Old hens in with darks.....???

ive got my ybs in two seperate "teams", the youngest 17 are all in one section and the other 12 older ones are in a section with 3 unpaired/spare yearling hens, because the ybs are on dark will the yearlings start to moult as well.....?

No they wont I have 4 spear hens they are in with the young birds all my birds go out together and my hens laid 4 eggs each took 2 away and 1 in each nest hatched
so I have the hen on the pedigree but no cock

so how did that happen then ginger ? has a young cock fertilised the hens.....? one of the young cocks has paired up to a yearling hen already, should i leave them and use it to my advantage when racing ?

No they muck around with the old birds if you have a young cock mucking aroud with a leave it like that it may do some good but my personal way I would not let them bring up a youngster some do but I dont do it

yes i think i would agree ginger, if i can ill try get them sitting but not to hatch ybs off them........maybe give him a bit of incentive eh ?

Its always worth a try you never no with pigeons

just trial and error this yb season ginger, experrimenting as i go along.........

Always had a few hens in with the youngbirds as soon as the young cocks start to show signs of getting mature, this is were the hens play there part

hi don, a spare yearling hen ive put in with older ybs has picked a mate for herself........the young cocks interested and is more or less paired to her so if i can get them to be on eggs for racing it might spur him on to get home quick.......

altho i have widowhood boxes in the secrtion i might try some sort of yb widowhood....?

Yes, but if you race this cock to this hen it may be a love pairing so the best thing i would say is make sure you have this hen for him everytime

Tom Ashmore in Old Hill raced a pigeon called the Champ he won the Racing Pigeon Sprint Catagory, but to get him to win when the money was on or if he needed that little bit extra, Tom would place the same old hen which HE paired to as everytime and doing this was the difference between winning the club and Fed

Old hens in with the young birds is very good, Brings the cocks on and they will pair with them, makes them race better as youngsters. I had an excellent cock once won lots he went to the futherest young bird race sitting a big youngster, came romping home.

good to know, turns a awkward situation to my benefit by using the spare hens for something......young cock shes paired to is loving itm taking over the loft.