show racers.

who on this forum breeds show racers?the reason im asking is because i have been reading the doug mclary book and he flies his show racers out.im pretty sure the show racers i have are fat,heavy and just a bit spongy when you hold them.you can defenetely feel thats the breast is fat not muscle.im going to fly my youngsters with my horseman.got 2 pair on eggs but one of the eggs got squashed probably because they are too heavy.just wondering if anyone flies theirs out.

chris perry would be a good person to ask he tells me his showracers just hang about the house a few laps and thats yer lot lol all the ones ive seen have been big chunky birds

i once had a red cheq show racer and compared to my racers it couldnt keep up with them when exercising, it struggled to fly round the house in my opinion.............

Show birds are for showing and they are not for flying if you look at all the top show men they never have there birds out but they bath them in aviaryies

When stewarding at the old commarades show if one got out if you made them fly after a few laps round they wouls laid on the floor and you can grab them then because they are not for flying compared to a race bird

i've kept show racers from last year, so still a novice really, but doug's books are an excellant read having read them myself,
if ever you want to ask doug anything pop him an email, i have and he was good enough to reply to me on a couple of occasions.
douglasmcclary@bigpond.com

yes he does fly his show birds but for me i tried it and to be honest i think the flying abilaty has been bred out of them in a way.
i did try last year to fly out but to be honest they just wanted to sit on either the house or the shed roof,
with this experiance i my self would not bother letting them out with the racers as the chances of spoiling the race team would in my opinion be high.
having spoke to other members of the show racer sociaty on this subject most are in agreement with myself and a good sized aviary is all they need.

hope this helps, but it is just my opinion, what works for one don't always work for another

happy showing

hi chris was this youngsters you tried out?the thing is if everyone else keep their birds in then all the birds are judged on being fat not robust as they should be.maybe try a pair of squeekers with my horseman youngsters.

these was a mix of young birds and old birds,
i do agree if you handle my racers and the show birds there is a big diferance in between the two, feeding the show birds i dont do anything differant to the racers when it comes down to the amount .

i do feed a difarent mix for the show birds, i use country wide concorde mix,
]Maple Peas, Red Dari, Wheat, Tares, White Dari, Safflower, Soya Beans (Roasted).

nothing is waisted and the feather quality is second to non,
as for them ending up fat pigeons not in my case.
here's a picture of one of my best cocks i think is doing well on the feed i give them

cheers chris

what a belter chris feathering looks superb

fantastic

nice bird mate any more pics?

geordiejen wrote:

nice bird mate any more pics?

no probs love to show them off

you have to admire show birds they look beautifull don,t they nice looking bird mate
but if your showing your birds what do the judges look for ie feather quality , stance , and as to be clean of course but what else do they look for ????

kev d wrote:

you have to admire show birds they look beautifull don,t they nice looking bird mate
but if your showing your birds what do the judges look for ie feather quality , stance , and as to be clean of course but what else do they look for ????

basicaly all what you said, quality of the bars is another , not too much of a dip above the wattle nice and round from the head down to the end of the beak , balanced in the hand,feather damage , mites etc. i'm no judge just some of the things thats been said, i never shown last year as it was my 1st year with them, this year will be the test for me.

hi chris , get your self a couple of show pens if you don,t already have some
heard about loads of show men use them just to get them used to the pen , also a judging stick

those birds look impeccable chris and i know you take good care of them you deserve any success you get chris as i know your very dedicated and put alot of effort in

all birds are looking fantastic, hope they do well for you in the shows........

The showracers are looking good M8

hi showracer, i take it by your name you keep show racers...........do you enter them in shows and have you any pictures you can put up on the site, would be keen to see them if you had............

Welcome to the site hope you enjoy

G'Day All
I have racing pigeons & British showracers) Australian showracers or racing pigeon show type ?????
My British come down from doug mclary pigeons They didn't breed this year I only have one pair I will get a cock of my M8 in Wollongong
for this year I have a blue bar hen mealy cock

Will get some pic when they look good still molting

Barry

hi barry, so do you race your racers ? or do you show your show birds.....?

DAVID wrote:

hi barry, so do you race your racers ? or do you show your show birds.....?

Yep i race this is my 2nd year I fly with the Old Bar club

have you raced widowhood barry or have you always flown natural....? do any in your club fly widowhood or roundabout ?

DAVID wrote:

have you raced widowhood barry or have you always flown natural....? do any in your club fly widowhood or roundabout ?

I race just to the loft

is there any method you use to motivate them.....?