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How do other members start yearlings off? If you train and race early in the east winds, they go down like flies, but if you wait until the weather is better the race points are getting over 150 - 200 miles. So do you risk them early or jump them in? Or just train them and really get them cracking as 2 year olds?

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trained mine in good weather up to 86 miles then went in last week at 159 miles  :)

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it depends on your yearlings, if they were raced as youngsters train on fine days and push them on but if no experience then wait till the weather warms up and get them into some comeback races.

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it depends on your yearlings, if they were raced as youngsters train on fine days and push them on but if no experience then wait till the weather warms up and get them into some comeback races.

 

i sent 4  yearligs last week and the week befor that. thay have never been off the loft no training at all only ranging

first race 74miles second race 107miles one of them was my second bird back in last week race... i no thay say you lose more yearlings than y/b but touch wood i still got the 4  ;)

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mine have been fine as well but they have excercised every day through the winter so are used to cold winds etc.

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mine have been fine as well but they have excercised every day through the winter so are used to cold winds etc.

same here out all weather and evrey day

 

 

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I think that makes a big difference and the problem is as with many posts we havn't got the full story about these yearlings.

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i know i lost half my team last year all yearlings on the first race, this year i dropped two the first race both yearlings.Ive 4 yearlings left that have done the first two races hopefully they will come good now.

I tend to feel it more than most round here as i only have a small team 11 cocks(9 left now) this year.

So if i lose a few yearlings its a big dent in my team .So this post will be a big help to me hopefully.

In answer to the question i just treat them the same as my old bird thats where i am going wrong i think lol

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I think that makes a big difference and the problem is as with many posts we havn't got the full story about these yearlings.

 

personally i think this makes a big difference i brought 6 y/b in and breed 6 y/b my self i keeped the 12 birds in till yearlings.  ones i brought in they went off one day havnt seen them for over 7 months now and none reported.i still have the 4 of 6 i breed

im a big believer in breeding your own y/b for yearlings they  seems to have more savey in there heads

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Its my belief that too much emphasis is put on old bird training. Get them fit around home then 3 or 4 training tosses(avoiding east winds) then into the first race. My w/h cocks this year were given two tosses at 15 miles whilst sitting eggs then one at 30 miles after I split the sexes. I’ve put them into the first race before only having one 60 mile toss.

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trained mine in good weather up to 86 miles then went in last week at 159 miles  :)

 

How did that work for you? I'm in the same boat I'll have to start mine at 165, hoping to have them out to 105 before that happens.

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