SITUATION WITH YOUNG BIRDS LOST

[Guest WINGS 04]

I HAVE 38 OUT OF 75 LEFT 4 AT THE SNFC YOUNG BIRD RACE 24 06 COOKS FOR W/HOOD AND 16 2YEAROLDS 3 3YEAROLDS 1 4YEAROLD 2 5YEAROLDS 1 6YEAROLD 48 W/HOOD COCKS

[andyb]

sstarted with 10 and have five left. 2 lost training 2 from 75mile race and one off loft after it had been raced. have to admit to being a little confused at why so many are bred

[Guest TAMMY_1]

its been like that for a few years now,,,,",the annual slaughter of the innocents"

 

THIS IS A WELL KNOWN SAYING JIMMY BUT WHO WAS THE MAN THAT ORIGINALLY SAID THAT I THINK IT WAS IN A BOOK

[Matthew]

why worry about the ones that have been lost its the ones tht are in the shed at the end of the season tht are the good ones.

[Tony C]

Darkness y/birds have 24/26, hens went to every race bar one, cocks had four races.

 

Natural y/bs have 13/19 these had two races.

[Guest TAMMY_1]

why worry about the ones that have been lost its the ones tht are in the shed at the end of the season tht are the good ones.

 

ARE YOU SAYING THAT ALL THE BIRDS THAT GET LOST ARE NO GOOD ?

[Guest marvin]

started with 36 ended up with 17 all but 4 went to every race so could have been worse still upsets me to lose them though i dont know about you but i like to keep them when raced and then i make the selection at the end of the season sounds like many of us wont have that luxury this year

[Guest TAMMY_1]

AT THE END OF THE SAESON I NEVER GET RID OF ANY YOUNG BIRDS NO MATTER HOW MANY I HAVE BECAUSE I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO PICK ANY TO DISPOSE OF BECAUSE IF THAT WAS THE CASE GETTING RID OF WHAT WERE NOT BRILLIANT YOUNG BIRD RACERS I WOULD HAVE GOT RID OF SOME OF THE BEST BIRDS I HAVE BECAUSE NOT ALL Y/B THAT RACE ARE GREAT AS YEARLINGS AND ITS THE SAME THE OTHER WAY ROUND SOME THAT RACE FAIR AS Y/B TURN OUT TO BETTER YEARLINGS SO WHEN THE TIME FOR ME TO SORT THEM OUT IS AFTER THEY HAVE RACED AS YEARLINGS BUT EVEN THIS CAN BE WRONG BECAUSE I KNOW MEN WHO WON WITH BIRDS THAT WERE NOT UP TO SCRATCH UNTILL THEY WERE TWO OR THREE YEARS OLD

[Guest WINGS 04]

I THINK YOU SHOULD KEEP THEM TILL THEY ARE 3 YEAR OLD IF THEY HAVE NOT PUT UP ANY GOOD RACES THEN THEY MUST GO THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE LONGERS IN LAND RACE AS YEARLINGS THEN AS 2 YEAROLDS THEY GO TO ONE OF THE CHANEL RACES  

[Guest TAMMY_1]

I THINK YOU SHOULD KEEP THEM TILL THEY ARE 3 YEAR OLD IF THEY HAVE NOT PUT UP ANY GOOD RACES THEN THEY MUST GO THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE LONGERS IN LAND RACE AS YEARLINGS THEN AS 2 YEAROLDS THEY GO TO ONE OF THE CHANEL RACES  

 

AGREE RAB AS I WILL BET THERE WAS A LOT OF POTENTIALLY GOOD BIRDS DISPOSED OF BECAUSE THEY NEVER DID WELL AS YOUNG BIRDS AND MEN DID NOT WANT TO KEEP THEM ANY LONGER

[jimmy white]

yes i agree with both of you , i hate condeming a yb , but usually find that some fanciers are too quick to blame the birds , without looking at themselves first

[CREBAG]

best channel pigeon ive got went missing from a race on the 20/8/04 as a yb returned in late october that year, this year he's won me over £2000 racing including 1st lancashire nantes 2 bird lessay, only 2 birds on the day and beating the 2nd bird by an hour and half, imo sometimes that mistake makes them........

[Guest TAMMY_1]

STILL WAITING ON AN ANSWER FROM YOU MATHEW ON THE LOST Y/BIRDS