Pairing Up When And Why

[hibby]

So when do you pair up and why?

 

Early so birds have matured a lot compared to,later bred ybs by time raceing starts

 

Later to save £££ on feeding and extra month or two

 

Later again to get the benefits of better weather for developing young.

 

Please share your views etc

 

We were going to pair up dec 1st but this cold snap put that back so will probably be just before Christmas or just after

 

Hibb

[andyyy]

I think i'll be paring up on friday 14th December, like to get the young birds going nice and early

[MIK]

have just put 12 pair together to rear for others. will separate again and repair early march for me own.

 

1. ill take March/April reared young anyday

2. why would i want to feed a big team of young for an extra 3 months

3. They are only for education not competing

 

atb

Mick

[andy Burgess]

will pair up after Blackpool show .dont like them too early myself , not keen going in and out several times a day in very cold weather , or spending on extra feeding .

[alex young]

I try to leave it to the first week in feb. but keep my eye on the hens in case they get too frisky,if I see them starting to look at each other I will pair them then.

[PIGEON_MAN]

So when do you pair up and why?

 

Early so birds have matured a lot compared to,later bred ybs by time raceing starts

 

Later to save £££ on feeding and extra month or two

 

Later again to get the benefits of better weather for developing young.

 

Please share your views etc

 

We were going to pair up dec 1st but this cold snap put that back so will probably be just before Christmas or just after

Hibb

Perhaps you could say why you were going to pair up on the 1st Dec,IMO far to early but each to his own.

[THE FIFER]

I am old fashioned pair up after Blackpool

[hibby]

Perhaps you could say why you were going to pair up on the 1st Dec,IMO far to early but each to his own.

Main reason as we are almost starting from scratch again we only have around 10 pairs we are going to breed off so need to try and get 3 rounds off stock pairs and a single round of the few raceing cocks we have just to try and make numbers of ybs up by breeding only off the best birds we have. Also going to swap stock birds around (split and repair hens with different cocks)

 

Hibb

[Guest robscott]

2nd week in febuary on a nice day,i just think the younger your young birds the better they race

[billt]

2nd week in febuary on a nice day,i just think the younger your young birds the better they race

 

Yep. I'm in agreement with that