How do members pair...?

do you just let them choose their own partner alexhe...?

no, i will use the theory of ' best to best' based on the pedegree+ colour+eyesign. actually i haven't got many birds, so it's easy for me to decide which bird pairs to which one.

yes i think i will do simmilar alex, best to best or the ones i think are the best anyway.......

alex, did you tell me you have staf van reets ....?

yes, i've only got one staf van reet hen left now. ( cock escaped) and i am going to pair this hen with a black Louella Ebony X Aarden cock.

I always paired my best to best

Paired up by eyesign one year because i was always on about eyesign and my dad said just this once the youngsters did well

never really got into eyesign myself...more the birds shape, like the way it stands.

As Ian tells everyone i know nothing, and that is right but after 25+ years looking at this subject i still know nothing but i do like eyesign

ive always been interested in eyesign don, for racing im sceptical.....as for breeding i think it could be usefull.

Eyes are interesting mate, like to see a bird with nice bright eyes....Just seems to be better for me pairing through performance....and the stock bred birds paired through similar sort of characteristics...

Mate it is everyone to there own, what ever works for you

Will see how this goes....

Im sure rudafett pairs by eyesign?

i think a few do alex, even tho they are not "eyesign" enthusiasts they do consider certain aspects of the eye when considering pairings.........

I pair putting a cock and hen together I hope they have eyes so they can see ho they are mating too what i have allways said if eye sine was the be all and end all there would be no fun in raceing anymore when I pick up a bird for the race I do look if it got two eyes but I dont no anything about eyes when I look at all the eyes of winners and champions they all seem to be different to me but every body to there way of thinking

will agree with you ginger, as far as racing its irrelivant really.......its no good evaluating a pigeons eye when you know how its performed is it. but as far as breeding goes i think maybe a fancier can predict whet ybs will race like off certain eyes/birds if they are a family he has had for a while......

Yes I think your right Im one of the lucky ones i can 9 times out of 10 tell when they come out of the nest if they are going to fly thats my birds

yes thats right ginger, you know your own birds dont you...........i suppose if a fancier breeds say for instance a mealy in a nest he might know by experrience it will be no good for racing, but if a cheq is bred it might be good.......

its all about knowing your own birds probably, isnt it......

I dont go by colour i go by the down on there head when they are about 28 days and they can get up to a perch if they still have down on there heads and im talking about a lot of it they turn out to be flyers I no this might seem funny but about 3 years ago I bred 6 for Renes brother I told him 4 would fly and 2 would not he said to me how do you no at the end of the season he had the four that I told him I dont no if Rene noes that

Ginger169 wrote:

Yes I think your right Im one of the lucky ones i can 9 times out of 10 tell when they come out of the nest if they are going to fly thats my birds

yes i knew that and if i remember rightly he ended givin them to Sid and they got wasted yeh and the 9 times out of the 10 your always right ya sod just wished i was able yo do it like you do

I pair winner to winner or winner to brother/sister of winner ,just never pair two eyes the same together

in the tippler world ov pigeons we put the best performers together but very rarely do we inbreed. birds that dont do 10 hours plus are binn ed most ov the time thats why theres not a lot ov rubbish about with high flyers

What sort of hours are yours up doing mate? 15?

i,ll not be pairing untill mid jan as mine are being treat for paratythoid, they need two injections for it . it will cost me nearly 200 pound again but this has got to be done and this will be done every year from now on as well as paramixo injection. sorry about the spelling but you know what i mean

my birds have done 11 hours but they were late breds and now theres not enuff lite hours in the day so i just keep the feed down and give them 6 hours or so . i hope to kick on this year cos previously i flew birds up to 17hours plus

Hello Highflierboy, could you put up a picture of one or two of your birds as I've no idea what they look like, also is it all about the length of time they fly or other aspects like their colouration as well? Also, do they tumble??
Cheers
Steve