How Do you Pair?

[Wiley]

Many roads lead to rome, and everyone has different methods on how they pair how do you pair? Myself i do, 2 tests, if they look good together on paper, they go to the second stage which i like to call the blind stage, which is taking each possible pigeon in the hand, with eyes absolutely closed, and just go on what i can feel, while handling the bird, balence, feathering, bone structure, muscle, one tail flight ect. How do you pair?

[ChrisMaidment08]

same love is best pairing of all time unless you want specific pair together then i put them in breeding pen for week take hen away then 3 days later put them together and do asame 3 days later job done

[pjc]

Stock are paired to breed what is required, balance, constitution, eye etc where as racers are better and happier allowed to chose there own partner.

Would you want to race home to a forced marriage?

 

Phil

[ChrisMaidment08]

i would but would stop off now and again ;D ;D

[Wiley]

Stock are paired to breed what is required, balance, constitution, eye etc where as racers are better and happier allowed to chose there own partner.

Would you want to race home to a forced marriage?

 

Phil

 

 

phil, exactly what i will be doing with my racers this season

 

[jimmy white]

i would prefer winner to winner,  at any chosen type of race , but if a cock will not take to a hen right away , it wont be forced , ive often found in the past that many of my winners have been bred by just love matches , since pigeon racing began , to my knowledge , no one has built a pair of pigeons together knowing for 100pc certainty that they will produce winners , allthough we,d  all like to think that in my experience pigeons will win, if its in them to win, providing the management suits the bird and fancier, winners  will and often do come in all shapes and sizes , as a young man [last week ;D] i used to love showing birds , racers , i bred these birds to try and produce the perfect speciman , i cleared the boards in all shows ,,,then my racing declined , it was then i decided to breed on performance   intuition, and experience   and not by  looks or handling , i then won many top races with pigeons exactly like myself ,,,ugly ;D ;D  i must admit it is very nice to see a good winner handling and good looking , but not all are like that,, for as many years , the farmers have went to a market and tried to buy the chicken that lays the biggest egg, the cow that produces the most milk etc etc , to this day , these good farmers will tell you , they cannot tell this by looks alone [or trying to handle a cow ;D] most winners come from a line of good pigeons irrespective of looks , that is my opinion anyway ;D for what its worth ;D

[DAVIDL]

i would prefer winner to winner,  at any chosen type of race , but if a cock will not take to a hen right away , it wont be forced , ive often found in the past that many of my winners have been bred by just love matches , since pigeon racing began , to my knowledge , no one has built a pair of pigeons together knowing for 100pc certainty that they will produce winners , allthough we,d  all like to think that in my experience pigeons will win, if its in them to win, providing the management suits the bird and fancier, winners  will and often do come in all shapes and sizes , as a young man [last week ;D] i used to love showing birds , racers , i bred these birds to try and produce the perfect speciman , i cleared the boards in all shows ,,,then my racing declined , it was then i decided to breed on performance   intuition, and experience   and not by  looks or handling , i then won many top races with pigeons exactly like myself ,,,ugly ;D ;D  i must admit it is very nice to see a good winner handling and good looking , but not all are like that,, for as many years , the farmers have went to a market and tried to buy the chicken that lays the biggest egg, the cow that produces the most milk etc etc , to this day , these good farmers will tell you , they cannot tell this by looks alone [or trying to handle a cow ;D] most winners come from a line of good pigeons irrespective of looks , that is my opinion anyway ;D for what its worth ;D

 

  agree with most of above post...winner to winner etc. also agree looks are not that important, seen some top results won by ugly pigeons that if you didnt see the ring , you would swear blind it was a feral......

 

[REDROCKET]

on a personal note i go to pub on a friday night get drunk stagger home to find house in darkness sneak upstairs find wife pretending to be asleep (light must be kept off) just let nature take its course i work away from home so can only repeat this method every second week.it seems to work a treat. (evil)

 

 

[OLDYELLOW]

on a personal note i go to pub on a friday night get drunk stagger home to find house in darkness sneak upstairs find wife pretending to be asleep (light must be kept off) just let nature take its course i work away from home so can only repeat this method every second week.it seems to work a treat. (evil)

 

 

sounds like your on widowhood system

[Wiley]

 

sounds like your on widowhood system

 

but is his widowhood hen boxed   ;D ;D lol only joking

[OLDYELLOW]

nar but sounds like hes getting very close to her box

[OLDYELLOW]

have to say in answer to this thread that i pair on size then  big to small then take eyes in to consideration i'm no eye sign man but i like dark eyes  to light eyes in eyes , colouration isnt that important to me as im after winning pigeons , however my pigeons are nicely coloured  

[smiler]

does any1 go on eye sign and if so wat wud be best pairings ?????

[Wiley]

does any1 go on eye sign and if so wat wud be best pairings ?????

 

Jack barkel would be a top man to answer this query

[kirky]

does any1 go on eye sign and if so wat wud be best pairings ?????

i go by eyesign for stock, the main thing is to avoid putting two with same type of eye together

 

 

[REDROCKET]

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[smiler]

iv a few pearl eyes and was told not 2 put them together,,,,,was reading Jack barkel stuff it seem really interesting    will have to read it again there is a lot to take in,,,,, think il  get some eye sign books as well

[Guest]

Like Rose just open partition door and let them sort it out themselves

[Guest Freebird]

From my limited knowledge of colour / pattern mating I was surprised to find out that the fancy breeders don't always pair perfect partners as in markings and conformation but pick out ( not easy for a novice ) certain traits to end up with good results. I also read from a fancier who has 20 years experience of rearing top class Catalonian tumblers ( my  birds ) from top class stock that you cannot judge a pairing until after their third clutch. Maybe the same for your racers, I don't know but doos are doos after all. Another interesting thread from you Sir.

[just ask me]

the most important factor pigeons just good pigeons and pigeons that are winning today not 10 years ago  also when buying stock try to buy birds that are wining in different parts of England Europe in other words not just winning for a handfull of fanicers

[The Navigator]

Eye sign for me.

[Tony C]

My race birds get to pick their own mates bar the odd nervous cock where I sort out a tame hen for him, helps to settle him easier.

[lawrie]

when i bred fantails the ugliest pairs always produced the best birds...strange.

[gooner]

for me it is best to best, although if you are just starting out you pair what you think is best to best, it has to be a learning curve

[little sam]

Race Team pair themselves up, Stock birds i like them to have similar body shape, Big to small and stand back and see if they look good together