Thank you Mr. Frank your guidance is much, much appreciated.

Very informative as usual thanks again I look forward to the next one

Thank you very much Mr. Frank for nice videos you are posting every week

Wow what a great Ticher❤Thank you so much

Great info Frankie.. Thanks for the upload and keep 'em coming. 👍... Kevin

Brilliant Frank realy enjoyed the video makes a lot of sense keep up the information

Very informative and thank you!!!

Thank you Frank, this is very helpful.

Thank you Frank. Looking forward to your live stream.

Thank you so much Sir Frank! Your the best from the Philippines! 🙏 🙏 🙏

Thank you ! Sir Frank for sharing tips.

Hi Frank, enjoying your videos, very informative. Keep up the good work. All the best from, Ash in London England.

Great video 👍 Thanks for sharing.

Thank you mr Frank for sharing.

Excellent video thank you extremely helpfully

Great video great lesson tnk a lot

H FRANK we met in Blackpool I love your no nonsense approach and simplicity of housing birds kindest regards Peter dempsey

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This is exactly what I need to learn going into this hobby, new subscriber here!

with success 🙋

Thank You

Hi Frank, I’ve been rewatching your videos as it seems that I catch something new every time I watch them. Our schedule for old birds is 10 weeks starting at 150miles all the way to 550 miles. I have a team or 20 birds what’s your advice as birds are expected to race weekly to be considered for any recognition. Thank you in advance for your time. You are doing an amazing job and I’ve notice a huge difference in the last 2 weeks since I change feeding

New subscriber here. Great video

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Thanks again Frank for another great video. Just wondering if you have any suggestions for a DIY energy mix. I have access to most grains but not the brand name mixes you suggest. Anyway, thanks for the great info.

Love the video's Frank thanks for sharing your Ideas. I love racing the longer races and have clocked several times at 14-17 hours on the wing when many fanciers have just got a stiff neck. I do feed a light feed compared to many ( no peas or beans)Just trying to decide if I'm brave enough to feed as light as light you.

Thank you for your help. I am planning on going doing your feeding program this year. Looking forward to it. Question for you if I can’t get barely can you feed wheat instead?

Hi Frank. More power to you and your channel. Do you have a book as a guide for new flyers?

Thank you for sharing

I follow you with pleasure and interest. On the widow system is this feeding at marathons? or is it motivated otherwise? Thank you in advance.

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Hi Frank Thanks for all the info I have one question tho How does you feed in off season and moulting season Do you keep them on the same 80 to 20 percent mix or do you feed differently

as always Frank well presented! You state you feed a rich feed at weeks end...Champion, Energy and "Sneaky"? I tend to overthink things I know but what is the approx ratio of these 3 (OR is it fed free choice?)

Great information 👍🏻👍🏻 Can I use oat seeds instead of barley?? Thanks

Very good in Polen

Thank you for your video very helpful, I have a question how many times a day you feed the birds?

Great tips Frank, thank you for sharing. I hope to learn your thoughts about young birds feeding too. Most commercial mixes have peas in their Junior mixes while some fanciers say youngsters develop and train well without any peas in the mix. I am really curious to see why you don't like peanuts for pigeons. I've been using them for years, you can have a lot of fun taming pigeons because they love them so much. Also they instantly fill them for long racing events. I rarely use them now, but they are great if you want to quickly recover a very weak pigeon that was lost for days. Speaking of losing pigeons, feeding for long distance has always been a concern for me - I agree that ideally they must be light but what happens if the races are very hard, will they have enough fuel to get back home? Many of our long distance races end the second day after liberation, or even the 3rd day, still with prizes. I had a pigeon falling on the ground with no fuel or muscles just 1 mile before reaching home, a club mate called me to go get it. The bird was feeding on the ground with the poultry. 1 mile away from home! Another concern I had was about what happens to their intestinal flora switching so fast from all fiber low protein and low fat barley mix to a high protein and fat mix but I guess I worry too much. 😄 Keep posting great videos!

I made all those overfeeding mistakes, unknowingly my birds were like chickens and was thinking healthy and its okay that time, some also recement me to hand feed them 2 days before the races, and I did lol...my birds made home next day. Thanks Frank. after learning what to feed like you mention, I have won some races with 1 combine races. thanks for your tips. also I want to know about short or middle distance races how much % of barley % should I feed. please advice. thank

Excellent advice Frank, thank you. I used to think that the first meal after a hard race should be easy to digest because the body struggles, and I never offered peas in the mix to avoid digestion problems. For the second meal I introduce the peas, like in the Champion mix you mention. What do you think? Don't you see any problems with peas right after they arrive?

Hi Frank, our combine schedule, specially the long distance, is not made to rest the pigeons or have two teams, we have 380 mls, 440 mls, 500 mls and then repeats again, so week after week yo have to send your birds. In south Florida weather is hot and humid therefore pigeons get wasted really easy if you don’t feed properly, without mentioning that training is twice a day to keep them in shape, one of the most competitive places on USA. I don’t know if barley can keep pigeons with the nutrients that they need for the demand. Your advice is highly appreciated.

Frank thanks for your videos. On Thursday only, do you feed them as much as they want, or still the 760g pot for 30 hens? I hear you say, enegy mix, champion and sneaky on Thursday, do you put equal parts of these mixes? Thanks for advice.

thank you Frank. what are temperature range when you race ? I think fatty acid (they will increase weight) can work well in high temperature . I am considering race around 35+c :)

Have you ever had any problems with training on the day of shipping? Occasionally I’ve had hawk attacks or other issues on training tosses. Do you see any problems with testing on Monday and Wednesday of the week of a long race that ships on Thursday?

