True Eyesign reading, made simple

[timbarra]

Part one

It is with great pleasure that I have been given the opportunity to pen some of my studies in The British Homing world with regards to the so called theory of eyesign.

A subject which I have been involved in since the late 80’s, I have judged eyesign shows and done the so called loft visits, which I will admit gave me the chance and opportunity to study so many top class pigeons.

As most fanciers will know there have been various articles, video’s and books on the subject of eyesign, for which the sport must be grateful as it set us on the road to try to understand just a little more about our feathered athletes, but most still term eyesign as theory and I am extremely uncomfortable with this word, as it means you as fanciers base your judgement on nothing more than an possibility. So is it any surprise that most of the pigeon fanciers around the world refuse to believe in a possibility (theory), that really has so many question marks surrounding it and which is based on half fact and a fanciers preference and results of he’s own birds and others to then justify a selection process, which he can then claim to be knowledgeable because there is a common denominator for 75% of the winners bred, Well what about the other 25% I hear you ask, well that is exactly my point. I doubt that Indiana Jones would be able to make sense of some of the mystery surrounding eyesign with what has been written so why should you?

 

Eyesign is a genetically link trait this is 100% fact this cannot be denied. Eyesign is a relatively easy subject to understand and all can be explained if you stick to facts and a common sense philosophy, Therefore I will keep it as simple and as clear as possible when I give my explanations because it’s not a hard thing to learn or know, and eyesign will probably still remain a mystery to those people who do not care to entertain the factual concept of it, and by those who are afraid to admit that maybe for all these years they were wrong in their theories. The eyesign debate has been made into a catacomb of mystery because the so called enthusiasts make eyesign so confusing, by trying and make it sound so technical that fanciers can’t be bothered to try and understand it, unless someone puts pen to paper and tells it how it really is and actually opens fanciers eyes (no pun intended) then it will remain a subject of controversy for decades to come. So this is what I will try and do using facts as proof and common sense as a guide.

 

At this point you can either chose to read on and open your mind to satisfy your knowledge and curiosity, or just think you know everything you need to know and not read any further.

 

So how many…. let’s call them eyesign enthusiasts have said this pigeon or that pigeon will race well or breed winners and it has not, there are to many other contributory factors to also take into account when racing like nutritional needs and feather quality, also the health of a pigeon must be good and optimal condition is a must, also healthy lungs, liver, kidney’s, heart, muscle tissue and so on. Remembering good loft management is also essential. How many pigeons with fantastic eyesign have got lost? Baring those that fall foul to accidents and being under conditioned to do the job that is. How many eyesign enthusiasts have said that one eye is better than another just because it is a different colour? So I ask you is a red Ferrari faster than a yellow one of the same model? The answer to that is no, and in relation to our pigeons eyes the fact remains that one colour should be no superior than any other colour, as eye colour is a hereditary factor not a measuring factor.

As for eye colour statements such as certain eyes are dominant and others recessive are very much true, but those who cannot determine which is recessive and which are dominant correctly is surprising.

I hope to make it clear to fanciers by using facts and common sense as a guide that  eyesign exists and is not just a theory that has been created over a period of time just so some fanciers can try and determine a pigeons potential by looking in the eye.

Eyesign should not even be attempted to be used for this purpose.

 

I believe eyesign to be a true fact of life, as a pigeon is a combination of inherited genetic material which is predetermined by the genetics of the individual’s parents, and the eye is a small but valuable part of this. This would then exclude eyesign being a theory as it would then be based on genetic fact.

The eye is just one part of any living person, bird, mammal, and reptile and is unique to that individual. So you could say it’s like a genetic fingerprint of identity. So do our pigeons have a genetic fingerprint within the eye? I hear you ask. My answer to you the fancier would be yes, and there in five words genetic fingerprint within the eye proves that eyesign is fact and not a theory.

