How Long New Pigeons

[demolition man]

How long do you give new pigeons you bring in to establish them selfs in your loft before outing if no good.

[demolition man]

How long do you give new pigeons you bring in to establish them selfs in your loft before outing if no good.

 

 

I give them about two years

[dal2]

I give them about two years

 

Depends on distance or sprint? Youll never know aboot a distance team in two years!

[demolition man]

Depends on distance or sprint? Youll never know aboot a distance team in two years!

 

 

I would agree to a point but i only have room for 24 widowhood cocks so i need to be very selective i have won out to 500 to 600 mls so do you think i'm being to hard

[Guest spin cycle]

three years...in my short experience pigeons that are not going to make the grade generally tell you by being consistently late/next day.you swear about them as the rest are home and you are half expecting a call... even then i suppose there are exeptions.

[dal2]

It also depends on how many the family you bring in. But its a real hard struggle to put a distance team together in a small team especially up here when youve got so many treacherous races before the doos even get to the races that they are bred for!!!

[hotrod]

How long do you give new pigeons you bring in to establish them selfs in your loft before outing if no good.

it depends on wether u have an estabished team or not ,if starting out i would say 3 years for sprinters/middle but for long distance it would be 5 years . if u had a good team about u then even distance birds u would find them out in 2/3 years ,if they dont match the ones u already have get shot of them .

[geordie1234]

It also depends on how many the family you bring in. But its a real hard struggle to put a distance team together in a small team especially up here when youve got so many treacherous races before the doos even get to the races that they are bred for!!!

is it hard to build a distance team when you are a small loft flyer as im lookig to build a distance team but i think once im finished i will be lucky to have 25ft of lofts

[dal2]

is it hard to build a distance team when you are a small loft flyer as im lookig to build a distance team but i think once im finished i will be lucky to have 25ft of lofts

 

Patience mate that wots required but wot us fanciers lack most

[geordie1234]

Patience mate that wots required but wot us fanciers lack most

aye true lol

[marmite]

if distance i give stock 3 yrs sprinters 2 yrs all my 2 yr olds have to fly the channel program regardless of wether they sprint or distance unless they continually scoring inland atb clive

[alex young]

I only compete in sprint racing and introduced a new family in 2005,they won from the start.The birds will have 24 races during the young bird and yearling stage,any bird that does not have a couple of well placed fed cards has to go.