Hi i need some advice about the various motivation systems used in pigeon racing, my father sadly passed away in febuary leaving my mother and i with his team of racing birds, as a mark of respect we are now attempting to race out the season in his memory, i know he normally raced the natural system and the birds were already paired up when he passed away, most of them have reared a round of youngsters and gone to nest again - the 1st race of the season we did reasonally ok for novices getting 4th and 5th club agaist some good fanciers and birds, but since then we have been way behind the pace !! The birds are exersized morning and night and trained twice a week, however i have noticed that some of the birds have not gone back to nesting to create 2nd round of YB's and as such no longer have any motivation , We dont want to switch to widowhood as we need all the YB's we can get, as we keep only a 6 pairs of stock birds. Any hints/suggestions would be great, would it be any good to re-pair/confine thease wayward birds till they go down to nest again ???
we are not wanting to be fed toppers here we just want win a card or two
thanx in advance xxx