Season

[geordie1234]

As the season is nearly over how has your season gone? what will you be changing next year will you be reducing birds changing system or keeping it the same?

 

Thanks

[frank-123]

crap

 

feed less protein

fly roundabout and jag my young birds for paratyphoid

[geordie1234]

crap

 

feed less protein

fly roundabout and jag my young birds for paratyphoid

Very honest answer lol

 

For me it has been a bit off a disapointment

 

first off i let all my cocks out before they were broke by accident so spent a week catching them one at a time at my old house

 

Then nearly every nest only one egg hatched

 

also with the snow etc it took me forever to get my other loft up then i never put the felt on right so that had to be redone in the rain lol

 

with my youngbirds it was kinda stop and start with them i made the mistake off keeping different ages together so they never really got going aswell as i would have liked i dont think. then at the first 5 or 6 tosses i was hit everytime and lost 2 ybs on each toss resulting in only 18 for racing now down to 14 plus 8 unraced youngsters.

 

Next year i will be more prepared for breeding learnt a lot and made a lot off mistakes this year and the youngster i might just take one round or if i take 2 split them until they are flying aswell as each other

 

also after moving to a new house i discovered one off my neighbours are complete c8nts so that didnt help matters

 

But its all good now and look forward to winning a race next year lol

[geordie1234]

Everyone had a perfect season so far then lol

[THE FIFER]

have decided to just train out my 15 young birds and race as yearlings, not racing young birds

[ALF]

HAD MY STALL SET OUT TO TRY WHAT LITTLE OLDER DOOS I HAD AT THE CHANNEL SENT 1 TO THE SNFC GOLD CUP AMD MISSED THE RESULT BY APPROX 3 1/2 HRS THEN I SENT 1 TO YPRES GOT 1 OF THE LATER TICKETS AND ON THE SAME WEEKEND I SENT 1 TO TOURS AND TIMED HER THE FOLLOWING DAY AND SHE IS ON THE RESULT TAE

 

BUT I WAS GUTTED AT THE RED COCK COMING WHEN HE DID FAE MESSAC AS I FULLY EXPECTED TO GET HIM IN RACE TIME AND SAT DOON THE PARK FOR 3 DAYS ONLY LEAVING TO COME UP FOR A SHOWER AND MARE BEER BUT THE BACK OF 12 ON THE 3RD DAY I WAS ON THE PHONE TO GERRY McFALL AND WE WERE JUST SAYING IT WOULD BE GUTTING TO GET HIM NOW I HAD NO SOONER PUT THE PHONE DOWN AND LOOKED ROUND AND HE WAS SAT ON THE LANDING BOARD LOOKING AT ME

 

SO ALL IN YES I AM HAPPY

[blue pied]

HAD MY STALL SET OUT TO TRY WHAT LITTLE OLDER DOOS I HAD AT THE CHANNEL SENT 1 TO THE SNFC GOLD CUP AMD MISSED THE RESULT BY APPROX 3 1/2 HRS THEN I SENT 1 TO YPRES GOT 1 OF THE LATER TICKETS AND ON THE SAME WEEKEND I SENT 1 TO TOURS AND TIMED HER THE FOLLOWING DAY AND SHE IS ON THE RESULT TAE

 

BUT I WAS GUTTED AT THE RED COCK COMING WHEN HE DID FAE MESSAC AS I FULLY EXPECTED TO GET HIM IN RACE TIME AND SAT DOON THE PARK FOR 3 DAYS ONLY LEAVING TO COME UP FOR A SHOWER AND MARE BEER BUT THE BACK OF 12 ON THE 3RD DAY I WAS ON THE PHONE TO GERRY McFALL AND WE WERE JUST SAYING IT WOULD BE GUTTING TO GET HIM NOW I HAD NO SOONER PUT THE PHONE DOWN AND LOOKED ROUND AND HE WAS SAT ON THE LANDING BOARD LOOKING AT ME

 

SO ALL IN YES I AM HAPPY

least u got him , try him again next year

[aye ready]

HAD MY STALL SET OUT TO TRY WHAT LITTLE OLDER DOOS I HAD AT THE CHANNEL SENT 1 TO THE SNFC GOLD CUP AMD MISSED THE RESULT BY APPROX 3 1/2 HRS THEN I SENT 1 TO YPRES GOT 1 OF THE LATER TICKETS AND ON THE SAME WEEKEND I SENT 1 TO TOURS AND TIMED HER THE FOLLOWING DAY AND SHE IS ON THE RESULT TAE

 

BUT I WAS GUTTED AT THE RED COCK COMING WHEN HE DID FAE MESSAC AS I FULLY EXPECTED TO GET HIM IN RACE TIME AND SAT DOON THE PARK FOR 3 DAYS ONLY LEAVING TO COME UP FOR A SHOWER AND MARE BEER BUT THE BACK OF 12 ON THE 3RD DAY I WAS ON THE PHONE TO GERRY McFALL AND WE WERE JUST SAYING IT WOULD BE GUTTING TO GET HIM NOW I HAD NO SOONER PUT THE PHONE DOWN AND LOOKED ROUND AND HE WAS SAT ON THE LANDING BOARD LOOKING AT ME

 

SO ALL IN YES I AM HAPPY

 

there to fight another day alan

[alex young]

Young birds have let me down up to now,but with a bit of luck tomorrow that could change.

