more eggs this morning

more eggs this morning everything going to plan happy days

Ian, was watching one of the DVD's earlier, and someone said ideally they like to have babies in the nest by christmas day, do some people pair even earlier then?

yes a lot on our allotments pair up earlier some people just get there rings in time to put them on there youngbirds we get ours around the 10th of january

I see, but for people who want them even earlier have to use foreign rings i presume? or use old rings on ybs?

yes but if you breed any earlier then they are not this years youngbirds they are last years latebreds

I see, never thought of it like that confusing....

a fancier in our fed would ring his youngbirds with two rings he would put last years and this years rings on so the latter part of old bird racing he would enter his youngbirds using the old ring details then when the youngbird racing started he would cut off the old ring and race them as youngbirds

these birds bred early are no better than those bred in jan ,feb or even later. these fanciers only do to get it out of the way, it does,nt matter to me when i breed them but i must admit it would be nice to get all my ybs in one go like some....i have found in the past when i have bred early that they become lazy later on when exercising probadly due to be more mature and wanting to pair up... but believe me they are no better

nobody is saying they are any better ray its all down to preferance

yes i know that i,m just saying that so others will know this , as i used to wonder if they where better when lads in our club done this years ago , they thought it was an advantage at the time but they soon stopped doing it when they new it was,nt

peel bros wrote:

yes i know that i,m just saying that so others will know this , as i used to wonder if they where better when lads in our club done this years ago , they thought it was an advantage at the time but they soon stopped doing it when they new it was,nt

but surely its better to get your younguns over earlier all together and then you can concentrate more on your old bird race team, also better to have all your younguns within a couple of weeks old of each other , you only get problems with different age youngsters

Ray's right.....I was wondering too

yes true and it it a hassle as well but i have plenty of time so not bothered , also i prefer 2nd and 3rd round young uns , they just seem better for some reason and they excercise better like i said

not any better ray just the same way bred

no they seem to race better, how many first round ybs win , i have,nt had that many really and i mean as yearlings and tewo year olds as well

peel bros wrote:

no they seem to race better, how many first round ybs win , i have,nt had that many really and i mean as yearlings and tewo year olds as well

how do you work that out when some people just breed one round then win all the time with youngbirds, geordie smith only breeds one round and he flies a great youngbird

yes i know but he burns them out as well as you know. how well do they race the next season because i cannot remember him having many with 2 or 3 wins can you

not the year just gone ray but the year before he had around 4- 5 wins as you know your doing well to get that in our club

What age do you race your obs till ian?

Alex wrote:

What age do you race your obs till ian?

it depends on the birds and what they are bred for sprinters i tend to race until around 3 years old my channel birds 6- 7 years old

I see Ian, are they worn out after those ages then?

not really but if they are still here at that age then they must have done something right so they go to stock for breeding

Did think that mate, similar thing with this bird i bought, raced and still around after 6 years so done something right.

yes they dont get to that age for nothing alex

Keep the frame of mind mate your going far

Freind of mine last season raced a 9 year old cock and won 1st club 1st section and 10th fed and that was his second race of the season