Couldn't agree more John,hundreds of young birds bred to feed the raptors.Why not breed what you need to replace O.B losses, not too difficult to estimate, even if you have a bad year, more room for what's left.Didn't breed any early y.bs myself this year because I didn't think we would be racing at all.Have 8 later bred, just raking now, and haven't missed the trauma of club mates losing big numbers.It is the same every year now, guys cleaned out and not even reached 100 miles.I know it's a short season but it's not doo racing.