DARKNESS YBS.....

If your team are fit and in good health then yes they can start moulting early

Thats right david out of my team of y/b for the last race i struggled to find 6 that week thay all started to go loose in the feathering, to be honest was happy with that as that told me internaly the birds were spot on
Ken

I agree with you Ken 100% mate

hi ken, is there anything that would have prevented this ? would it have been different if they had been bred later ? and if so would it have been worth breeding later to avoid the early moult......even if the dark ybs do moult before the yb season ends, do you still think it is worth going onto the dark with them ? thanks.

Yes it is a good system as it makes the pigeons mature quicker

Don Webb wrote:

Yes it is a good system as it makes the pigeons mature quicker

hi don, silly question but physically or mentally ? or both.......

Both mate everything

if it make them better when racing then that will do for me , you must be on it to compete

if you want to be in with a chance with young birds you must have them on the darkness system young birds thats not been on it will not be in with a chance against young bird darness youngsters they will win 90 percent of the time

yes you right there

Young birds that are natural do well in the first 2 to 3 races after this the darkness y/b come into their own
Ken

it all depends on if you want to compete with youngbird racing if your not bothered then dont go on the dickie dark

I understand what you are saying ian, the topic was to show the advantages of darkness youngsters against natural youngsters, as i said natural youngsters will do well first couple of races after that the darkness ones will take over, one of the main reasons for darkening the youngsters is to ensure that your youngun still have full wings for the later races where most of the opens are competed for.
Ken

Spot on Ken

But for me the darkness is mainly for the national racing for them that need a full wing towards the end of the season when all the main races are

thats what it was brought in for

Yes your right Ian

But as we all know pigeons can't fly first to last race ingood feather

down to the individual at the end of the day,some wont fly dark because they recon they are not that desperate to win with ybs and would rather them use yb racing as experience for later on. each to their own i say.

yes your right everyone has a preference

Your right there Ian