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David
Oldbird
Posts : 43895
Join date : 2009-03-18
Location : Leeds
| | Subject: Old pigeons breeding.... Sat Apr 16, 2016 12:55 pm | |
| had ybs hatched out of two pairs of old pigeons, one pair is an 11 year old cock and a 9 year old hen.....and the other pair both cock and hen are 10 years old, I wasn't expecting them to hatch really but they surprised me as ive had cocks stop filling eggs at half their age......  whats the oldest pigeon other members have bred from...? |
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markevans
Youngbird
Posts : 3310
Join date : 2015-01-25
Age : 58
Location : Wolverhampton
| | Subject: Re: Old pigeons breeding.... Sat Apr 16, 2016 1:00 pm | |
| had a 1998 camphuis cock breeding no problem in 2014 but changed his hen with a younger cock as he was paired to a hen we were racing and needed the box for the yearling |
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oldstrain
Oldbird
Posts : 16429
Join date : 2011-01-03
Location : the magic roundabout
| | Subject: Re: Old pigeons breeding.... Sat Apr 16, 2016 1:11 pm | |
| cant be of much help on this one oldest we have bred from is 6 year old |
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halcanada
Youngbird
Posts : 4206
Join date : 2014-03-11
Age : 84
Location : Southern Ontario. Canada.
| | Subject: Re: Old pigeons breeding.... Sat Apr 16, 2016 11:25 pm | |
| Read just a few days ago. Average age of Super pairs is 11.5 years. Still breeding good ones. |
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Don Webb
Oldbird
Posts : 14930
Join date : 2009-03-27
Age : 51
Location : Tipton
| | Subject: Re: Old pigeons breeding.... Sat Apr 16, 2016 11:54 pm | |
| when I raced with my dad had a 17 year old Van Den Bosch paired to a 14 year old stuitabault hen
They were paired together for 3 years when the cock was 14 and the hen was 11
always had 3 rounds out of them the last year was only able to breed youngsters in the summer when it got warmer |
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peel bros
Oldbird
Posts : 13151
Join date : 2009-03-27
Age : 60
Location : south shields
| | Subject: Re: Old pigeons breeding.... Mon Apr 18, 2016 7:15 am | |
| I have a 2003 hen still breeding..she breeds me at least one decent bird a year .that's why I breed off her |
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David
Oldbird
Posts : 43895
Join date : 2009-03-18
Location : Leeds
| | Subject: Re: Old pigeons breeding.... Mon Apr 18, 2016 7:45 am | |
| my last pair of the old lefebre`s are 10 and 11 years old now ray, I wanted to breed a couple off them but unfortunately they paired to different partners them selves ........maybe next year if they are still here. |
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shippy
Hatchling
Posts : 757
Join date : 2012-02-25
Age : 75
Location : darlington
| | Subject: Re: Old pigeons breeding.... Mon Apr 18, 2016 7:49 am | |
| - David wrote:
- my last pair of the old lefebre`s are 10 and 11 years old now ray, I wanted to breed a couple off them but unfortunately they paired to different partners them selves ........maybe next year if they are still here.
good pigeons the lefebres david  |
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Knackered
Oldbird
Posts : 14517
Join date : 2013-03-11
| | Subject: Re: Old pigeons breeding.... Mon Apr 18, 2016 8:00 am | |
| - oldstrain wrote:
- cant be of much help on this one oldest we have bred from is 6 year old
17 is my best here & he bred like a chook. Called him the Moukas cock etc & he died at the age of 19 years old in my arms sadly. Now buried under the lemon tree in a specail box, where very few finish up as such.  |
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peel bros
Oldbird
Posts : 13151
Join date : 2009-03-27
Age : 60
Location : south shields
| | Subject: Re: Old pigeons breeding.... Mon Apr 18, 2016 8:06 am | |
| Yes david the hen I am on about is a dhanhen cross..she has bred us a lot of excellent birds including 2 section winners and she topped it herself so even if she did.nt breed anything else she's got a perch for life |
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Knackered
Oldbird
Posts : 14517
Join date : 2013-03-11
| | Subject: Re: Old pigeons breeding.... Mon Apr 18, 2016 8:35 am | |
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peel bros
Oldbird
Posts : 13151
Join date : 2009-03-27
Age : 60
Location : south shields
| | Subject: Re: Old pigeons breeding.... Tue Apr 19, 2016 8:22 am | |
| I think if a bird does exceptional well it deserves a perch for life |
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David
Oldbird
Posts : 43895
Join date : 2009-03-18
Location : Leeds
| | Subject: Re: Old pigeons breeding.... Tue Apr 19, 2016 8:47 am | |
| yes ray, they deserve a perch..... |
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