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lol stanbrook only has bout 14 widowhood cocks and wins at least 9 1st a year ina strong club and fed

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i keep 10-12 widow cocks 20 young birds and 6 pair of stock!!!

 

seems the smallest team i know around here

 

most ive ever had were 12 pair of stock and everything else the same give or take a few birds!!!

 

and i have results to prove quality and no quantity is sumtimes the case

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A fellow Club member, Mick Boam races his birds to a shared garden shed in his daughters house, no more than 6ft wide for old & young. He raced up to 7 birds per race for the OB and sent up to 9 YB (once). He missed 4 races due to heart surgery but still won 3 races in a competitive club of 23 members. Definately a case of quality over quantity.

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the best flyer i can remeber would have been goerge powdral his loft was no bigger than 8x 6 he only ever had around 8 old birds and 6 ybs im talking 20yrs ago and he was 70 he won on the north and the following week turned his pigeons around and won on the south (what a flyer true gentleman in the sport need more like him)

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Time now to prepare to lose the birds. No wing stamp etc. after moult. Send them with a bit of a chill in the air, hardish days. Make it a little tough - as much as you feel you can / dare ... Make presents of those that are reported and / or get shot off. Only birds wanting to be in your loft will be there come next breeding seaso ... that is the best start you will have... 24 is a big team with a lot of waste and dead flyers. - May be breeders... just may, but at least you are only spending time and effort with a reliable start. Then good clean grub and water, fresh air and freedom of flight and you will have given your birds every chance to shine... Bet your standards will soar too, whether good enough then is up to the birds!

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raced 9 w hood cocks, won a lot ,, then my average team was 18,, as 9 is difficult if you have a bad race or accidentsand maybe not quite enough to compete in all races inc nat etc ,,,, but on occasions raced 60 w,hood cocks ,,never done any better , but the workload was just not worth it,, it became a chore rather than a delight, the work load was unbeleivable , with 60 hens ,stock birds and y,b,s ,, all birds didnt get proper justice ,, was far happier with 18 cocks [raced a few hens sometimes] and did just as well  :)

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MY OWN I ONLY KEEP NO MORE THEN 9 W-HOOD COCKS DONT RACE ANY HENS ,BREED AROUND TWENTY YOUNG BIRDS ,4 PAIR OF STOCK RETIRED RACERS , SEND AROUND 5 COCKS A RACE ODD OCCASION ALL GO ,ONLY CLOCK FIRST TWO BIRDS .

 

MY PIGEONS HOLD MORE THEN THEIR OWN OVER A SEASON,

NOT INTRESTED IN YOUNG BIRD RACING ,ONLY INTRESTED IN OLD BIRDS.

 

MY LOFT IS 24 FOOT LONG

 

I COULDNT LOOK AFTER ANY MORE PIGEONS THEN THAT TO DO THEM JUSTICE.

 

I NEVER RACE ANY YOUNG COCK THAT WILL ENTER MY W-HOOD TEAM AS A YEARLING.

 

YOU ONLY GET OUT WHAT YOU PUT IN

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B. McCrindle & Sons from glasgow. last year started the seasonwith 7 old birds and won the fed 5 times.

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We race 12 widowhood cocks, won 9 x 1st clubs, 3 x 1st fed old birds only my fault is if I see a bird and I think it will enhance my loft then if I can afford it I will buy it, so we have 16 pairs of stock birds, so we let friends have youngsters to try off them as we cant possibly try them all.

 

 

                                                   Paul

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i have 9 widowhood cocks and 9 hens, all yearling pigeons that were not on darkness so i dont know what to expect.

 

i also have arriving some late breds that greg the doo is kindly giving me as well as two pairs from another fancier on the site these should arrive on tuesday

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