I'M WITH YOU DOOSTALKER, BALD AROUND THE FACE/EARS ETC THEN THEY JUST SIT IN THE LOFT TILL NEXT YEAR. YOUNG BIRDS ARE BY NO MEANS EXPENDIBLE THEY ARE YOUR FUTURE YEARLINGS/2 YO/3YO ETC, SERIOUSLY DOES ANYONE THINK THAT LESS OF THERE YOUNG BIRDS TO PUT THEM TO A RACE IN SUCH POOR CONDITION ???? IT IS STRESSFULL ENOUGH FOR YOUNG BIRDS TO CONTEND WITH A RACE BASKET LET ALONE BEING THAT FAR IN TO A MOULT.