debate for old birds

hi all ...
could anyone make up me mind or help too ive been gifted 5 09 old birds an ive settled them very well .. and they out everyday flying round well .. there up for a while and bloke told me to get them into training and get them raced and i said cant race with 5 ...
what is ur views .....

cause you can race these phil what else are you going to do with them they are not tried and tested so get them in race and see if they are any good

cheers ian im going to start them the bloke said he raced them to 200 mile as y/b and they where back but he never clocked them in ....

hi phil, if these birds have raced as ybs and you have settled them ok i dont see why not.......they are only young yet, what have you got to loose ? when a local fancier packed in near me another local fancier bought all his birds, settled themand is going to race the full team this year

how would u race them just send all five or just send cock and fly them back to hen just i havent paird them yet

yes got to agree with the lads Phil, you should try them at least training if not a couple of races. Put it this way we look after them all winter give them the best and all we ask in return is for them to do what they do best and fly. Racing is payback time as far as Im concerned they got to earn the right to stay in the loft.

yes i agree with martyn phil, ive made the mistake of not training my 08 and 09 birds since i restarted and now im stuck with them, as apart from breeding off them to test their young they are never likely to race........if like you i had the chance i would definately give them a go. if youve got hens for them just pair them up to give incentive for racing home.

Hi david, yes weve all done that and ended up with too many birds, thats the thing with pigeons you can always breed more. I have a new years resolution this year and iam sticking to it, KEEP LESS PIGEONS, AND RACE ALL WHAT I HAVE, every year I look at the loft and think it needs weeding out, well this year is it all the birds are racing and anything that produced average birds last year, and again this year will be leaving.

i know if i put my mind to it i could half the amount of birds im housing at the moment....but what ill do is breed from them all and see how the ybs off them perform....

thats all you can do david

giving my 7 09 birds a go next week if warmer

phill why did,nt the bloke want them anymore did you ask him,well anyway i would try them as well you have plenty others so if they are no good no worries

racing them will give you more experience for main birds y/bs phil, if you lose them i got some spare rings from rpra just incase needed