Young Birds

[geordie1234]

How many ybs do you look/hope for to take forward to yearling stage??

 

I understand many lofts have the luxury of being able to carry over a lot more than others but for the small team flyer how many do you look to take over into the ob loft

[blaz]

i expect to have at least half of my yb, team after last race 216 mile all of which will be kept and raced as yearlings.that includes say a yb that is last evry week. reson had 2 yb,s last evry week as yearlings won 3 races each.

[geordie1234]

i expect to have at least half of my yb, team after last race 216 mile all of which will be kept and raced as yearlings.that includes say a yb that is last evry week. reson had 2 yb,s last evry week as yearlings won 3 races each.

Cheers for the reply

 

What do you do if you have either too many yb or ob what would you get rid off first

[Guest G.Drysdale + son]

Me and Jamie(my son)have 26/40 yearlings but 10 are late bred,all the best GEO1234

[frank-123]

george you/me/lanarkshire members will be lucky to have half our young bird team left and only out to distance of 150 miles

in fact i would say 50% would be a great amount

what i would say is don't send all your young birds at once split them into two teams

[geordie1234]

george you/me/lanarkshire members will be lucky to have half our young bird team left and only out to distance of 150 miles

in fact i would say 50% would be a great amount

what i would say is don't send all your young birds at once split them into two teams

Yeah Frank the young bird racing isny very kind to us

[ovy1255]

its all to easy to keep too many birds so first decide how many birds your loft can. accomodate then decide if thats too many for your wallet to accomodate .

now you have your number replace only on performance.

i do think that there is birds for different distances so if you carnt afford it try to pic your distance eg sprint -middle or long,thats my opinion lots of the belgian fanciers think the same and fly only in there distance club.but there are loads of roads to rome-lol.

[geordie1234]

its all to easy to keep too many birds so first decide how many birds your loft can. accomodate then decide if thats too many for your wallet to accomodate .

now you have your number replace only on performance.

i do think that there is birds for different distances so if you carnt afford it try to pic your distance eg sprint -middle or long,thats my opinion lots of the belgian fanciers think the same and fly only in there distance club.but there are loads of roads to rome-lol.

Great post mate

[blaz]

at the end of old bird season i look at how birds have raced .if birds have raced badly . 1st i look at myself for feeding management ect.then i look at how bird was bred .i also look at how bird raced as yb.if i don,t find good enough reson i then get rid of that bird or birds. taking note of how it was bred.i don,t find very many as when the 1st race starts i don,t let them miss any club races after it.that finds most of them out.if i did not have the space and thought the yb,s was good then it would be offered to other fanciers that have had a bad season with losses .i also bred latebreds in case i need them if i don,t i always know someone or hear of someone that has had a bad season.

[geordie1234]

at the end of old bird season i look at how birds have raced .if birds have raced badly . 1st i look at myself for feeding management ect.then i look at how bird was bred .i also look at how bird raced as yb.if i don,t find good enough reson i then get rid of that bird or birds. taking note of how it was bred.i don,t find very many as when the 1st race starts i don,t let them miss any club races after it.that finds most of them out.if i did not have the space and thought the yb,s was good then it would be offered to other fanciers that have had a bad season with losses .i also bred latebreds in case i need them if i don,t i always know someone or hear of someone that has had a bad season.

Another great post

[blaz]

Me and Jamie(my son)have 26/40 yearlings but 10 are late bred,all the best GEO1234

 

geo sorry for highjacking thread

 

 

i know of 2 late breds that will give the rest a run (or fly)for their corn

[geordie1234]

geo sorry for highjacking thread

 

 

i know of 2 late breds that will give the rest a run (or fly)for their corn

Fire away mate not a problem

[tiger]

hope 2 have 40 ybs maybe loss 3 or 4 in racin < touch wood > they will fly about 150 mls dependin on moult as i dont fly darkies