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Hi Amanda yes you are right in what you say

Did forget to say that after any racing season i will then say if there pigeons are good but never during a racing season

Niel you are correct in you way of thinking

Niel will say that when i raced all my pigeons were usless but once the season had finished and i looked at what was left and saw what had been done by certon pigeons then they would be good pigeons then

But if any pigeons that were left did not do anything during there racing then i would say good bye to them

Amanda keep an open mind and you may be able to keep that certon favorite

don, how long would you keep a bird to decide if it was any good, yb, yearling or two year old.......and also what must it have achieved to earn its place in the team.

Two years if it had not pulled it's weight then it's out

Must had been a consistent pigeon with prizes or always there trying

don, do you think because a pigeon had not come up to scratch racing it would not be worth trying as a breeder ?or would you only breed from best/winners ?

not always your best winners are your best breeders david make up your own mind and go on your gut feeling

ian, do you breed from all your birds ? or just the ones that perform well and stock birds.....

Will agree with Ian

The best breeding hen i had was crap at racing and if i had gone on racing she would not have lasted after her first year so sometimes you have to go with your gut feeling

I would say all the pigeons you have bred from them just to see what they bred as sometimes you may be supriced

remember jack barkel saying that the basket will sort your racers out but not your breeders..... but then again, some breed best to best/winner to winner, so in that case breeding from the best racers is what breeds future winners....
i dont know really, its just up to the individual isnt it.....

Will say that i have had pigeons for 4 and 5 years never won anything but been tryers and have bred of them and not produced anything special

But i can tell you as soon as you get reid of them you watch the young birds win thats just one thing that may happen

It's all about winning races but will say

Breeding is Gold
Racing is Silver

Yes the basket is the best way to find the future champions

i think with me just restarting don the easiest way to decide on pairings is when i have raced them as ybs to put the best ones out of them together as yearlings.......and then see how their young race.

Yes spot on mate

cant wait till next season.... excited now waiting.......

Will say for me once the season had finished it seamed a long time coming around, but as soon as the season was here before you know it it was over like lightning

yes don, ive been listening and talking to those who have raced and it seems to have gone quick the racing season......

You just watch how fast it goes mate

yes it will don, especially with me only racing ybs......