TRAINING AND RACING WHILST REARING

[phillips]

whats your veiws on racing and training to ybs in the nest ?

how much is taken out of the pigeons whilst rearing is it a good thing for motivation or negative thing for using up all energy in old birds

[pjc]

Many people race natural which doesn't mean to eggs, many birds fly best to a big youngster etc etc, again its horses for courses.

[jimmy white]

ive heard it say,, that a pair of yearlings take as much out themselves as a 500 mile race , but in helping them along , with plenty regular feeding,grits, minerals etc etc , certainly takes a little pressure off them,, but as this a natural thing, the birds recover quick,

but in racing and training whilst rearing, in my opinion a bit much

but there are many roads to rome in racing pigeons,, an old cock, seperated from his hen , and leaving one big yb [eating for itself [or putting the hen in to feed it , whilst its excercising ] can become very attached to that yb , with certain cocks it can pay off,  

a hen hatching its first yb of the season , can make it very keen indeed   but in general, i wouldnt train or race birds whilst rearing , i think theve enough on their plate especialy early in the season

[joe61]

You all say racing natural with big youngsters is not a problem... why is this called natural ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

oh happy days

[wilkins]

just train one partner one day and one the other day , its only a strange on when yearlings are feeding big youngsters