Latebred stock cock

Only got 1 stock cock so trying a couple off him now the weather has warmed up as he was quite late 2020, maturing really quickly now.

Good looking bird that I'm sure he will breed you some nice youngsters lovely condition

He looks in cracking condition Barnie

Nice

quality looking bird colin, looks in excellent health .............i like the nice, crisp bars and tight feathering

great condition on that bird looks a nice type eh ,good luck with the ybs off him

barnie wrote:

Only got 1 stock cock so trying a couple off him now the weather has warmed up as he was quite late 2020, maturing really quickly now.

Credit to you etc Barnie for having him look so nice as such . Like to be a fly on the wall there when you turn up on race night as such after 20 odd years & hear some of the comments about your race team & their general overall condition .

Great looking cock bird. Condition looks fantastic too.

Real good looker and looks in excellent condition.

Have preached eventually clinical conditions end in disaster for over 40 years, ill pigeons needing constant medication etc; and been proven to be true in most cases the fanciers just do not tell you, and would never ever have kept them in that condition myself.

Regards.

Bastard hawk just took him earlier, never even saw it happen. Neighbour came to tell me it ended up in his garden. Too late now. Have to keep eyes peeled, never a safe time of year now. Gutted as he was a real character, tame as a robin.

barnie wrote:

Bastard hawk just took him earlier, never even saw it happen. Neighbour came to tell me it ended up in his garden. Too late now. Have to keep eyes peeled, never a safe time of year now. Gutted as he was a real character, tame as a robin.

No swearing etc as we have certain standards here Colin but we all know how your feeling I suspect/suggest .

sorry to hear this colin damn things are devils work eh

sorry to hear that colin, gutted for you .....

Goes without saying barnie, could cry for you, only happened to me twice and I could have gone out and shot every bird of prey, I did dispose of one, left the body where it was, still have photo, came back and somehow never  left. 

Do not know the answer, but I do know it will come back, know how I felt when using  the body of a friend to catch a thief but it disposed of one.

Late friend Pete Straw who lived in country side used to have a trap (cage) and caught several hawks every year.

As  said feel for you, know it is only a pigeon but they are to us friends.

Regards.

MISTY wrote:

Goes without saying barnie, could cry for you, only happened to me twice and I could have gone out and shot every bird of prey, I did dispose of one, left the body where it was, still have photo, came back and somehow never  left. 

Do not know the answer, but I do know it will come back, know how I felt when using  the body of a friend to catch a thief but it disposed of one.

Late friend Pete Straw who lived in country side used to have a trap (cage) and caught several hawks every year.

As  said feel for you, know it is only a pigeon but they are to us friends.

Regards.

Too true Misty, easy to become attached to a bundle of feathers when you know their make-up.

barnie wrote:

MISTY wrote:

Goes without saying barnie, could cry for you, only happened to me twice and I could have gone out and shot every bird of prey, I did dispose of one, left the body where it was, still have photo, came back and somehow never  left. 

Do not know the answer, but I do know it will come back, know how I felt when using  the body of a friend to catch a thief but it disposed of one.

Late friend Pete Straw who lived in country side used to have a trap (cage) and caught several hawks every year.

As  said feel for you, know it is only a pigeon but they are to us friends.

Regards.

Too true Misty, easy to become attached to a bundle of feathers when you know their make-up.

Maybe more work required there etc Colin Like a small stock loft for prisoners as such.

Vowed no prisoners this time around knackered, sods law the only non racer we have got taken just flying out

Only dabbling, purely hobby this time mate, if I need topping up with youngsters buy a few in, works out more cost effective than buying stock, feeding them 12 months just to get 2 rounds off, 4 babies, that's if you're lucky that all eggs are full and none go backwards in the nest.

In an ideal world I'd have 4 pair stock prisoners and a big aviary for them, see how the future pans out, who knows?

I like your post Barnie.

I see both side here regards Stock, or yongsters bought in.
I feel the way forward is getting a proven race team. Then these become the breeders.

I, as often stated, would rely on Autum bred birds. A couple of races maybe first season. Then any where.
Yes, race teanm, then, as now breeding a few youngster to race the y/b season, if so desdesire of course,
But then again the yearlings would be celibacy raced. Most likely the old birds too after a round. J.M.O.

It take 2-3 years though to get a good team you have confidence in. Maybe then a change to boot.

Quite a few years since I had stock birds. Penned in that is. Hawks get some of the birds but par for the course.
When the weasel nuked a bunch a few escaped. One came back 2 weeks later. Snowstorms etc,. Now it comes in the loft for some food then heads back to live with the feral pigeons. Quite a character. Made its choice.. Was never out, none of them, prior to weasel attack.

halcanada81 wrote:

Quite a few years since I had stock birds. Penned in that is. Hawks get some of the birds but par for the course.
When the weasel nuked a bunch a few escaped. One came back 2 weeks later. Snowstorms etc,. Now it comes in the loft for some food then heads back to live with the feral pigeons. Quite a character. Made its choice.. Was never out, none of them, prior to weasel attack.

Majority here on average have a stock loft full of prisoner types. Race season for many     takes up a large part of their breeding type season. Smart ones thou figured out years ago your feeding them all for nothing compared to the later summer bred types on average, bred at seasons end . End of the day     rings normally issued around July the first each year, but many dont bother collecting them till around November/December étc.

He was just finishing off these 2 youngsters when the hawk got him but next day they soon started pecking in the nestbox and seem to have come on really quick in a week.



If there's a cock possibly the cheq, might put him to one side as bit late to get these raced this year.

pair of beuties them colin .........

A nice pair of youngsters them Colin sorry to hear about the sire

Nothing wrong with them barnie.

Sods Law about the Blue Cock.

Regards.