When to pair

[Guest]

Hi im interested in the longer races and only got 2 sections so racing natural i was going to pair at end of feb but was thinking about changing this to 14th feb what do you think would be best or what would you do in my situation

[crazy pigeon boy]

well i pair up in late december earley january i think it is important to get a good early start on the year but it is just as good to pair in feb because it's warmer and you can enter y.b's in breeder buyers etc

[Guest shadow]

If you are only interested in distance racing (natural) the end of feb would be fine

[Guest]

thanks for your thoughts guys

[Wiley]

if all ur interested is long end of feb to march

[Guest CS]

End of feb.

[mO]

My understanding of the IDEAL time to pair is approx 90 days before the 1st race.

If flying natural for the distance then you need to adjust the time to get the nest conditions that you want the birds to fly home to.

ie, driving, sitting,chipping, or with young in the bowl.

Unless you want the young birds from your Distance birds then I would say leave em alone for now and pair them nearer to the race.

If you intend racing the young off your distance birds I would of suggested breeding as early as practical, young birds onto darkness system and then split the old birds and re-pair again nearer to the race

mO.

[Guest]

spring time the best

[jimmy white]

depends on the system , the races and the birds,  for distance races natural the end of march which will mean you will be sending birds that have just cast their first flight, birds on w,hood will hold there flights ok , but tend to have too many races b4 distance race ,, but for sprint races w,hood,up to 350 mies feb in my opinion is early enough.

[chasey123]

hi i was woundering if anyone could help me im helping me mate racing nxt year and thinking of goin on the darkness just woundering if anyones got abit of info when 2 pair up n tht would be very gratefull