can you keep your cocks n hens together.

[mavrick]

Can you keep your racing pigeons together for for 2010 or have you got to seperate to stop them breeding, or if they do breed can you just throw the eggs away. my partner has been told we can keep them together but i told him to keep them seperate, cansome one tell me what is best.

[Guest peter.j]

Can you keep your racing pigeons together for for 2010 or have you got to seperate to stop them breeding, or if they do breed can you just throw the eggs away. my partner has been told we can keep them together but i told him to keep them seperate, cansome one tell me what is best.

 

whatever suits yourself no right or wrong answer to this one

[adam owen]

keep them seperate mate after u finish breeding

[mavrick]

Sorry thease pigeons are the racing team for 2010

[owen101]

depends if your are doing natural or widowhood mate

[mavrick]

racing natural m8

 

[owen101]

yes well i have been keeping mine like that mate

and mine are natural so yes i would say so mate

but might be better getting a 2nd opinion from

someone more experienced than me

 

all the best

owen

[tommy.walsh]

i would keep them togeter and race them back to eggs or to y b

[Guest]

if your not wanting y/bs off them slip them pot eggs or boil thier own eggs

but watch your hens for being eggy check thier vents before sending to a race

[Guest]

if your not wanting y/bs off them slip them pot eggs or boil thier own eggs

but watch your hens for being eggy check thier vents before sending to a race

 

also watch for yearling cocks driving as they can go over the top and you could lose them

 

[Frazer]

Also if you have a yearling team like mine watch out for the cold east winds early in the season dont throw them away.

[ritchie1]

put them together for breeding mate once they finish seperate them april time for the races starting

[Guest strapper]

i added last years yb,s to the old uns..they have wintered all together.

cocks and hens.

i race natural.

 

not saying its right but it suits me.

[Roland]

I use to keep mine together all the year round. Advantage was more settled lofts. Never had eggs before End of March.

Disadvantage is if and when you wish to change partners. Better for open lofts and distances because they are more content and settled.

[Roland]

Yes after a round, slipping Pot eggs and race dry is good. Also if able just slipping a new born youngster into a nest, if not eggs etc. This works great, and especially for the cock birds.

Hens I feel are better and more genuine on hard and / or distance races. Hence, thoiugh both benefit, and hen sitting tight around the 14 days has proved to be a time.

Yes yearling cocks driving either win.... or you don't see them. Why? who really knows, it just happens that way it seems.

Old cocks driving on a big youngster is their time of course to shine.