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BreedingHow late can I breed anouther round? If babies are born by may 1 is it OK? What is your cut off date for breeding? I only have 6 birds old enough to fly now!
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When do you start racing?
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Our first race is Aug. 2
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WOW! You guys start early. Ours isn't until Sept. I personally would say no on May 1st babies.
Depending on how your race schedule is.........maybe they could be flown the 2nd half of the races. In YB's here, we go through the race schedule, (4 races) and then start again at the first station, so late hatches might not be ready at the beginning, but could be on the 5th week of racing. Does that make sense? Also, depends on how far your races are. Our first Combine race is called a "100 mile race", however OUR birds fly almost 200 the first race because we are on the long end. The guys on the short end are only flying 50 some miles. ![]()
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Renee www.lovebirdsloft.com People have the right to be stupid, but some abuse that privilege. For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything. Mark Twain Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them, and you have their shoes.------ Frieda Norris |
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Well our races just keep getting longer. Starting at 100 and going to 300 miles. Guess I might have a small team this year. I should have moved some birds into my garage earlier but oh well. Thanks
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I'm afraid any August races would be out of the question. Here we start the last weekend of August, and so some of the shorter races in October could work with a May bred bird. The extra month or two of maturity can make a big difference, which is why we start breeding in November, but that has it's issues also...but that is the subject for another thread. Good Luck.
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