featherd legs

[lordcornwallis]

hi there does anyone no of any uk fanciers who have featherd leged racing pigeons and of anyone who just keeps only featherd leged racers

 

regards lc

[terry mccarthy]

yes i have some from my vanloons also i have a pair of vanreets that chuck them out i was told it was the soontgen in them that does it

[harky]

hi there does anyone no of any uk fanciers who have featherd leged racing pigeons and of anyone who just keeps only featherd leged racers

 

regards lc

 

aye

[Guest]

 

aye

the white uns ,i had off Harky have feather legs .                             andy.

 

 

[JAS]

Got a few with the feathered legs and they are of different breeds

[Guest Owen]

Yep. I have one family of birds that have feathered legs. They are decended from a White Hen that bred a lot of winners for me and others, and a Grizzle Cock that performed from Thurso and from Pau several times. I don't like it because as they get older the rings can get too tight. My best Stock Cock from this family had to have his ring cut off this year. I did'nt like having to do it, but I was forced to.

This year I have a Young Grizzle Cock with feathered legs. He has flown really well all the way to Lilliers. But I know now, that if he carries on, he will, in the end, have to have his ring cut off. He will be part of my Widowhood Team next year.

[harky]

the white uns ,i had off Harky have feather legs .                             andy.

 

 

not got them now Andy, i gave them to my father inlaw

[Guest]

 

not got them now Andy, i gave them to my father inlaw

i lost one to the hawk ,the other was in stock loft ,i gave to a freinds grandaughter on loan ... shes had it two years and wont let me have it back ?? oh well .           andy.

 

 

[Guest Grasshopper Lofts]

i have a tournier grizzle hen here from old yellow (mark) on loan with feathered legs

[sammy]

Got one from harkys farra in law with feathery legs plus have a hen dordin that has feathers on her legs as well think the decend from the GiTS  family of pigeons as they were famous for feathery legs  

[Guest]

Got one from harkys farra in law with feathery legs plus have a hen dordin that has feathers on her legs as well think the decend from the GiTS  family of pigeons as they were famous for feathery legs  

is that a white un from his father in law Sammy?   andy.

 

[Guest IB]

Got one from harkys farra in law with feathery legs plus have a hen dordin that has feathers on her legs as well think the decend from the GiTS  family of pigeons as they were famous for feathery legs  

 

Takes me back a long time Sammy, to when I was a teenager; some of my grizzles had feathery legs, was told then probably goes back to Gits.

 

Anyone know if feather legs is a dominant or recessive trait? Seem to remember it cropping up now & again, rather than in every nest?

[sammy]

is that a white un from his father in law Sammy?   andy.

 

got a white one andy but its his nest mate that got feathery legs  

[Guest]

 

got a white one andy but its his nest mate that got feathery legs  

think ,could well be related to the ones i had .           andy.

 

 

[Albear]

I have a feather leg Klas Krom hen hat has bred 1st section NFC and throws them regular and they are very good birds too!

[Novice]

I breed some with feathered legs and also feathered feet.

They can be spotted at ringing time as the down extends onto their feet.

[Blue Chequer Pied]

I got a Black cock from my good friend Alan Marshall of Cudworth Barnsley last year and he has feathers right to his toes, he looks like a cross Westie. He is bred from birds of Jimmy Gibbons from the North Eastand he has bred my best youngbird this year (only slightly feathered legs).

When I was young I bought a pair of Karel Hermans from Mr Fletcher of Normanton and the hen was the most beautiful Blue Pied hen I have ever seen. She always won prizes in the shows for me and she had feathered legs.

 

Paul.

[Shortcut Lofts]

Got one from harkys farra in law with feathery legs plus have a hen dordin that has feathers on her legs as well think the decend from the GiTS  family of pigeons as they were famous for feathery legs  

 

The Gits pigeons i had threw up feather legs also, mostly Reds. I do get occasional feather legs through my Wildermeerch also. SL

[boxer]

i have a few svr toey lines with feathery legs seem to b the breeders not racers

[BLACK W F]

yes Paul that was a trait in the old Hermans  as i had 1or 2 with feathered legs and they where good breeders

[Guest Owen]

I think we can easily get ourselves side tracked into believing some of these old wives tales. The only thing that matters and should matter is, which birds feet touch the loft first. I am willing to believe, that in some strains, the gene for feathered legs can sometimes be coupled with the genes to win races. But I doubt if that would be true, most of the time. In fact, if I ever found that all my winning pigeons had feathered legs, I would actively try to breed it out of them. Unfortunately, the gene for feathered legs is dominant and is likely to be very hard to eliminate. For me, it is a question of living with it, knowing that from time to time I will have to retire birds because they will have to have the rings cut off their legs.

[Chris Little]

We have a thread of feathered legs in our lofts, it stems from a 1986 Dutch golden breeding hen we had, evrything from her won, she is now in the blue sky above but many generations later birds with feathered legs are still winning in our lofts including our SNFC Newbury winner. Have even seen some birds to have small feathers on their claws.

[nogin]

We have a thread of feathered legs in our lofts, it stems from a 1986 Dutch golden breeding hen we had, evrything from her won, she is now in the blue sky above but many generations later birds with feathered legs are still winning in our lofts including our SNFC Newbury winner. Have even seen some birds to have small feathers on their claws.

 

do you not mean there toes.. not there claws  

[ALF]

efter cleaning the loft oot the day i had feathery legs aswell :P ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[BLACK W F]

Alf clean out each day and use a hoover no probs then ha ha ha