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23rd June 2007, 05:25 PM
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In widowhood, only the cocks are raced. The hens stay home and wait for them. I guess if you've got some good cock birds, that would be ok. We have only won one race with a cock in 5 years of racing, that I can remember. Our hens have always outflown the cocks. In double widowhood, both the cock and hen are raced. This is what we race. There are many variations of the system. Our variation is this.........the pairs are allowed to raise one round of youngsters before race season starts. One the babies are weaned, the sexes are separated. They are trained separately and not allowed to see each other until race season starts. On basketing day, the hens are allowed into the cocks loft for about 1/2 hour or so. Then the birds going to the race are caught up. Any hens that don't go, get put back in their loft. Here's a video I shot last year of the hens being released into the cocks loft on shipping day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o64-J9yMadc On race day, as the pairs arrive home, they allowed to stay together all day and separated the next morning. Then you start over again for the next week ends race. The the short of it........... 
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23rd June 2007, 05:54 PM
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Renee, that video was so cool! I had never seen it before.
It was amazing how happy they were to see each other and went straight to their nest boxes. I really enjoyed it.
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24th June 2007, 01:57 PM
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Renee www.lovebirdsloft.com It's FOOTBALL season again!! COWBOYS 8 - 4 It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little. -Sydney Smith, writer and clergyman (1771-1845)
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