weaning ybs over

yes will be weaning ybs over through next week theirs 20 to move over various days through the week and all pairs have gone down again this last week so right in the thick of breeding at present ...the 2 one loft babies are amongst the 20 also a kit of 6 of those will be heading to the north east ...hows other members getting along

paired my birds later than usual, was too cold and i was too lazy lol so i'm just getting my first round of eggs here

glad to hear breedings gone well Darren, ive 21 ybs now, so I think that's more or less my team for this season, I don't really want any more unless its off the rpra bird.

when will you be sending the mnfc young birds...?

David wrote:

glad to hear breedings gone well Darren, ive 21 ybs now, so I think that's more or less my team for this season, I don't really want any more unless its off the rpra bird.

when will you be sending the mnfc young birds...?

Are they all from your van reets David?

barnie wrote:

David wrote:

glad to hear breedings gone well Darren, ive 21 ybs now, so I think that's more or less my team for this season, I don't really want any more unless its off the rpra bird.

when will you be sending the mnfc young birds...?

Are they all from your van reets David?

hi colin, 16 are van reets, 2 janssens, 1 lefebre dhaenen and 2 soontjen x jan ardens .......

David wrote:

glad to hear breedings gone well Darren, ive 21 ybs now, so I think that's more or less my team for this season, I don't really want any more unless its off the rpra bird.

when will you be sending the mnfc young birds...?

about 17 days time david ...the ybs have to be at least 35 days old theirs 10 to select from around that age that i would consider but the pair i had earmarked are coming along nicely ...i can get some pics tomorrow of a few nests if you would kindly put them on the forum for me...glad to hear your breedings going well david and excellent news to hear you will be racing a few ybs

yes send the pics Darren, and I`ll post them on for the rest of the members to see........


yes plans are under way to race a few ybs this season, I did originally plan on a team of around 30 - 35, but having re-assessed the situation have decided on a smaller team of around 21 , rather than keep introducing younger birds all the time, plus I prefer to try less ybs after not racing for quite a few years, ease my self into it.

I weaned some today. Let the other older young birds out. 2nd time. Nice day. So assumed they would be up and rambling. I did not want that yet. Too strong on the wing. So fed them first. They went out did a turn or two and back in. 1 missing. Full crop or half full, limits their desire to fly for hours some what.

morb wrote:

paired my birds later than usual, was too cold and i was too lazy lol so i'm just getting my first round of eggs here

Understand your predicament Morb . Rings come out here on the 1st of July each year & you always have those chanting at the bit to get them early etc . Many don't mate thou till late September or later on as such & at the end of the day it makes very little difference on average except with ones feed bill .

halcanada wrote:

I weaned some today. Let the other older young birds out. 2nd time. Nice day. So assumed they would be up and rambling. I did not want that yet. Too strong on the wing. So fed them first. They went out did a turn or two and back in. 1 missing. Full crop or half full, limits their desire to fly for hours some what.

Evening Hal Morb Have some bad, bad bush fires raging here at the moment down near the west coast etc. Dairy/potato, horse racing type country. Close family involved, so believe it or not I'm preying for rain there in a big, big way as such .

TMak as not even paired up yet. Alberta. yet he holds his own in any race, old or young. Karl Frank also in Alberta mated same time as I. I doubt if it really matters tht much. No more winter breeding for me. Too much hassle with the weather..

Knackeroo. Hope to hell you get rain! had firs out West last yaear that were devastating. Then California got them the heavy rain cause mudslides etc,. One cannot control the climate.

halcanada wrote:

Knackeroo. Hope to hell you get rain! had firs out West last yaear that were devastating. Then California got them the heavy rain cause mudslides etc,. One cannot control the climate.

True absolute beast etc Hal I suggest when it wakes up in a grumpy type mood. Man things can make the bristles on the back of ones neck stand out I've found at times, but being caught in a raging bush fire with no way out, would be right up there for a bad case type scenario    .

Have to assume they were prepared? But maybe not. Fires start and spread quite fast. Live stock usually suffers.

Knackered wrote:

halcanada wrote:

I weaned some today. Let the other older young birds out. 2nd time. Nice day. So assumed they would be up and rambling. I did not want that yet. Too strong on the wing. So fed them first. They went out did a turn or two and back in. 1 missing. Full crop or half full, limits their desire to fly for hours some what.

Evening Hal Morb Have some bad, bad bush fires raging here at the moment down near the west coast etc. Dairy/potato, horse racing type country. Close family involved, so believe it or not I'm preying for rain there in a big, big way as such .

hope you get rain soon, wildfires are the worst

halcanada wrote:

TMak as not even paired up yet. Alberta. yet he holds his own in any race, old or young. Karl Frank also in Alberta mated same time as I. I doubt if it really matters tht much. No more winter breeding for me. Too much hassle with the weather..

reason i start early is to send to one loft races otherwise i wouldn't bother with winter breeding either, it is a real pain the arse for sure

Morb agree. Last time for me but thought over the years keeps the interest high. But no more. Passion for racing is waning. Been there done that. Goal now is to do better with less. I have a couple of stock birds that raced and bred good young for me. However, have to cull them. For me the hardest part is culling.

Weather here was better for the people who want to breed early,sprint fliers,so now they have
youngbirds that are batching but they can't get them out for the weather.

morb wrote:

Knackered wrote:

halcanada wrote:

I weaned some today. Let the other older young birds out. 2nd time. Nice day. So assumed they would be up and rambling. I did not want that yet. Too strong on the wing. So fed them first. They went out did a turn or two and back in. 1 missing. Full crop or half full, limits their desire to fly for hours some what.

Evening Hal Morb Have some bad, bad bush fires raging here at the moment down near the west coast etc. Dairy/potato, horse racing type country. Close family involved, so believe it or not I'm preying for rain there in a big, big way as such .

hope you get rain soon, wildfires are the worst

Would help in a big way Morb bush fires continue here thou, but the wind has changed for the better etc & the strange thing is up in the north west here today we now have dust storms blowing half the state away over the border.

hope things improve over there oz and you get a good downpour ...fieldwalker ,regards early breeding yer right weather is usually better December/jan last few years than feb.......right, back to the loft to do some pics

Long walk to the loft os....still waiting of pics
Dunno why im laughing i dont know how to upload

Makes me feel a little down reading all your experiences when not so long ago I would now be looking out at the snow covered loft to see which young ones would be next to come out, with open loft the pigeons know when etc;

My best advice is to enjoy the sport to the full because one day ????.

May all those that hatch be champions.

Regards.

fieldwalker wrote:

Long walk to the loft os....still waiting of pics
Dunno why im laughing i dont know how to upload

done and dusted fw sent them to our david to upload as I don't have a clue

oldstrain wrote:

fieldwalker wrote:

Long walk to the loft os....still waiting of pics
Dunno why im laughing i dont know how to upload

done and dusted fw sent them to our david to upload as I don't have a clue

took a peek

fieldwalker wrote:

oldstrain wrote:

fieldwalker wrote:

Long walk to the loft os....still waiting of pics
Dunno why im laughing i dont know how to upload

done and dusted fw sent them to our david to upload as I don't have a clue

took a peek

that was last years babies just weaned over m8 these are still in the nest 4/5 days yet to weaning