June 10, 2021

Racing pigeons training toss and Birmingham roller pigeons flying

[@dougmerc4060]

I like how you made the back of you pickup truck as a crate ❤️. Love the idea. Thanks for sharing.

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

You’re welcome Doug I’m glad you like the idea. Thanks for watching

[@GIE1291]

Watching from Philippines....full Support my friend...

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Glad you like the channel. Thank you for the support 👍

[@tomwallhead6950]

You turned your pickup into a basket you legend 😂

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thanks Tom I don’t know about legend more like I got lazy LOL

[@pilotmike7569]

They're lovely!😊 We have a homing pigeon in our area who stopped here to rest from a long-distance flight, he's been on our market for a week now, he's the star, I feed him and give him water, the local vendors support him too😀 I contacted the owner - very nice man!😊 A girlfriend is waiting for that pigeon back home buy he needs to regain strength after the flight before coming home🕊️💨

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Good luck with the homing pigeon. Although he sounds like he found a new home now. It’s always interesting to see what they will do. Thanks for watching my video and good luck with that baby you found

[@pilotmike7569]

@@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons Thank you so much, take care!😊🐦

[@alejandrocerdenia1235]

Pls try pulling 9 and 10 of the primary feathers of half of your team. On the other half leave the feathers alone to natural molting. Lets see which method is better.

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Great idea thank you

[@RFRP]

Great idea of doing half the team!

[@gpsloft5868]

So nice to see all the young birds flying! They look good 😊 thanks for sharing

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thanks for watching buddy and that looks like some great feed on your last video. It has a lot of mung beans in it and those are really great for pigeons

[@stephenbru]

Birds are looking good..👍

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thanks 😁👍

[@RFRP]

Love your innovation with the truck bed crate!!

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thank you my friend. Anything to make things more simple.

[@pizzaaria]

Hi Mike, Thanks for fixing the video that I could watch. The birds look great I love the way you load the birds to Truck and makes it easy to transport and release. The roller look wonderful. There are one or two that always go to the trees but gradually they will learn. Good luck on the training. Thanks again I always enjoys your videos.

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Yes my friend, for some reason the video loaded directly to public view and I wasn’t finished with it. That never happened before but I guess I need to keep an eye on that. Thanks for watching yeah and your rollers are looking great alsop

[@pizzaaria]

@@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons thanks my friend 😘😘😘

[@miguelm3676]

I do the same pull 9&10 feathers Nice Video. Very clever way to transport your birds.

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thanks for watching Miguel and I’m glad you liked the truck idea

[@armoroflight3818]

You should just toss them in the morning as the races will be released in the AM. I wouldnt do anything with the flights, just train them out to 45 miles...jump them 3-4 miles at a time until you get to 15 or so then larger jumps and release at same place if they have any trouble, thats my advice and how i trained mine.

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thank you for the great advice I appreciate it my friend

[@danielfreitas9084]

That's like a walk for the birds they going home easy but it's good to take your time with em 😎😎🥳

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thank you that’s how I feel about it too. A lot of people say take them out 50 miles but what’s the rush

[@danielfreitas9084]

@@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons yes I take my time with my birds patience is the way but the birds are more than ready for 50 miles but what's the rush everything is time be careful and continue what your doing 🤫💪💪

[@pirrgang]

Homers are looking good and it was neat seeing the rollers out.

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

thanks paul, I hope all is well my friend

[@edluciano504]

How long you had them to take them out in a mile

[@HerbysHanz]

hello. i think the stubborn ones are the smartest ones, because the feel safe, watching over everyone, just in case something drops on them from above. And i think they can fly longer than others if given a chance. thnks.

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

I think you are right. I will always fly them every day. They are just starting out at this point and will get much better

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

@@abcloft302 Like what my friend

[@firebirdloft]

Nice way to toss them Mike!. You’ll kick some butts there at the club Mike 👍🏻

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thank you Jose, it was nice to talk to you the other day and you give me some very good information my friend

[@firebirdloft]

@@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons Anytime Mike, I’m learning same as you.

