How Would You Choose

[demolition man]

If your were to pay say £500 for 6 birds, and then you get 6 free from another loft, you race all 12 through the program, you only have room to keep 6 the following year which 6 would you keep? lets say none have done any thing special although when you were given the free birds you were told it would take 2 years for these to start performing. Just interested in your views.

 

Regards

[Guest youngboy]

it depends if the 6 free were from a average fancier i suppose id keep the ones i spent me money on but if off a good fancier and u no for defo off good pigeon i wouldn have a club maybe 50/50

good question doh

[hawked again]

40 years ago it would be not only possible but quite common, no chance now with so many BOP.

[dal2]

If I hd payed £500 they would be in stock loft!

[REDROCKET]

if i was told to expect the best from the freebies as 2 yr olds but was expecting to do something from the paid for birds as y/b's and done nothing id keep 4 of the freebies and the best 2 i payed for and hope for the best.

[ovy1255]

i am too impatient-2 years old to score -----------no good to me .

500 and no results -thinking are the birds good enough or is the management letting them down?

remember with young birds -health fitness training and motivation.

SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE IF YOU HAVE NO RESULTS.

[Guest spin cycle]

IMO you would need to keep all 12 and replace older birds because you can't really know until the end of 2 years.

 

IF the older birds are to good to get rid of then why would you bring in ybs from 2 outside sources?

 

BUT if you only want 6 ybs...don't buy the 500 pound ones...spend the money on racing,training and making your loft as efficient as possible

 

JMO

[DJWa]

if they have all flown the y/b program then they will all be good birds

if you want to keep just 6 send 3 and 3 to the young bird national

if you get them back from there MAKE ROOM FOR THEM

[dal2]

i am too impatient-2 years old to score -----------no good to me .

500 and no results -thinking are the birds good enough or is the management letting them down?

remember with young birds -health fitness training and motivation.

SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE IF YOU HAVE NO RESULTS.

 

 

If yer settin oot on buildin a distance family 2yrs will no be enuff!

[gulkie]

i am too impatient-2 years old to score -----------no good to me .

500 and no results -thinking are the birds good enough or is the management letting them down?

remember with young birds -health fitness training and motivation.

SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE IF YOU HAVE NO RESULTS.

sorry, but if you want good pigeons you have to be patient, in the past any

birds that where any good show up as young birds, not always, observation

will tell you what to keep.its not only good young birds that make home from

the yb nat.

[budgie]

Wullies correct you have to give them 3 yrs and be patient.If after that and they dont score its binbag includind the parents?

[Guest ENDFLIGHT]

race the 12, and keep the ones you have left,and do not put a glass cage over the £500 lot jmo for what it is worth?good luck anyway

[Guest IB]

IMO if they have been raced out as YBs and are still there, all of them deserve a perch. I don't think price comes into it.

[Roland]

Tough one that.

Think I would look at what the 'Performances' were of the parents, and what loft.

Of course if I'd bought in stock birds, I know I have to have 3 years to see what id what with them ... But again, if I had 6 from a mate, I know that they were pretty good too or I wouldn't have them in first place.

So would judge parents on A. What type of system they were raced on and B. what distance and any hard day birds. C. Those bred from stock would be a little behind there I fear.

So if the given ones were from good performing birds at the distance etc. They are the ones I'd retain.

Maybe 3 cocks from one and three hens from the other if really level on pointers.

[Roland]

Yep when we look at 'Price and Stock and pedigrees' etc. one most have at the foremost in mind that 90% of Stockbirds will breed culls at least, and of those that breed a good one or two will still breed 90% culls.