young birds(how many?)

[DUBLINFLYER]

how many young birds will you all be breeding for the 2009 season? ourselves we will breed maybe 60 an we will bring in 12 others to race

[swilcox]

80 of which 40 (hens) will be placed on darkness.

 

Stuart

[ALF]

I have ordered 60 rings but have started training 47 & 46 in the last 2 years

[Guest Dublin lofts]

we will breed 50 and bring in about 15 others.

[Mark Bulled]

Stuart - Why not put your cocks on the dark?

Do you think it affects them in later life?

[The Navigator]

30. That will do!!!!!!!!!

[BANDIT]

I will be breeding 70 and bringing in 12 to try against my own, also sending out arround 20 for others to test, so I should have 62 to start with, started the season last year 52 was left with 29, Ilost 1 training only and the rest racing,Iraced the darkness system for the first time this year.  bandit

[Guest]

80 young birds mr wilcox i thought u to be a good stock man. ;)

[DUBLINFLYER]

jayus bandit 20 heading out? thats alot

[Guest anto]

ill bread 100 thirty will go 2 other lofts and ive bought 24 in

4 little anto 2 race 2 hes new loft

[DUBLINFLYER]

anto are you selling these or gift birds

[Guest casbri]

for me it will be 15 and will last me full yb racing

[kirky]

40 for me will race 30 after training end season with 25,

[ferry1]

36 for me 18 will be going to pb members and 6 to come in

[superstar]

30 for me and no more. May be 29 too many if only 1 good one in them lol

[ChrisMaidment08]

well last year 100 most went out to freinds some to breeder buyers some to swansea some to clubmates rest given away with stock birds this coming year 20 for boy thats it apart from gift birds

[phillips]

well lads you wont have to guess how many for me ill be breeding around 60 but also got some coming in so as its looking there may well be a few more rings up for grabs in the challenge

jason

[Guest]

I have ordered 40 rings but have decided to get another ten.This year i will have the largest amount of young ones since i started racing,have managed on average about 35 up to know.

[nogin]

I have ordered 40 rings but have decided to get another ten.This year i will have the largest amount of young ones since i started racing,have managed on average about 35 up to know.

 

SAME HERE VIN DA DOO 40 WILL DOO ME I HOPE 8)

[Lennut Tar]

for me it will be 15 and will last me full yb racing

 

15 !!!!!!!!!!!!!! the bloody falcons would take that many here. where do you live now "I'm shifting quicksmart" as long as you dont have any of that snow & slush etc.

Year in year out, it's 130 rings is what I buy & hook or by crook if I want any extra one will be going in the bin, so I can have the ring for its replacement.

Enjoy.

 

 

[Guest spin cycle]

for me it will be 15 and will last me full yb racing

 

same for me except i shan't race the prog...just a couple races each for education. hope to be giving some away . lennut if you move here theres no falcons but you'll need webbed feet 'cos its bl**dy wet & miserable

[Merlin]

50 rings every year,always some left over,bring in a few each season,a few go out  to B/B etc

[john niko]

the way the young bird season went 4 a lot ov flyers down our end i think a lot ov flyer will be breading more cos there was big losses this year is it cos there are more hawks around ?     WHO NOWS ???     MOBILE PHONES ???

[Roland]

Normally never more than 24, at a push. This year, well who knows, have some stock birds - which normally never had till a couple last season.

But will breed a round of the race team = 20, then 10 off a mix, 5 stock cocks to 5 racing hens. Then a couple off the 8 stock pairs left 32. Golly 62 all going well. That's 3 times more than needed normally. But there you go!

Will be raced on both  the North and the South, mostly altenative weeks, depending what race and what I think is best suit condition wise. - Trained. 4 tosses 20 - 30 miles in 4 directions. about 7 to 10 days before the first race. Then most days 20 miles alternative directions.

[swilcox]

Hi Mark

 

I normally give my cocks around 5 races so in the last 3 weeks i normally only fly hens and a few that might be suspect. I do like to put the cocks over as soon as they finish and pair them up to settle them in a box, i also like to have them moulted out early as i think they winter better.

 

Whiteflight, year on year i aim to reduce my stock pairs using there childrens results as a yard stick, but as of yet they are all breeding winners so they are staying until my family is built, remember last year was my first year so these are new pigeons, but i think you will find they arent doing too bad So 4 off each pair will give me 80.

 

To add this year there are over 30 channel races up to Tarbes for my birds to compete in and with all best intensions you will lose pigeons, even good ones so from the 80 ybs i will hope to keep 50% which seems par for the course nowadays giving me plenty of quality birds to replenish my old bird team.

 

One thing is for sure, if you keep sending them over the water you will lose a good number at some point so i need to keep those good quality ybs coming through and i think 80ybs gives me that facility.

 

Stuart