It looks like we are back on track, birds are responding well to the new feed and hoping to be back on the road again in a few days. Thank you for your patience.
The last two 16 mile tosses have been challenging for the birds, the early arrivals seem very tired when they land and many returning late which is not normal for these short distance tosses. The birds feel good, weight is good, no signs of canker or cocci, droppings are nearly perfect.
We were thinking we had some respiratory issue but they were treated recently. After reaching out two different vets we came to the conclusion that there is a problem with the feed we are using, effective right now we are changing vendors and start using a new feed and hoping to see some positive changes real soon. For now we will postpone road training until we are 100% sure they are fit and healthy to perform. This will push back the schedule a bit but the birds are our number one priority and we need to make sure they are healthy to get back on the road. Thank you all for your patience, just wanted to give you all a heads up what’s going on, any questions feel free to contact me.
Today was our 2nd Training Toss from 4 Miles, overall they did a good job and responding well, we are planning on taking them tomorrow to our 8 Mile spot. Below you can watch a video from today's toss, hope you all enjoy it. Good luck and have a great day.
Today we started with our first Road Trainer, we went to 4 miles and released them in groups. We will repeat this again tomorrow weather permitting, our goal with these short tosses is to boost their confidence and get them comfortable in the trailer.
For the time being they will be released in groups due to the amount of birds, once we get to our 56 mile training spot that’s when we are planning on releasing them in one single release (all together) so they get use to racing back home. Anything less than 56 miles they will be released in groups. We wish everyone good luck and let the fun begin.
