quickspin
825 posts
Aug 27, 2008
10:01 AM
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I lost my holdover kit from last year. Birds that you have that are not born this year.
I have two kits this year and if I lock them up to fly next year I will have two holdover kits for 2009.
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SALAS LOFT
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Ragin Rollers
56 posts
Aug 27, 2008
10:12 AM
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THESE are the birds that arent quite good enough for the A TEAM --YET-- but are decent enough to replace birds in the A TEAM if sometime goes wrong...
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Santandercol
2954 posts
Aug 27, 2008
9:47 PM
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I've heard racing bird guys call birds that were late in the season hatched and not flown that season "Holdover birds".
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
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Mount Airy Lofts
776 posts
Aug 27, 2008
10:52 PM
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Correct me if I am wrong here but I'd all ways called Yearlings - Hold Overs. A Hold over team is a team consisting of all last year's birds.
Here is the run down:
2008 = Young bird
2007 = Yearlings/Hold over
2006, 2005, 2004, etc = Old bird
Maybe that is just me,
Thor
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It's all about the friends we make :)
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gotspin7
1776 posts
Aug 28, 2008
4:37 AM
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I will call a team of birds a hold over kit only if they were held over from the previous year..lol
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Sal Ortiz
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Newflyer
193 posts
Aug 28, 2008
5:31 PM
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Mount Airy Lofts.........as far as Iam concerned that's the same way I think of it too.
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Fly High and Roll On
Paul
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CSRA
1650 posts
Aug 31, 2008
3:44 PM
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i am with gotspin birds from the previous year(s)
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fhtfire
1481 posts
Aug 31, 2008
11:14 PM
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Hold over birds are birds that are held over from previous years...they can be A-team or B-team birds...They are usually birds that dont make the stock loft but are strong team birds...so all the birds in my A team for previous years are hold over birds......usually it is just a handfull of birds that made the cull cut .....
rock and ROLL
Paul
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Velo99
1888 posts
Sep 01, 2008
5:31 AM
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I have two 25 bird teams. Both composed of yb`s except for 5 old birds in the yb team. They are seperated chronologically. I call the oldest one the young bird team. I call the youngest one the squeaker kit. I will call them "The squeaker kit" til next year when I get another kit of squeakers up. Confuses my friends when I talk about the squeaker kit in December. lol
After the World Cup,I will cull one team or 25 birds.The remaining birds will the be "the kit". Hatch 50 and cull down to 50 total by September.I am not averse to sending my remaining team down the road as fast as an early landing outbird,did it this year after a succession of foibles.
I will do this in hopes of eventually having the team I visualise when I close my eyes and see a "real" break. Each bird tucked up and spinning with proper style and velocity. Funny thing is I never see anything but the birds. No trophies,500 dollar breeder pairs,or trips around the world,just birds.
V99
Straight up,no chaser.
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Last Edited by on Sep 01, 2008 5:39 AM
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sundance
782 posts
Sep 01, 2008
12:24 PM
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LOL I swear I`ve had the same dream... a few times... Kinda creepy huh?
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Butch @
Sundance Roller Lofts
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