pairing up

[Guest ENDFLIGHT]

RAS.WHY DID YOU NOT PUT A HALF BRICK IN OR SIMILER,HELPSTO PREVENT THIS HAPPENING,AS THE HENS CAN JUMP UP ON THEM IT HELPS PROTECT THE HENS FROM AGGRESIVE COCKS,IN PARTICULAR YEARLING COCKS CHEERS ;)TRY IT

[Taylorsloft]

so whos all pairing up next sunday, :)

 

not me  :X

[Thimbles]

15th march how many people are putting there young ones on the darkness pairing up that early

[blackdog]

15th march how many people are putting there young ones on the darkness pairing up that early

 

no need to put them on darkness if you pair them up that early

 

 

[fred smyth]

15th march how many people are putting there young ones on the darkness pairing up that early

 

check these out thimbles

http://www.pigeon-chat.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=32030

[Thimbles]

 

check these out thimbles

http://www.pigeon-chat.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=32030

I dont have a pigeon chat account so cant look at the post

 

[jimmy white]

ill  prob get a roasting here ;D ;D ;D but pairing up now or next few weeks is really giving you late, late, latebreds,,,  ,, of the previous year,, these birds will not be easy trained at 7 months old , but off course will have a full body moult and retain their flights,, but in my opinion, yb,s are far better for  being trained at 10 weeks old,[like a pup, trained when its still  a pup ] , so i wouldnt fancy training these early breds in early feb or march???,,, but every one to their own ;D,, maybe the tight scots in me ;D, but see no reason for the extra  few months feeding ;D ;D ;D

i dread putting this post on :o ;D,, but it is only my opinion ;D

[dwh]

ok JW if you say so, why start training7 months?

[DAVIDL]

 

 

  pairing up for reall the last week in december,  but doing a dry run before hand to get new pairings to accept each other well before i pair up properly......will also put the old pairings together at the same time to keep everything calm.  

[marmite]

paired a few flyin out stock birds up today to settle them in new loft will stick pots under 1st round

[Guest stevie-b]

pairing stock birds and 14 cocks i bought from jack cowie as i have to break them

[jimmy white]

ok JW if you say so, why start training7 months?

 

its only my opinion ,, if breeding now,i,e , end of nov,, yb racing up here starts aug,,,9 months time,,,how long b4 the racing would you start training??,, if they were trained at 7 months old  , they would have had 2 months training,,  then two months racing,,,,, ,, 4 months slog ;D,,

training earlier would give them more slog ,, more stress ,,stress= more desease  

[dwh]

 

its only my opinion ,, if breeding now,i,e , end of nov,, yb racing up here starts aug,,,9 months time,,,how long b4 the racing would you start training??,, if they were trained at 7 months old  , they would have had 2 months training,,  then two months racing,,,,, ,, 4 months slog ;D,,

training earlier would give them more slog ,, more stress ,,stress= more desease  

 

to be honest we have no fixed time to staart training this year think we left it to late we

here's another poser how long you leave em sitting about b4 u kick them up?

[jimmy white]

 

to be honest we have no fixed time to staart training this year think we left it to late we

here's another poser how long you leave em sitting about b4 u kick them up?

 

to be honest dwh,and off course with due respect,, i think fanciers put too much emphasis on yb racing,[their only yb,s for a few races , but old birds for many years , if good enough,]  myself personally have did well with march bred ybs, benefitting  the old birds for the longer races, and these ybs  taking less stress, than the earlier ones  

[dwh]

 

to be honest dwh,and off course with due respect,, i think fanciers put too much emphasis on yb racing,[their only yb,s for a few races , but old birds for many years , if good enough,]  myself personally have did well with march bred ybs, benefitting  the old birds for the longer races, and these ybs  taking less stress, than the earlier ones  

I think all roads lead to the clubhouse and i think me and you are gonna have to agree to differ but its how you treat your ybs as to how stressed they are and i can honestly say we never had areally bad case oe young bird sickness

 

 

[jimmy white]

I think all roads lead to the clubhouse and i think me and you are gonna have to agree to differ but its how you treat your ybs as to how stressed they are and i can honestly say we never had areally bad case oe young bird sickness

 

 

yes your quite right ,, in pigeon racing, many roads lead to rome,,,thats  probably the beauty of the sport,, but would congratulate you on your management, never having this dreaded yb sickness, your birds are obviously looked after very well, i wish you all the very best jw

[Graham Kelly]

Hi - I have paired up early in past years but discovered that I always end up with more from the second round left. I think this is down to the fact that they are younger when I start training them and learn easier.

I have heard others say that early bred means they need to be trained early aswell.

 

Graham

[Guest strapper]

i dont have eggs off birds till just around mid jan.

for the last 2 years i have not parted my stock birds...all bowls are removed.

unless i intend to introduce a new stock bird to a pairing..then i remove one of the pair to a different section of my loft..usually a basket ..

i have two stock sections,one with my tasker pigeons and one with a mixed strain.

i have no hassle with cocks or hens fighting as they have already sorted their own boxes....or floor space as some prefer.

maybe this isnt the done thing but it works for me.