February bred birds

[ally mac]

I was looking at when the yearlings I have left were bred last year and there were more of the early bred ones. February rung birds seem to have faired better than later bred birds. All were trained once I had stopped breeding in the summer. I didnt race ybs last year but they were trained down to the other side of Glasgow 65 mile or so.   Maybe need to be a bit more mature for flying into here??

 

Doe anybody else notice a difference with early bred birds,

 

Al

 

[Guest stb-]

Only ever breed early once Ally 1978  .Had yb,s early jan,

 

was one of the worst year i ever had with y b,s  as i think them sitting about from feb till july before training them they were worse than latebreeds .

 

went back to march pairing and they never went wrong to be honest .

 

Just dont see any point in looking after them for an extra 3 months and feeding when you dont have to .

[kirky]

ive found that early bred ybs that hit a bad race and are missing are on the loft top next morning later ybs arnt seen again.

[Guest frank dooman]

I was looking at when the yearlings I have left were bred last year and there were more of the early bred ones. February rung birds seem to have faired better than later bred birds. All were trained once I had stopped breeding in the summer. I didnt race ybs last year but they were trained down to the other side of Glasgow 65 mile or so.   Maybe need to be a bit more mature for flying into here??

 

Doe anybody else notice a difference with early bred birds,

 

Al

 

hard to say ally as its been that cold and that defo effects all yearlings so younger ones might suffer worse

[ally mac]

Couple of different opinions, thanks chaps. I will keep a good eye on what happens with this years ybs too, Just wondered if they benefitted from being a wee bit older before going down the road. Its a reall hilly/mountainous route they fly.

[kirky]

i would rather send ybs racing that are 6months old against ybs at 3/4 months.