stray pigeons

david i was telling you the other night about the GB pigeon i got in i phoned the owner and he told me to get rid as he couldnt afford the carriage to get it back, i went to loft this morn to as i say dispose of it but couldnt do it as it is a nice looking pigeon , so i let it go , guess what went back tea time and its back , decided to keep it the owner will transfer it and send me pedigree,ill see if it breeds something lets say got a gut feeling , but will have to wait until next year to see if iam right ,

Is that a Gaby van dabele pigeon?

ian, you had a gut feeling about yesterdays 2nd place winner didnt you....and look how well he did. stick with your gut feelings and it may just race or breed well for you, its worth a try.
how old is it ian ? if its well settled to your loft is there a chance of racing it this year ?

hes only a 2 year old

Grizzle cock wrote:

Is that a Gaby van dabele pigeon?

no niel gb is the ring no sorry to confuse you

iany wrote:

hes only a 2 year old

ian, if you sent off a transfer this week would you get it back in time to put him into a race if they come back inland a bit....

If i can give my humble opinion, i would say , breed with your top birds, only breed with the GB pigeon, as an experiment , testing it offspring first before continue breeding.

isnt that the case with every pigeon if they dont breed any winners you dont breed of them again

Yes , maybe , if you consider chances of breeding good pigeons, there is always a question mark on the stray pigeon's head.

yes but you just dont know might just click

I agree, worth a try , nothing to loose. The basket wil sort it anyway.

thats right niel ill let you know if i get anything decent out of him

you never know ian, a lot of fanciers spend a lot of money buying good proven stock birds, and lets face it good pigeons do get lost, its not just the crap that do.....no harm done if you bred a pair off it next year and race them is there ? obviously you dont breed of those unless they win though.....

its not all good racers breed winners some dont race very good but knock out winners every time

iany wrote:

its not all good racers breed winners some dont race very good but knock out winners every time

ian you are right there,winners dont necessarily breed winners and just because pigeons dont win races it doesnt mean they cant breed a winner. although i mostly base my pairings on best to best.

same here thats all you can do

If winners dont breed winners, why is sound management neccesary in the racing loft, record keeping etc. If any two birds could breed winners, than good management doesnt make sense. I firmly believe in putting good racers together according to their racing season.

iam not saying winners dont breed winners but its not always the case ive have had loads of winners not of winners if you know what i mean , but the odds of getting winners of winners is conciderably higher than of non winners

Yes , i could agree with you there.

yes i would agree with you both. if a bird has got the winning gene its more likely to pass it on, although there are some bird which have always been stock and never raced in their lives and they breed winners....but these birds will have been selected from winning stock most likely...