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i personaly like the silver chequr

I enjoy both racing and showing getting as much excitment out of both.
Race days you sit expectantly in the garden getting a real buz when a bird shuts its wings a head for the loft, at shows its the same excitment waiting for judgeing to finish to see whats won.

Phil

the yellow i gave to paul in penclawd was a  show winner  as previous owner said paul likes it not my thing really

Quoted from asha

Evening Lads ,
                         Wayne i sent you ,. pm.
       Ted,they look just like the Tony Read type,alright too.
       pjc,please do not take any offence,i was just trying to generalise  
  
    

                        

asha,,,,,no chance from him,,,but,,,i know who you mean !!!

wayne just about winning in our saturday club one year mite join mnfc try the round about year and race the hens dont like racing hens incase we loose any that are paired to thr widdowers cos i think wonts you loose a widdowers he n they dont seem 2 be the same but one year thinking ov pairing 12 hens 2 the stock cocks when they will ov stopped breading with there own hens.

tried training and racing show racers was a complete waste of time lost every one got most of them reported and transfered the lot

Quoted from shadow

tried training and racing show racers was a complete waste of time lost every one got most of them reported and transfered the lot

had some show racers to until my dad took a fancy to them and ate them ,cracking looking pigeons too just a pity they cannot race as well as they look or they would be well out in front   not being cheeky just telling you how it is  

Quoted from john niko

wayne just about winning in our saturday club one year mite join mnfc try the round about year and race the hens dont like racing hens incase we loose any that are paired to thr widdowers cos i think wonts you loose a widdowers he n they dont seem 2 be the same but one year thinking ov pairing 12 hens 2 the stock cocks when they will ov stopped breading with there own hens.

Good luck john whichever you do.  Personally prefer racing hens more honest, especilly at the races I like.  But 2009 sees me with strong team of cocks so maybe there will be performance there

Photo if my yellow kirkpatrick. Not a brilliant pic and I dont t its the only shot I managed before my camera battery died. I will take some more tomorrow.
Her eye looks as though it has a problem, but she is just winking for the camera lol

hi , good looking bird as me dad would hv said  , what u going to pair her too ? jon

I dont know, I dont have any other k/patricks, open to suggestions

hv u spent  up now  ££££££££££££££       ? jon

Running a bit short of space really, picked up several stock svrs & jansens with my logans at the weekend!!

better look out fora new bigger loft  at this rate   jon

I'll need a new, bigger garden first lol

Quoted from pigeonman007

Hi
I have aquired a yellow (red) kirkpatrick hen, lovely looking bird.  Just wondering the best partner for her really, I have a blue cheq kirkpatrick cock bird, would that pairing produce more of the yellows possibly?

Both Red and Dilute are sex linked genes so pairing the yellow hen to a blue cock would give red cocks and blue hens.If a red cock from this mating was paired back to the yellow hen you would get
red cocks
yellow cocks
red hens
yellow hens
blue hens
silver hens

Quoted from kirky

to me that is not a yellow but a dilute red.

Yellow is dilute red

Quoted from OLDYELLOW

the yellow gene i believe is a faulty gene between two colours red a white white been a lack of pigment and the yellow been a faulty pigmented red indeed yellows will bred both whites and reds the reds more chocolate but the yellow gene although not visable / dominant is carried by birds it breeds like silvers and silvery reds

There is no yellow gene.Yellows are the combination of the colour gene Red and the colour modifying gene Dilute.
White is not a colour gene either but another colour modifying gene

i am interested in the breed called kirkpatricks,does anyone have any info about where i can possibly purchase some.thanks

honestly havent seen any for a while now louella would be your best bet but , its louella ,