[@johnrosado9272]

That a great idea Chino LES OG pigeon flyer

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thanks John I appreciate your support my friend 👍

[@fahimrachingpigeons2150]

SUPER All Raching pigeons

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@BlessingsLoft]

That’s an awesome idea with the truck shoot brother! As far as clipping the flights, it’s at your own discretion. Iv done it the last couple of years but my reasoning for doing it is most of my club does it and I’d hate to loose to them just over them doing something I should have done. With that being said my friend Jerry in the club is an old timer and doesn’t have the health to do too much with the the birds and he still wins all the time without clipping flights. So I don’t know how much it really helps and I hate loosing 35 days keeping them in while they re-grow their flights. So like I say it’s at your own discretion. And you couldn’t have asked for a better training toss! Those birds aren’t messing around brother. Your doing a great job! Good luck and god bless

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

There is some great information. I really appreciate that brother. Losing five or six weeks of training really isn’t very appealing to me as well. I’m glad you like the truck bed idea. I have 60 birds and just needed something to simplify the training a little. I like listening to the old-timers too. I doubt I will clip the wings and pull the feathers. Just doesn’t seem like a logical thing anymore. I will say that I have just as many people saying to pull the feathers as not to pull them so that tells me a lot in itself. I hope everything is going well blessings loft take care and God bless

[@burakloft568]

I have done cut the 9th & 10th feather in the past but if you do you can’t train for 6 weeks. But if you make sure turn on the lights on in middle of July until 11:00pm they will not lose any flight feathers and you keep training

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thanks for the advice my friend. Always a pleasure to get your opinion on pigeon racing.

[@burakloft568]

@@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons I just to try help if I can.

[@bisdakloft7455]

Good job 👍kalapatids

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thank you brother. Hope all is well at his BisDak loft. Keep them flying Kalapatid

[@HerbysHanz]

hello. ?: u noticed some are sucking air: panting? is that bad? and whats the temperature there? thnks.

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

The rollers haven’t gotten all that much air time. But it is very hot here and humid. The homing pigeon‘s are in excellent shape so if they are breathing hard it’s only because of the heat. Thanks for asking

[@yasirmalik2401]

@@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons nice

[@yasirmalik2401]

Sir cell number please

[@Lewingsloft]

Nice 👍

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thanks for the visit 👍

[@ernestjohnston1882]

i hnow the feeling,,,i think they r afraid of the compition,,,,,i have learned more here on line than i ever did before the internet

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Yes me too 👍

[@petepeterson2504]

How many pure rocky ridge whites are in the racing pigeon team ?

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

I only have one in there because so many people wanted young birds. I wish I had 10 in there because the one that is in there is doing great but I also have about 10 that are half Rocky Ridge white in there and 3 pure white Mortdvits

[@DonALofts]

Nice. Going to make me one for quicker loading of birds. Thanks for sharing.

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

No problem 👍 Have fun brother

[@thunderloft9941]

Nice training crate mate

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thanks 😀

[@robiamsterdam7745]

Hei Nice birds, but 1 mile is really to less, try at least 50 mile, first speed race in Europe have more than 100 km...

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thank you for the advice my friend 👍

[@elpidiocantor3250]

Nice idol

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thanks for watching👍

[@michaelmorang8465]

How do you get your racing pigeons to fly that long, My kit has been flying together for 3 months but they fly 15-20 mins maximum How do I get them to fly longer

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

I would suggest flying them early in the morning before it gets too hot. And make sure their feed is lite and the birds are not too heavy. When I used to have a lot of corn in the feed birds would only fly for 15 minutes.

[@michaelmorang8465]

@@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons great I will reduce the corn and see what happens Thanks a mil

[@watkinspigeonloft6059]

Birds looking in top condition mate👌some lovely colours you have in your young bird team aswell mate, rollers looking spot on with the flying aswell👌

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thank you my friend. You have some great looking birds as well.

[@watkinspigeonloft6059]

@@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons no worries at all mate, thank you mate means a lot honestly

[@bobdale2842]

Get them out to 10-12 miles before clipping 9 & 10. 5 days after clipping them, you'll need to pull them. Clipping alone doesn't start the molt it only assures that the quills are dry before pulling them so you aren't dealing with blood quills that can damage the wing. If you're going to do that you might as well pull a few of the center tail feathers (the deck) as well.

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thank you Bob. Still not sure which to do but I appreciate your advice.

[@danvanhoose6783]

Bunch fly's over grove city ,Ohio.south west to north east and vice versa.

[@blancafernandezcocinandoym3828]

Hola mi Amiguito Junín muchas palomas muy bonitas bendiciones y saluditos 🙋‍♀️🙏🤗

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thank you 😁

[@Im-bd6we]

🕊🥺❤️

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

👍🤩🙏

[@RichOnLife-1]

Great video Mike, thanx for sharing. My club seems pretty close to the vest with any help or advice also also, One of the reasons I subscribe to you and others. Plus I've gotten a lot of feed back on my channel for what I am doing right or wrong. Keep up the great work.

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thank you my friend. We can can only do what we think is best. Sometimes I think no advice would be best. When you follow others advice you will get the same results they get. Time for something new!

