Hi from a Total newbie

Hi all,

I am new to the pigeon world. I will be buolding my loft in the new year. Can anyone recommend a good beginers book for breeding and raceing pigeons?

Have a great Xmas all.

Welcome to the forum, hope your stay will be a happy one. as for books, I'm not a huge fan. But any questions you may have just fire away, I'm sure the guys on here will point you in the right direction. Best of luck

Thanks Gaz. How do I go about getting good blood line and not land up with pigeons that fly like chickens?

birds wrote:

Thanks Gaz. How do I go about getting good blood line and not land up with pigeons that fly like chickens?

welcome m8 ask around on here they good lot.

years of practice mate
Make a plan, get some direction. Don't swap and change your birds every year
Aim to to develop your own family of pigeons, experiment with different strains to help improve your existing stock.
Enjoy every minute of it.
Always remember there's no guarantees in this game.
Knowledge is they key.
Best of luck.

Birds---post your location-
There may be another Flyer close to you-- that can help you.

OR you can Visit

hollo and wellcome hope you enjoy ,best luck with loft in next year

I have my loft south facing mate, so it it gets sun most of the day.
The only problem if, the front gets pounded by the weather, so its always better to incorporate some kind of shutter system to stop your loft becoming wet inside, but also when you do this make sure the loft still has adequate ventilation, i.e Louvres of large vents.

Welcome to the site hope you enjoy and have input

Gaz b wrote:

years of practice mate
Make a plan, get some direction. Don't swap and change your birds every year
Aim to to develop your own family of pigeons, experiment with different strains to help improve your existing stock.
Enjoy every minute of it.
Always remember there's no guarantees in this game.
Knowledge is they key.
Best of luck.

Spot on Gaz

birds wrote:

richardpayne wrote:

hollo and wellcome hope you enjoy ,best luck with loft in next year

Hi Birds, it looks as though you are just quoting members posts, but i can see you have wrote your text in the wrong place, When you make a post add your text in the large box, and not where it says post title...... hope this helps.

Thanks Black. Is this better?

Don Webb wrote:

Welcome to the site hope you enjoy and have input

Thanks Webb. I have no input just loads of question at the moment but maybe one day.

Gaz b wrote:

I have my loft south facing mate, so it it gets sun most of the day.
The only problem if, the front gets pounded by the weather, so its always better to incorporate some kind of shutter system to stop your loft becoming wet inside, but also when you do this make sure the loft still has adequate ventilation, i.e Louvres of large vents.

Thanks Gaz. I had not thought about the shutter. I will add that to my design.

Lol I didnt when I built mine.

Hi Birds
I wish I knew how to post pictures.
Then you could see my loft.
maybe send me your e-mail address and I'll send it to you.
dr7423@yahoo.com

hi birds welcome to the site

skytx wrote:

https://i.servimg.com/u/f17/18/00/91/43/1-21-212.jpg

Thanks Skytx. Nice looking loft.

oldstrain wrote:

hi birds welcome to the site

Thanks Oldstain

welcome