another question

[jimmy white]

on the odd occasion ive bred pigeons with eleven flights , some of these had eleven flights on one wing only,, this did not seem to effect their racing , as some were quite good ones [not all]  but had one particularly good one, does anyone know about this peculuarity, it must be genetic somehow as these were of the same family, but allways wondered about this   :) any veiws

[westy]

never eard of it but will be an interesting topic.

[Mike Lycett]

Our "Assassin" is eleven flighted in both wings

 

9 races - won £2000.00 - 2 MNFC races and in top 25 Open of both.   Stopped as a yearling & put to stock.  He's not looked back either

[jimmy white]

hi mike, have you found any other eleven flighted birds bred ?, related to "assassin"

extra flights not done him any harm anyway ;D ;D

,,,i had one with eleven flights just in the one wing , would have thought it would have knocked it off balance , but this particular bird did really well, won a few bob also ;D

[Chatrace]

I have had a few come into my oneloft races they do well I always wanted them in my white birds as  I thought they would circle more :-)

[jimmy white]

;D ;D ;D ;D clockwise  ;D ;D ;D

[Mike Lycett]

We've had plenty of good 11 flighters over the years - but they normally only have 11 in one wing.   Assassin chucks em pretty much every year & when he does those ones tend to be just that bit better

[Guest anthony]

I think it is genetic.Ihave an eleventh flight cock,he breeds eleventh flights in every nest,I cant say he is better not worse,the wing looks more full

[birdman55678]

I personally have only seen one with 11 flights, it also flew well but I didn't own it.  I have looked for more thrrough the years but with no luck.  Ed

[Guest Vic]

Hi Guys,

            In the sixties, I introduced a grizzle cock into my distance family and within a few years, I had numerous 21 & 22 primary flighted pigeons. One bird in particular was an excellent racer carying 11 flights on one wing. I sold him when he was past racing, and he bred many winners for the fortunate buyers. (now flying a good bird into Southport). I have also had pigeons over the years with 13 tail flights, but never 14. Personally I dont think EXTRA FLIGHTS are adventageous, but that is only my opinion. Vic.   

[jimmy white]

i asked this question in the beginning as it was sir colin 2cnd nat , that bred the very odd bird with eleven flights , allways just on one wing, in all the years he bred he threw about 6 of these type birds one of them scoring also in national, yet never had any[ that i know of] further down the line