who chooses to dispose of birds now

unless somthing is deffinatley wrong with it, i sort my birds end of november, when everything has repaired its self, that is when the weakneses show up ? . 

thin them out just prior to pairing up

edgie wrote:

unless somthing is deffinatley wrong with it, i sort my birds end of november,  when everything has repaired its self, that is when the weakneses show up ? . 

every one has their own ways  at present  i have prisoner stock birds that where lent out  but i aint got room for them so they will be sold  to recoup some of my out lay  they are all good birds breeding birds to score for the lad who had a loan of them  but unfortunatly his circimstances say he must put them back   also i have 3 or 4 very good hens but they will be 10 y/olds next year so these will be dispoed of  also there are a number of l/breds  that i bred off the best birds  these will be sold over the next month   i need to just get down to nest boxes  numbers  too many birds   sean

I used to try and sort them during racing. If theyre not pulling their weight and you wait too long they moult out and you keep some just cos they look bonny.
I realise some exceptions to this but generally speaking if the loft's really on form and some birds aren't coming they just end up further behind when you hit a bad run of form. jmo

if its won nothing by the yearling stage the odds it will do so at 2 years old are slim

if its bred nothing in 2 years the odds are it wont in 3 or 4 years

if you base this on a small loft ie the amount of room you have its a fair way of selecting

unless your birds are bred for distance then maybe then you have to wait till there 2 years old having said that more and more yearlings are featuring in national results

jmo

or look at it another way if it cant get 5th to your loft on a regular basis whats the ods of it getting in the top 5 of your club

Cant believe this subject really, I have never thinned out birds ever, nice if we have any left after racing.
Unless you are talking about stock birds which I do dispose of a few every year, but racers unheared of.

I never dispose of birds, just keep a few and they seem to thin themselves out in racing meaning by the end of the year ive enough left to send next year, would never kill any, couldnt care less if they dont win, as long as they look healthy and return thats fine by me, think many good birds get culled when really its probably the fancier thats wrong not the birds jmo though.

you have to sort out your birds every year,you cannot keep feeding birds that are no good .its costs too much to do that..its the worst part of the season but it has to be done...i myself try to give birds away free that have done something or cost me a small fortune but regards the rubbish which we all have must go.......

i agree ray they hold the others back take up time space and food