ferret333 747 Posted February 15, 2024 Report Share Posted February 15, 2024 15 hours ago, vfr400boy said: Do you race the whites? Last year I bred just 2 whites. I rung them and raced the pair. Lost the cock, still have the hen. I'll race her this year again. I'm not sure about her lineage, but the other pairs I have are from a racing line so interested to see how they do Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,573 Posted February 16, 2024 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2024 23 hours ago, ferret333 said: Last year I bred just 2 whites. I rung them and raced the pair. Lost the cock, still have the hen. I'll race her this year again. I'm not sure about her lineage, but the other pairs I have are from a racing line so interested to see how they do Cool they pure whites ? Be our first year racing this year Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,573 Posted February 18, 2024 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2024 Am on the look out for 2 white cocks as iv 2 spear hens Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ferret333 747 Posted February 18, 2024 Report Share Posted February 18, 2024 3 hours ago, vfr400boy said: Am on the look out for 2 white cocks as iv 2 spear hens I'm north east england, Middlesbrough way, how far from you. A lad on my allotments has 20, I can get you some. He mainly has hens but I'm sure there will be a cock amongst them 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ferret333 747 Posted February 18, 2024 Report Share Posted February 18, 2024 On 16/02/2024 at 21:09, vfr400boy said: Cool they pure whites ? Be our first year racing this year Yes pure. Cool all the best. It was my first year last year, we won 5 club races and won in our federation Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,573 Posted February 19, 2024 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2024 13 hours ago, ferret333 said: Yes pure. Cool all the best. It was my first year last year, we won 5 club races and won in our federation Well done am just hoping to get birds back don't think we will win but can only try , am in East Yorkshire Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ferret333 747 Posted February 19, 2024 Report Share Posted February 19, 2024 3 hours ago, vfr400boy said: Well done am just hoping to get birds back don't think we will win but can only try , am in East Yorkshire If you want any advice I can tell you what exactly we did and how we fed. I'm no expert but it worked for us well 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,573 Posted February 24, 2024 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2024 First 5 young birds out and enjoying the sunshine 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pengelli 375 Posted February 27, 2024 Report Share Posted February 27, 2024 theres a lad near me him and his wife have a few white racers and they use them at peoples funerals and weddings ect they have a white basket for them and by all accounts they do quite well ££££ not a bad side line imo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,573 Posted March 17, 2024 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2024 Lads racers hatched yesterday he's well happy 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,573 Posted May 18, 2024 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2024 Lads team of 8 is coming on well they starting to clear off for 30mins now flying well 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,573 Posted May 15 Author Report Share Posted May 15 Young lad has his first race this Saturday 130 miles , we have only just come out of flockdown last week so we'll be hind with training but will send his best 2 and see what happens 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WataWalloper 2,409 Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 1 minute ago, vfr400boy said: Young lad has his first race this Saturday 130 miles , we have only just come out of flockdown last week so we'll be hind with training but will send his best 2 and see what happens Keep us posted on how he gets on pal 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,573 Posted May 17 Author Report Share Posted May 17 They back 2 hours behind everyone else but was there first race so am happy and so is my lad 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WataWalloper 2,409 Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 33 minutes ago, vfr400boy said: They back 2 hours behind everyone else but was there first race so am happy and so is my lad Excellent mate, time will come with fitness but atleast they doing what they meant to, bet he buzzing 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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