Great info for people to consider. I sent to a late hatch one loft race and the transparency is not there. They put in their updates to call if the bird info needs correction but didn't correct my bird's bands after 2 calls and multiple emails. Disappointing. Wish a lot of loft managers would be more transparent and complete what they said they'll do.
@RFRP7 ай бұрын
Oh that sounds frustrating!! 😢 I’ve experienced bad communication with one OLR last year and it is the worst not knowing what’s happening or when things are going to start up. Literally 4-5 months went by without ANY communication from the manager. And now the race no longer exists bc the manager was caught cheating. Hard to be surprised
@hylekraceteam7 ай бұрын
Congratulations at Black Gold! Very happy for you!
@RFRP7 ай бұрын
Thanks my friend!! Appreciate hearing that from one of the “Big Dogs” 🙂
@Razorloft88026 ай бұрын
Congrats James! Awesome to see your birds do well. Great job.
@RFRP6 ай бұрын
Thank you!! Really appreciate that my friend!!
@johnboscareno6777 ай бұрын
pretty cool James congratulations. good info. i am thinking of trying an olr if all goes well in breeding i only have 3 pairs and so far just 2 eggs today. Anyway good info as always.
@RFRP7 ай бұрын
Go for it! It’s fun to be able to fly against so many fanciers in an even playing field. Good luck!!
@JMFLOFT6 ай бұрын
Very informational and helpful specially to beginners who are new to the hobby.
@RFRP6 ай бұрын
Glad to help out! 🙂
@jasonjordan91016 ай бұрын
Good insight into what to look for 😁. I had to learn some of these lessons the hard way. Great video!
@RFRP6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the feedback Jason! Appreciate your support!
@Oneloftracing7 ай бұрын
Congratulations on your equal first pigeon at BGR .
@RFRP7 ай бұрын
Many thanks!! ☺️
@Farr.Racing.Pigeons7 ай бұрын
Congrats James
@RFRP7 ай бұрын
Many thanks my friend!!
@fabricdragon7 ай бұрын
watching your boys show off and try to impress....
@RFRP7 ай бұрын
They are definitely trying!
@racingpigeonstexas4926 ай бұрын
Congrats on the Black Gold! Yoanny does a great job!
@RFRP6 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! BGR is one of the top OLRs in the US. Yoannys does do an amazing job. I’ll be there every year I can afford to
@racingpigeonstexas4926 ай бұрын
@@RFRP you should be set for a few years at least. Lol.
@RFRP6 ай бұрын
@@racingpigeonstexas492 ha! #studentloans
@aldrincuyugan44827 ай бұрын
i like your’e dark colore birds sir
@RFRP7 ай бұрын
I also really like dark colored pigeons. ☺️
@paovang1877 ай бұрын
Video everything in my opinion.
@RFRP7 ай бұрын
🥰 You are too kind! Thank you!
@MouradDokaliTx7 ай бұрын
Congratulation James !🎉
@RFRP7 ай бұрын
Thank you!! ☺️
@jeffkaptain29197 ай бұрын
Great post James, sounds like all the info you/we need to study, thank you. Congrats for the winning bird.
@RFRP7 ай бұрын
Thank you kindly Jeff!! Really appreciate it!
@1010hunter17 ай бұрын
Congrats James!! As always great video, Thanks for sharing your knowledge. What’s up with the breeders, are you done or have you not started breeding yet?
@RFRP7 ай бұрын
Thanks my friend! Appreciate it! Would you believe that I haven’t put them together yet? 🙄😭😭 I’ve been swamped with other life things. I usually put them together in mid December
@Stillwaterpigeons7 ай бұрын
loved the info .... and it was fun to watch your bird hit the board at BGR..congrats
@RFRP7 ай бұрын
☺️ Thanks my friend!!
@Oneloftracing7 ай бұрын
I followed Texas Dash for Cash last year I was impressed . I think there are 87 Olr in USA if I was in USA Texas Dash for cash would be one of the races I would compete in .
@RFRP7 ай бұрын
Yes! Dash for Cash is another excellent race that checks all the boxes.
@QbanRockets7 ай бұрын
Excellent video James. Very informative about choosing OLR. Very important. Congratulations 🎊🍾🎈
@RFRP7 ай бұрын
Congratulations to the two of us! 😁
@ausfuhrpramienjagar7 ай бұрын
Good video with great OLR info.. Congrats James on the nice placing at the BGR. If only that bird would have taxied right in after hitting the runway. That had to be frustrating.. The Martinez Classic will be a fun one.. They'll be taking birds starting Feb 1st. Maybe you could do a vid on how to ship birds to an OLR.. From vaccinating, boxing the birds, shipping info needed and what happens at the PO when you go there to ship them. Also, the best time of day and the best day of the week to do that. A dry run of course. 🙂
@RFRP7 ай бұрын
Great idea, Kevin! Happy to do that! And thanks for the kind words! The first drop bird was also 6th average speed. She’s good one!
