What to do now?

[mart]

A new starter here didnt manage to get any of my young birds in any race as i started late.  i am going to start to race them as old pigeons.  do you think i am best to keep training them all through the winter or hang on to them and start next year.  does anyone find they dont race to good as old pigons if they havnt been raced as young.?

 

thanks

[Guest ROCKYandRAMBO]

you will have to have lots of patience and time with them . are they late breds ? how far you trained them ?

[Wiley]

A new starter here didnt manage to get any of my young birds in any race as i started late.  i am going to start to race them as old pigeons.  do you think i am best to keep training them all through the winter or hang on to them and start next year.  does anyone find they dont race to good as old pigons if they havnt been raced as young.?

 

thanks

 

In my opinion, they need a few races even if its only upto 100 miles, for the experience of being on the lorry and breaking from pigeons. I did however have times when i done what you done and found as old birds there performances was terrible and the losses was high. They only started to come into condition when i did do this, very late in the old bird season usually the last 3 races of the year, it took them along time to get to grips with it, myself these days race my young birds right through the programme, as i believe they need that experience. However you will get different answers from different fanciers

[david.j]

i had a few unraced ybs bred 2006 wernt raced until 2008 they sharp fell by the wayside

[jocky]

ONLY BUY OR KEEP LATE BREDS FOR STOCK.....

[pjc]

keep training on good days and when in good feather, all experience they gain will help them next year.

[Guest kev d]

if you have good quality pigeon that are well bred they will come , ok you might lose one or two

but they train better as yearlings , ive not raced yb now for about four years and my loses are no worse

when i raced yb .

the first race my birds get is the NFC  first race 200 miles but one thing i will say is train from different directions

and dont stop the training with the yb train right up and through october on good days , good luck .

[Guest Thunder Birds]

Depends how far you trained them to! Let them finish their moult and rest through the winter. train them up before the season and make sure you get them on a transporter a good few times before the first race. Don't push them too hard or too far as yearlings though - it's the tough races they'll struggle with from not having much experience. Be prepared to drop a few of them as well!

 

One of our best widowhood cocks this year wasn't raced as a youngster - he's now a 2 year old and it took him that extra season to come good

[jimmy white]

A new starter here didnt manage to get any of my young birds in any race as i started late.  i am going to start to race them as old pigeons.  do you think i am best to keep training them all through the winter or hang on to them and start next year.  does anyone find they dont race to good as old pigons if they havnt been raced as young.?

 

thanks

 

i find if they havent been, at least  trained,i would   they  are easier to loose as yearlings,, but  if they have had some training,  this would def help,, i wouldnt train them through the winter though, light too late ,,dark too early and unpredictable weather , but leave the birds to have a good moult ,,,,  pigeons can be very surprising at times, and sometimes with a little patience  and just a few races as yearlings,, as mature birds at 2 year old,, the skies the limit   

[peterpau]

They disappear like ice in the sun if you put 'em in the early races, but if you train in may and race in june. Then you have a good chance of getting at 200 mile

[chickadee]

We are exactly the same, we missed this years racing and have been told by most that it is best to get them at least used to the baskets, crates and short tosses.