sapper756 Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 With tomorrow being St Valentines day, I have heard some National flyers say they pair up on this day, and others say they don,t pair their National candidates until around the 11th of March. So for those PB members who are planning to send birds to the Nationals, when do you pair up? And why do you prefer this date? THANK YOUhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/emoticon-0137-clapping.gif
dal2 Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 With tomorrow being St Valentines day, I have heard some National flyers say they pair up on this day, and others say they don,t pair their National candidates until around the 11th of March. So for those PB members who are planning to send birds to the Nationals, when do you pair up? And why do you prefer this date? THANK YOUPaired the 4th o jan will be split again probs end o month. Repaired after marlborough and set nest condition for channel and choose wot gans where!
sammy Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 Paired the 4th o jan will be split again probs end o month. Repaired after marlborough and set nest condition for channel and choose wot gans where! yir a mind of information stevie boy :egyptian:
dal2 Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 yir a mind of information stevie boy :egyptian:Niave probs Sammy!!!!
Guest homestead Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 Sapper you never said when you pair up for National i am very interested in this post because i want to send to NFC for the first time this year
sapper756 Posted February 13, 2011 Author Report Posted February 13, 2011 Sapper you never said when you pair up for National i am very interested in this post because i want to send to NFC for the first time this year I plan to pair my natural team up early March m8
Guest stb- Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 paired last weekend and will split them untill june after a nest dont usually pair till 14th march but trying sommit different now
Guest IB Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 This will be my third attempt at flying the programme. Based on negative experiences with young birds when parents are paired mid-March and Late February, and my National Results from these dates, I intend to pair up on the full moon nearest Feb 14th. This year that's 18th, this Friday, and I've geared the birds towards that - they are more than ready. March pairing is moult related. I was told that the channel candidates are best sent on their 1st Primary. Last year I sent mine further on in the moult, by the last race Clermont, they were on 4th & 5th primary, I found my results improved on year before, and as I want to improve year on year, slight changes toward better management seems in order. On YB front, with late March pairing, my 09 YB team were not ready for the racing and I basically lost them all - first time I've ever done that. I've 2 x 09 birds left, one a late bred. 2010's 1st round were involved in a flyaway - first time I've ever had that (6 didn't come back) - and 2nd round weren't ready for racing so they didn't go, they were very lightly trained instead. The 1st round had fallen to bits in the moult by 4th YB race and were stopped. Normally I would have my 2nd round to carry me through, so I didn't complete Fed or SNFC YB programmes. So I've 8 birds raced to 90 miles, 8 trained to 20 miles, and 4 untrained latebreds. No way can that be said to be a good end to YB season. Something needs changed and for me its getting back to a proper balance between the race & breeding seasons.
novo10 Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 paired friday rear 1 round split away then roundabout to eastbourne then pair for channel
big blue bar Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 i call myself a novice at channel racing even though i have kept birds a long time . does it really matter when they are paired up we paired up the widow team in dec and last year sent two to clermont on there 4 th flight and got both of them in the early morning flying 552 .Do we look into this pairing up late to much or am i just lucky
dal2 Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 i call myself a novice at channel racing even though i have kept birds a long time . does it really matter when they are paired up we paired up the widow team in dec and last year sent two to clermont on there 4 th flight and got both of them in the early morning flying 552 .Do we look into this pairing up late to much or am i just luckybird is always most prime when holdin in the moult JMO!
Guest stb- Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 i call myself a novice at channel racing even though i have kept birds a long time . does it really matter when they are paired up we paired up the widow team in dec and last year sent two to clermont on there 4 th flight and got both of them in the early morning flying 552 .Do we look into this pairing up late to much or am i just luckynormally after the fourth is up and there onto the fifth the body moult kicks in and they will defoo go rite of m8
JohnQuinn Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 I paired up tonight. Depending on how they are racing i will maybe split them for a month during the season. Other than that its Au Naturale for me this season
aye ready Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 paired friday rear 1 round split away then roundabout to eastbourne then pair for channeli'm along these lines also didn't do me any harm season 2010 competed in every national race except the longest one picking up 4 national diplomas,ypres was my worst race where it was the only national race i never timed in so will have to rethink this one in 2011,i personally think that a pigeon is not at it's best untill that 1st flight is chipped but on it's 4th /5th it's past it's best
marmite Posted February 19, 2011 Report Posted February 19, 2011 paired up jan they now got ybs will split in march and go on roundabout they will race whole season on roundabout also into internaionals on roundabout found when u split and repair they go off boil best to just do 1 system or another messing about with them jus knocks em ight off form atb for coming season clive
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