How do members choose their pairings?

I agree, the birds is the ones who live there, they must love their home, and must have a desire to get back there.

Grizzle cock wrote:

I agree, the birds is the ones who live there, they must love their home, and must have a desire to get back there.

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agree ....love of home and trust/bond with the fancier...

ENJOY!!!!!!

i have quite a lot of old pictorials and the lofts in them are as though they are just made out of old bits of wood and wire, but the pigeons in them are champion racers so it just goes to show what we say and it doesnt matter what it looks like.

good corn and water and they know where there better off

iany wrote:

good corn and water and they know where there better off

your not wrong, ive just painted mine green, it looks like a bloody army loft lol

thats partly why i havnt got round to painting mine yet amanda, i cant decide wether to paint green or wood stain/shed stain...
my old loft was dark green paint and i always liked it like that...

ive had some right blonde moments doing the loft green, i got one of those sprayers and this cuprinol stuff, the sprayer spat out blobs, so we had to use a brush, then the colour was horrid on the smooth wood, it was then i read the tin, it said for all ruff wood, so now ive has to get another green for smooth wood,
i know i should have read the tin first

Hi have seen plenty of lofts, some lofts you would live in them yourself and some that a good gust of wind would blow them over, but i is what makes the pigeon happy and if the pigeon is happy then they will want to race home (would you race home if you hated your home)

Can remember a loft visit to Paul Brantt he had an hen to fly pau and she lived in an box fitted on the side of the young bird loft, the box was no bigger than 24 inches square by 20 inches deep and was fitted with an anti cat trap and she also won from this box

As it already goes if the pigeon is happy then leave well alone

Yes Don , sometimes birds bring home other pigeons which are not so happy in their home.

its not the loft that wins races

yes you are right iany no the loft does not win races but it helps if the pigeons are in a happy environment which they want to be in

hi all , tried them with peanuts today and they wouldnt touch them, i knew they wouldnt really but just wanted to see what happened.....how do i start them off ? obviously they wont just take them from my hand, so what do i do ? thanks.

Hi David

Put them into a food blender to chop the up to a smaller size when you feed them add half an handful of peanuts to there feed, after a few attemps see if they are finishing there feed peanuts as well

Then when you have them out try and do it when they are ready for there fed then with half a peanut try the pigeons as when they are hungry they tend to try most things it is the same when you feed them a different corn and they leave it the old saying is they will eat it when they are hungry and the same goes for the birds

Once they get the taste then and get used to you feeding them the peanuts then they may start following you for extra peanuts

I agree with Don, put some peanuts in their regular feed, at feeding time they are hungry, they will try it, when they get used to the taste, you can feed them a few peanuts just before feeding time, if they getting the taste, they will be asking for more !!

do you give them peanuts niel? if so has it made a big difference in tameness compared to before you started feeding them.....

I would say yes, but , they must not get it everyday, and not too many at a time,just after a training toss or race, for encouragement.

do members who give peanuts think it just makes the bird tamer or do they think they are quieter, more content and happier in the loft ?

I think it make them happier, as i can sense they asking for peanuts each feeding time, LOL, sometimes they approach me , as if they want something.
I wish i could tell them that peanuts is only for special occasions.

yes, ive heard some say the same thing....ken gives his peanuts and says they jump omto him for them and are fighting him for them...

DAVID wrote:

do members who give peanuts think it just makes the bird tamer or do they think they are quieter, more content and happier in the loft ?

definately a lot tamer so there not edgy around people