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You know what I'm gonna say here Neil

MIL wrote: ↑Sun Aug 18, 2024 12:58 pm In the past I had the odd young cock that flew the programme as a YB and then never showed itself as a cock until after the moult.

So that "cock" moulted out in his YB pen with the hen

He went through the moult no faster or slower than those that I'd moved

So for me, crack on

Ok might be easy with the v perch idea on the box as they can’t be thrown off so easy

MIL wrote: ↑Sun Aug 18, 2024 12:15 pm The day after my final YB race (the Sunday) is when I used to move the young cocks across into the widowhood loft

That's their future, their home, why delay the transfer?

I found it had no detrimental impact on the moult shifting em across

we do same lock old cock boxes up and let ybs pick others then put ob back later

You can do as Worm says Neil - It's an option for sure

Me, there's not a chance in f^ck that any young cock would move an old cock out of his box

His box is his life - that's what he races to

If he goes to an old cocks box the young cock will soon get shifted and told to go elsewhere

My widowhood cocks are paired at present. They will stay paired for a little while and kept flying out. Once I decide to split them up I will move any young cocks I want for widowhood next year will be moved into the section. They will very quickly sort themselves out.

MIL wrote: ↑Sun Aug 18, 2024 2:12 pm You know what I'm gonna say here Neil

You're a good pigeon man

The best asset a good pigeon man has is his instincts - TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS

Sometimes I had a team of 18 cocks and 12 of them had retained their box

I had a max 6 young cocks I could take forward and maybe 15 staring back at me that had done nothing wrong

Sometimes I sold a young cock that couldn't make my team

His crime? He was bred from my Stock team and had been a 1st prizewinner that season as a baby

But what csn you do you can't keep them all if you're restricted on space like I was

So; TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS Neil

I will Mike
Yearling I can without a blink of a eye
Youngsters I find hard if I’m honest

Nah

Just Marvin Gaye and get it on