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    PostSubject: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyTue Oct 16, 2012 4:21 pm

    Remember this being asked a while back, but never really to any conclusion lol.

    Do members think that big wattles have any connection to how the bird performs, or the family etc and does a wattle actually do anything at all?
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyTue Oct 16, 2012 5:08 pm

    in my humble opinion alex, wattle size means absolutely nothing, it has no bearing on race performance.......
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyTue Oct 16, 2012 5:13 pm

    i was told the older birds had big wattles and they were better for distance but i,m not sure now if thats true,i had one yearling this year with a very big wattle and the bloke i got him off told us he would fly the distance,so i,m not sure if this applies ,the big wattled birds are for distance for some reason..
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyTue Oct 16, 2012 5:13 pm

    just a thing for old age in my opinion has no reflection on anything really




    http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/222709_1044088516778_871_n.jpg


    hope this picture works cock had huge wattles bred nothing
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyTue Oct 16, 2012 5:20 pm

    yes the link worked fletch, the pigeon with the biggest wattles in my loft is a lefebre dhaenen and they are short to middle distance....but as i say in my opinion wattle size plays no part in racing ability.... No
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyTue Oct 16, 2012 6:14 pm

    We got a Willy Thass cock of a freind he has big wattles he has 7,1sts and has flown the chanell 15,times and he has bred us a couple of winners he is a cracking pigeon.
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyTue Oct 16, 2012 6:21 pm

    its funny you say that,the bird i was on about was willy thas and his whattle was big for a yearling,wish i had kept him now,nevermind
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyTue Oct 16, 2012 6:32 pm

    coincidence ray...... lol!
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyTue Oct 16, 2012 6:39 pm

    Anyone think that wattles may attract a female? Lol
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyTue Oct 16, 2012 7:17 pm

    Alex wrote:
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    rays wife says hes only got a little wattle ...........pmsl
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyTue Oct 16, 2012 7:18 pm

    David wrote:
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    rays wife says hes only got a little wattle ...........pmsl



    PMSL lol! lol! lol! lol! lol!
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyTue Oct 16, 2012 8:51 pm

    David wrote:
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    rays wife says hes only got a little wattle ...........pmsl

    lol!lol!lol!lol!lol!lol!
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyWed Oct 17, 2012 6:44 am

    lol! lol! thats not nice Ray is it lol! we all love you really
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyWed Oct 17, 2012 12:27 pm

    David wrote:
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    rays wife says hes only got a little wattle ...........pmsl
    Apparently so David lol Wink

    So do wattles have no purpose at all? Pretty weird if they have them just for show lol
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyWed Oct 17, 2012 12:33 pm

    wattles protect the nostrils from weather conditions, a bird can adjust air through its nostrils with them.
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyWed Oct 17, 2012 12:36 pm

    Perhaps when a bird gets older it needs more protection?
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyWed Oct 17, 2012 12:47 pm

    dont we all
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyWed Oct 17, 2012 4:43 pm

    Alex wrote:
    Perhaps when a bird gets older it needs more protection?

    i think age does have an effect on the wattle alex, usually older pigeons have larger wattles, this is what ive found anyway.......as for wattle size having any bearing on racing abilities, just look in the weeklies or the pictorial and see if the major race winning birds have big wattles...... study
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyWed Oct 17, 2012 9:17 pm

    i agree with david big wattles are usualy a sign of age and either way has no bearing on the quality of a bird though it does look effective and attractive on some birds
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyWed Oct 17, 2012 9:57 pm

    Yep it does look quite attractive and I do like to see a pigeon with a wattle, looks quite nice....
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyWed Oct 17, 2012 10:42 pm

    David wrote:
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    i think age does have an effect on the wattle alex, usually older pigeons have larger wattles, this is what ive found anyway.......as for wattle size having any bearing on racing abilities, just look in the weeklies or the pictorial and see if the major race winning birds have big wattles...... study

    Will agree david

    But Alex as pigeons have got faster they have become more streamline to allow for faster movement through the skye

    If you go back in time and look at birds in the 1950/60's all old bird had massive whattles the older they was the bigger they got but as time has moved forward so have the aero dinamics of pigeons
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyThu Oct 18, 2012 7:50 am

    Interesting points there don Smile suppose that the big wattles are being bred out of birds for that reason...because not all the old birds I have, have got big wattles...there's an 05 dhanen with a wattle like a yearling, so it shows they dont all have them...then 08 birds with big wattles lol, all the birds that are over 05 old have big wattles though lol
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    David wrote:
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    rays wife says hes only got a little wattle ...........pmsl

    lol correct,but its filled 3 prams
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    peel bros wrote:
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    rays wife says hes only got a little wattle ...........pmsl

    lol correct,but its filled 3 prams




    you filthy man......... lol! lol! lol!
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    PostSubject: Re: Big Wattles?   Big Wattles? EmptyThu Oct 18, 2012 9:25 pm

    peel bros wrote:
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    rays wife says hes only got a little wattle ...........pmsl

    lol correct,but its filled 3 prams

    Pure quality Ray lol! lol! lol! lol!
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