skee
In egg (newbie)
Posts : 2
Join date : 2012-12-23
Age : 47
Location : Dublin
 | | Subject: Young Birds Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:00 pm | |
| Hi all, new to the site and still new to pigeons also. Just curious if i breed youngsters now for racing will i have to put them on darkness or will the not moult out until after the young bird racing season. |
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David
Oldbird
Posts : 43213
Join date : 2009-03-18
Location : Leeds
| | Subject: Re: Young Birds Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:17 pm | |
| - skee wrote:
- Hi all, new to the site and still new to pigeons also. Just curious if i breed youngsters now for racing will i have to put them on darkness or will the not moult out until after the young bird racing season.
hi skee, welcome to the site.....as far as i know, if you dont put them on darkness the ybs will moult naturally and be moulted by the time yb racing comes around. |
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peel bros
Oldbird
Posts : 13064
Join date : 2009-03-27
Age : 59
Location : south shields
| | Subject: Re: Young Birds Mon Dec 24, 2012 7:33 am | |
| your ybs are only getting 8 hours of natural light as though they where on the dark,but you have to breed as early as you can... |
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The N.E.H.U race from Melton Mowbray 21/4/2012 was won by Peel bros of South Shields, they took 1st club 1st fed, also taking 2nd and 4th club and 15 of the 25 birds clocked in the club......well done Peel brothers.