walterboswell59 Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 last night into the wee small hours and compairing with my best yearling racers and found two wee nuggets in a mealy cock and a cheq hen both are cracking birds in the hand but there performance and breeding was what got me excited remember i told you guys about my good mealy hen 2 first sections in fed and scored in both inland nationals 2013 and was looking forward to getting her across the channel last year when she broke her newly grown in end flight and i pulled it out and grew back deformed so i had to leave her out the team last season in the hope she would cast it natural with the big moult it was a big loss from my team as you can put the kettle on for this hen over 350 miles but she had already bred 3 firsts and was off two of my best breeding birds sire being the direct son of vale barcelona with the dam being my spin hen of kuyper bros well the flight has been cast and grown in deformed again so she is finnished for racing but what cheered me up was she was paired to her full brother and one of the youngsters from the pair was 1st club 4th section 11th open ingelton about 130 miles and was also 1st club 13th section upper heyford 290 miles with his nest mate being 1st club 9th section in another race as thats now six winners off her and only lightly bred from i might have another gold mine at stock the other one i found is a cracking cheg hen that was 37th sect fed yearling derby 250 miles then first club 2nd section bedhampton 360 miles and first club 10th section fed 33 section ypres national and was bred from my son of debarcelona at age 18 so the old guy is still doing the bizz for me and looking forward to seeing what these two birds can do at 500 miles this year must say i have not had many yearlings that score two or three times in a season flying natural what about you guys found anything that has taken your eye during the winter months
andy Burgess Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 i think i need to make more notes like yourself Walter . i used to, yet have been relying on memory too much of late, and its not working
hotrod Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 Hi Walter ,what do you put the deformed flight down to , could she have had a knock when she first broke the end flight ?
Guest stb- Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 i think i need to make more notes like yourself Walter . i used to, yet have been relying on memory too much of late, and its not working so your forgeting to remember now andy lol you want a trip down memory lane but you cant remember where it is
andy Burgess Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 so your forgeting to remember now andy lol you want a trip down memory lane but you cant remember where it is text me some directions, and a few tips will show it to the race team in the morning .
paddymac Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 text me some directions, and a few tips will show it to the race team in the morning .Wouldn't trust those directions Andy, if their followed your birds will probably end up in Coleraine in N. Ireland lol
andy Burgess Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 Wouldn't trust those directions Andy, if their followed your birds will probably end up in Coleraine in N. Ireland lol theres a few "way off the line of flight" this evening Pat
paddymac Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 last night into the wee small hours and compairing with my best yearling racers and found two wee nuggets in a mealy cock and a cheq hen both are cracking birds in the hand but there performance and breeding was what got me excited remember i told you guys about my good mealy hen 2 first sections in fed and scored in both inland nationals 2013 and was looking forward to getting her across the channel last year when she broke her newly grown in end flight and i pulled it out and grew back deformed so i had to leave her out the team last season in the hope she would cast it natural with the big moult it was a big loss from my team as you can put the kettle on for this hen over 350 miles but she had already bred 3 firsts and was off two of my best breeding birds sire being the direct son of vale barcelona with the dam being my spin hen of kuyper bros well the flight has been cast and grown in deformed again so she is finnished for racing but what cheered me up was she was paired to her full brother and one of the youngsters from the pair was 1st club 4th section 11th open ingelton about 130 miles and was also 1st club 13th section upper heyford 290 miles with his nest mate being 1st club 9th section in another race as thats now six winners off her and only lightly bred from i might have another gold mine at stock the other one i found is a cracking cheg hen that was 37th sect fed yearling derby 250 miles then first club 2nd section bedhampton 360 miles and first club 10th section fed 33 section ypres national and was bred from my son of debarcelona at age 18 so the old guy is still doing the bizz for me and looking forward to seeing what these two birds can do at 500 miles this year must say i have not had many yearlings that score two or three times in a season flying natural what about you guys found anything that has taken your eye during the winter monthsShows the importance of jotting down notes and keeping records Walter apart from it being interesting reading during the winter months
walterboswell59 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Report Posted January 25, 2015 Hi Walter ,what do you put the deformed flight down to , could she have had a knock when she first broke the end flight ?yes stuart think she banged it coming out the sputnic one day i took the weans next door in to see the doos the wee boy spooked her and she battered out the trap thats when i clocked the broken flight and pulled it as it was about this time of year thought it would grow back no harm done thats twiced ive pulled it and once letting it throw it but it grows to about one inch then curls and deforms could have gret when i first saw it as she was my no one racing hen before the wee clermont hen came on the scene and i suppose you cant have to many good breeders it was just i had very high hopes for her fly through a brick wall on chipping egg or wee youngster but she owes me nothing won well over a grand for me stuart ill put her back on with her brother this year and lay into her see how it goes
walterboswell59 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Report Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) Shows the importance of jotting down notes and keeping records Walter apart from it being interesting reading during the winter months i love the breeding side pat planning pairs to breed you winners and then it comes off gives me great satisfaction i used to keep it all in my head till it got full of s t lol now have to make sure its all down on paper as i forget what day it is m8 auld age eh but great to look over in the winter months thats how i made the conection between vacinating youngbirds and my old birds going off form for a few weeks every year had it down in my book when i jagged the youngsters within 3or4 days my old bird race team went off form for 2 to 3 weeks till i clocked what was happening after my m8 billy drew my attention to it sorted now it pays to write it down Edited January 25, 2015 by walterboswell59
walterboswell59 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Report Posted January 25, 2015 i think i need to make more notes like yourself Walter . i used to, yet have been relying on memory too much of late, and its not working told you once ye hit 40 its all down hill andy lol
alec guinness Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 Good post Walter and great to see real enthusiasm with regards your breeding season ahead and do agree that I am also sick of the politics!!!!
walterboswell59 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Report Posted January 25, 2015 Good post Walter and great to see real enthusiasm with regards your breeding season ahead and do agree that I am also sick of the politics!!!! dont like whats going on john m8 but think some are loseing the plot need a wee break from it
andy Burgess Posted January 25, 2015 Report Posted January 25, 2015 told you once ye hit 40 its all down hill andy lol theres "nae hope" for me then Good post Walter and great to see real enthusiasm with regards your breeding season ahead and do agree that I am also sick of the politics!!!! your not alone my friend
walterboswell59 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Report Posted January 25, 2015 i think thats how myself and my m8 jim who has just started pigeons get on so well apart from being a good guy his enthusiasm matches mine and ive always thought when you lose that it time to pack in its the buzz that keeps us all going i think still like a kid on christmas morning on race days 60 miles or 600 miles
hotrod Posted January 26, 2015 Report Posted January 26, 2015 yes stuart think she banged it coming out the sputnic one day i took the weans next door in to see the doos the wee boy spooked her and she battered out the trap thats when i clocked the broken flight and pulled it as it was about this time of year thought it would grow back no harm done thats twiced ive pulled it and once letting it throw it but it grows to about one inch then curls and deforms could have gret when i first saw it as she was my no one racing hen before the wee clermont hen came on the scene and i suppose you cant have to many good breeders it was just i had very high hopes for her fly through a brick wall on chipping egg or wee youngster but she owes me nothing won well over a grand for me stuart ill put her back on with her brother this year and lay into her see how it goesMaybe a blessing in disguise Walter eh? Since she is breeding the goods as well ?
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