bluecock Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 Whats your thoughts on sending a yearling over the channel some good answers there for you george,i would take it easy with them,your only building a team you don't want to be doing things to quick,but there your birds.
geordie1234 Posted January 20, 2011 Author Report Posted January 20, 2011 some good answers there for you george,i would take it easy with them,your only building a team you don't want to be doing things to quick,but there your birds.yeah very good answers its good to see what everyone thoughts are on it i know im building a team or at least trying to i might have a pop with one or 2 just to take part but i certainly would leave myself without
lanarkshire lad Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 yeah very good answers its good to see what everyone thoughts are on it i know im building a team or at least trying to i might have a pop with one or 2 just to take part but i certainly would leave myself withoutWhere does your stock come from George?
geordie1234 Posted January 20, 2011 Author Report Posted January 20, 2011 Where does your stock come from George?quite a few different ppl on this site m8 and some others all west of scotland doos
bluecock Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 yeah very good answers its good to see what everyone thoughts are on it i know im building a team or at least trying to i might have a pop with one or 2 just to take part but i certainly would leave myself without no harm in asking the question,everybody has there own opinion on it,i know Jim sends them,nobody said you shouldn't just give be careful thats all.
clockman Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 Whats your thoughts on sending a yearling over the channelI was 2nd fed with a yearling a few years ago. timed on the day at 8.44 pm 530 miles,happy to get them to the coast now 400 miles
Guest TAMMY_1 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 I was 2nd fed with a yearling a few years ago. timed on the day at 8.44 pm 530 miles,happy to get them to the coast now 400 miles when we get to the coast now it is only under 200 miles , so this year all our yearling's will be going over the channel as it is about 290 miles for the first channel race
geordie1234 Posted January 20, 2011 Author Report Posted January 20, 2011 no harm in asking the question,everybody has there own opinion on it,i know Jim sends them,nobody said you shouldn't just give be careful thats all.well thats the only way you learn int it asking questions
sapper756 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 well thats the only way you learn int it asking questions no m8, thats only part of learning, taking note of the answers is anotherhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/emoticon-0137-clapping.gif Good Luck in 2011http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/scotland.gif
Diamond dave Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 Wouldn't it have some bearing on where you are in the country too.For you guys in Bonnyland to fly 500miles plus, your birds would face the channel soon after they are liberatd. Facing the channel at the end of the 500 mile would surely make a difference to a yearling. D.D.
geordie1234 Posted January 20, 2011 Author Report Posted January 20, 2011 Wouldn't it have some bearing on where you are in the country too.For you guys in Bonnyland to fly 500miles plus, your birds would face the channel soon after they are liberatd. Facing the channel at the end of the 500 mile would surely make a difference to a yearling. D.D.im in the west of scotland
Diamond dave Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 .........Just an observation Geo - just adding another view to the post. D.D.
Rooster J. Cogburn Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 Basically the best thing to take from this thread GEO is there is no right or wrong with doos.Listen to people and take on board what they say but when alls said and done they're your doos There is no rush and theres a lot of hurdles you'll meet before you'll need to worry about sending yearlings to 500 miles. All the best for 2011,hope you get the doos settled without any bother to their new home
yeboah Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 This is a true story about a yearling grizzle cock i once flew,it was about fifteen years ago when i lived in a house sitting on open farm land on the out skirts of moffat with fantastic views could see the birds racing home on a Saturday from a great distance away,there was a lovely couple from wales who owned a holiday caravan that sat on a piece of ground next door ,i arrived home one lunchtime when they excitedly appeared to tell me of events that morning they said they were sitting on the caravan veranda having breakfast when they noticed something move away down the field in the distance ,they got out there binoculars and here it was a pigeon walking up the field ,as it made its way towards them it would stop and rest then continue loosing site of it now and again because of the lie of the land,eventually they said it reached the fence at the bottom of my garden but was unable to fly over it because it was to weak ,it then walked towards them went under the gate of the field and walked up the front of my house and round the corner towards the pigeon loft,they then went round with me to the loft and there was the grizzle cock just a bunch of feathers ,had lost him week previous racing from cheltenham approx 240 miles ,i then decided he would recover till the following year but as the weeks went on he really picked up and took up with a hen from my young bird team following her all over the sky ,such was his condition i gave them a box and entered him in our federation race from France ,timing him to win first yearling in club and lovely trophy to go with it ,hope you all enjoyed reading the above wonderful things these feathered friends of ours
Guest Gareth Rankin Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 do you mean in the seven days proir to a race Gareth?It's more of a guide George but any yearlings that we have Gained good performances with are ones that just change at the start of July.
