Pairing up

[Keepsmilingqueen]

Hi all,

 

i apologise if this question has already been asked but, What time of year do you pair up and do you pair your stock and race teams up at different times ???

 

thanx in advance

 

sharron ;D

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

pair al at the same time and i pair up end of january ;D

[jimmy white]

pair the stock birds whenever you want to,,, but with the racers , if racing natural ,the birds will be too far in the moult for the longer races if you pair these up too early,,, thats why with widowhood they take the second round of eggs away after 8,  10 days this will delay them casting there first flight [ thats why they can pair the w hoods in dec or jan ]

[Keepsmilingqueen]

thanx jimmy, as i race natural with the OBs when would you recommed pairing them so they keep a reasonable set of feathers for racing ??

 

Also at the min i still have the cocks + hens together (with no acess to nestboxes/perch acess only) when should i split them off ??

 

Ps your pieds are doing fine, i never did get any 2006 youngens from them, but im looking forward to 2007

 

sharron  

[jimmy white]

hi sharon ,nice to see you posting again but as far as pairing your natural pigeons up really depends on what races you want to go for [by the way mine are the same as yours at the mo ] if its the short to middle distance you can pair up in feb i would say , but if its the longer races  later in june or july would tend to wait till march to pair them ,  that way theyll be in the right condition for these races,, but whatever way well both need to get them separated soon   :)

[Guest Paulo]

January second week for me sharon

[Guest shadow]

Late feb to march long enough to have to feed all the extra mouths

[Guest Paulo]

depends on what you want to achieve for old pairs paired up to suit the race dad used to pair his waterbirds up for 14th feb or if you want youngsters to compete they have to be on the darkness I can't do that cause of work but if you pair up in jan th etheory is they are on a form of nat darkness anyway

[Beanz]

everything paired up week after Blackpool

[birdman55678]

Pair up 30 days before you plan on banding the ybs..  Ed