Widowhood

[Platinum]

Hi all,

What's the latest you'd pair up for widowhood yearlings and the moved to another loft.

And is it best to rear a round off them?

[bullcock]

You can rear or not it's up to you, success has been gained by both methods, the timing is down to what you want to win with them, if you want to win the early races you need the birds split and flying the skys about two weeks before the first race getting them into the correct routine and level of fitness to hit the ground running.

[dal2]

You can rear or not it's up to you, success has been gained by both methods, the timing is down to what you want to win with them, if you want to win the early races you need the birds split and flying the skys about two weeks before the first race getting them into the correct routine and level of fitness to hit the ground running.

Makes no odds. ......you can win first to last whenever you pair or whenever you split.....variety is a great thing with widowhood. ...bring them together for a day during the season etc! Just my opinion and everyone does it different

[bullcock]

Makes no odds. ......you can win first to last whenever you pair or whenever you split.....variety is a great thing with widowhood. ...bring them together for a day during the season etc! Just my opinion and everyone does it different

Fair play we only raced widowhood for the sprint, and had them in form for the first race, we paired up for the Nationals.

[dal2]

Fair play we only raced widowhood for the sprint, and had them in form for the first race, we paired up for the Nationals.

That was a reply tae the first post lol.....I do the same as you......sometimes. ...but have sent them widow to 500 miles and done well so just what ye fancy

[bullcock]

That was a reply tae the first post lol.....I do the same as you......sometimes. ...but have sent them widow to 500 miles and done well so just what ye fancy

Yes I think a few prominent fanciers are racing the big races on widowhoow, I wou;d love to try it, but our shifts won't allow us to do it properly.

[Tony C]

Hi all,

What's the latest you'd pair up for widowhood yearlings and the moved to another loft.

And is it best to rear a round off them?

My preference is to allow yearlings to raise a youngster, I feel it not only bonds them to their nestbox but also to their new loft/compartment.

 

If your pushed for time there's many options open to you. You can remove their hen and youngsters to your young bird loft when young are 14 days old (the hens will finish of rearing)they are on w/hood from this point. If you decide you don't want them to rear let them go down on eggs and race them to eggs for the first couple of races then on w/hood thereafter. Another option is to miss the first few races which can work in your favour if the weather should turn out naff, yearlings x w/hood x cold weather doesn't mix very well.