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Yes mate, I've had mine 49yrs. 10 months, I'd be lost without her

They always know best Toosh

Yes well done Johnny, good post

Thanks, have sent a PM

Thanks Kirky

Hi All, Just wondering if we have a Site member on Shetland

Yes

That's a cracker

Most of my pics. are on my desk top but here's a couple of this years youngsters And my old lad in the Avatar who is the son of Adam the double National winner

You're welcome, hope you have a lot of success

I would pair them back to what he was producing with his previous mate

What a great pic. of the old Red 45

Yes that's good, If your No.1 cock was producing the goods, paired back to his daughter the youngsters will carry 75% of his genes

In reality they're much the same thing, when breeding sire to daughter you end up with 75% sire's genes and so on, I think it's the only way to breed a team of winning pigeons, bringing in an outcross could spoil many years of breeding, but a very interesting topic

1 and 2 for me

Yes mate, I don't have a problem with that, I was just pointing out that this is termed inbreeding as opposed to linebreeding

The basis of line breeding is to breed closely related birds together, not sire to daughter, dam to son or sibling to sibling, This is termed in breeding, it's ok to a point but need to keep close eye on results, As far as I'm concerned you can carry on line breeding if you're getting the results

Welcome back James and all the best to you

No. 19 for me

C'mon George, keep up, 7 nights a week and still going

Why didn't you ask him what he was doing with the pole and was it yours or did he bring it with him?

All birds at 18mnths. are yearlings, 0-1yr. is a y/bird 1-2yr. is a yearling, So 23 months is still a yearling

I do agree with what you're saying, I don't think youngsters ringed in 2011 should be wearing 2012 rings,especially as it's not an option to everyone, but if it is wearing a 2012 ring it will be a 2012 young bird

I suppose in theory it would be Jan. 1st. the second year after it's birth

You'd have to be very keen mate, and all that way back with a crate full