Thank you for the Tips Mr Frank but quick question,how would you manage old birds ir you would fly every week instead of every 2 weeks,

Mr Mc Laughlin could you please make a video on the origin of racing pigeon like what they use to cross to get the racing pigeon im from trinidad and tobago 🇹🇹

Hi Frank my problem is in Malta, it is only 19 miles long and seven miles wide so there is no way i can get these tosses in that you say. IF I force fly the birds will that help me.

Hi frank, if you load them with the fat seeds on thursday preparing for long distance how much do you giving them? Eat all they want or?

Hello Frank You have a great channel, many interesting and educational things. I have one question, the pigeons will have a race on 06.07.2023 of 500 km, then they should be home for 3 weeks and rest for the race from Berlin 1115 km at the beginning of August. Are these three weeks of rest too much?

Hello Mr. Frank... do you have a video or link of your feeding system from short to long distance? Also, do you add anything on the water?

At what time do you feed them on shipping day ( Thursday). Will they not be sick on the way to the club if they are full of food?

Hello there,so you fly them 6 hrs a day or total?sorry if it’s a stupid question.

Hello Frank. I would like to know the avg temperature of race season you generally race in.

Hello frank. Very nice tips.. im from philippines. Is this applicable to our country very hot and different terrain high mountain for our north race and then sea crossing for south race? Thank you.

Do you have a video on getting the birds fit prior the ist race and maintaining the muscle to perform.. and what protein amount do you feed at the Training stage and during tossing.cheers

Hi Frank when you say you load them up on Thursday you feed them as much as they can eat or you give them a full spoonful on fat seeds ?

Thank you .Im learnig a lot with your videos. What do you mean the pigeon need to have 6 hours of flight time a week before the long distace race?

Hello Frank A lot of fanciers feed their pigeons several supplements for marathon and long distance race. Websites full of these products. After watching Ur videos I am of the the view that pigeon don't need that . Correcte me if I am wrong and also please guide us do u use these supplements for long race. If yes which one . Thanks

You'd have a heart attack if you saw how some fanciers feed here in Australia. Even some "long distance" guys feed on just peas, or peas and wheat 😯

Hi Frank @McLaughlin Lofts In my country the second leg of thr old bird program on average the birds fly 95 miles of ocean cross country . So to the loft its like 127 miles the 3rd leg they fly 174 miles of ocean a total of 208 to the loft. Now these races on a good day would range from. 3 to 4 hrs do you recommend the same feeding tactics and training as the above video,?

Can we give rest 2 or 3 days before basketing for long races? If yes still we feed them barley or oily seed . Thanks

Hi Frank my question to you is I fly with some success at 550 miles across the chanel from France into the North East of England getting them on the day. Last year I moved the distance upto 800 miles without my bird's (ones that won from 500 miles) not even returning. I was wondering how you would feed to tackle the 800 miles race? For the 500 miles I feed Energy + for the last week + peanuts, hemp and sunflower hart's before this I feed Super star + Thak you in advance Regards Dave

For the YBs Should we measure the feed , 1 oz per bird each day ?? Or should we feed till they full and walk away???

How are you Laughlin I follow you from Morocco Your way of dealing with runners makes sense to me My question to you is how many days do you start charging pigeons with card mixture in races over 1000km Knowing that most of the races pass in difficult weather (desert). There is a conflict of opinions, what do you say about the point of blood in the pigeon's chest They say it's a sign of readiness

Old timers where I’m from say let your birds out the morning after a race , “ to get the lactic acid out of there bodies “ thoughts on that please Frank ??

Hello Frank. 6 hours in total on wing in one week or in one day? Please

What's you take on the fact on the birds not eating the day of transportation say Friday.?

Can you please teach me weekly conditioning sir? because here in the Philippines we have 6-7 Laps of race and conditioning is very crucial,Thank you

Thank you for sharing your experience and the way to deal with racing pigeons. If it was possible, I would need a special program for speed and medium racing. Thank you very much, your follower from Morocco.

Even during the racing season, you feed them only one a day?

How much distance till the pigeons use stored fat?

When you said 80% barley is just barley or 80% of depurative ?

what about the water intake of the pigeons sir?

Hi Frank, 80 percent barley , ok , what's your choice for the other 20 % ? Greetz Eelco

Waiting for inf about young pigeons but I assume that there will be no difference.

Talk a good game,how much money the birds won😊

The process to prepare pigeons correctly for succesful long distance racing is way more complicated than just feeding, training and rest im afraid. ! First of all you have to identify the pigeons that will be capable to do well on these longer races. Not all birds are able to do that. Candidates selected to compete in the couple of long distance races in any organization need to be only lightly raced in the first part of the season.! In any case they must also be correclty conditioned before hand to be able to stay on the wing for long periods of time. This entails superior health, correct feeding and regulated road training and enough rest to build up the endurance that will be required. The liver is the major key to achieving just that. If the pigeons dont carry a certain amount of internal fat reserves doing well in these races will not be possible.! The reserves gained from feeding oily seeds high in carbohidrates for one or two meals and the the reserves stored in the breast muscles will not be enough to stay on the wing for 8 hours plus. Period.! These reserves may only last for a maximum of 5 hours on the wing at the most. There after the liver will have to start converting internal body fats into fuel on an ongoing process for energy for the muscles to keep functioming optimally. If these reserves run out the birds will not be able to keep on flying and they will go down to rest.

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