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Evaluate both eyes and make you decisions on the worst one of the pair. But beware as it seems you may be new with eyesign, make no hasty decisions on your evaluation. Ed

I will PM you and thanks for the comments. Ed

Many say there are no shortcuts in the racing, those that say that did not have my mentor who all by himself probably saved me 10 years worth of mistakes. He never told me any that came in bottles though.. Ed ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Wow is that a lot of work, be better off leaving it with the parents until weaned, in my opinion anyway... Ed

Indeed a dastardly and cowardly thing to do to anyone. Ed

Is the camera you used digital and if so how many pixels. thanks. Ed

A couple things on the pellets, it produces some fantastic looking ybs and on the bad side they are very messy, when the birds crap it is always loose and produces abnoxious odors. I haven't used them myself but no of several lofts that have. Ed

First link didn't work but that red checked hen put the right one up, for a female she is alright.. ;D ;D Good news thou if you ask me. They are saying right up front that it isn't thought to be bird flu.. Later and hopefully that ole redcheqhen knows I was just pulling her leg a little.. Ed

Bet his so called Cronies have also won every race they been in.. LOL. Ed

Jimmy the cock bird is old and I only breed in individual pens so thats been done. I am trying several things and hopefully some will work. I appreciate the response. Thank you. Ed

Many people have put down that they believe that good pigeons are one of the key factors. Sorry but I disagree with this, short races can and have been won by what I would call inferior birds. I knew a gentleman that proven this to out whole club. He went out and plucked 6 ybs from common pigeons that were living under a bridge. He then put these squabs under his racers and let them raise the birds for him. He trained them with his regular ybs that year and believe it or not the 6 ybs won 3 diplomas for him. Unfortunately or maybe fortunately whichever your point of view at the 225 release point none of them returned. My point however is that they did win and possibly if kept only on the shorter races they may have ended up doing well. I personally would not take the chance but he proved it to the other 7 club members. Best regards to all. Ed

If you could get the detail, band number and colors its possible someone might run into them somewhere. Ed

Heck I can't get out of the demo phase. I get the car parked ok and then the timer will run out and tells me game over. don't see anywhere to push done. Oh well. Ed

Its a natural occuring dust on the feathers, its used to protect the feathers from rain or water and probably more. Ed

What are you using the smoke bombs for? Never heard of anyone doing such a thing here in the states. Ed

Unfortunately Charles Heitzman passed on several years back. A friend of mine bought some of his birds way back when and still has the original peds on them, the strain is still flying good for him now. Ed

The recessive reds I have are not trentons but are meulemans, none of by other birds have any of the meulemans mixed in with them. Everything I have bred has been bred in individual pens so I am sure on the parentage. I have not gotten any yellow or creme colors from any of them. Thanks. Ed

Ok now if I understand everything right here, if I breed a young RC cock that I got from the original pairing that didn't throw a silver, that bird should now be carrying both patterns and if I pair that RC cock to a blue bar hen then I will get some mealy colored hens and blue cocks. Now if I take a RC hen from that same original pairing and mate her up with a BB cock then I will get blue hens and mealy cocks. Hopefully I have this right and not went off the deep end again. I appreciate your patience with me on this. Thanks and I will await your reply. Ed

The majority my birds are either blue bar, blue check, or red check, I do have a few grizzles and I still have 4 recessive red meulemans left but they are spoken for and will soon be gone, in the blues there are a few that have white flights but not many.. Not sure if this helps or not. Looks like I may have to acquire a silver in order to breed more. Ed

This genetics thing is danged tough for me. Could anyone please tell me what I will have to breed together to produce what I call a silver, but guess its actually a dilute blue bar.. Thanks. Ed

If its a falcon you have bothering you then it won't do anygood to get a larger pigeon, if it fly at all the falcon will take them. Best bet is to find a falcon man and get him to trap it and remove it to another area, there is also a easier way but we will not go into that here. good luck. Ed

It has always been my understanding that in order to get a silver (sometimes refered to as mealy or redbar) pigeon that you needed to cross a bluebar with a red check. Is this factual? does it matter which is the cock or hen and if using a bluebar hen will the young cocks always be either silver or red check. Thanks in advance. Ed

Health, training and breeding in that order. Ed