How’s the breeding going

wish i had waited and sent these 2 ybs to the olr just hope they are tested at there new loft

yes nice little chequers them george, but you wernt to know .......hopefully the ones youve sent will get a fair chance and race well ....

Big changes in a month..........same nest pair growing fast

they are nice Colin have you finished breeding now

yes george, all done last month

Nice healthy looking young ones, lets hope they get a chance to shine, like the last one best.

Regards.

making nice birds them colin, are they on darkness ...?

David wrote:

making nice birds them colin, are they on darkness ...?

Yes 2 weeks now David so breaking into body moult, some more than others.

Always suspected that the darkness system had something to do with YBS and would never have contemplated using it.

Regards.

i always thought the same misty, but naturals still get it .......although if i ever raced again i would leave them natural i think .

David wrote:

i always thought the same misty, but naturals still get it .......although if i ever raced again i would leave them natural i think .

I started up 3 years ago with YB's on natural, they got it twice, then next 2 years again natural, both years sickness. Natural or darkness, if they're going to get it then they'll get it, only difference is you can't compete racing with natural youngbirds week in week out and that's a fact.

Colin i know ybs in the 50s and 60s born early December i'm sure did race in September from 250-300mls however i do think it was the type of bird in those days and  losses were not so heavy should have said this was Northern Ireland

George & Morgan wrote:

Colin i know ybs in the 50s and 60s born early December i'm sure did race in September from 250-300mls however i do think it was the type of bird in those days and  losses were not so heavy should have said this was Northern Ireland

Born early December back then George it's unlikely rings were issued until January the following year so maybe hatched last few days of December, but if fanciers were doing early breeding then no-one had the advantage of knowledge of darkness back then. But early breds would have been in better feather come september than spring hatched thats for sure.

i do know it was changed to 7th January then back now to 1st December do birds really need to go on darkness born in November

barnie wrote:

David wrote:

i always thought the same misty, but naturals still get it .......although if i ever raced again i would leave them natural i think .

I started up 3 years ago with YB's on natural, they got it twice, then next 2 years again natural, both years sickness. Natural or darkness, if they're going to get it then they'll get it, only difference is you can't compete racing with natural youngbirds week in week out and that's a fact.

The problem has a cause, started here when more fanciers took to the darkness system.

One problem is that many fanciers think a clinical loft is good for their pigeons when in fact the nearer to nature you keep the better all round for the pigeons.

I never had young bird sickness nor any other health problems other than the odd one going light.

My young birds won right up to me stopping racing.

The only thing they got was garlic every day, other than a good mixture all year
round and basic grit and minerals.

Prefer fact to theories.

Many people I feel are put off by all the adverse information regarding the sports problems rather than the immense pleasure it gives to those who approach it in the right manner.

Regards.

one buyer of young birds off elimar is coming this week to collect his birds, hes in scunthorpe which isnt too far away, it will save on courier costs ....

David wrote:

one buyer of young birds off elimar is coming this week to collect his birds, hes in scunthorpe which isnt too far away, it will save on courier costs ....

Is it the fancier who bid for both lots David ?.

Would be interesting to see how they did as a team if so.

Regards.

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no misty, in the end it was two different buyers .......he is collecting either tuesday or wednesday , i`ll be glad when all 17 have gone .

David wrote:

no misty, in the end it was two different buyers .......he is collecting either tuesday or wednesday , i`ll be glad when all 17 have gone .

Think overall David things could have turned out far worse.

Turned out better than it looked at one time.

All matters relative to our sport are unpredictable at this time.

Just hope the last lot do well.

Regards.

yes misty, at the beginning we were unsure how or if they would sell due to this bird flu saga , luckily they sold very well ..... fortunately i bred earlier than previous years so i cashed in with buyers wanting early ybs

because i paired up early ive have enough by now, and ready to separate them when all ybs have gone .

well done David i have 3 ybs in the nests for my self may take a few more then can't wait to finish

George & Morgan wrote:

well done David i have 3 ybs in the nests for my self may take a few more then can't wait to finish

Only seems like yesterday when talking about pairing up, time just flashes by.

Soon be talking about Christmas.

Regards.

ust had a phone call off fancier who collected 8 young birds yesterday, i mentioned to him when he called that i had another 6 or so left then im stopping breeding for this year ......he asked if he could buy them direct rather than go through elimar .

must be happy with those 8.

David wrote:

ust had a phone call off fancier who collected 8 young birds yesterday, i mentioned to him when he called that i had another 6 or so left then im stopping breeding for this year ......he asked if he could buy them direct rather than go through elimar .

must be happy with those 8.

Best result this week David.

Could not be better.

Regards