Racer To Stock Team

[sapper756]

When and why do members decide to put a race bird into the stock team, what characteristics does a race bird have to have to be considered good enough for the stock loft?

 

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[Guest spin cycle]

i've just retired my first birds to the stock loft...an 05 cock that i broke my novice status with in 2007 and scored out of scotland...including 3rd thurso this year. i 'hummed and haahed' about retiring him weighing up the scots cards he could take (if i didn't loose him) against the ybs he could give me (paired to his club winning hen). in the end you have to decide where in the loft set up each bird is likely to make the biggest contribution to its succsess. just my take

[Guest Owen]

I have a rule, that I check my widowhood cocks at the end of each year to see if there are any better than any stock bird. This year was a poor year for old bird racing, what with me being in hospital, so I could not find a cock good enough to go to stock. The stock bird numbers are never allowed to increase so if a race cock proves himself he goes into stock and a stock bird is culled to make room for him. I select the widowhood cocks on their performances over 2 years and compare them with the young cocks young bird results. This year I have some very good young cocks which will go onto widowhood and replace older cocks. It is differant with the hens because they only race as youngsters. They are selected at the end of their youngbird year. I only keep the ones who have won something and if all things are equal, I keep the one that is from a top father. As a result of this policy I am lucky to have some very good hens.

[blaz]

i retired the 2 birds below to stock (all stock fly in and out loft)this pair where broken in last year and flew well enough .but did not win for me 2nd 2nd 2nd always coming from their old loft location.both birds won for the late george logan before i bought them yb,s from them have won club and fed and scored at inland nat level.so better to stock them as good breeders are harder to come by than winners.

[JohnJ]

i retired the 2 birds below to stock (all stock fly in and out loft)this pair where broken in last year and flew well enough .but did not win for me 2nd 2nd 2nd always coming from their old loft location.both birds won for the late george logan before i bought them yb,s from them have won club and fed and scored at inland nat level.so better to stock them as good breeders are harder to come by than winners.

look good garry

[Guest IB]

My 3 retirees to stock so far have all been by default (1) 2 cocks bred to race that got eye injuries when YBs. (2) Add to that this year a 2 y-o cock that got a wing injury before the season began.

 

They are all sons of my 9 y-o stock cock. I've not taken a lot off them, as they have been used for breeding and as a safe mate. I've none off the 2 y-o yet, he starts next year, but other two are sire / grandsire / g/grandsire of 2 hens which have taken Open positions within first 100 in SNFC 500 mile channel races in 2010. The 2 y-o cock as a yearling also took 90th Open Ypres SNFC in 2009. He'll go to one of these hens next year for breeding and as a safe mate for her.