paired up today

well lads it all starts here for me as yesterday i paired up my 4 stock pairs and the rest this weekend which will be another 9 pairs some of these are race birds and will have to be seperated again at some stage before racing ,the 4 pair of stock all went down sweet enough apart from 1 pair as i think the cock maybe a bit young yet but you cant hurry nature

Well done mate, hope all goes well for you.

glad everything went well for you darren, hope they breed you plenty of winners this coming season..........

glad all going well lets hope theres some winners there. im looking forward to pairing up soon

thanks for your good wishes lads

how many rings did you order darren ?

oldstrain wrote:

well lads it all starts here for me as yesterday i paired up my 4 stock pairs and the rest this weekend which will be another 9 pairs some of these are race birds and will have to be seperated again at some stage before racing ,the 4 pair of stock all went down sweet enough apart from 1 pair as i think the cock maybe a bit young yet but you cant hurry nature

spot on mate hope all goes well

David wrote:

how many rings did you order darren ?

40 rings david but only breeding 30 max

still a couple of weeks for me to pair up,plenty of time for me

yes i ordered 40 rings too darren,better to have a few spare than run out in my opinion.....

peel bros wrote:

still a couple of weeks for me to pair up,plenty of time for me

me too ray, a few weeks yet till pairing up................

iv got 50 and iv bought 60 youngsters as well think iv gone a bit mad but it my first year and ill need a good selection of yearling cocks for next season hopefully have 28 to 36 cocks left at the end young birds

evs wrote:

iv got 50 and iv bought 60 youngsters as well think iv gone a bit mad but it my first year and ill need a good selection of yearling cocks for next season hopefully have 28 to 36 cocks left at the end young birds

Eve don't take this funny mate but don't count the chickens before the end of the season just see how things go mate because sometimes pigeons can make you look the biggest fool mate

But fingers crossed hope all goes well for you mate

peel bros wrote:

still a couple of weeks for me to pair up,plenty of time for me

and so you keep telling us lol

yes plenty of time,no hurry what so ever.got enough to do to worry about ybs

so you keep saying

Don Webb wrote:

evs wrote:

iv got 50 and iv bought 60 youngsters as well think iv gone a bit mad but it my first year and ill need a good selection of yearling cocks for next season hopefully have 28 to 36 cocks left at the end young birds

Eve don't take this funny mate but don't count the chickens before the end of the season just see how things go mate because sometimes pigeons can make you look the biggest fool mate

But fingers crossed hope all goes well for you mate

i know ill wait and see what iv got at the end of the season as long as i have some left lol

I understand mate

evs wrote:

Don Webb wrote:

evs wrote:

iv got 50 and iv bought 60 youngsters as well think iv gone a bit mad but it my first year and ill need a good selection of yearling cocks for next season hopefully have 28 to 36 cocks left at the end young birds

Eve don't take this funny mate but don't count the chickens before the end of the season just see how things go mate because sometimes pigeons can make you look the biggest fool mate

But fingers crossed hope all goes well for you mate

i know ill wait and see what iv got at the end of the season as long as i have some left lol

don t send to many to each race as losses can be very heavy some books say send about a 1/3 of your birds to any one race best of luck ???

Sod that mate, hammer them training and race them hard. The good stuff will be there at the end of the season. I now it sounds harsh, but it separates the wheat from the chaf so to speak. So long as your birds are in top health and no respiratory conditions. They will always come home except for the bops, the odd wire or in our case at Cheltenham, the odd aircraft engines.
I have a theory on respiratory conditions and youngbird losses.
But it's in the book.

Gaz b wrote:

Sod that mate, hammer them training and race them hard. The good stuff will be there at the end of the season. I now it sounds harsh, but it separates the wheat from the chaf so to speak. So long as your birds are in top health and no respiratory conditions. They will always come home except for the bops, the odd wire or in our case at Cheltenham, the odd aircraft engines.
I have a theory on respiratory conditions and youngbird losses.
But it's in the book.

Yes Please Gaz were can i collect it from

Yours is the advanced copy.

Thanks for your replys i will be training my youngsters very well they will be trained to 50 miles and will be 2 up i will only train in bunches of 6 to 8 birds when starting them on the road as letting them all up at the same time could result in them hitting wires as you say or a smash some how and loose lots im here to learn and anythink you can tell me will be very helpful as where i live iv been told it very hard to win my club and the fed i dont no why but im going to try my best to prove them wrong

I can believe it is mate. But all the same, what an exciting location distance wise. Up North tremendous, across the channel perfect.
I'd have two teams, one cocks one hens.
I used to ride to Hastings and Eastbourne at weekends, many years ago. I had a girlfriend who lived in Hastings but worked at Asda in Eastbourne.
I always, thought about a pigeon loft there.
Best of luck mate, I wish you well.