[PIGEON_MAN]

crap

 

feed less protein

fly roundabout and jag my young birds for paratyphoid

Sorry this is a bit off topic but for what reason are you feeding less protein,surely this is a must for the longer races.

 

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[Henrik]

HAD MY STALL SET OUT TO TRY WHAT LITTLE OLDER DOOS I HAD AT THE CHANNEL SENT 1 TO THE SNFC GOLD CUP AMD MISSED THE RESULT BY APPROX 3 1/2 HRS THEN I SENT 1 TO YPRES GOT 1 OF THE LATER TICKETS AND ON THE SAME WEEKEND I SENT 1 TO TOURS AND TIMED HER THE FOLLOWING DAY AND SHE IS ON THE RESULT TAE

 

BUT I WAS GUTTED AT THE RED COCK COMING WHEN HE DID FAE MESSAC AS I FULLY EXPECTED TO GET HIM IN RACE TIME AND SAT DOON THE PARK FOR 3 DAYS ONLY LEAVING TO COME UP FOR A SHOWER AND MARE BEER BUT THE BACK OF 12 ON THE 3RD DAY I WAS ON THE PHONE TO GERRY McFALL AND WE WERE JUST SAYING IT WOULD BE GUTTING TO GET HIM NOW I HAD NO SOONER PUT THE PHONE DOWN AND LOOKED ROUND AND HE WAS SAT ON THE LANDING BOARD LOOKING AT ME

 

SO ALL IN YES I AM HAPPY

Canny blame the doo for being a wee bit late outta that race Alan, lot o folk would have been glad to get one just outta race time. he,ll do better nxt year

[geordie1234]

Decided tonight im finished for the season the whole 2 races

[sapper756]

Decided tonight im finished for the season the whole 2 races

 

Thats 1 more than me Georgehttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/crying.gif

[geordie1234]

Thats 1 more than me George

Just never got going this season after talking about it for nearly a year i make a cnt of it lol

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

TRYED IT THE LAST TWO YEARS .WINTERED THE YOUNG BIRDS NEXT YEAR DROPPED LIKE FLYS IF THEY CANT RACE THEY SIX RACES THEY SHOULD NOT BE IN THE LOFT.///

[geordie1234]

TRYED IT THE LAST TWO YEARS .WINTERED THE YOUNG BIRDS NEXT YEAR DROPPED LIKE FLYS IF THEY CANT RACE THEY SIX RACES THEY SHOULD NOT BE IN THE LOFT.///

Did you not get hammered with the young birds last year?

 

When building a team i dont think i can afford to not have any birds to breed from next year

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

I HAVE NOT RACED A YOUNG BIRD FOR TWO YEAR .BUT THEY TO BE LEARNED .WE ARE NOT EVEN AT 100.MILES YET.

[geordie1234]

I HAVE NOT RACED A YOUNG BIRD FOR TWO YEAR .BUT THEY TO BE LEARNED .WE ARE NOT EVEN AT 100.MILES YET.

Sorry dont agree they have to go by 100 miles

 

I do aggree they need trained well and expierance of the transporter but mileage isnt the be all and end all

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

O.K. YOU WILL FIND OUT NEXT YEAR..GOOD LUCK.///

[geordie1234]

O.K. YOU WILL FIND OUT NEXT YEAR..GOOD LUCK.///

So your saying i will drop them all?

[alec guinness]

i have a wee gang which have only been trained and i am confident that there will be one or two stars among them!!!!!!!!!! they will have to fly peterbourgh,and or one or both inland nationals next year ;) ;)

[geordie1234]

i have a wee gang which have only been trained and i am confident that there will be one or two stars among them!!!!!!!!!! they will have to fly peterbourgh,and or one or both inland nationals next year ;) ;)

Thats my plan

[alec guinness]

Thats my plan

 

have been looking at the yb racing programme/career of the birds that scored in this years national races for ourselves,very interesting reading with a great mix,some latebreds,some unraced some with one or two races,our scottish national silver award winner this year had only crawford as a youngster which is only 40 miles,he has 4 snfc diplomas to date,certainly food for thought. ;)

[yeboah]

have been looking at the yb racing programme/career of the birds that scored in this years national races for ourselves,very interesting reading with a great mix,some latebreds,some unraced some with one or two races,our scottish national silver award winner this year had only crawford as a youngster which is only 40 miles,he has 4 snfc diplomas to date,certainly food for thought. ;)

Think at the end of the day if the fancier studies the breeding of his performance pigeons they will all be bred for the job ,bet there aint many if any at all bred from cr--

[eastcoaster]

was told racing in the west was hard ! too fooking right it is , done well enough with my old birds (mostly late breds ) but the yb`s have been a night mare , between ybsickness and hawks (lost 4 in the last 2days around the loft )i am down 30 ybs and they have only been to 110 mls ,

can understand why so many pack up because of the fooking percy . i am going to fight back over the winter months . always look on the bright side of life .