when you pair up

when you pair up do you put your best to best, different eye to eye, just hope for the best an let en find their own mates or are you going to try something different this year that you haven't done before ?

hi rene, as i didnt race hardly this seaason and only entere two open races i dont have much idea what/if any are any good or not..........if i had raced them i would definately pair best to best regardless of eye type, but also i might let my race team pick there own mates as this could make them happpier and race better.......? rather than an arranged marrage so to speak

not sure what to do myself yet regarding the ybs but i will be pairing some back to the same mates as last year as the ybs i did fly flew resonably well considering how bad the season had by everyone

do you know rene, i thought the other day........whatever i would normally do re pairings etc, do the oposite and i might just do it

lol only give it a go mate never know it could well bring the best out of them i can remember a few years ago thinkin im not goin to pair a certain pair together then for got all about it and ended up puttin em together they produced a couple of resonable ybs to fly

mmmmmm, reason im re thinking is that my stock birds bred soe great ybs for the first year or two, then this year they started breeding some strange looking birds which looked more like show pigeons than racing pigeons.......strange colours and frills on their chests, plus very short cast.

I dont bother to pair my birds they get seperated for a month at the most the stock birds go back to there old mates and racebirds I look at them and say to myself that will be a nice pair and I would take two rounds off them floating the first round under a pair Im not breeding form I have had some very good results that way

hi ginger, are your birds mainly all the same family or do you have a few different families........?

They are all distance birds jan aarden B Ketts Amacing Grace, jos thorn, brackhuis,and eric cannons. I dont keep them as a family they are all mixed

ah right, so are you not too bothered about cross breeding them ginger...? do you always keep the same stock pairs togeather every year ? or do you decide when you know what the ybs do racing weather to alter the pairings ?

I do keep them together when one gets too old I then put another one in its place

do you not think you could breed a better yb by altering the pairings sometimes tho ginger, im going to change a couple of mine maybe next season.........i remember reading bert braspennings article and he said most belgiums change there stock pairings every year regardless of what they breed, what are your thoughts on this ginger ...?

They do what they like if I dont get a pair to breed the both go I dont put my famileis together I take them out as most of them are closety bred then I bring them back the next time round just to put in new blood

think im going to do the exact opposute this coming year and breed birds i wouldnt normally pair togeather............. see what happens