pairing up

[speedbird]

when do you pair up,dad for years use to pair up around 14th feb but know everyone sems to pair up in december,why is this when it can be so cold interested in other views & thoughts on this

[Taylorsloft]

next week for me

[Guest]

12 dec for me

[Guest asha]

Its more for the youngbird specialists who like plenty of age on the babies  so they can motivate on the sex drive/repressed sexual comtact,but pointless for distance minded fanciers,with nothing worth while in youngbird season.

[Guest]

next week for me

 

what about the doo's.lol

[wilkins]

next week for me

 

will your rings be ready ?

[Guest tom123]

mine are paired now ,they will be split now until the 5th dec when they will be repaired and in time for the rings

[just ask me]

but surely u can pair up later and go on darkness if u bred up later i think u need to train them as early in life as possible and train up to the racing i think if u leave til everyone else starts IE ppl that bred in late january or Feb  young birds need constant training up to the racing in other words u cant start then leave it for a while then start back up again

[Chairman]

there is'nt any young bird sickness around in the cold winter months, thats why they pair up early myself included and you can get natural

darkies with age on them and fly the young cocks on the widowhood system.All youngsters that hatch out of the egg before the end of

january will at the age of 30 days fall into a full body moult naturally. It has something to do with the short daylight hours confusing the

bird that winter is upon it and projects it into full body moult, this begins to slow up when the daylight hours begin to lenghthen.

To be forwarned is to be forarmed, these youngsters need to start training at @ 12weeks of age most fanciers take there old birds training

and nearer home on the return journey toss the youngsters, as they say "all roads lead to Rome" or could that be disaster?

[irish_mat]

This is my 2nd year racing pigeons i am going to do the darkness system but not sure when to pair up i dont want the rings to be late as i got them late from the club im in when sould i pair up and when do u get 2009 rings and how do u order them to make sure i dont get them too late.

[frank-123]

you dont need to pair up too early if your going on the darkness

 

[irish_mat]

Whens the best time

[frank-123]

how many young birds are you breeding

[ALF]

how many young birds are you breeding

 

60 :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ : : : : : ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[irish_mat]

50-60

[frank-123]

how many old birds you got

i had all my yb on darkness by the 12 of april last year but i bred early i was going on my holidays

 

[ALF]

how many old birds you got

i had all my yb on darkness by the 12 of april last year but i bred early i was going on my holidays

 

I'm not tellin you how many old birds i have as you are the enemy :P ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[frank-123]

i know gerry told me you cut back to 140

[frank-123]

irish mat how many old birds you got to breed 50-60 ybs

[ALF]

i know gerry told me you cut back to 140

 

never had 140 in ma loft at any time although i have room for more than that ;) :P ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Tony C]

I pair up the weekend after the Blackpool show, undersit the first round of stock eggs under the w/hood team and let the stock go down again. Both rounds are put on the darkness.

[irish_mat]

20 pairs stock im gonna slip first round to my 24 pairs yearls and let the stock rare the 2nd round and some people raring a few aswell

[frank-123]

irish i would go the same as tony the end of jan

me i will be 14 feb

[frank-123]

 

never had 140 in ma loft at any time although i have room for more than that ;) :P ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

all the birds you scrounge i thought 140 would be the minimum

[irish_mat]

done that this year birds were too far behind i think boxing day