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A small video, for some members. Late breds their looking good.

what are they classing as late bred birds Devo, Y/Bs bred after which month

Tony-P- wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2026 5:08 pm what are they classing as late bred birds Devo, Y/Bs bred after which month

Tony any youngsters bred in the month of July, I would class as late breds. But it depends on what type of racing you are doing, OLR some birds go in for winter racing.

Thanks Devo, I have heard a few people say Late bred's can be good racing birds, sometimes better than the birds from earlier rounds

Tony-P- wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2026 6:27 pm Thanks Devo, I have heard a few people say Late bred's can be good racing birds, sometimes better than the birds from earlier rounds

To me Tony, its all about management of any birds. You never know what you have from any youngster.

Devo1956 wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2026 6:35 pm

Tony-P- wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2026 6:27 pm Thanks Devo, I have heard a few people say Late bred's can be good racing birds, sometimes better than the birds from earlier rounds

To me Tony, its all about management of any birds. You never know what you have from any youngster.

O right thanks Devo

Tony-P- wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2026 5:08 pm what are they classing as late bred birds Devo, Y/Bs bred after which month

For me an6 youngster too young to race as a young bird is a late bred.

Andy wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2026 6:50 pm

Tony-P- wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2026 5:08 pm what are they classing as late bred birds Devo, Y/Bs bred after which month

For me an6 youngster too young to race as a young bird is a late bred.

Thanks Andy

Late breds can be very good. Well worth it if you have the space and the time to put into them, especially if they are bred off your top breeders or racers.
I think the time factor has a lot to do with it. If you can't train them as youngsters they tend to be the first ones gone the following year.
Yes, you will hear about lots of late breds that were good yearlings, but for every one, there's a lot that weren't.
Being retired to the country, I have a bit of time. So when I had three 'surprise babies' at the end of a busy breeding season, where we bred 92 and they were all sold or went to various outside breeders races, I went a bit soft and sort of adopted them. But all three are cocks and are nuisance.
One was such a menace that I put him in a breeder box with a hen and he's paired up and just sitting eggs. At 4 months old last Saturday.
In about 7 weeks they get jumped into a short race with the old birds.
This one will just about win, too.

Better one.