small team fanciers

[jonjon]

how have small team fanciers done this yr raceing oldens and ybs

[just ask me]

what a small team these days

 

 

not being smart

[mazzie]

started with 26 old birds won 600 pounds in club , had 77 young birds won 2 race the last was a open race 182 miles and won it by 27 minutes , there was only 383 birds away also sent 4 to snfc got one on the night and 3 the next morning winng 13region e ,and 38 region e only spend one hour max a day with the birds there not at my house

[jonjon]

well done i only want i can afford 12 pr oldens and 3o to 4o ybs at most

[jimmy_bulger]

try 16 pr obs and 20ybs

[Beanz]

Did not race youngsters due to neighbour trouble, had the same problem with the old birds but still won 2 x 1sts and other prizes in 2007 we won 9 x 1sts and 3 x 1sts feds with 12 widowhood cocks youngsters only had 3 races.

 

 

 

                                Paul

[schouwman71]

Only raced 6 widowhood cocks and odd hen every now and again this year,won the 1st race and scored in a few more,all yearlings and they were trained hard,ended up runner up in old bird average so not bad for 6 yearlings,will play them for certain races next year,with youngsters i scored twice i think,won the 2/bird but dropped after 140mls has the darkness birds took over but ive got some crackers for 2009,12 cocks,12 hens.Jonjon you dontneed a lot of pigeons to win ,you need class bud.

 

les

[mark]

Only raced 6 widowhood cocks and odd hen every now and again this year,won the 1st race and scored in a few more,all yearlings and they were trained hard,ended up runner up in old bird average so not bad for 6 yearlings,will play them for certain races next year,with youngsters i scored twice i think,won the 2/bird but dropped after 140mls has the darkness birds took over but ive got some crackers for 2009,12 cocks,12 hens.Jonjon you dontneed a lot of pigeons to win ,you need class bud.

 

les

 

thats it les, the less you have the more you can put into them.

[OLDYELLOW]

77 ybs that hardly constitutes a small loft

[mark]

77 ybs that hardly constitutes a small loft

 

it is when you have 500 perches lol

[Guest Paulo]

Alright I've held my own

[schouwman71]

started with 26 old birds won 600 pounds in club , had 77 young birds won 2 race the last was a open race 182 miles and won it by 27 minutes , there was only 383 birds away also sent 4 to snfc got one on the night and 3 the next morning winng 13region e ,and 38 region e only spend one hour max a day with the birds there not at my house

 

thats a big youngbird team bud,itwould do my headin with that many.

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

i had 95 back in 2007 NEVER again

took me half hour to basket, and training in batches of 9 so nope NEVER!!!!!

[jimmy white]

try 16 pr obs and 20ybs

 

best advice, in my opinion ,, any more birds  than this,,,, one man cant give justice  to birds

[just ask me]

i have 20 old cocks and breed about 30 to 38 young ones each year that my lot im going along nicelly took out 10 cocks this year to replace them a lot of them had top 10 postions against 1500 to 2000 birds but if i do say so myself my youngones last year were the finest team i bred in a long time i dont bother too much with youngones but am giveing it a serious go this year darkness for the first time  

 

for me thers noting like a widdowhood cock when he reallly bonds to his box only back in sport a few year so hopeing this year i should be a lot stronger   i  hope

[kirky]

will be racing 16 yearling cocks , 30 to 40 yb in 2009, only raced yb this year, 31 left from 36 flown programe.

[walkergeoffrey@ymail.com]

fromstep son liberated 40 trainers  notts when i told him to hold  foggy up here got 3 back  raced from 2race with 2hens  1hen got 3 1st club should av been 6       1 2 4 9 9  4  fed 5gya  0ther hen got 3 club 4 fed

[peterpau]

'appy with mine started with three broken cocks. Clocked 2 from 3 in BICC over the water. One was hawked the week before Palamos sent the other 2 and got 1. Young birds a bit different with a lot of new blood, but had 8 left, sent six to Lamballe and got 4 was 57th BBC  

[Guest spin cycle]

i started last season with 28 pairs, bred 20 ybs ( yb racing not for me ) and it looks like i'll start next year with 33 pairs of racers. which i guess is top end of average size...but i'd like to cut down to 24 pairs. i'm only breeding 16 ybs next year. i find it hard to cut down as they did pretty well.

[Lennut Tar]

77 ybs that hardly constitutes a small loft

 

Well now  ;D ;D ;D "LMFAO" that somewhat depends, one could say   ;) what neck of the woods you just happen to come from etc (This is killing me  ;D ;D) I could name a long list of champions ??????????????????????? one could say, that  if they had a big team of 70 odd   :P their season would be very short, somewhat !!!!!!!!!!.

Enjoy.

 

 

[Guest surfer]

I raced 10 cocks and 6 hens old birds, no club racing but they go on a training van once a week if I want. Only racing my birds get is with the NFC. sent 5 to Fougeres the wind favoured me I was 15th 16th and 300 and something open. I sent similar to Alencon timed 1 to be in section. Sent to Angers all home but off the pace.Sent 3 to Tarbes clocked 2 first one 262nd open. Sent 1 to Saintes timed to be 50th sec D.

bred 30 young ones no racing just trained to 30 miles, still managed to lose 10 with the help of Percy the peregrine.

Surfer.

[schouwman71]

i have 20 old cocks and breed about 30 to 38 young ones each year that my lot im going along nicelly took out 10 cocks this year to replace them a lot of them had top 10 postions against 1500 to 2000 birds but if i do say so myself my youngones last year were the finest team i bred in a long time i dont bother too much with youngones but am giveing it a serious go this year darkness for the first time  

 

for me thers noting like a widdowhood cock when he reallly bonds to his box only back in sport a few year so hopeing this year i should be a lot stronger   i  hope

 

same here bud,had a few yrs out due to wife been poorly raced youngsters 1st time last year and full season this year,still building a family but ime getting there slowly,wish i held on to my family of janssens but when your heads not right you do things you regret later.good luck 2009

 

les

[just ask me]

 

same here bud,had a few yrs out due to wife been poorly raced youngsters 1st time last year and full season this year,still building a family but ime getting there slowly,wish i held on to my family of janssens but when your heads not right you do things you regret later.good luck 2009

 

les

 

its hard work but im getting to the top  hope the same with u in your pigeons and a easier personal life too in 2009

[OLDYELLOW]

quality counts best 2 seasons i had 12 cocks 6 did all the winning and took the adverages first year and second year just the channel because i didnt send to last yb race but was the same 6 cocks , the law of adverages says your more likely to get a handfull out of 70 + than a couple out of 12 but i'd rather have less birds that are more managable and do what there supposed to do each to there own , ill have 16 cocks for next season most i've ever had , when i get down to 12 then ill be happy

[jimmy white]

maybe a little story,, one member i know very well,  had 7 racing obs ,,,,7 racing ybs,,     sent 3 to 1 ob national ,,three on result,1,2,3 fed ,,,,,,  sent 1 to yb national 1 on result,,3d fed  against fanciers sending 10,,,,,20,,,,30  even more,, then jealousy sinks in ,, not good