sapper756 Posted August 10, 2012 Report Posted August 10, 2012 Are there any members on here who through choice, only train some youngsters but do not race them as youngsters? and then race them as yearlings, not including late breds.If so, how did they do?I have heard some fanciers recently discuss this as an option for them next year, after experiencing year after year of big young bird losses.
geordie1234 Posted August 10, 2012 Report Posted August 10, 2012 I think this is not a problem if you are breeding from proven birds aslong as they are trained well I see no problem. Some people say they go down like snow of a dyke but I don't think that to be the case
andy Burgess Posted August 10, 2012 Report Posted August 10, 2012 Are there any members on here who through choice, only train some youngsters but do not race them as youngsters? and then race them as yearlings, not including late breds.If so, how did they do?I have heard some fanciers recently discuss this as an option for them next year, after experiencing year after year of big young bird losses.ive heard a few club members say this do this every year ,i dont hear of any success stories the following year tho
geordie1234 Posted August 10, 2012 Report Posted August 10, 2012 ive heard a few club members say this do this every year ,i dont hear of any success stories the following year tho Many top pigeons weren't raced as younsters, I can think of two pigeons in the last 2-3 years to win the west section from the channel with the SNFC
Guest stb- Posted August 10, 2012 Report Posted August 10, 2012 if there breed from the right birds and just trained you have a great chance of some good uns , wouldnt concider it with just ad lib breeding from all pairs
geordie1234 Posted August 10, 2012 Report Posted August 10, 2012 if there breed from the right birds and just trained you have a great chance of some good uns , wouldnt concider it with just ad lib breeding from all pairs100% agree
lanarkshire lad Posted August 10, 2012 Report Posted August 10, 2012 For me i think its best to give your ybs some racing but i dont think they need to go the bitter end.
frank-123 Posted August 10, 2012 Report Posted August 10, 2012 A bird with about six tosses and a comeback race from otterburn 82 miles flew the whole programme bar salisbury but managed ypres 448 miles my first bird at 08.00 another one with the six tosses but missed the comeback race flew Clermont 522 miles this year I was very confident i would get her just missed the result
Rooster J. Cogburn Posted August 10, 2012 Report Posted August 10, 2012 Spoke to someone recently who experimented with two teams made up of around 20 birds Team 1 were raced weekly out to 300 miles as youngsters and 500 miles as yearlings Team 2 were only lightly trained as youngsters and raced to around 200 miles as yearlings Team 1 on the whole were by far more reliable and consistent through all stages of adulthood and a good number of them scored multiple times from long distance events. Team 2 were very unreliable and all were lost with the exception of one when the big questions were asked of them as two year olds.The one survivor though went on to outshine every bird in team 1 Would the top bird in team 2 have still been as good if it had of been in team 1?would the numerous birds in team 1 who worked reliably have done so if they had have been in team 2?We'll never know
ALF Posted August 10, 2012 Report Posted August 10, 2012 Good doos are born in my opinion it disnae matter how many races or tosses they get as yb's if they are gonnae be good racers as old birds they will be
Guest lambrechts31 Posted August 10, 2012 Report Posted August 10, 2012 Good doos are born in my opinion it disnae matter how many races or tosses they get as yb's if they are gonnae be good racers as old birds they will be GOOD REPLY
billt Posted August 10, 2012 Report Posted August 10, 2012 Good doos are born in my opinion it disnae matter how many races or tosses they get as yb's if they are gonnae be good racers as old birds they will be You are so right there Alan, My first season was in the '60's with unraced yearlings and they won lots from my 3rd race, It's all in the genes, if they've got it you can't go wrong
yeboah Posted August 10, 2012 Report Posted August 10, 2012 Good doos are born in my opinion it disnae matter how many races or tosses they get as yb's if they are gonnae be good racers as old birds they will be 100% there mate ,when there good there always good and when there bad there awful Thank god for the 1%
Rooster J. Cogburn Posted August 10, 2012 Report Posted August 10, 2012 If you only train and lightly race your youngsters you will be left with the ones that are the best,trouble is you won't have lost any/many of the ones that are worthless. This is ok if you don't breed from yearlings and go on to test them.If you do take youngsters from them though whilst breeding off the good ones that are left you are also breeding off the bad ones which far outnumber the good ones.Before you know where you are you have a loft full of mediocre birds and heavy losses or illness will catch up with you at somepoint. I have found this out the hard way
dava Posted August 10, 2012 Report Posted August 10, 2012 i tried not racing ybs for 3 or 4 years when i moved to my present address with not much success with yearlings and heavy losses but since i started giving them 4 or 5 races ive had much better results with them as yearlings and the losses very much reduced i used to think there born good or bad but now ithink the more racing they get as youngbirdsits the making of them you cany beat education imo
Tony C Posted August 10, 2012 Report Posted August 10, 2012 If you intend to race them on w/hood as yearling's I believe they have to have at least 4 races as babies. Wind up inexperienced pigeons and your asking for trouble.
Guest IB Posted August 11, 2012 Report Posted August 11, 2012 Personally, I feel more confident wintering youngsters that have been trained & raced. Doesn't come with written guarantees though. Nothing worse than wintering a team of birds that disappear like snaw aff a dyke in sunshine - most when it's still under 200 miles.
Wiley Posted August 11, 2012 Report Posted August 11, 2012 A chap down here in east London, but they were trained heavy upto 100 miles on a daily basis, some said they were rocking on the perches when viewing them, the following year he destroyed club, fed and combine with these yearlings. But he was a class fancier without a doubt
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