Wings

[ohiogsp]

I posted before about wings here to learn about them. I know nothing so I thought I would post a pic of 2 of mine and see what you think.

 

 

 

 

[Guest TAMMY_1]

aye they look fine, they should be able to fly no problem

[Guest j.bamling]

I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT TAMMY BUT THEY HAVE ONLY 4 FLIGHTS TO GO THEY ARE FINISHED !! WELL AS FAR AS WINNING ANYTHING ANYWAY !!!

[Guest TAMMY_1]

I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT TAMMY BUT THEY HAVE ONLY 4 FLIGHTS TO GO THEY ARE FINISHED !! WELL AS FAR AS WINNING ANYTHING ANYWAY !!!

 

WHO MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT THEM RACING OR WINNING ANYTHING  ? ITS OBVIOUS THEY ONLY HAVE 4 FLIGHTS TO MOULT OUT, HE JUST ASKED WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF HIS PHOTOS OF THE WINGS, I SAID THEY LOOK OKAY AND THEY WILL FLY, WHICH IS THE CASE

[Guest j.bamling]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY FLY TAMMY FLY UPTO THE PERCH OR FLY IN A RACE

[Guest TAMMY_1]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY FLY TAMMY FLY UPTO THE PERCH OR FLY IN A RACE

 

UP TO PERCHES ,ROUND LOFT, NOBODY MENTIONED RACES ANYWHERE

[Ed Bourque]

How many flights does a pigeon have? Ed

[Guest j.bamling]

10 SOME HAVE 11

[Ed Bourque]

Thanks  j.bamling. Ed

[Guest slugmonkey]

I once had a guy tell me the wing on a bird of ours was bad

 

only problem was it was a 2nd national ace bird!

 

From what I have been told these are more of a sprint type wing the distance wings are longer and thinner with the feathers being narrower with more space in the indentions between feathers

[Ed Bourque]

I have some distance birds, I also read somewhere that the fethers under the wing next to the body, looks like they been cut off on the end. so said  are distance birds. I have not race mine yet so I would not know. Ed

[jimmy white]

nowt wrong with them,,,the first pic, the bird has just threw its first flight , reckoned to be in the best nick for racing,,, the other has moulted 6 flights and would be" past its racing form" [and body moulting]

[ohiogsp]

Thanks guys.

[Guest j.bamling]

nowt wrong with them,,,the first pic, the bird has just threw its first flight , reckoned to be in the best nick for racing,,, the other has moulted 6 flights and would be" past its racing form" [and body moulting]

 

THEM ARE ALL NEW FLIGHTS JIMMY IT ONLY HAS 3 TO THROW !!! ON THE BLUE AND WHITE Y/B

[batusai]

nowt wrong with them,,,the first pic, the bird has just threw its first flight , reckoned to be in the best nick for racing,,, the other has moulted 6 flights and would be" past its racing form" [and body moulting]

 

Hi Jimmy,

 

does this mean it will not do good in the race? pls advise... thanks!

[jimmy white]

 

THEM ARE ALL NEW FLIGHTS JIMMY IT ONLY HAS 3 TO THROW !!! ON THE BLUE AND WHITE Y/B

 

to me, in the first pic,, it looks like its just thrown its first flight,,[[too much of a step , between secondary and primary  ,, but hard to tell in pic,, if this was the case ,,ideal for racing ,, the second pic ,, the bird has def has just 4 flights to moult , so should be past its best ,, but with pigeons anything poss so it would depend on their condition and training etc ,[also on the body moult], but the best of luck batusai,as mr bramling  said it [in the first pic] may have 3 flights to go,but would be easier to tell with the bird in the hand [look in between the gap in the first pics flights between the secondry and primary , if theres a flight pipping through , its just cast its first flight , if not,,and it has 3 flights to go,and if so, its a really  big" step in the flights" bigger than usual  

batusai ,,   im also wondering if these pics were taken recently

[jimmy white]

 

THEM ARE ALL NEW FLIGHTS JIMMY IT ONLY HAS 3 TO THROW !!! ON THE BLUE AND WHITE Y/B

 

think its only fair to point out,,,,,,,,,,, batusai  is in the philipines where light, and seasons differ from us  

[Hogni]

The step between the secondary and primary feathers is what i try to breed into my birds as in my experience it contributes to them flying faster, but of course other factors will have to be there to and the step alone will not make them do the job

[batusai]

Thanks Jimmy! I am thinking if I can cut the 9th & 10th flight just to prepare them for the next race? is it ok?

[ohiogsp]

The step between the secondary and primary feathers is what i try to breed into my birds as in my experience it contributes to them flying faster, but of course other factors will have to be there to and the step alone will not make them do the job

 

 

That is interesting. Thanks