nicksiders
393 posts
Jan 29, 2006
8:34 PM
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I had a bird that I first noticed her because she was the first bird landing leaving the kit flying thirty minutes longer. She was gaining ground on my cull roster. Today I watched her..............and did I learn something!
That little hen was the best performer I had in the air today. She was smooth as silk; very, very frequent; and was popping of consistant 30 foot plus breaks. It became evident that the reason she probably comes down first is that she was working harder then the rest. She was basically one of the birds in scoreable breaks everytime, everytime..........everytime. If I hadn't taken some time to just check her out she may have become trash in tomorrow's collection. I learned a lesson here.
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fhtfire
318 posts
Jan 29, 2006
10:02 PM
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Nick,
I have a little hen that comes down early too. She is that little black Ruby Roller hen that is in my A team. When I say early..I mean that she comes down before the rest of the birds...if say the team flys for 45 minutes, she comes down at the 38=42 minute mark. To me that is AOK...because I know that she is one of my more frequent and deeper birds...so she is working her tail off. I know that when she lands and her feather are all F@#$*D up and her wings are dragging on the ground...she worked hard. Now if she was coming down at the 15-20 minute mark and the rest of the birds fly for 25 minutes longer and she does not look like she is working...then that my friend is a cull..LOL!! I myself rarely have the whole kit come down at the exact same time unless I am in competition shape with competition feeding...then they all come down at the same time....But during the winter with the heavier feed...the cocks and bigger hens seem to stay up a little longer...But they always stay together past the 20 minute mark. Just my thoughts...I almost did the same thing...until I got the watch out to prepare and get the birds dialed for a comp.
rock and ROLL
Paul
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