Pairing Up....

when are members planning on pairing up, seen it on facebook and seems quite a few are ready to put them together............I normally pair 1st Saturday in feb, but think I am going to pair a couple of weeks earlier this coming breeding season.

Early New Year for me going to race ybs the first time in 3 year.
Got 12 stock pair all distance pigeons and iv ordered 12 middle distance ybs
to try out so il give them some humpy to see what they are like.

same here walker, ive not sent any for approx. 3 years, so hoping to get this new loft up in time for yb season.....will you be putting your ybs on the dark...?

usually pair last weekend of January but pairing earlier this year as I have a round going out

Robably early Feb for me, maybe sooner.

First week in December. Stock birds. Only ones I will breed off this year. Band 1st week in January. Wean about Feb 7 to 14th. They will all be on the floor, straw covered. Lights are on the cocks and hens now.
Racers will mate up before moving young birds over. They will be on boiled eggs. Then manipulate them for the races. ie 10 day eggs, hatching etc,.
Weaned young will just get regular light. Longest day of summer will keep to that length of light until end of season. Simple way.

David wrote:

same here walker, ive not sent any for approx. 3 years, so hoping to get this new loft up in time for yb season.....will you be putting your ybs on the dark...?

Yes once I have the 2nd round over I go on the dark.
no hurry with the first round.

fieldwalker wrote:

Early New Year for me going to race ybs the first time in 3 year.
Got 12 stock pair all distance pigeons and iv ordered 12 middle distance ybs
to try out so il give them some humpy to see what they are like.

I suspect with 12 pair of distance type birds Fieldwalker you belong  to a dying breed as such .

Yep I used to be mainly sprint in the 80s 90s but once I started timing from 400 plus
I became more and more interested in longer distance and less in sprint.

fieldwalker wrote:

Yep I used to be mainly sprint in the 80s 90s but once I started timing from 400 plus
I became more and more interested in longer distance and less in sprint.

I wasn't bothered about distance racing when I re started with pigeons a few years ago, I went for the sprint type birds, staff van reets etc, I also have janssens which I know still do pretty well over the channel so I dare say I might gradually get to enter the longer races once I get back into the hang of racing again.

I had svrs that won from 81mile to 410
Louella and pallats but that was late 90s
Good pigeons i noticed some had the soonjens in them

ive not raced them yet f/walker, ive bred quite a few for other fanciers and some have done ok, but nothing amazing.......I bought them around 2 years ago so this season coming will the first time I will have tried them my self, although I wont be relying on just them, I`ll be also breeding off my janssens as well.

Ok hope they both do well for you????

i`ll find out in 2018 i hope, far too many birds at the moment, so its crunch time.......

Done mine earlier they all look champions now

fieldwalker wrote:

Done mine earlier they all look champions now

i hope so f/walker, good luck for the 2018 season...lets hope you have plenty of winners

Yeah 1 will do the longest one 570miles
But only if its a day bird...
Best of luck to you 2018????????

need this new loft up to be able to race, ive a 14 x 8 in two 7ft sections i will be using for yb racing.....I'm on with doing the base so once that's done i`ll be putting the loft up , hardest part yet to come , its a struggle on your own but i`ll do it....

Can you not get a mate to help?

yes i can do, its just a matter of when he is available to help......as long as its up in time for 2018 ybs i`ll be happy......

We will probably be pairing up mid February hopefully for one round try to be parting the young birds off when the clocks go forward

ive always preferred to get them all around the same age, i don't like adding ybs all the time.......

David wrote:

ive always preferred to get them all around the same age, i don't like adding ybs all the time.......

 Same, same Absolute pain in the rear end etc if you don't do it that way David.

Yep in about 6 or so weeks it all starts again

I know some don't like the breeding season at all, but I like it......but by the end of it I`m glad to see the back of it.

anyone ordered their rings yet...?