Stock Pairs

[sapper756]

A bit early, but I am already considering my stock pairings for next season, and was wondering, do most folks stick with the same pairings, or do they change the pairings around regularly? and what success have folks had with either? if you do change pairings around, how difficult do you find settling new pairs to their new nest boxes?

 

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[airdrie2]

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[sapper756]

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[kirky]

proven pairs are left together others are split and paired to differant mates for one season if not produceing out thay go,(not sold by the way)

[budgie]

If there is nothing left after the season split them.If after 3 seasons with different pairings and nothing left Bin Them and dont buy aged stock birds or be conned at what they are trying to off-load.

[aye ready]

If there is nothing left after the season split them.If after 3 seasons with different pairings and nothing left Bin Them and dont buy aged stock birds or be conned at what they are trying to off-load.

i had a pair that bred 4 winners out of 2 years breeding they were paired together, the last 2 years they have also been together 8 youngsters bred 1 left in the loft from this years breeding what would you do continue with them in the hope it re-occurs or split them in 2011

[aye ready]

i had a pair that bred 4 winners out of 2 years breeding they were paired together, the last 2 years they have also been together 8 youngsters bred 1 left in the loft from this years breeding what would you do continue with them in the hope it re-occurs or split them in 2011

ps there is only 1 left out of the 4 winners but he won bird of the year in my club in 2008 and scored in the snfc bovingdon race and his son this year was 1st club 6th open in our feds yb open this year

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

ps there is only 1 left out of the 4 winners but he won bird of the year in my club in 2008 and scored in the snfc bovingdon race and his son this year was 6th open in our feds yb open this year

 

Its a bit of a *expletive removed* to be honest

Its harder to condemn a breeding pair now compared to when I started with the BOPS and racing we get.

I lost what I thought my best yearling at Maidstone this year his half brother was my time in though and his nest mate won Ripon and was 5th Leicester.So think its the cock thats the breeder out of the original pair I tried last year as I put him to two hens and both nest threw winners.

[Guest youngboy]

well i removed 2 stock pairs and introduced 6 new ones

so next year i will have 16 stock pairs

8 of these will be same as last year

and already have have 2 of the new pairs sorted ( as asked by the fanicers they were givin from )

so still yet to decide about the other 6 pairs

[OLDYELLOW]

In order to test any pair you need to try 3 rounds from 3 pairings if none are proven then remove , if a pair are proven it's best to split them try both to new pairings then pair back , then can see if its the cock or hen producing the winners

[Guest IB]

IMO it’s important to tell what distance you are aiming to do well at – in my case it’s long distance - and these pigeons are 2 years old before you can test them so it’s 3 years before you can judge if the pairing is a success. IMO 3 years is far too long to leave a pair together ‘just waiting to see’ so providing I have enough off them (4/6) I split them after 1 year. A benefit of this is you quickly discover which birds are throwing what you are looking for when paired with different mates, and which lines produce birds that can race, and breed birds to race at your chosen distance.

 

Pairs must be split at some point - you will breed back to the original cock and hen, so pairs can’t remain together forever.