[Crazy Pete]

Fat birds don't fly well they do they just don't race, for a 100-200 I feed a lot of fatty grains Thursday morning and nothing on Friday if it is a Saturday race. Any thing after 300 I give them plenty of Spanish peanuts, saflower and mabe hemp they have a lot of oil just in case it rains. In the real long races use corn oil even more fat it takes aout 48 hours for the fat to get in their system and you only do this if the birds are in top shape. If you over feed the day before the race they may not trap in super fast, then you just lost the race.
Dave

 

[Crazy Pete]

It take 48 hours for the fat to get into the system so if you give them enough they need no feed on Friday for a Saturday release, now this is only for under 200 miles.
Dave

 

[Crazy Pete]

No worries if some one want to feed like I do I'll tell them, so many birds are lost on the long races because they just run out of energy. My way may not be the best but my birds will come home from 600 miles and still look great.
Dave