your opinion on pairing freely

[Guest cowboy]

your opinion on pairing freely yes or no

[OLDYELLOW]

actualy depends if your intending to breed from these naturaly paired birds  :-/

[Guest cowboy]

no just  fly

[pault]

i am going to try it this year all the stock will pick there own mate

just put 9 good hens in the section and let them chose

[jimmy white]

big question ,, i prefer" love matings" but this is not allways possible , as you may have pairs you want together , but if your birds are of good calibre , you would be pleasantly surprised , if you" paired freely",,,   by watching them closely , and observing closely , you can" nudge " certain pairs together.

[little sam]

ONLY THE RACERS

[jack]

only racers pal

[jimmy white]

big question ,, i prefer" love matings" but this is not allways possible , as you may have pairs you want together , but if your birds are of good calibre , you would be pleasantly surprised , if you" paired freely",,,   by watching them closely , and observing closely , you can" nudge " certain pairs together.

 

yes, only the racers as the stock birds should be kept as they are,, breeding winners [if not,, they shouldnt be stock ]

[grizzal]

racers only because alot of fanciers float there stock eggs under them,sonot so inportant   

[OLDYELLOW]

if there only for racing i would say let them pair up as they want natural pairs or love pairs race better  

[ohiogsp]

I let mine stock birds pick their mates and do well with it. Sometimes I have to pair them myself cause they don't on their own or I run out of time but I prefer to let them mate on their own. I think Ad Schearlaeckens believes this is the best way to do it. We have a guy here in the states that is also winning one loft races here very often and he does it. Also Tony Rossi here does it and he is a great flyer. You will hear people say alot of times "I had a pair that I was not even going to breed from and they paired on their own and produced great youngsters." I know for me it has been the pairs that did it on their own that produced the best pigeons for me.

[jimmy white]

in the past ive purchased many good winning pigeons ,and mated these together ,some  with no luck as such,  but birds bred from these , picking their own mates [as previous post mentions] i have bred some of my best pigeons , that have raced well and bred well  

 

[Lennut Tar]

your opinion on pairing freely yes or no

 

Yes !!!!!!!!!, Yes !!!!!!!!!! Yes !!!!!!!!!. For all those that can   ;) here, just think back to the sixty's etc  ;D ;D ;D.

Many roads leed to Rome as they say. Also remember now, science & theories in this great sport of ours :P have never been set in stone & are what they are & nothing more, for what I have found.

Enjoy.

 

 

[Lennut Tar]

Yes !!!!!!!!!, Yes !!!!!!!!!! Yes !!!!!!!!!. For all those that can   ;) here, just think back to the sixty's etc  ;D ;D ;D.

Many roads leed to Rome as they say. Also remember now, science & theories in this great sport of ours :P have never been set in stone & are what they are & nothing more, for what I have found.

Enjoy.

 

Well Well !!!!!!!! what do you know  ;D ;D :P ;) I just passed another little mile stone here "Ripper".

Enjoy.

[kirky]

I only let racers pair as thay like as thay are not bred from, but stock are an inbred family and would not want them to pair too close ie nest mates.

[Guest]

i like to pair up one section of racers the way i want as i will take y/b off them (usually my best performers)

the other section i let pair up as they want as i wont be taking anything off them

 

what do you think of the theory of taking the first nest off yearlings

as ive been told you sometimes get the best out of them then ?

[Guest IB]

Think it must be a bit of both free & chosen pairing.

 

When my pairs are split, I'll often see the same previously unpaired pigeons showing up to each other through the wire, and if I have nothing else earmarked for either of them, I'll make a mental note that they have to go together - but for racing only.

 

For breeding, I, or should I say the bird's performance, will decide, who pairs up. Breeding pairs comes first for me, followed by safe mates for birds chosen to go to Nationals races. When the chosen birds are in their boxes, I open the section doors and let the others run together, and pick mates themselves.

[Simeon Turner]

We tend to pair all our birds up ourselves, we have quite an inbred family and I wouldn't want to get too close - we breed off some of the race birds but the others sit for the stock birds - If I was just racing I would let them pair themselves.