OLDYELLOW Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 This is a true story about a yearling grizzle cock i once flew,it was about fifteen years ago when i lived in a house sitting on open farm land on the out skirts of moffat with fantastic views could see the birds racing home on a Saturday from a great distance away,there was a lovely couple from wales who owned a holiday caravan that sat on a piece of ground next door ,i arrived home one lunchtime when they excitedly appeared to tell me of events that morning they said they were sitting on the caravan veranda having breakfast when they noticed something move away down the field in the distance ,they got out there binoculars and here it was a pigeon walking up the field ,as it made its way towards them it would stop and rest then continue loosing site of it now and again because of the lie of the land,eventually they said it reached the fence at the bottom of my garden but was unable to fly over it because it was to weak ,it then walked towards them went under the gate of the field and walked up the front of my house and round the corner towards the pigeon loft,they then went round with me to the loft and there was the grizzle cock just a bunch of feathers ,had lost him week previous racing from cheltenham approx 240 miles ,i then decided he would recover till the following year but as the weeks went on he really picked up and took up with a hen from my young bird team following her all over the sky ,such was his condition i gave them a box and entered him in our federation race from France ,timing him to win first yearling in club and lovely trophy to go with it ,hope you all enjoyed reading the above wonderful things these feathered friends of ours nice post
eastcoaster Posted January 20, 2011 Report Posted January 20, 2011 I`m in same boat ( all yearlings ) just moved to the west o scotland and hope to try a few at the nat`s but will try them at the inland nat`s first to see how they cope and like gareth said if they show something exrta just before the water races i will have a go ,the breeding of them are D hay /R combe /P virtue /J donaldson so the blood is there ! the bigger question is am i good enough to get them right ???.
geordie1234 Posted January 20, 2011 Author Report Posted January 20, 2011 I`m in same boat ( all yearlings ) just moved to the west o scotland and hope to try a few at the nat`s but will try them at the inland nat`s first to see how they cope and like gareth said if they show something exrta just before the water races i will have a go ,the breeding of them are D hay /R combe /P virtue /J donaldson so the blood is there ! the bigger question is am i good enough to get them right ???.that is the big question you can have the best o the best but if your no right they'll never be
Guest homestead Posted January 21, 2011 Report Posted January 21, 2011 because I only started racing again last year after a break I will try 1 or 2 channel races with the yearlings saving them for 2 year olds, nothing to loose.
DJWa Posted January 22, 2011 Report Posted January 22, 2011 aye true mate and plus i still have the job of breaking them all up at my new house reffering to this post george as youve still to break your birds to your new addressmy thoughts would be that i would only lightly race any broken birdsa couple of shortish races to settle them in then next year you can test them out further i moved house and raced the following year with 16 broken birdslost near the lot, and they were my best from my old locationgot reports they kept going to the old location on a race dayjmo
blaz Posted January 22, 2011 Report Posted January 22, 2011 we all race birds differently i started back racing in 09 with birds that i bought at the start of 09 broke them and raced them all o/b races out to eastbourne 384 miles . only sent 6 to eastbourne 3 on result.birds also won gold cup in fed best performance in fed best performance by a yearling at s.n.f.c. races in fed also topped fed by 40 plus mins from eastbourne. so you can get good results from broken pigeons in the 1st year. i was not brave enough or maybe i was wise enough not to send them over the water .
billt Posted January 22, 2011 Report Posted January 22, 2011 Wouldn't even consider racing old birds in your situation, no birds broken to new address and o/b racing starts in April and you will want to be breeding a y/bird team, trying to break birds rearing young can lead to problems, I would advise you to raise a round of y/birds before you attempt to break the birds and give yourself a chance to join in and compete on a more equal footing with the young bird programme, all the very best this year
geordie1234 Posted January 22, 2011 Author Report Posted January 22, 2011 Wouldn't even consider racing old birds in your situation, no birds broken to new address and o/b racing starts in April and you will want to be breeding a y/bird team, trying to break birds rearing young can lead to problems, I would advise you to raise a round of y/birds before you attempt to break the birds and give yourself a chance to join in and compete on a more equal footing with the young bird programme, all the very best this year thanks billt
blaz Posted January 22, 2011 Report Posted January 22, 2011 (edited) we all race birds differently i started back racing in 09 with birds that i bought at the start of 09 broke them and raced them all o/b races out to eastbourne 384 miles . only sent 6 to eastbourne 3 on result.birds also won gold cup in fed best performance in fed best performance by a yearling at s.n.f.c. races in fed also topped fed by 40 plus mins from eastbourne. so you can get good results from broken pigeons in the 1st year. i was not brave enough or maybe i was wise enough not to send them over the water .never added that all birds i broke and raced bred and raised yb,s 1st. Edited January 22, 2011 by blaz
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