Paired up today...

pair my birds up today, 6 pair in the stock shed went back to their old mates, so was easy with no problems.........the other 17 pairs of stock and racers were just let loos to pick their own mates, couldnt be bothered with all the locking in boxes and selecting pairings.........

so if any ybs do well racing its not down to my selections, its down to luck........

Well done David, at long last.
I don't like to do it that way, as it always leads to all kinds of trouble, dominant cocks bullying the others, taking more than one box. Ram raiding boxes when there's eggs in the nest.
It's maybe ok, if they are all the same breed, but am not a lover of indiscriminate breeding, because you never know who has treaded what.
This can be a bummer if by chance you have bred an outstanding pigeon and you cannot repeat the pairing.
But each to his own as they say.
Best of luck mate, hope they breed you some gooduns.

always chosen the pairings gary, and locked them in a box till they accept each other and guard the box........this time i couldnt be bothered to be honest, 17 pairs is the most ive ever had so just left them to it.

im only breeding one round so any that dont lay on time will be smashed, however many ybs i get thats it...thats my team.

i paired my racers today,most have taken but a few have,nt yet....stock tomorrow

so soon earlier than last year

yes 2 weeks eariler

next year you,ll be before me

no about the same time,its just i finished treating eariler this year

Best of luck David and Ray...

thanks

best of luck guys hope every thing goes well for yous sean

thanks gary and sean, i will see how they do over the next couple of days and then decide if they need locking in the boxes with chosen partners............hopefully they pick their own.

david if your having bother just lock the hens up in the boxes ,they will soon show to the cocks,if a cock is knocking seven sorts out of a hen i seperate them and just leave the hen in its box

happy breeding david and ray its all go from here on in

yes all go from now on darren

mine will be finished in three weeks daz happy days

excellent news ian ...they must be about ready for ringing your ybs

most of them rung daz only have 10 to ring

oldstrain wrote:

happy breeding david and ray its all go from here on in

thanks darren, been waiting for this day.......lol

I enjoy and get so much pleasure out of pairing up and breeding the birds, I'm always sad when it's all over.
I should just open up a breeding station and sack the rest of it.

yes i love the breeding side of it gary, i love it when there are ybs in the nest watching them grow and see what colours they are going to be...............


cant wait for my first eggs and ybs...........

It's great, I love the character of the youngbirds as everyone is different.
The colour side of it is exciting. Especially when you put say two chequers down and see the whole spectrum of colours they sometimes produce.
The speed they grow is also a thing I find fascinating.
Plenty of pics David.

ive got a few mealies and a couple of red cheqs this year, so it will be interesting to see a few different colours rather than just blues and blue cheqs............

yes its a great time in the pigeon calendar just the best, when you look at your ybs with hopes and aspirations and being so close to nature

yes darren, its nice to look at them and wonder which, if any.....will do well racing.