We appreciate the calls regarding the storm this past weekend. We are very fortunate that we are all ok. We locked the birds up while the storm passed. Tuesday we were back on the road. Training is going well. We had another inventory planned for today but our internet is currently down due to the storm. We hope to have it up and running again tomorrow. These last few days have been great for flying. We wish that would continue but most likely not. More hot days to come.
Please call with any questions.
Training has been fair. We have been training daily with short tosses early morning. The heat is still present with a tropical storm expected in the next few days. We will train accordingly.
So far this has been an unsusual season. In early May-June we never saw the sun. From mid June to present nothing but hot days. Mother nature is definetly changing up the norm.
Road training has begun. For those new to our race, we train 5-6 days a week. Weather permitting. We do many short tosses. We start with live training once out 25 miles. We will post weekly inventory. Birds are grouped toss until we reach 70 miles. We are not in a hurry for distance yet as the desert is currently 100-115 degrees daily. It usually will stay hot until mid to late September. We take our training slow as we work the birds through different valley and mountain terrain (60 miles). A 2-5 mile toss can result in many hours on the wing if the birds are not sharp.
Birds are looking better every day . Many of the younger birds are still in a body moult.
We are starting road training in 10 days. Birds have been going out daily. Overall health is fair. Most birds are about 65 percent done with body moult. We have a pair of falcons roaming the valley daily making loft fly more of a challenge.
All birds have been exercising daily. Birds are now starting to moult pretty heavy. We will start pushing birds up the later part of the week. We plan to start road training in 3-4 weeks.
We posted an itenerary for our new schedule for the San Diego races.
We ask all breeders to make sure your information on wincomanion is correct...especially email address. All updates, race info will be sent via email.
Hope everyone is enjoying their summer.
This is the last week we will be receiving birds. Majority of birds have had their flights pulled this past week. They are on lock down for a few weeks. The birds received the last couple of weeks will have 9th pulled towards end of month. The youngest group will be isolated from main flock until the end of the month. We hope to have everyone back out flying first week of July.
Currently in the loft, birds are doing well. We still have wet and cold weather making the moult a slow start.
We will have the itinerary for the week posted in the next few weeks.
We thank all those breeders who participated in San Diego races. San Diego race week has been a tradition for over 3 decades. We are so grateful that we can continue making friends and memories while contributing to this sport we all love.
We will be picking up local birds this Saturday between 8:00-9:00 a.m. This will be our last pick up for all the San Diego races.
Coco's Bakery
1250 E imperial Hwy, Brea
The birds currently are doing well. We have had some very wet and gloomy days the last few weeks. We have been watching the birds very closely. Health has been very good so far. Our last day for receiving replacements is June 15.
We are just under a month away before we stop receiving birds. Our inventory is currently done weekly. We post Sunday evening...see trainer for current loft status. The birds are doing well. We are exercising in groups of approx. 400 right now. Most birds are still in the settling stage. Health has been good so far.
We are picking up birds for the locals this Saturday May 20th between 8:00-9:00 a.m..
1250 E. Imperial Hwy
Brea, CA 92821
***If you are a breeder on the reservation list and have not sent your bird(s), time is running out!! If your intention is to participate this year, please contact me ASAP.
619-454-7696
We are picking up birds for all San Diego races this Saturday between 8:00-9:00 a.m.
**Please have proper perch forms filled out for desiginated race.
The birds currently in the loft are doing well. Settling so far has been good. Breeders missing birds will be notified.
