PURCHASES

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sorry for another poll....voter fatigue ? but i think it might fit in well with some other threads...hopefully. also its multi choice so you can vote for more than one option if you like

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usually buy something every year , but this will now stop , as ive found you get over stocked and can,t do justice to them all  sometimes only rearing one pair off stock birds  and in some cases none at all  recent un employment and rising price of corn will now curtail this happening again

[OLDYELLOW]

I usualy buy odd bird from our fed sales or breeder buyers from clubs in town for a bit of fun and intrest , i buy stock pigeons in mainly hens have bought quite a few in , in last 2 years some been tried this year and some fresh for next year , im at nice levels in my stock loft with a view to reduce after there perfomace is determined , most of my stock are bred from winners or lines of winners or winners in there own right.

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I usualy buy odd bird from our fed sales or breeder buyers from clubs in town for a bit of fun and intrest , i buy stock pigeons in mainly hens have bought quite a few in , in last 2 years some been tried this year and some fresh for next year , im at nice levels in my stock loft with a view to reduce after there perfomace is determined , most of my stock are bred from winners or lines of winners or winners in there own right.

 

how many rounds should you aim to take/year from stock...and how soon should you expect results and what ratio for winners bred?

[OLDYELLOW]

i only take one round of youngbirds if for any reason i end up with any been single reared as i bred early i will take a further round from the single reared pairs , i have moved house a year ago so 1st year at new location flying ybs , as i fly distance pigeons the ofspring can take up to 3 years to determine if the pairing is right , but i repair all stock birds up differently each year ,at end of the yb season i make a list of what survived and the parents that have failed to produce any ybs that are in the loft are marked with a marker ring and if same results year after they are promptly removed , i have talked to a well known stocksman and local breeder he says you need to take 3 rounds off a pair to determine there true value , but due to space im happy to do via my method , i am going to breed later next season for my round as i prefer younger young birds to earlier bred ybs so the less chance of any single reared young birds. As for results i aim to put a good perfomance at the longest yb race, but alas not long enough to prove my birds , the midlands national race this time round is the same week as my longest young bird race , so i wont be sending this year and as at new address this season i need as many young birds to finish the race programme to race as yearlings next season , as yearlings id expect them to win up to 400 miles with the odd one or two to go to 512 miles but id only send to the last race if chasing the channel adverages which i have won on a few occasions

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i got a system.one in one out....two in two out and so on.

i dont rely on anyone for youngbirds but have been offered and had some this year.

to keep up on other fanciers u have to be on ur toes and if that means bringing new in then so be it...but i wont just for the sake of it.