The mind boggles, why would you knowingly keep crap, we have 15 cocks to race now 3 x 4 yo 1 has 4x1st plus many other prizes, 1 has 1st fed plus many other good prizes the other has won every year racing and also has 29th open NMCC messac, 23rd and 33rd section K 418th and 514th open NFC from Fougeres and Messac. we have 1 x3yo he has 4x1st plus a stack of other good prizes(i consider him to be our best) we have 3 x2yo 1 with 2x1st, 2x4th last year as a yearling he won the 5 bird club(20 members) from Portland 200 miles by 4 mins the other 2 are nestmates both multi prizewinners last year 1 being only beat by loftmates for 1st. the other 8 are yearlings that were unraced as babies, if they don't perform they don't stay simple as that, our hens are unraced but most have bred winners or prizewinners, why anyone would keep a pigeon they consider crap is beyond me, give them the chance to prove themselves and if they don't they don'y stay!!