full moon or new moon

[speedbird]

Hi all wonder if anyone can give advice on pairing up breeding when theres a full moon.

I recently read that if you paired up on a full moon the young when hatched to then see the next full moon turned out to be realy good youngsters. If anyone can advise me on this method.

[frank-123]

you better hurry i think the 24th of dec is a full moon ;D

[speedbird]

im all paired up but only to introduce em together im not having young till feb time & wean around march

[just ask me]

only reason i can see for pairing up on full moon is that parents will keep feeding the young in the night dont belive in all that if u breed at certain times of the moon u get pigeons to suit different races heard or read it somewhere couldent be true hope this helps

[Guest j.bamling]

More theory rubbish  ;D you want to be carefull they dont turn into warewolfs   :D

[thomas30]

lol very good bamling. hi all only new to the site

[bewted]

this subject came up for me 20 odd years ago,it was suppose to work then,,but,as time progressed,differant methods and feeding was updated,so,suppose there could be some trueth in it as then going back to nature,,,,,if you try,then you can decide for yourself,,,,just keep records of what you do and in a few years time,,,,you decide then !!!!

 

     sorry i cant help more !!!

 

                        ted

[bewted]

welcome thomas30,,,,,,enjoy the site and learn all you can,,,,ask questions if your not sure,,plenty on here will help you as best as they can !!!!

 

 

                              ted

[thomas30]

thanks bewted some intresting things on the site

[bewted]

thanks bewted some intresting things on the site

 

you can also go back in time on old pages and theres a mine of info there too !!!

[thomas30]

will do mate thanks again will u be going to blackpoll this year.

[bewted]

no mate,,,never been in my life to blackpool,,,but,,,hopefully one year i will make it there !!!

[thomas30]

its my first time going this year  im going with a mad gang lol im going just for the pigeons and leave them to it.

[Guest shadow]

Another theory that some believe in have tried it but did not find any significant difference

[Bluedoo]

speedbird, try it. I was very sceptical when I first heard it. I would be interested to find out your thoughts if you do try it. There are always those that scoff, but if we understood everything that makes the birds tick you wouldn't have a forum this size.

[barlbymark]

tell you what i will pair mine up on the 24th thats the next full moon i think and we will see what happens lol

[Ronnie]

Maybe the gravitational pull of the moon makes them fly higher?

[carlsberg]

never heard of pairing on full moon and me dads had pigeons on@off for 37 yrs so try it may work or may not

[sammy]

its pigeons i want to breed not warewolfs  ;D ;D ;D ;D

[barlbymark]

lol i had pigeons all my life to and my dad before me and his dad before him and i never heard of it . but i give it a go and see what happens up for anything me try it once why not lol.

[chickadee]

Hope ye don't get something like this.....

[Guest]

Reading a book about 'feeding to win' which has a chapter on pairing by the moon.

 

No I don't see the connection between feed and the moon either.  

 

What the 'Moon theory' says and book's author Andre Christiaens findings from his 1988 experiment:-

 

(1) 'New moon' youngsters (win beauty contests only) - Lost 8 out of 11 bred during this 6/9 day period;

 

(2) '1st quarter' (give up easily) - Lost 7 out of 16 bred during this 6/8 day period.  

 

(3)'Full moon'  (simply the best) - bred 6 youngsters, 3 of which won prizes.

 

(4) 'Last quarter' (all round flyers) - Lost 5 out of 12, 3 performed well, 4 were useless.

 

;D no comment  ;D

[jimmy white]

heard of this many years ago,, but never found anything to substantiate [big word spelt wrong for me ;D ;D ;D] ive even heard of gardeners planting garlic on a full moon [not actualy on the moon ;D ;D] again really just theories ,, but if you think they work , by all means try it ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,my theorie used to be,, first fancier [in scot  ;D] to let his birds out on new years morning ,,wins that year [hes the keenest and puts the birds first ;D]

[sammy]

THINK ROUND O IN THE HOMING WORLD IS THE MAN FOR MOON MATINGS ME THINKS LONG TIME AGO HE DID ARTICLE ON ALL THE BEST DATES FOR MATING ie FULL MOON NEW MOON ETC WORTH A WEE FONE CALL  

[ch pied]

this is the night for it, don't know if it make's any difference ,grandfather did it,  father doe's it , iam not gonna go against the graine   :)