2014

I've gotten a few AU Convention birds and I'll be ready to wean my first round of babies I raised, this week.  Put my Widowhood pairs together on Valentines Day so it won't be long and they'll be starting to loft fly a bit and then the season will be coming up.  2014 is well on the way.

2014 Breeding Season

     Put my Breeders together yesterday.....several new pairings so I'm anxious to see what they will produce.  I waited a bit longer this year before putting them together and plan to raise fewer of my own since I'll be getting a good number of birds for the AU Convention Race.  Should be a fun YB year.

Two Special Sisters

     Full sisters a year apart.  2013 Champion Middle Distance Old Bird and 2013 Champion Young Bird.

Racing seasons done so I've been busy building a new loft for next years Young Birds

ANOTHER GREAT YOUNG BIRD SEASON

Once again I got very lucky.......our young bird season has come to an end.  I was fortunate to have the first three birds on the Champion Young Bird list, and won the Average Speed category.  The Champion bird is a full brother to the hen that was the Champion Short and Middle distance bird during our Old Bird season.  I just have the Midwest Convention race yet to come, hoping to do well but it will be a challenge with lots of good birds and good flyers to compete with.

2013 Young Bird Races

     Well, the time I've been waiting on has finally come.  Since way back in January when I put my Breeders together, this is the time I've been planning for.
     Our first club race was August 24th.  The weather was hot with a really strong tail wind.  I was concerned about the birds being blown past home into the heat of the day.  I chose six birds to go to the race......they all came how together and were the first six birds in the race.  The second race of the season heat again was a big factor with only a slight head wind.  This race wound up being a real challenge.as the birds were released into very cloudy sky's and then they met rain.  All of the birds made it home but much slower than the 1550 yards per minute of the first race.

Old Bird Success

I've been lucky once again. My yearlings managed to do very well as they won Champion Bird, Champion Loft and Average speed in our club for the Middle Distance Old Bird Category.  I think it's clear that the birds I have excel at these distances.  I really admire the long distance birds but I'm really satisfied with my birds and I think these are the kind of birds that have the ability to do well in the OLR and Futurities where my main interest lies.