rickyw Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 as a new flyer i would like some advice plz ,recently due to a bereavement of local flyer, very good respected flyer,he did not get chance to race his young bird team although they trained up to 40 mile , they are of the staff van reet strain , all stock birds were auctioned and sold , but his daughter asked me to make her an over on some pairs of YBs most with pedigrees of some sort , friend told me this would be an ideal way for me to start my own family,and that i can breed next seasons young team from these , does this sound like a plan for a new starter ??? as i said they have been trained so would take some time to maybe settle to my place , so is stock best for them ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvlasked Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 sounds good to me mate and if there ybs you could break them in with a little work and have them flying out but i would have them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest big slim Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 I would take them. I would break them to your loft as i dont like prisoners. As they have been trained you could race some of them as well next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickyw Posted August 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 I would take them. I would break them to your loft as i dont like prisoners. As they have been trained you could race some of them as well next year.how hard , and what sort of things would breaking them to my loft mean ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickyw Posted August 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 sounds good to me mate and if there ybs you could break them in with a little work and have them flying out but i would have themhow to break them , soon their pld loft will not exist so dont want to loose them ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirky Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 i think u would be better to keep them as stock and just breed from them u could loose them setteling, also thay may not want to see them returning at the old loft if its still there, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickyw Posted August 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 yes i would rather keep them as stock,as i dont want to loose them as have had a real good deal by all accounts , and it would not be nice for the guys family to see his pigeons circling the house with no loft to land in , i just wanted to know if using this yeas YBs would be ok to go to stock , my 1st 3 pairs , my only stock as yet ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IB Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 You shouldn't have bother breaking young birds, they'll be locked up anyway over the winter, which will give them plenty time to settle in before they're paired up and down on eggs & rearing youngsters for the first time. While I prefer to get them settled before the breeding season begins, many folk would try to break them on their second round of eggs. The absence of their old loft might actually help - they'll have nothing attracting them back to their old home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATTY BHOY Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 You shouldn't have bother breaking young birds, they'll be locked up anyway over the winter, which will give them plenty time to settle in before they're paired up and down on eggs & rearing youngsters for the first time. While I prefer to get them settled before the breeding season begins, many folk would try to break them on their second round of eggs. The absence of their old loft might actually help - they'll have nothing attracting them back to their old home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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