Anyone paired yet

Some around here have paired a couple of weeks ago and some have them rung now we won't pair till around February hope the weather stays OK for the one's that have um sitting

Nowhere near

no, not ready yet.......got my rings a week or so ago but i need the loft up and boxes in before i think about pairing .

Put mine together Dec 10th. They have a few eggs. Bands are not sent out until Jan 1st. So no point in breeding earlier, Plus 10C here. Barn pigeons are already mating up. So lights on and daylight hours? Apparently does not matter.

halcanada wrote:

Put mine together Dec 10th. They have a few eggs. Bands are not sent out until Jan 1st. So no point in breeding earlier, Plus 10C here. Barn pigeons are already mating up. So lights on and daylight hours? Apparently does not matter.

Maybe, maybe not Hal but give me, natural light & a long type day over a short cold wet miserable one any day. That being said thou only thing in my breeding loft here now is Rat sack to feed the nasties . Now truth be told I'm actually glad as when I picked up my stray last week here I heard the tale of his partner come race day who has spent $100,000 odd building his lofts all up for the average type man & another $100,000 buying in pigeons in the hope of winning a bag of peas type of thing .

Bet 99% of ordinary grass root fanciers get more enjoyment than the type spending thousands, Knackered.

Just laugh when I see write ups regarding fanciers sending over a hundred pigeons, lofts like bungalows, help from studs, loft manager, like horse racing.

Many times they get just one pigeon in good time.

Grass root fancier every time for me.

Regards.

First round is for another fancier. However, 13 pairs (some not a year old) I have in one loft. Lights on a timer plus a 24 hour small light. Perhaps 4 pairs on eggs now.
Another loft only has 5 surplus pairs in it. 12 x 6 feet. No lights. Except one bulb in biscuit tin that the drinker sits on top of. Prevents freezing. 2 pair in there have laid. So percentage wise about equal. Thought I would experiment. Food is basically corn. Wild bird seed in small amounts. Basics.

halcanada wrote:

First round is for another fancier.  However, 13 pairs (some not a year old) I have in one loft. Lights on a timer plus a 24 hour small light. Perhaps 4 pairs on eggs now.
Another loft only has 5 surplus pairs in it. 12 x 6 feet. No lights. Except one bulb in biscuit tin that the drinker sits on top of. Prevents freezing. 2 pair in there have laid.  So percentage wise about equal. Thought I would experiment. Food is basically corn. Wild bird seed in small amounts. Basics.

Why not I say experiment etc more things gained on average I suspect Hal thinking outside the square/box than staying inside in the comfort zone .

too early yet ,waiste of time and money pairing this early...alot do but most are sold that should be an indication for anybody ok if you start to train them ybs early during old bird season ,but we have been prepairing as we have vaccinated and wormed over the last 2 weeks ,just need to canker next week then 3 weeks to get that treatment out there system and we will pair up for one loft babies and birds going out to a national flyer ,then we will take ours from the 2nd round ,good luck to all members this coming breeding season ,we have a few new pairs to try ,some lefebre dhaenens and herman ceusters ,we are also borrowing the cock that bred our best young hen last yr and he will be paired to a hen thats bred winners with 2 different cks

started today one pair gone in stock loft to settle(only had them month back, and then because I have been looking for this line for a good while),