yellow keel

just looking at widowhood cocks tonight notice one looked in really good condition ie, mascarer around the eyes down in box ,spinning around ,when i examined him noticed his keel has yellow tinge to it not the normal white has anybody came across this , and what is it ,is it a problem ,

When you want to know if a bird is in condition, you look at the keel. You want it to be perfectly white, with no discoloration. If pigeon has as any tinges of yellow or orange on the breast bone, it is hurt; it needs a rest. Don't send it.

thanks for advice niel but is this an infection or just bumped

ian, ive heard when a bird is in condidtion it gets blood stpot type things...along the keel like a blood blister is the only way i can describe it....maybe wrong but its what ive heard.

Hi Iany

Is the cock a yearling if so he may have knocked himself but as we all know yearlings can have knock themselfs and it does not bother them unlike older birds

yes hes a yearling and ithink your right cheers

Sounds like a Bruise.

What i meant by hurt, is that he is still recovering from a training toss or race, he recently had, as far as i know the blood spot on the keel is a sign of condition, depending where the spot is the more down on the keel, the better the condition.

yes i heard of the form spot it moves up and down the keel dont know if it makes a difference tho

Dont be too worried about it, he will soon be back on track.

any news on the cock ian?

yes hes ok clapping about doesnt seem to bother him

could it be that hes on form/in condition?

who knows find out the weekend

is it one that came well at weekend?

no hes hasnt really done much but this could be the reason

what sort of distance is he ian, sprint / long?

all birds are good up to 400 mile with a few 400 -600 mile

we never raced that sort of distance ian as far as i can remember, it was mostly inland racing......maybe possibly channel but not as far as yours.

enjoy racing andresel 471Mile and bourges 571 mile cant wait

do w/hood cocks do well for channel racing ian, or is natural better? i wonder if a natural hen would be better than a cock?

i think hens have more staminer but i have won channel races with widowhood cocks aswell

so do your w/hood cocks team go to the first race and all the way up to the channel races....dont you keep sprinters/long distance.....do they do both?

my channel and sprinters go all the way to lillers then i send the channel to the channel and the others inland so they go one week miss one week but still racing every week hope you can follow this

yes ian, i understand.....yes then they will get a rest alternate weeks, plus the inland races will be good training for the channel birds? will it?