hello david and friends

hello to all just back from holiday so havent been on so fathers been holding the fort for me but back to work with these pigeons again nice to be back . birds well through the moult but feathers still all over in the mornings . hope you all had a good season with the birds and have a nice team for next year we have done very well this year again wining 4 trophys and picking up the most points in the young birds with the most firsts and second places. winning the fastest velocity as well so more than happy this year. club dinner on the 29th so we will get our trophys then . so looking forward to it again going forward every year . two diverant trophys this year 1 for the first bird home from the young bird national 352 miles in our club so very very happy about that win just like the others . hows everyone been keeping

welldone john top man also glad to see your back on mate

yes thats it all over for another year ian . just starting to think about next years pairings now trying to get young cocks settled to boxes and what not . allways things to be done . looking forward to see some of these young birds through the moult ian some very nice birds again this year . got a nice young bird team for next year 44 young birds out of our 58 this is gary ian father john taking a break lol

spot on john hope they do you proud

yes we just have to keep trying to improve every year ian which we have been so fingers crossed we keep on the way we have been its a great sport with alot of downs but the ups make it all worth it

yes your right john but the best thing is just enjoy it

yes you got it in one ian . and we do that all year round

yes john once i loose the buzz when they are due back off a race then i think its time to call it a day

think everyone at one point has felt like that ian . its just pigeon racing for you

hi gary, good to have you back on site......youve certainly done well again this season, your getting better each year
some great performances gary, im sure your very proud of the birds achievements.

stormqueen wrote:

think everyone at one point has felt like that ian . its just pigeon racing for you

yes sure ill be in the sport until the end mate lol

am sure you will ian

hello david yes got the phone call yesterday telling us we had won 4 trophys and two keepers so very pleased .yes your right the birds has been geting better three years now in a row . so geting our own bloodlines mixed in to the ritchie and whites . just to cross them back in again to the ritchie and white to give us three quarters r/w in our race team . over
the moon david things going grand

good to hear gary, bet you cant wait to get started again next season.............

minds all ready ticking over david . looking forward to seeing them through the moult . some nice reds left this year 12 left and mealys too

funny that, this year ive a few reds and mealies..........when i go to feed up im always looking and thinking what i can pair togeather next season.

david is redxred or red xmealy nornally paired together george

hi geaorge, dont know....ive paired a red ch cock to a blue bar hen, they produced two dk cheqs in one nest and a strawbery mealy and a blue in the other nest.....

i also paired a mealy cock to a blue bar hen and they produced 4 mealies............

so im not sure what they will breed because they seem to breed anything of colour really

this year one of our pair;s went together. and the result was meallie pied cock and red pied cock
the pairing was dark chk hen x red pied cock.

always interesting the colour breeding, ive read somewhere that blues and reds breed different sex ybs depending which parent is red or blue........cant remember what it was tho

whats the ch pied in the avatar john ?

David i thought you were not sure how you would pair the reds and mealys and as you already knew it was redx blue thats all george

yes david.
it;s something it would be good to know.
i did read an article about what colour you can get with different pairing;s.
but it got to completed for my brain cell so i put it down.
john.
think it;s a bird we breed last year david.
gary says the chk pied was a bird we exchanged from a fancer in england.
just let you see david i don;t know our on birds

rainbow wrote:

David i thought you were not sure how you would pair the reds and mealys and as you already knew it was redx blue thats all george

ah right george, was confused to what you meant............this coming breeding season im putting the gay pied in the picture to a mealy janssen cock, dont know what they will produce but im pairing the best young hen to the best young cock.

yes i had a site for genetics/colour breeding but lost it off my favourites when we changed the google chrome..........