PAIRING UP

[phillips]

im pairing up on the 10th dec

when are you all pairing up ?

only breeding myself 20 ybs hoping to buy the rest in fingers crossed aye

[Tony C]

I pair up the back end of January.  I found that when I did pair up early my 2nd rounders were always the better pigeons. I put this down to training the 1st rounders to late. I had the choice of start training earler or pairing up later, went for the later.

[Guest j.bamling]

i will be pairing up 5th or 6th Dec i will be keeping the first round for myself 1 round only i then have some yb orders to fulfill

[Guest Paulo]

Pairing up the stock cocks on new years day

 

Pairing up the inland racers on 20th January

 

Pairing up the channel team on 14 feb

[Guest Greig the doo Drysdale]

pairing up 2yrold and above 1st January and my yearlings 1 february. Only taking 30 youngsters this year so if anyone wants some youngsters for free pm me. They are heinz 57

[retired]

Pairing all birds up on 26th November, i will be floating the eggs from my stock under my racers this year on the first round.

 

 

[Guest CS]

Pairing up in the end of Jan i think... or FEB...

 

We only will breed a small team of youngsters next year to race...

[Guest]

:othought i had gone into a long sleep and awoke in 2008   :o , cant really understand why all are pairing now  : , unless you all know something i dont ?? : are all these early bred youngsters guaranteed to be champions ?? will be interested in replies  ;D ;D                      andy

[hicky]

no but for the big yougbird opens i think a darkened youngster either on widowhood or in hens case chipping early breds are best

[Guest Paulo]

:othought i had gone into a long sleep and awoke in 2008   :o , cant really understand why all are pairing now  : , unless you all know something i dont ?? : are all these early bred youngsters guaranteed to be champions ?? will be interested in replies  ;D ;D                      andy

 

Nah but they'll hold their feathers in and be more sexually mature which is an advantage if your flying yb widowhood and trying to compete against darkness YB's. Still some people fo seem to be pairing up earlier and earlier new years day will do me ;D

[retired]

:othought i had gone into a long sleep and awoke in 2008   :o , cant really understand why all are pairing now  : , unless you all know something i dont ?? : are all these early bred youngsters guaranteed to be champions ?? will be interested in replies  ;D ;D                      andy

 

Nothing is guranteed to be a champion but i have always had better results with earlier bred young birds.

[Guest]

;D thanks for the replies  , and the reasoning behind them   ;)    andy

[hicky]

and i think for some reason the early bred youngsters seem to keep healthier

[retired]

;D thanks for the replies  , and the reasoning behind them   ;)    andy

 

A method i am trying this year and whether it works for me or not i dont know is to, once the old bird race season is over i will be moving ALL old birds out of the main loft into the 16ft loft, thus giving my young birds the full 32ft this will give the young cock s the chance to race to a widowhood box as a youngster and also give the pigeons that bit more space and although i do not overcrowd i feel the more space the better.