young birds how far

[lordcornwallis]

hi there how far should young birds be raced some say every race others say stop them at 1oo mile what do yous think lc

[Guest shadow]

All mine go to the coast at Eastbourne which is 199 miles to my loft.

[lordcornwallis]

thanks shadow can i ask how many you start with and how many do you finish with if i may be so bold  lc

[Guest shadow]

I start the season with 24 and usually finish with 18 depending what the races have been like and if no injuries have been sustained

[peterpau]

Picauville LOL. This years young birds have NFC rings to go 240mls. No chance. If we get France back though, that's where they'll go. 206 /240mls

[Guest]

Personally I race all my young birds out to 300 miles

[wayne]

it would depend on what system (ie darkness or natural) on how far i would fly them because come the picauville races (290mls) its september time and the naturals would be well into the moult. But theres no reason why you couldnt race them to 200mls obviously providing there fit and healthy.

[jimmy white]

in the past ive raced a few on the darkness system, separated and let together friday these were the ones that won , they went out to 280 miles, the natural ybs were stopped at around 100 miles but well trained,,,,as yearlings and old birds i found no differance in them , but off course i had more natural birds left to race as obs

[speedbird]

i believe in geting them to around 200mile mark providing there in good feather i may stop some cocks before this stage but realy depends how they are coming i usually send the hens to the 300mile race

[peterpau]

If I could they'd go 300mls, but longest young bird to me would be about 240mls. All my youngsters are natural, but then I do breed later than most

[T_T]

Locally, it has been found that youngsters that complete ALL the youngbird programme have been the better old birds.  Youngsters that are picked out and stopped, more often that not, falter as yearlings.  A crack fancier ( no longer with us ) once told me that he works every day, then so does his pigeons.

[Guest WINGS 04]

I WILL BE STOPING SOME COCK THIS YEAR AFTER 3 RACES BUT MOST WILL DO ALL THE YOUNG BIRD RACES THEN I WILL SEND SOME TO THE SNFC YOUNG BIRD RACE 280 MILES

[Chris Little]

As far as you can get em and as many as possible

 

A well proven school of thought

[slatey]

All our ybs go to portsmouth 180mls most of the hens go to picauville 276mls some cocks also but not them that are to big.

tomo

how you going chris hope you flying well.

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

we race in cornish combine between 135-170 miles,for young birds,and 370-380 for old birds

[DEEJAY]

Personally I race all my young birds out to 300 miles

 

Your a person after my own heart, yes train, train, train, seperates the winners from the losers, why feed those that can't make the distance, all young birds have to prove themselves to earn their keep, for me it's better than culling birds, if they can make a 300 mile journy and i still have too many birds than a toss at 400 to seperate the cream of the crop and continued out to 500 miles, birds that continue to make it back to the loft at those distances deserve a place in the loft and possibly a breeding mate!

 

[Wiley]

 

Your a person after my own heart, yes train, train, train, seperates the winners from the losers, why feed those that can't make the distance, all young birds have to prove themselves to earn their keep, for me it's better than culling birds, if they can make a 300 mile journy and i still have too many birds than a toss at 400 to seperate the cream of the crop and continued out to 500 miles, birds that continue to make it back to the loft at those distances deserve a place in the loft and possibly a breeding mate!

 

 

Your a very hard worker deejay and your defaintly right. But wouldnt you think pushing a young bird 500 miles is abit to far, as i have had old birds that have won races and other prizes gone to this distance and fallen to the way side.

 

[DEEJAY]

Well it may be hard, but it's better than killing them and it really is rare that i would have to go that far, cause hawks and weather can cull most of the flock, it's only the best of the best that you should be willing to keep! Also you never want to give anyone a bird that you wouldn't want to have yourself!

[DEEJAY]

Oh by the way I strongly believe in flying in less than perfect weather which tends to thin out the flock!

[Wiley]

i agree its much nicer then culling the birds but it aint nicer on the pocket! How many young birds do you breed?

[carl]

My youngbirds flew 280 miles i started with 70 and finished with 45,all the youngbirds i timed in are still here but 1.This tells me which are the better,

 

the ones i still have.

 

 

[birdman55678]

300 also for our ybs.  Ed

[schouwman71]

dont forget ,he flies in florida,a lot different there to the british weather we get here.

[pigeonscout]

Uk one loft races send them 300 + we fly 4+ 250 and 250 can be hard on them when the wind is on their nose it all depends on the weather not so much the distances usa send young birds 500 and Taiwan 700. I would never send a bird to a race to lost it if I don't think the condition is right I wont send. Any young bird should be good for 8 hours on the wing.

[DEEJAY]

Hi been away for a while , I plan on raising 30 young birds, usually end up with less than ten,  of these a few will be given to some youngsters that are interested in keeping racers, I'm not in it for the money as some, i just love the birds and want to develope my own strain of hardy birds!   On a personal note if things were on the other foot my birds would have culled me out a long time ago lol!  Man it sucks to get old!