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Re: Looks a bit tricky Saturday
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 3:50 pm
by NeilA
NeilA wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 3:15 pm
I should add I have a few stock I haven’t raced but I’m ok with
In the future amd I’m heading that way all 8 stock pairs will have been raced to gain a spot in the loft
Next year I’m changing things
So 16 pairs to race 8 stock pairs I will slip the eggs under racers and allow the other 8 to rear , I dont want the these ybs but I’m trying to race the cock to the box more as I may race a bit further with hens and if I lose a hen I don’t lose his focus so much
If I was sprinting to 200 miles only
I wouldn’t bother to breed I have proved that it’s not required
Re: Looks a bit tricky Saturday
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 4:06 pm
by CHARLTON34
Thanks for your reply Mike & explanation.
Regards Dave.
Re: Looks a bit tricky Saturday
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 5:06 pm
by MIL
CHARLTON34 wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 4:06 pm
Thanks for your reply Mike & explanation.
Regards Dave.
Pleasure
Re: Looks a bit tricky Saturday
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 7:56 pm
by NeilA
Andy wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 6:52 pm
Got my last one home today from Saturdays race.
Good
How many do you have left now from the 24 or so ?
I have lost 20 percent but it’s strange as I 50 percent are lost from gifts from people who wanted me to try them out which was kind of them
Of my own I would say 10-15 per cent lost
Re: Looks a bit tricky Saturday
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 9:57 pm
by NeilA
Trev wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 9:32 pm
NeilA wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 7:56 pm
Andy wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 6:52 pm
Got my last one home today from Saturdays race.
Good
How many do you have left now from the 24 or so ?
I have lost 20 percent but it’s strange as I 50 percent are lost from gifts from people who wanted me to try them out which was kind of them
Of my own I would say 10-15 per cent lost
Much the same for me Neil, most of the birds I've bred from my original stock are still here, it's the new introductions I'm losing !!
Kind of people to give them but I gave 8 lovely babies away to make room , you live and learn but the people meant well
Is it being born in the loft ? Maybe that’s why one lofts have such massive loses
Re: Looks a bit tricky Saturday
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2024 7:26 am
by MIL
One thing we know for sure George is that OLR (especially in the UK) have what most reasonable minded fanciers would class as horrific losses
An example
This snapshot was taken yesterday
The day after liberation
The RPRA OLR is now down to just 43 birds
And that was more than 24 hrs after being libbed
Re: Looks a bit tricky Saturday
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2024 7:33 am
by MIL
To put it into context they started with 547 birds
Re: Looks a bit tricky Saturday
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2024 8:07 am
by NeilA
Devo1956 wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2024 12:05 am
NeilA wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 9:57 pm
Trev wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 9:32 pm
Much the same for me Neil, most of the birds I've bred from my original stock are still here, it's the new introductions I'm losing !!
Kind of people to give them but I gave 8 lovely babies away to make room , you live and learn but the people meant well
Is it being born in the loft ? Maybe that’s why one lofts have such massive loses
So Neil, you dont know a lot about Olr. but you make a statement over OIR. loses?
I think I have seen enough information on uk one lofts to make my mind up
Maybe you think like the examples Mike just posted are decent I call them terrible
Re: Looks a bit tricky Saturday
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2024 8:10 am
by NeilA
Andy wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2024 7:51 am
From the 21 I bred and from the 14 I started training after disposing of 4 and losing 3 off the loft I have 7 left. So a third of what I originally bred or half of what I started training.
Will you stop them
Soon ?
I’m thinking of this week and next then stopping as that will be 5 races and there started this week to show there naturals
Re: Looks a bit tricky Saturday
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2024 8:18 am
by NeilA
Best of luck with the end of the season