Paired up today

Finally paired stock birds up today . Paired the main ones up properly but let the rest find their own mates as just using as feeders. Hard bloody work though lol

peel bros wrote:

Finally paired stock birds up today . Paired the main ones up properly but let the rest find their own mates as just using as feeders.  Hard bloody work though lol

Well there is another 100 pair      you don't have to worry about now etc Ray .  

Yes but another 40 pair of racers to sort next

peel bros wrote:

Yes but another 40 pair of racers to sort  next

 lost for words here not that I would ever say it Ray But certain folk/people are glutting's for punishment type of thing at times End of the story     mate rang up the other day here somewhat puzzled     new flyer he gave birds too bred 9 birds for his race team apparently for next year. Man's crazy he said & belongs in utter cookoo land etc & has lost the plot completely before he even starts       I then said     careful now     in  what you say     as I'm about to ring my team here shortly, of 6     if I decide maybe to come out of retirement somehow. cheers:

and i thought i had a lot of birds .......

planning on pairing up in the next few weeks all being well ..........

pencilled in 26th Jan if I can get a few days off work, been running them together in advance, 10 pairs in total no stock

barnie wrote:

pencilled in 26th Jan if I can get a few days off work, been running them together in advance, 10 pairs in total no stock

breeding

Second time round barnie I did the same, no stock birds, set off with kit of well bred young birds, raced them all and bred from all, raced their youngsters and eventually found those that bred the goods and they became flying out stock birds.

Never looked back, never introduced any for several years and then only youngsters, six, to have a bit of new blood but culled them after a couple of years of crossing.

You never know just what the fanciers selling their cast offs do health wise, and many ailments cannot be detected by sight nor handling.

Even youngsters can carry the ill health of parents and also pass them on.

Would never have prisoner stock birds if I could start again.


Regards.

if i was starting again i would have prisoners as they would have been successful racing buying in ybs racing them then breeding of them would take too long and may not turn out the distance bird you wanted be it sprint or what ever

good luck lads

All stock now paired . It actually went very well indeed. All the selected ones paired up straight away

peel bros wrote:

All stock now paired . It actually went very well indeed.  All the selected ones paired up straight away

Oh happy days.

What colour, will it be a champ, what pleasure a little egg can produce.

Hope you take some photos as we go along.

Also look forward to racing, win, draw or lose, hopefully the former.

If dedication counts you are home and dried, but in this game ?????.

All the best.

Regrds.

Love that part , the different colours. Hate letting ybs out first few times though as it's very nervous times lol. Especially with the hawks we have now

how do you go on ray being on an allotment with other pigeon men all around you , a nightmare with young birds i would think ....?

Its actually ok as we let them out mostly on their own. Only about 6 pigeon men on allotments now

doe's anyone throw away the first eggs trying to get the next round laying at about same time

George & Morgan wrote:

doe's anyone throw away the first eggs trying to get the next round laying at about same time

Would never throw away any eggs from stock birds.

The very best only produce one or two real champions and the eggs you throw away may be the ones.

Regards.

ok i was just thinking ybs round same age

some fanciers pre pair them george before they actually pair up, then when the big day comes to put them together they are already paired and good to go ......could give a more even lay, all around the same time.

i know colin (barnie) does this ....

got a few driving and few not interested

im hoping to pair up in the next couple of weeks....will just let them go together and decide for them selves, most will go with their old partners from last year.

yes I put them together for an hour or so in the yb end with no distractions. You can tell straight away which pairs are happy. Any not so sure I leave in the yb end overnight and found when they wake up together next day they're keen enough. Always the odd exception but generally they follow the cocks to nestboxes when I decide to let them get on with it.

barnie wrote:

yes I put them together for an hour or so in the yb end with no distractions. You can tell straight away which pairs are happy. Any not so sure I leave in the yb end overnight and found when they wake up together next day they're keen enough. Always the odd exception but generally they follow the cocks to nestboxes when I decide to let them get on with it.

so is that you paired up now colin ...?

no not yet David, they'll have an hour or two with each other on a weekend, let them go in and out boxes without a bowl in. Just keep an eye on them as some yearlings are stupid and end up fighting. Also some cocks get rough on the hens.
Once I get back from Blackpool I'll just open up the whole loft, put the bowls in and cross my fingers. Only interference is for first few nights I make sure pairs are locked in the nestbox overnight. Pairing this way means not messing on with water drinkers on nestbox fronts, or leaving them boxed up till hens come into egg. Only 10 pairs but wouldn't like to mess on like this with a big team. So about 4 weeks before pairing for breeding David. Or I might wait till Blackpool weekend, fill up the hoppers, open boxes, put bowls and straw in and disappear for the weekend, let them get on with it, sort themselves out

Hope their not giving you to many headaches ray calm in the loft will return soon