Oldfart
138 posts
Sep 16, 2007
12:15 PM
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Hey All, I changed my fly time into the early afternoon,
1 P.M. Ten young birds out the door, eight kitted very well, two were leary from a B.O.P. attack sustained yesterday and stayed on top of the box. Hardly more then squeaks, so I let them, tomorrow will be a different day, all will fly. They went to 4 or 5 hundred feet, for ten minutes and then droped to around 2 hundred for ten to fifteen minutes and then dropped on to the kitbox. All traped within 60 seconds, that put a smile on my face!
Small, by the standards set by most, but huge from my point of view! Anyway, thanks for listening, I just wanted to share.
Thom
Last Edited by on Sep 16, 2007 12:15 PM
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Santandercol
1380 posts
Sep 16, 2007
2:42 PM
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This time of year just getting the birds out and back in without an attack gives me a smile.----------
Kelly
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tapp
310 posts
Sep 16, 2007
6:43 PM
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Good to hear Thom, Sure is a good feeling when things go good!
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Tapp
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Oldfart
141 posts
Sep 17, 2007
6:43 AM
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Hey Kelly, Tapp, Yesterday has been the best day so far.
The B.O.P. started getting heavy this week. I haven't lost
any yet but had one hit that got away, undamaged. I'm trying to fly smart to avoid them but its still a guessing game. Best of luck with your birds.
Thom
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Tony Chavarria
Site Publisher
1625 posts
Sep 17, 2007
7:06 AM
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Hey Thom, here is a "guess" that will work 100% of the time: lock them up, you won't lose any.
But if you are training for the Fall Fly, all guesses are off. LOL
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FLY ON! Tony Chavarria
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Santandercol
1383 posts
Sep 17, 2007
7:24 AM
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I was about to lock em up but decided to try flying some more as it seemed too early to stop flying and now it seems the Coopers have moved on for now.Must have been some migraters that were making a few passes at my birds last week.Amazingly I haven't lost a bird since July when the Henerys were still here.Even a youngster that made a poor landing and ripped his crop open on a sharp piece of metal roofing has healed up and found it's wings.My oldest 07 kit is working nicely now and my youngest are finally all up and flying together.We were gonna have a fall fly here in BC later in october but everyone is too busy hunting fishing and working to make that a possibility so these birds will be preserved till spring for the WC.
YITS,
Kelly.
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Oldfart
143 posts
Sep 17, 2007
11:02 AM
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Tony, I'm not flying my old birds(your birds) but their young. They are kitting extremly well and a few are fliping without much if any air-loss, and others are tail riding and just having a great time! It would break my heart to lose even one, but, they fly!! They fly everyday possible!!! That is why I raise them, the only way I can judge them is in the air. You would be proud if you could see them in the air, or is that why you fly every chance you get? How many times have you opened the door and flagged out the cream of your crop? Would you really want me to do anything less?
Thom
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Tony Chavarria
Site Publisher
1626 posts
Sep 17, 2007
11:06 AM
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Thom, you GO BOY! LOL
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FLY ON! Tony Chavarria
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bman
383 posts
Sep 17, 2007
11:41 AM
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Thom great feeling isn't.
I know you are flying all young birds. But in the future if you have a hen that has survived a couple of seasons and is a SOLID kitter it doesn't matter if she even rolls.
You want her in with the youngsters this time of year.Trust me she'll save a bunch of them when the preds move in.
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Ron
Borderline lofts
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Oldfart
144 posts
Sep 17, 2007
2:50 PM
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Tony, Ron, Tony,a man of my heart! Ron, I know you are in the same position as I am. From talking to you I think we are a lot alike. I also understand you are a little higher in the migration belt then I, and perhaps Pensom could pick from the perch, I cannot. So...They Fly! After they prove themselves, I will keep only the best. Hard? Probably, neccessery, certianly.
Thom
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