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Winner every week at a specific distance? Only day bird from the distance races?
Consistent performer every week?
Two examples. Had the only bird (young birds ) from 320 miles on a tough day. She never ever bred me anything worth while in the following years. Had a dark check cock that was so so as a young bird. Same when he was a yearling. 2 year old shipped him twice then kept him back. Useless pigeon, I thought.Then after missing a bunch of races I sent him 600 miles. Won the club by 2 hours. 5th Federation. Hawk got him a few weeks later. Nowadays and especially this year top percentage of performers stay. Rest go. Hard to do when one gets attached to specific pigeons. Young birds usually 10% are any good. I have 40. So keep 4 to 10. Again, hard to do. Again, only reliable criteria I can use is best to best.
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Your posting makes interesting reading Hal, and your question is extremely valid. I suppose, at the end of the day, one has to try all one's pigeons in the race basket and breed from them over several years to get any real idea of what the bird is like. I have heard stories of fanciers having pigeons that couldn't find their way out of a paper bag, or even do 1000 yards a minute, but have bred them some really super pigeons.

Now I don't know if this is true because I have never experienced it myself, nor have I ever met anybody with these claims, but what does not seem logical to me is, if a pigeon is rubbish at racing, how does it ever get kept to breed from?

Logically, only a fool would breed from birds he thought were rubbish but - hey- what do I know!

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I agree with hal, most pigeons are no good........work out the % of winners out of the number of birds bred each season and its obvious, most are no good, in fact I would say most fanciers can count on one hand the number of exceptional pigeons they have owned.

I think what makes a good pigeon has to be how well it raced or how well it bred, its all we can go on....
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I agree with hal, most pigeons are no good........work out the % of winners out of the number of birds bred each season and its obvious, most are no good, in fact I would say most fanciers can count on one hand the number of exceptional pigeons they have owned.

I think what makes a good pigeon has to be how well it raced or how well it bred, its all we can go on....


Exactly David - well said.

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A bird that tries every week no matter what the obstacles, wind ect ect but also win races
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A leader not a follower there the best birds.
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PostSubject: Re: What is a good pigeon?   What is a good pigeon? EmptyWed Jun 07, 2017 8:51 am

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A leader not a follower there the best birds.
Simple, but true. But Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes for the average pigeon flyer etc they tend to belong to other flyers on the whole I suspect sadly & as such they must start racing bird against bird in their own loft to weed them out & just hope one day they strick gold by playing the game of elimination by the basket come race day.
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PostSubject: Re: What is a good pigeon?   What is a good pigeon? EmptyWed Jun 07, 2017 11:55 pm

blueskylofts wrote:
Your posting makes interesting reading Hal, and your question is extremely valid.  I suppose, at the end of the day, one has to try all one's pigeons in the race basket and breed from them over several years to get any real idea of what the bird is like. I have heard stories of fanciers having pigeons that couldn't find their way out of a paper bag, or even do 1000 yards a minute, but have bred them some really super pigeons.

Now I don't know if this is true because I have never experienced it myself, nor have I ever met anybody with these claims, but what does not seem logical to me is, if a pigeon is rubbish at racing, how does it ever get kept to breed from?

Logically, only a fool would breed from birds he thought were rubbish but - hey- what do I know!

Phil

Phil lets put you right about having pigeons that are rubbish at flying but breed winners

In 1987 I brought a youngster of stuitabault strain dark / black hen she was a complete waste of space at training and even worse at racing at the end of the season I had even pairs and paired her to an old cock breed 2 rounds and raced the youngster

Come racing the 4 youngsters went into the first race first 4 pigeons was them 4 youngsters at the end of the season them youngsters won 14 cards between them

That hen was paired to a different cock the next year same again 4 youngsters 2 prize winners

Now I never had top quality pigeons to pair with her but I can tell you I had over 60 prize winners with her blood running through them, she was a fantastic hen

One of her son's won in one weekend
1st Club Dorcester 600+ birds, 13th Fed 6,000+, 1st Ring Special £300+ pounds

Following Week
1st Club Cherbourg 200+ birds, 7th Fed 4.000+, 1st Fed Championship and 1st Y/B Loft knockout £600+ pounds

One Daughter
15 channel races and never nighted out always on the day won 12 prizes her best position was
1st Club Saintes 480 miles, 5th Fed 3,000 birds