[@RichOnLife-1]

@@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons Great way to look at it!

[@marksrollerpigeons4675]

a was just about to type starve them for 2 days hahahha and just herd you say you have sen them go for 3 days with out feed

[@abetntwarrios8882]

I like bag training system that you have on the truck that's awesome man that's nice

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thanks brother I'm glad you like it 👍

[@patrickbell3840]

Your birds are in great condition flying around the loft for 50 mins after one mile training. They are ready for 5 mile no problem to them. You should think about the darkness. Slot of people doing in Ireland. And Europe Clipping not that affective.

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thank you for your opinion and advice. I am starting to lean towards the darkening system again.

[@patrickbell3840]

It also bring on your birds they will look like yearlings and you will have a big advantage on those that don't do the darkness system in the young bird racing. Just an option. Your birds look great.

[@luksus8172]

👌👌👌🇵🇱🇵🇱👍👍👍

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thanks 🙏 👍✌️

[@edgar2231]

👋

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

👋

[@whitepearlloftofflorida9165]

🕊🕊🕊

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

👍 👍 👍

[@randolsteepleton5627]

Why clip at all what is the benefit nrver heard of doing such Olson had homers for 70.years and didn't do such what is that suppose to do for the bird's

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

They say it make sure they have their adult feathers by the time race season starts. But I don’t think I’m going to do that anymore. I don’t like the sound of it myself

[@coleridgelofts6804]

Beautiful my friend birds looking very nice...im struggling with my birds circling they circle for about fifteen minutes come back and looks like they can't keep their beaks close.

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

I was having the same problem with my White homers last summer and come to find out I was overfeeding and giving way too much corn. Once I lowered their weight and stop giving corn altogether they were back to flying without getting exhausted. I’m not saying that is the problem with yours I’m just telling you what happened with my birds. I hope it helps because you have some really great birds.

[@coleridgelofts6804]

Thank you for info my friend....much appreciated stay safe...

[@thunderloft9941]

How old are they when u start tossing them

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

About two months out of the nest but more importantly is how long they loft fly and range. Should be at least an hour

[@thunderloft9941]

@@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons well mine are 1.5 months old at the moment and fly around the loft majority of the time ... 1st they are young and 2nd its 46°C everyday so i m looking forward for September when the temperature starts falling cuz in this temperature flying is almost impossible

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

@@thunderloft9941 wow that's hot, you would have to let them out very early in the morning. Hope it works out for you - i'm sure it will!

[@thunderloft9941]

@@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons yep man thats the only time they actually want to fly... the remaining day they are inside the loft to protrct themselves from heat... atm i m focusing on getting more ybs so that when its winter i can go to full lenghts in training 🙂

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

@@thunderloft9941 I have 2 young birds for sale and ready to be shipped if you are interested in high quality racing pigeons let me know

[@noelleonnoelleon]

hi, don’t clip them. it’s better for them to be flying and be in shape. let them fall naturally. birds will win races with missing flights

[@noelleonnoelleon]

if you clip them, they’ll be stuck not flying. it makes more sense for them to exercise and be in shape

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thanks and that's what I have decided to do. ✌️👍

[@token3237]

👍🏽👍🏽

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

😀✌️👍

[@albertwalta5193]

Good job!

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thank you Albert 👍

[@AZLOFTRacingPigeon]

excellent

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thank you my friend

[@michaelpeavler3270]

I see u made that box to just fit in the way the bed liner is made cool U may have to tie it down in longer toss It is sad in ur club no one will help u with advise Jealously is the problem that is killing this hobby sport In our clubs good luck

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thanks Michael, glad you like the toss cage. I think you may be right about the club but if it doesn’t get better this will be my first and last year racing. That’s for watching

[@dirkvoges6218]

So wird das Auto sinnvoll genutzt....klasse

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

thanks 👍

[@changcoua08]

No help from club members....thats not a fun club to be in. Hopefully someone there can help you out more, that's why it's a club. You can clip them or not it's up to you. Racing is trial and errors, you find what works for you and your birds. When I was still racing in a very competitive club, whoever didn't do a certain system on the birds were always on the bottom sheets. Good luck!!!

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thanks for the advice Coua, appreciate you sharing your experience

[@aady_23]

Get some tipplers

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

I never had any but I sure would like to try some.

[@rongaines1073]

I would do it

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thank you👍

[@juanmontes8133]

idol plss give me 1pair your dove I'm her in Philippines

[@Mancgrower]

Clipping is terrible, keep them flying...

[@Rocky.Ridge.Pigeons]

Thanks for your opinion I appreciate it