Eye Sign in breeding pigeons

Do any of you take eye sign seriously and breed by it ? or just look into the birds eyes to see the birds state of health? this week my wife and I have photographed a 130 or more pigeons eyes as I am trying to sort out what to breed from.

Most of these birds have been in an aviary for a few years doing nothing after the fancier that owned and raced them packed in due to ill health and old age, and I am resurrecting them for breeding purposes, check out my link if you are interested in birds Eyes, Kev

http://algarvepigeonracing.webs.com/apps/photos/

dont know nothing about eyes at all mate but i must say some of them in your pictures look nice and strong but for me i go on type size feather and body structure maybe them that know will shed more light on them

ps forgot to say your very good at taking pictures first class job mate

i have 3 dvds on it but could not fully understand it at one time it was one circle and now they talk about 5 circles

enjoyed having a look around your site kev ....thanks for shareing looked into eyesign and it is complexed and done some pairings with it in mind but to be honest did not make any impact i found pairing on the profile and gut instinct seemed to work best for me, atb

hi kev, used to be interested in eyesign years ago but dont take much notice of it now.......but in my opinion there are some top eyes in those pictures and for the eysign enthusiast they are quality.

im sure don and kev/rudderfet will be impressed by these eyes as they are into eyesign.

Hi everyone and thanks for your interest in the pictures. It took me and my wife 4 days to do these birds but it was worth it now I have the data I can study the eyes ay my leisure to make the best pairings.

I need around 20 or so super breeder eyes that are still able to breed, at least 10 hens and 10 cocks then I am going to try to breed some useful birds from them for 2012.

Around 5 of these birds have a Single Tube Iris, said to be good breeders and to perform well in Smash races. I know there are some Super star eyes among these birds, original Roosens and Bostyns as well as Chitch Albos.

Some are retired racers and some were bred for stock the rest were the original foundation birds of the man who retired from the sport through ill health and old age. A few are my stock birds and a couple of super birds that I retired this year after great results in the races and luckily they have Super breeder eyes.

Whatever happens it will be fun breeding from them on a large scale and seeing what happens with the off spring.

I hope you all enjoy looking at the pics that my wife worked so hard on, lol, and would appreciate any feedback on any ring numbers good or otherwise Kev.

http://algarvepigeonracing.webs.com/apps/photos/

hi kev, could you tell me about the pupil on photo 14 being oval......? is this the angle of the camera ?

Hi David one or 2 do have oval pupils, but which section do you mean? I have catologued the birds Hen and Cocks with coloured split rings so that I can find them again easier when I need to catch them, Kev

http://algarvepigeonracing.webs.com/apps/photos/

i kev, in the cocks breeding section..........

I am an eye sign nut and have studied the eyes for years with millions of pictures on my computer, I must say your pictures are top draw and excellant quality. I will have a look at them and give my opinion on any I like.

Rudderfett wrote:

I am an eye sign nut and have studied the eyes for years with millions of pictures on my computer, I must say your pictures are top draw and excellant quality. I will have a look at them and give my opinion on any I like.

Thanks Rudderfett that would be very helpful and my wife will be pleased about your comment on the quality as she took the pics while I held the Birds, lol. Kev

David wrote:

i kev, in the cocks breeding section..........

Hi David yes that is the old cock he has what I have heard called a slot eye he looks like a reptile.

http://algarvepigeonracing.webs.com/apps/photos/

Hi Kev

Can only access the first 18 eyes mate the first eye top left is a good eye to me

Full credit for the photos you have taken

don, click on one of the 18 eyes ............

David i did and nothing at all mate

Hi Don , all the eyes are in seperate file folders and I rung the birds with diff coloured split rings after photographing so I can find them easier.

I have just been to the site and checked and all the files are opening ok, maybe there was a blip with the website last night, Kev.

http://algarvepigeonracing.webs.com/apps/photos/

Hi again to anyone interested in Eyesign, I have made a few adjustments to the website hosting all the photographs so it should work better or faster, as I say any comments good or bad will be appreciated, Kev

http://algarvepigeonracing.webs.com/apps/photos/

Hi kev let me first say well done on the photos nice job have had a look through but as i say "I KNOW NOTHING" will PM you with the birds i like and if you can tell me if i am correct or on the right track cheers Don

i just like to make sure they have 2

Well thats a good policy, I like them to have two good ones too.

http://algarvepigeonracing.webs.com/apps/photos/

Don Webb wrote:

Hi kev let me first say well done on the photos nice job have had a look through but as i say "I KNOW NOTHING" will PM you with the birds i like and if you can tell me if i am correct or on the right track cheers Don

come on don, you cant do that.................. let it be known which you would say were winners or breeders of winners, and who knows some of the others might give their opinion on them too and we could find out whos right........


ill stick my neck out if you do don, come on martyn you too............

hi is it kev? i tried to understand this eyesign about 30-40 years ago it was just the one circle around the pupil now they say there are 5 circles +a mountain range is it possible to take one of your eyes and explain what this all means cheers george

i george, click on the jack barkel site link at the top of the page and it explains the five circles...........

once on the site click eyesign evaluation and iridoligy

I don't reali get all this eye sign stuff or w.e else people use I.e body shapes or wing steps ect if I like to birds they get paired together and so far had a 2nd club and some guy had 2 1st from I bird I bred so good enuff for me

i think some pigeon men make pigeon keeping/breeding /racing harder than it needs to be...............