Late Breeds.

[stan the man]

i have 24 late breeds, do you guys, think its good idea to train them all winter, or keep them till spring next year,

[dal2]

i have 24 late breeds, do you guys, think its good idea to train them all winter, or keep them till spring next year,

Up tae you nate. Weather sometimes a bit iffy up your way? Maybe train early next year??

[stan the man]

cheers mate, but we often get better weather up here late on the year, some times better than our summer , but ill keep that in mind, cheers.

[THE FIFER]

I know a great National winning Fancier in FIFE who trains his latebreds during winter,

[stan the man]

I know a great National winning Fancier in FIFE who trains his latebreds during winter,

do you have any late breeds fifer, and if so, how do you treat them all winter. mate

[DJWa]

i have 24 late breeds, do you guys, think its good idea to train them all winter, or keep them till spring next year,

 

give it about a month then lots of short tosses while the weathers decent

the weather next year may not be good leading upto the 1st races

so if you intend racing some of them they will need some work this year

remember if you lose a few they are easily bred stan

[john cumming]

i usually take about a dozen every year and train them through the winter when the weather is favourable and race them out to 300 miles the following year, ive had a pretty good success rate that way with them, works for me, and youll not know if you dont try it??

 

 

 

john

 

[stan the man]

give it about a month then lots of short tosses while the weathers decent

the weather next year may not be good leading upto the 1st races

so if you intend racing some of them they will need some work this year

remember if you lose a few they are easily bred stan

ha , davie your rite there, but you no how hard it is up here to even race birds, let alone late breeds, and i was thinking ,giving them other month then, gee them a few short toss, fa your hoose. haha. ill gee you a phone in little while.

[stan the man]

i usually take about a dozen every year and train them through the winter when the weather is favourable and race them out to 300 miles the following year, ive had a pretty good success rate that way with them, works for me, and youll not know if you dont try it??

 

 

 

john

 

i john. theres lot o boys up here train them late, ive nae been much o a late breed man, but thout id gee them a bash, cheers john.

[seaforth]

train them over the winter mate it worked for us this year they were there from the first race to the last race 60 - 380 miles. doing another 15 myself for next year

[DJWa]

ha , davie your rite there, but you no how hard it is up here to even race birds, let alone late breeds, and i was thinking ,giving them other month then, gee them a few short toss, fa your hoose. haha. ill gee you a phone in little while.

 

nae probs hope you had a good holliday

[stan the man]

nae probs hope you had a good holliday

1 of the best holidays ive had davie, thanks.

[VAGIN]

Training them now they could easy turn out to be hawk fodder , as there are no birds racing or training now Your birds could turn out too be easy prey ( Its worth thinking about)

[JADE]

late breds are better with some training in year of birth just short tosses on good days up to 10-15 miles. dont leave it too late in the day jmo

[K J Young]

my latebreds youngsters are on open hole all winter , they do what they wish all day , next year will race them out to 200 / 250 miles . work well this year.

[Guest ENDFLIGHT]

i have 24 late breeds, do you guys, think its good idea to train them all winter, or keep them till spring next year,

i am a great beleiver in late breds,as you can only breed them from the birds that have flown the race program.most of my best results over the years have been by late breds scoring up to 350mls.for what it is worth,i DO NOT TRAIN THEM THE YEAR OF THEIR BIRTH!!i prefer to let them mature over the winter.as yearlings i just start training them along with the rest of my racing team,then race wise they go to every race(honest)that is providing they are fit and healthy.if they are good enough,if you get one or even two out of them,then you have won a watch ,good luck, but don,t discount them,as you may be pleasantly surprised with what they are capeable of doing i know i have,along with some of my clubmates cheers,beleive me LATEBREDS CAN DEFINATELY DO IT AS YEARLINGS

[Guest IB]

Still finding my feet with how best to work late breds, and this year is first I've had any left - 3 yearlings and a 2 y-o, and based on that bred another 4 this year. Basically this year tried treating my yearlings as if they were YBs, and just gave them a couple of races up to 120 miles (dropped 2); and the 2 y-os as if they were yearlings, and got 1 from the coast, and dropped other 3.

 

Have never trained latebreds when YBs, and can see why - been too busy racing - and by time that's finished, latebreds are falling apart in moult, and / or weather turns nasty. Also wait till weather warms up (May onwards) before starting them on the road as yearlings.

[knoxjn]

the problem mot fanciers have with late breds is they tend to forget about them they dont basket train them or train them as you do ybds and you expect them to perform the next season you have to be patient and spend time with them especially if they are bred from birds that have done well they can be gold dust if treated right and good fillups for the following season

[alec guinness]

the problem mot fanciers have with late breds is they tend to forget about them they dont basket train them or train them as you do ybds and you expect them to perform the next season you have to be patient and spend time with them especially if they are bred from birds that have done well they can be gold dust if treated right and good fillups for the following season

 

good post george.we take about 15 l/bs and these will range and then train together through the winter on good days,we had 2 older late breds on this years eastbourne national result. :)

[geordie1234]

At the end of the day latebreds are the same as any other pigeon except they are bred normally off birds thats have flown the programme, the only difference is our mentality at this time of the year normally at the start of the year breeding the first second rounders everyone is raring to go the reality is at this time of the year people are either pissed off fed up need a rest etc

 

so if you put as much work in as you do with your first youngbirds there is nothing stopping them

 

this is just my opinion which is worth f all lol

[Guest IB]

At the end of the day latebreds are the same as any other pigeon except they are bred normally off birds thats have flown the programme, the only difference is our mentality at this time of the year normally at the start of the year breeding the first second rounders everyone is raring to go the reality is at this time of the year people are either pissed off fed up need a rest etc

 

so if you put as much work in as you do with your first youngbirds there is nothing stopping them

 

this is just my opinion which is worth f all lol

 

Aye, think you're spot-on there.

[R.A.M.C.63]

cheers mate, but we often get better weather up here late on the year, some times better than our summer , but ill keep that in mind, cheers.

 

 

stan f/c 4 next 7-10 days sunny,dry, reckon temp into 20s, B)

[R.A.M.C.63]

Training them now they could easy turn out to be hawk fodder , as there are no birds racing or training now Your birds could turn out too be easy prey ( Its worth thinking about)

 

 

Aye Vagin, Bops every active noo, cud hav takn 1 photo day we 8 bops in it, fa bak garden, seen 3 pair trainn ybs in GLENS las week Stan,when i picked u up,

[Henrik]

Latebreds going for first toss today as its a lovely morning here in East Lothian, just a wee 5 miler for starters.

[frank-123]

took some yesterday but they never made it home