The best son from her won 12 firsts at sprint racing best fed position was 4th

we had other sons with 5,6,8 firsts and loads of other prizes

Daughters were good channels pigeons they never let us down always in the prizes the best was sent 6 daughters to Nantes 366 miles North East wind at 12 hours put 4 on the clock within 20 minutes for 1,2 4,6 club not sure of fed positions

It was the same with Grand children, great grand children, great great grand children ect all winners

The old hen as she was named later breed prizes winners every year and she was even a prize winner in the show pen, she won in the eyesign show at the RP old comrades show

And that was from a pigeon that from a 20 mile training toss would take most of the day
From a 70 mile race would take all day to come
From 100 miles she would night out and come back late in the afternoon and at the end of the season she was the first in the list to be removed but we needed a hen and she was the last hen left

What a pigeon how lucky was I not to have removed her from the loft

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PostSubject: Re: What is a good pigeon?   What is a good pigeon? EmptyThu Jun 08, 2017 12:24 am

Yes Don. Have had a cock did pretty much the same. BB hen also. Cock a Stichallbout hen a Van Loon. If one has the room any pigeon one takes a liking to is usually kept. I have been guilty of that most of my flying years. Nowadays I need to cut down. Apart from one Venus (Ganus )cock all my birds I keep as breeders, 12 pairs, have raced and won. Some will be replaced this year with racers. Oops! Not quite true! One stray hen (Red fox Jansen) and one stray cock BBar will be kept. Mated together. Why?  Curious!
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PostSubject: Re: What is a good pigeon?   What is a good pigeon? EmptyThu Jun 08, 2017 4:28 am

Don Webb wrote:
blueskylofts wrote:
Your posting makes interesting reading Hal, and your question is extremely valid.  I suppose, at the end of the day, one has to try all one's pigeons in the race basket and breed from them over several years to get any real idea of what the bird is like. I have heard stories of fanciers having pigeons that couldn't find their way out of a paper bag, or even do 1000 yards a minute, but have bred them some really super pigeons.

Now I don't know if this is true because I have never experienced it myself, nor have I ever met anybody with these claims, but what does not seem logical to me is, if a pigeon is rubbish at racing, how does it ever get kept to breed from?

Logically, only a fool would breed from birds he thought were rubbish but - hey- what do I know!

Phil

Phil lets put you right about having pigeons that are rubbish at flying but breed winners

In 1987 I brought a youngster of stuitabault strain dark / black hen she was a complete waste of space at training and even worse at racing at the end of the season I had even pairs and paired her to an old cock breed 2 rounds and raced the youngster

Come racing the 4 youngsters went into the first race first 4 pigeons was them 4 youngsters at the end of the season them youngsters won 14 cards between them

That hen was paired to a different cock the next year same again 4 youngsters 2 prize winners

Now I never had top quality pigeons to pair with her but I can tell you I had over 60 prize winners with her blood running through them, she was a fantastic hen

One of her son's won in one weekend
1st Club Dorcester 600+ birds, 13th Fed 6,000+, 1st Ring Special £300+ pounds

Following Week
1st Club Cherbourg 200+ birds, 7th Fed 4.000+, 1st Fed Championship and 1st Y/B Loft knockout £600+ pounds

One Daughter
15 channel races and never nighted out always on the day won 12 prizes her best position was
1st Club Saintes 480 miles, 5th Fed 3,000 birds

The best son from her won 12 firsts at sprint racing best fed position was 4th

we had other sons with 5,6,8 firsts and loads of other prizes

Daughters were good channels pigeons they never let us down always in the prizes the best was sent 6 daughters to Nantes 366 miles North East wind  at 12 hours put 4 on the clock within 20 minutes for 1,2 4,6 club not sure of fed positions

It was the same with Grand children, great grand children, great great grand children ect all winners

The old hen as she was named later breed prizes winners every year and she was even a prize winner in the show pen, she won in the eyesign show at the RP old comrades show

And that was from a pigeon that from a 20 mile training toss would take most of the day
From a 70 mile race would take all day to come
From 100 miles she would night out and come back late in the afternoon and at the end of the season she was the first in the list to be removed but we needed a hen and she was the last hen left

What a pigeon how lucky was I not to have removed her from the loft

 
Interesting read Don Smile Smile also interesting, that you purchased the bird for starters etc & so I suspect it would have had a half decent pedigree to boot there also.
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No Kanacked she came with no pedigree

The reason why my dad brought this hen was because there was a sale arranged for a family who had a house fire and lost everything, the sale was to raise money to help the family get back on there feet

