Y/B Next Years Yearlings

[sapper756]

Was wondering if members were beginning to consider stopping some youngsters now, in order to be guaranteed a team of yearlings for 2010? especially when you hear of all to terrible losses so far :-/

[Guest]

ive 2 teams one im raceing the program the other im just training

[REDROCKET]

we've about 50 y/b left after yesterdays race a handful will be getting next weeks comeback race half a dozen or so trained for leicester the rest will be saved for next year well thats if jimmy w agree's lol

[mark proctor]

ive 2 teams one im raceing the program the other im just training

 

same ere m8...how far do you train your later ones to and do you reackon they will be ok as yearlings not being raced as young birds? cheers m8..mark.. :)

[Guest]

 

same ere m8...how far do you train your later ones to and do you reackon they will be ok as yearlings not being raced as young birds? cheers m8..mark.. :)

 

out to around 40 miles and pleanty of them

i think as long as theyve been well trained as y/bs most should do ok as yearlings

[kirky]

im stopping my cocks now had 6 races out to 186mls, hens will fly all the way to 245mls.

[Taylorsloft]

any good bird i have ever had has been raced right out .better to have a half empty loft of tryers .than a full loft of crap   ;)

[mark proctor]

 

out to around 40 miles and pleanty of them

i think as long as theyve been well trained as y/bs most should do ok as yearlings

 

cheers m8...some say they need a couple of races...some say they dont...i think a good pigeon is born a good pigeon...racing or not...jmo thou...my best pigeon was a late bred that never raced as a y bird..bred in september but i sapose theres not many that turn out that way.... :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

[Taylorsloft]

any good bird i have ever had has been raced right out .better to have a half empty loft of tryers .than a full loft of crap   ;)

 

 

[Guest ROCKYandRAMBO]

ive stoped my cocks now after four races as i havent got an old bird team . but when i have raced before some of my best yearlings only had one race so you dont have to race them right throw . these are still growing birds they dont need to be down the road every week

[pjc]

think you've got to consider what you need or want from your yb's.

If you are just starting out give them a couple of races for experience then keep them back for the future.

If you just have a few boxes to fill and a shed full of yb's then after a few races stop the birds you need and race the rest through the season.

[Guest Grasshopper Lofts]

i never went on darknes so the moult is stopping my small team one by one

[GRAHAM MITCHELL]

ive 7 ybs stopped that have been raced and have 10 later ones which will be trained as far and as often as possible weather permitting.

[ferry1]

train hard as ybs keep them going all winter

[ALF]

2 of the 1st 3 birds in our club race from Ypres (445mls) this year were l/b's that only got trained to 25 mls as y/b's and then put by if they are good enough they will do it

[sapper756]

Thank you for the comments folks

[ritchie1]

WILL LET THEM OVER THE FORTH AND THEN STOP MY LONG DISTANCE TEAM FOR NEXT YEAR