EYESIGN ??

Fact or myth
pearl vs yellow
shortdistance vs longdistance
Or could it be a matter of taste?

dont know havent got a clue

Me neither

iany wrote:

dont know havent got a clue

Did you make your piont, or did you just make another post?

niel only saying that i dont know anything about eyesign sorry you took it wrong way

Sorry to say, but i already feel you trying to make a fool of me.

niel, i think most fanciers would prefer the yellow eyes rather than pearl, although myself i dont see pearl as being any less capable of racing well or winning....as you know we have been involved in the pearl to pearl discussion many times and although some qualified experts say not to do it my own personal thoughts are that with distance pigeons do not put pearl to pearl....but with sprinters/middle distance it could breed a good birds to win, as the janssens bros practice this and as you know do very well....

niel, you might find the jack barkel articles interesting reading.....

Grizzle wrote:

i wouldnt send that racing.....no matter how good the eyesign.

Why not, he would smell the loft 1000 miles away, also fuck the peregrines along the way.

no doubt he would......

If you look at the janssen van den bosch pigeons the pigeons are mainly pearl eyed

When i had this bred they were all pearl eyed pigeons and you always had to pair the same eyes together

i think pearl to pearl is ok for sprint pigeons, but not so good for distance birds....although i dont pair just on eyesign i try to put pearls to yellows as i think this gives a more all round performer, but if i had no choice i would put pearl to pearl....

For me a yellow eye is for the distance and the voilet eye is for thr sprint but this is only my opinion

yes don i would go along with that, have you read what jack barkel says about pearls and yellows ?

No not yet

But dont take this the wrong way but i have been studying this subject from the age of 8 when i first came in contact with Terry Lodge of Top Lofts UK and he showed a film with Bill Carney talking about eyesign

And that was it i was hooked big time


But i know nothing about the subject????

ive always been interested in eyesign don, and i read about "eyesign men" and their interpritation of whats in the eye, and to be honest half of them talk a load of nonsense, they all contradict each others theory for a start......they just say the same things about every type of eye weather it is a distance eye or a breeding eye.....when some fanciers go on about reccessive and dominant eyes they dont have clue what they are on about as its just what they have read parrot fashion. and as for rating them on a 1 to 10 ....how do they know, everyone has different oppinions of their value....some like wide corralation and some say thin.....so i think alot of it is just down to what individuals interperate an eye as, altho i think jack barkels explanation is more thorough and more beleivable than most...

David yes you are right in what you say it is down to what the fancier likes

You are right also with the comments about the eyesign they all sing out of the same book

That is why i like to say i know nothing as what i think is a good pigeon may not be to someone else

There are many roads that lead to rome with this topic and as will say also it is what the fancier likes at the end of the day and what you think is the right type ofeye for you

if a fancier gets a bird that wins well and looks at the eyes, hes going to read all sorts into it and then say the eye tells him this....i think half of it is covering their backs....dual purpose eye? anyone can say that....bet most have never seen a green eye or even if they have they wouldnt recognise one, or a violet eye too.....one things for certain don, a winner never has a bad eye.....

Yes mate you am right by saying that

But i have seen a green eye as the old hen i had who bred a load of prize winners had that type of eye


But as you say it is all parriot fashion al purpose ect, just cover your back and sound like you know something about eyesign