The conclusion is then that eyesign is a genetic fingerprint of an individual pigeon, and once this is recognised the following questions appear, how can it be used and what can it be used for? What can this bring to you the fancier and to the world of pigeon racing?

 

Well once you have accepted that eyesign is a fingerprint of identity and is a genetically inherited part of the pigeon, you can use eyesign to guarantee hereditary genetic confirmation of a certain bred individual and nothing more, it’s that simple, and then you will begin to understand eyesign. In short it can be used to confirm that a certain pigeon is of certain parentage, also weather a pigeon is from a highly inbred colony of birds and has a pure bloodline, by pure I mean inbred or line bred for a number of generations.

Regarding the colour of pigeon’s eyes all the basic genetic information you need to know at this time is that colours come in two groups, dominant (yellow) and recessive (white). This is a genetic fact.

Dominant (Yellow), which is a main banner for eyes referred to as old gold, yellow, green, red, orange and orange based colours.

Recessive (White), which is a main banner for eyes referred to as violet, purple, wine, blue, grey and pearl eyes.

But you will need never to refer to them other than dominant (yellow) and recessive (white). When mating these colours you must know that white eyed pigeons when paired together will only breed white eyed pigeons. And yellow eyed pigeons will only bred white eyed pigeons if both birds carry the recessive gene for white.

 

(To be continued) Email:  spencer@timbarra.co.uk  Web Page: www.timbarra.co.uk

 

[timbarra]

second part to follow when requested.

[gangster]

sorry but im finding this boring how many times you wanna post it timbarra its on your other post???????

[billy wilson]

ii have studied eye sign on pigeons for quite a while but i will say this i have never seen top racers with a bad eye all combine winners fed winners all have good eyes

 

 

                                                                                  billy

[timbarra]

Billy depends what you term good eye and bad eye, what is a bad eye? would you care to explain.

 

combine winners and fed winners I agree have good eyes , but is that because they come from a family of pigeons that have excelled at his catorgory, therefore being genetic, it goes to say that they would have good eyes !!!

 

best wishes spencer,

[timbarra]

can anyone explain how comes the rest of the world population can see eyes as a genetic finger print, and the ordinary pigeon fancier cant????   ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

 

think about it!!!!!!!!

[Guest Paulo]

can anyone explain how comes the rest of the world population can see eyes as a genetic finger print, and the ordinary pigeon fancier cant????   ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

 

think about it!!!!!!!!

 

Different people have different beliefs I guess mate:-

 

"WHY?

'Why', I often wonder, do foreign pigeon people not ask about results when buying birds? They want good results themselves but when buying birds they want names and strains. And… not to forget they want pigeons with special eyes: Colourful 'rich' eyes, so-called breeding eyes. Why do they like pigeons with rich eyes? I don't know. What I do know however is that scientifically the eye means nothing. Again in America pigeonpeople are crazy about 'eye-sign'. The fact that we even do not have a Dutch word for 'eye-sign' means enough. Good birds. That's what pigeonpeople all over the world are after. But if foreign buyers would know about the (poor!) results of some famous European names their eyes would pop out. But their eyes would even more pop out if they would know about the sensational results of fanciers whose names are completely unknown to them! Whose fault this all is? As I said before: The media, the press! One of the reasons that I said 'okay' when Mr Lin asked me to write for him in this magazine is that I consider it as a duty for every man who writes about pigeons and pigeonsport to open the eyes of people who have been brainwashed too much in the past in this materialistic world. ''

 

Source:-http://www.schaerlaeckens.com/

 

 

[Guest Paulo]

Not taking any one side but you asked a question so gave you an answer quite a few people don't belive in eyesign and Ad must be one of the greatest fanciers in the world quite a few big name pigeon men I've got my birds off don't belive in it either but each to their own we all have our own theories on pigeons be it perch theory, thoart theory etc what makes the sport so fun ;D

[timbarra]

Paulo,

I think your opinion is a valid one friend.

 

spencer

[Guest Paulo]

Thanks spencer