And yes they also raced pigeons

But the person we brought the hen of was a good flyer who was getting on in age and would always ask my dad if I could go and live with his wife and me as he loved my enthusiasm for pigeons

So when I saw that he had offered a youngster from the pick of his team I pestered my dad to buy it which he did for the grand sum of £5 pounds sterling and it was the best money we ever spent

My dad went over to pick the fanciers loft to see his entire young bird team and was left to pick out a youngster of his own choice

And that's how we got The Old Hen
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Yes Don. Have had a cock did pretty much the same. BB hen also. Cock a Stichallbout hen a Van Loon. If one has the room any pigeon one takes a liking to is usually kept. I have been guilty of that most of my flying years. Nowadays I need to cut down. Apart from one Venus (Ganus )cock all my birds I keep as breeders, 12 pairs, have raced and won. Some will be replaced this year with racers. Oops! Not quite true! One stray hen (Red fox Jansen) and one stray cock BBar will be kept. Mated together. Why?  Curious!


All the best Hal hope all works out
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PostSubject: Re: What is a good pigeon?   What is a good pigeon? EmptyFri Jun 09, 2017 8:41 am

Don Webb wrote:
No Kanacked she came with no pedigree

The reason why my dad brought this hen was because there was a sale arranged for a family who had a house fire and lost everything, the sale was to raise money to help the family get back on there feet

And yes they also raced pigeons

But the person we brought the hen of was a good flyer who was getting on in age and would always ask my dad if I could go and live with his wife and me as he loved my enthusiasm for pigeons

So when I saw that he had offered a youngster from the pick of his team I pestered my dad to buy it which he did for the grand sum of £5 pounds sterling and it was the best money we ever spent

My dad went over to pick the fanciers loft to see his entire young bird team and was left to pick out a youngster of his own choice

And that's how we got The Old Hen
OK Smile Smile maybe there is some hope for the battlers Don, buying the cheapy type birds etc.   cheers
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Don Webb wrote:
blueskylofts wrote:
Your posting makes interesting reading Hal, and your question is extremely valid.  I suppose, at the end of the day, one has to try all one's pigeons in the race basket and breed from them over several years to get any real idea of what the bird is like. I have heard stories of fanciers having pigeons that couldn't find their way out of a paper bag, or even do 1000 yards a minute, but have bred them some really super pigeons.

Now I don't know if this is true because I have never experienced it myself, nor have I ever met anybody with these claims, but what does not seem logical to me is, if a pigeon is rubbish at racing, how does it ever get kept to breed from?

Logically, only a fool would breed from birds he thought were rubbish but - hey- what do I know!

Phil

Phil lets put you right about having pigeons that are rubbish at flying but breed winners

In 1987 I brought a youngster of stuitabault strain dark / black hen she was a complete waste of space at training and even worse at racing at the end of the season I had even pairs and paired her to an old cock breed 2 rounds and raced the youngster

Come racing the 4 youngsters went into the first race first 4 pigeons was them 4 youngsters at the end of the season them youngsters won 14 cards between them

That hen was paired to a different cock the next year same again 4 youngsters 2 prize winners

Now I never had top quality pigeons to pair with her but I can tell you I had over 60 prize winners with her blood running through them, she was a fantastic hen

One of her son's won in one weekend
1st Club Dorcester 600+ birds, 13th Fed 6,000+, 1st Ring Special £300+ pounds

Following Week
1st Club Cherbourg 200+ birds, 7th Fed 4.000+, 1st Fed Championship and 1st Y/B Loft knockout £600+ pounds

One Daughter
15 channel races and never nighted out always on the day won 12 prizes her best position was
1st Club Saintes 480 miles, 5th Fed 3,000 birds

The best son from her won 12 firsts at sprint racing best fed position was 4th

we had other sons with 5,6,8 firsts and loads of other prizes

Daughters were good channels pigeons they never let us down always in the prizes the best was sent 6 daughters to Nantes 366 miles North East wind  at 12 hours put 4 on the clock within 20 minutes for 1,2 4,6 club not sure of fed positions

It was the same with Grand children, great grand children, great great grand children ect all winners

The old hen as she was named later breed prizes winners every year and she was even a prize winner in the show pen, she won in the eyesign show at the RP old comrades show

And that was from a pigeon that from a 20 mile training toss would take most of the day
From a 70 mile race would take all day to come
From 100 miles she would night out and come back late in the afternoon and at the end of the season she was the first in the list to be removed but we needed a hen and she was the last hen left

What a pigeon how lucky was I not to have removed her from the loft

 

good read that don Smile
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