Stopping Young Birds

[just ask me]

most youmng birds will have 4or 5 young bird races under there belt is it enough to stick them away till next year

[geordie1234]

i WOULD SAY IF YOU ARE ESTABLISHED LOFT THEN SEND THEM RIGHT OUT BUT WHEN BUILDING A TEAM BE EASY ON THEM

[OLDYELLOW]

i like to have them up to 200 mile however a lot stop there cocks for widowhood after 4th race but mine will be going to longest yb race , I don't want to be wintering birds that cant do it next year

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

USED TO RACE YOUNG BIRDS TO STAFFORD THAT WAS 222.MILE TO MY LOFT WHEN THEY CAME HOME FROM THERE WERE GOOD YOUNGSTERS.///

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

most youmng birds will have 4or 5 young bird races under there belt is it enough to stick them away till next year

 

depends on how hard the racing has been, also what area of the country that they race too, a 150 mile race through the terrain of the south of Scotland into Lanarkshire is the equivalent of boys in the NEHU flying 250 miles. JMO

 

My young birds this year did not come out of the nest until the 1st week in May and have been left natural, they have been falling to bits and if the get 4 or 5 races they will be doing well.

[clockman]

most youmng birds will have 4or 5 young bird races under there belt is it enough to stick them away till next year

After 4 or 5 young bird races there are not many left.

But whats new

[just ask me]

After 4 or 5 young bird races there are not many left.

But whats new

 

yes but you think they have enough of a test then to keep them till next year

[clockman]

yes but you think they have enough of a test then to keep them till next year

Yes

[dal2]

i like to have them up to 200 mile however a lot stop there cocks for widowhood after 4th race but mine will be going to longest yb race , I don't want to be wintering birds that cant do it next year

Faith in yer breeding would tell you wots worth keepin before they gan tae a race???

Fair enuff not everyone is a good un but you should know wots wot regards the ybs that are likely to perform for you as the come oot o nest!

Of course a new family or pairing is a diffo kettle o fish and need tested?

[Tony C]

I believe 4-5 races should stand the youngsters in good stead to be confidently raced as old birds. I also believe if you intend to race them on w/hood or roundabout as old birds the more races they participate in as youngsters the better. I say this because yearlings are all to easily excitable and need all the experience they can get, especially being wound up on the above systems.

[yeboah]

I believe 4-5 races should stand the youngsters in good stead to be confidently raced as old birds. I also believe if you intend to race them on w/hood or roundabout as old birds the more races they participate in as youngsters the better. I say this because yearlings are all to easily excitable and need all the experience they can get, especially being wound up on the above systems.

Very interesting point regarding widowhood ,raced red cock through to national as youngster 220 mls ,then this year as a yearling he has competed in another 2 nationals out to 352 mls also included racing the fed programme ,yet others with only couple of races then stopped all down ?

My thinking if racing Yb's natural when season starts to get colder up here and they are heavy in moult then there racing days are numbered ,cant understand stopping darkness birds after few races surely they are bred so they have the advantage to win in the longest races or why the hassle of breeding early .

[Guest Owen]

A lot will depend on the type of bird that you have. I send my sprint birds to the coast but they have every race. Distance birds should be able to go a lot further. Your management will also play a part in what you do because darkness youngsters will go a lot further than natural birds. My attitude is that if I loose a lot of birds then either I have made mistakes with my management or the birds are no use. I would not want the type of pigeons who can not fly the programme and I do not understand why anyone else would either. I reckon if people bred from their best birds and stopped breeding for numbers they would soon have birds that would do what they are suposed to do. Race.

[just ask me]

A lot will depend on the type of bird that you have. I send my sprint birds to the coast but they have every race. Distance birds should be able to go a lot further. Your management will also play a part in what you do because darkness youngsters will go a lot further than natural birds. My attitude is that if I loose a lot of birds then either I have made mistakes with my management or the birds are no use. I would not want the type of pigeons who can not fly the programme and I do not understand why anyone else would either. I reckon if people bred from their best birds and stopped breeding for numbers they would soon have birds that would do what they are suposed to do. Race.

 

 

good post