Stoney Cross 26th August 2023

[Buster121]

He has bursts sometimes he does ok others way down no explanation if he does same all the time unless he still bringing birds in from here there and everywhere, I remember breeding him some when he first started and him sending some to the Irish one loft where they did very well for him one finished high up in the final race

[Buster121]

He has bursts sometimes he does ok others way down no explanation if he does same all the time unless he still bringing birds in from here there and everywhere, I remember breeding him some when he first started and him sending some to the Irish one loft where they did very well for him one finished high up in the final race

He lives in Yeovil not far from me.
The ones that done well in the one loft race were obviously good birds that you bred and with different management. Wasn’t he on the forum at one point?

Yes ''Boys in blue'' he used to say hello now and then but hasn't bothered in an age and I don't see his results anymore, I know he had a lot from Terry Luscombe that he did well with, think he bred them out of some of the ones from me because if I remember right he had some then sent some young to the OLR same year but really cannot remember how it went memory not the same these days

[Buster121]

He has bursts sometimes he does ok others way down no explanation if he does same all the time unless he still bringing birds in from here there and everywhere, I remember breeding him some when he first started and him sending some to the Irish one loft where they did very well for him one finished high up in the final race

I think that is sometimes the problem for some fliers and if our young Danny isn't careful could happen to him too ! I think if you buy in youngsters every year you are running the risk of weakening your team rather than strengthening it. I'm not saying you shouldn't introduce new blood as I think this can be a good thing as long as you get the balance right. You need to be able to breed from your best birds each year in order to keep on improving your blood line. Using Danny as an example, this year he bred very few youngsters from his best racers from last year and this but spent a lot of money buying birds from the same source that he has purchased from the last two years so he is relying completely on the breeder to get better birds than he already has but in reality he is probably only buying at best the same. That of course is fine if its youngsters that you want to win with
Just my opinion Many roads lead to Rome as they say

That is what I was saying other day he needs to find 1 or 2 and listen to them taking what both say then discard 50% off each and combine remaining 50%