@ausfuhrpramienjagar7 ай бұрын
@@RFRP.... Nice! YW.. Yeah, she's a beaut!
@CarranzaHugo7 ай бұрын
So far I like Martinez Classic, Cuevas Classic, Royal Cup, and California Classic.
@RFRP7 ай бұрын
Awesome! Good to hear. I’m going to try Martinez and California this year 🙂
@ausfuhrpramienjagar7 ай бұрын
@Hugo Carranza.. I'll see you at the final race at the Martinez as well Hugo! Providing the birds make it to the final.. LOL. Mario and the family do a great job with the birds.. The east course will be a fun and tough one!
@CarranzaHugo7 ай бұрын
@@ausfuhrpramienjagar this will be a great year. Piet DeWeerd said it… “this is the toughest course in the world” 🌎 if your pigeons can fly this course they can fly almost any course in the world.
@ausfuhrpramienjagar6 ай бұрын
@@CarranzaHugo . You're absolutely right.. There's nothing easy about flying across the high desert and then having to negotiate the 7,000 ft Sierra Nevada range and then dropping down into the central valley into a hot and usual headwind for the last 75 miles to get home..
@bahromjumayev20466 ай бұрын
👍👍👍👍
@RFRP6 ай бұрын
🙏🏼
@stevevang63217 ай бұрын
Nice black there, James!
@RFRP7 ай бұрын
Thanks! Yes, We’ve picked up 2 more black cocks in the past year. 😍
@littleloftonthehill6 ай бұрын
So you're saying size matters... oh well, it won't stop me from trying. Congrats on RFRP 107! Equal 1st and 6th average speed. Super little bird💪💪💪
@RFRP6 ай бұрын
Without hesitation I’ll say your OLR is my favorite ☺️
@fabricdragon7 ай бұрын
ah, timely!
@RFRP7 ай бұрын
Oh good!! 🙂
@fabricdragon7 ай бұрын
i have perches reserved at several OLR for this season, and i am TRYINg to get the money together to buy a band for a band race- cheaper, but you have to pick the bird early...@@RFRP
@Oneloftracing7 ай бұрын
I have never been a fan of OLR charging perch fees . I would not consider entering a OLR that does .
@RFRP6 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!! But without a perch fee how will loft managers pay for feed, grit, vaccinations, vitamins, road training, etc.? And how would loft managers be compensated? This is a business for them. They have to make money too, right?
@Oneloftracing6 ай бұрын
@@RFRPThe same way that OLR get paid that do not charge perch fees . The lofts that do not charge perch fees the organisers take a percentage of activation fees . No perch fees the organizer has to be on top of his game or he does not get paid . Perch fees are of no benefit to the participants they benefit the organisers of the race .
@DAPPER_TRAPPER_LOFT7 ай бұрын
You know the secret to making a small fortune in OLRS. Start with a large fortune!!! 😂😂. That being said I'm doing the black and gold, sooner, Nashville classic 1st year. And gonna try the motor city classic lol!
@RFRP7 ай бұрын
😆 Yes!! That’s what is missing in my equation, the starting large fortune. It is true, though. One should not enter OLRs solely for the pursuit of money. Go to olrstats.com and under breeders you’ll see most people do not come out on top. Good luck at those races my friend!! 🙂
@DAPPER_TRAPPER_LOFT7 ай бұрын
@@RFRP 😆 🤣 I'm gonna keep sending them, you do the same ! Congrats and good luck 👍
@user-me2vf9fv4l7 ай бұрын
What is the name off the floorboards in your outdoor space?
@RFRP7 ай бұрын
That’s expanded metal 🙂
@ThundercatLoft6 ай бұрын
Wow you had that rave won!! Thats bs they call it first drop. I guess they showed up in one flock? She just landed first and trapped last?
@RFRP6 ай бұрын
They did all come together. I didn’t show the first lap of them circling around together. She landed first and trapped 14th
@ThundercatLoft6 ай бұрын
@RFRP I thought first drop meant literally dropping.. sometimes at home ill get literally a bunch of birds dropping together..in this situation if my friend called me I would have said yeah I got 15, i got one on the drop and I had to push him in and the rest circled once or twice more... But they didn't push them in they just left called them in. 🙄 oh well . Different from club racing I suppose.
@kenfleck93236 ай бұрын
whats wrong with a blue bars wing in your video in the beginng
@RFRP6 ай бұрын
When he was a YB he hit a golf course net and broke his wing. Someone found him and contacted me. I bound up the break but it was right at the juncture of his elbow. When that happens the bones typically fuse in birds as they heal which is what happened to him. He cannot bend that joint anymore but at least he is alive and happy ☺️