cock or hen

[Guest MIKE1957]

how do you tell a cock from a hen just by looking at them.

[ALF]

You learn by experience Mike but then again mistakes will still be made mate

[Guest MIKE1957]

i will have to watch closely and wait till he hops on top ;D

[Guest ljb107]

females sometimes tread males!

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

LOOK AT A DEFINATE COCK AND A DEFINATE  HEN, YOU WILL SEE THE COCK HAS A BIGGER BOLDER DOMED HEAD, WERE AS THE HEN WILL HAVE A NOT SO BOLD SLIGHTLY FLAT HEAD

[Guest MIKE1957]

well thats put pay to that idea

[Guest ljb107]

and males are usually bigger

[Guest asha]

Bill carney ,when they used to have those pigeon moots years ago, said that all hens have a dish in their eye,tried to show it on those slides he used to take around,but i couldn`t see it,but loads of other fanciers there said they could see it,maybe i`m thick,or perhaps the other guys were just being polite.? :

[Guest asha]

LOOK AT A DEFINATE COCK AND A DEFINATE  HEN, YOU WILL SEE THE COCK HAS A BIGGER BOLDER DOMED HEAD, WERE AS THE HEN WILL HAVE A NOT SO BOLD SLIGHTLY FLAT HEAD

not necessary,some of these old starins are very mich alike,hard to tell.

    

 

 

[Guest MIKE1957]

i will have to sit and wait for the eggs to be laid

[Guest ljb107]

i will have to sit and wait for the eggs to be laid

 

if they lay eggs they are females!

 

 

[b.massey]

Theres something about if you lie up side down in your hand the cock flips over but hen stays still...Or vice versa??

[Guest asha]

females sometimes tread males!

            When i`ve been conditioning birds for Pau,flying natural mind,i`ve seen a real good racing cock,let his son tread him,that is when you know they are really physically and mentally  bang on ,may sound  a contradiction,but does happen.

 

 

[Guest ljb107]

Theres something about if you lie up side down in your hand the cock flips over but hen stays still...Or vice versa??

 

i've tried it but it only really works if the birds are tame, the male normally flips over straight away and the female stays there a bit longer.

[b.massey]

 

i've tried it but it only really works if the birds are tame, the male normally flips over straight away and the female stays there a bit longer.

 

Yeah knew there was something you do. Seen it done once but I could not remeber what sex does what. Cheers

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

not necessary,some of these old starins are very mich alike,hard to tell.

    

 

 

ALWAYS WORKED FOR ME

[Guest MIKE1957]

thank you all for your different ways

[ChrisMaidment08]

the bigger ones are cocks the smaller hens those are all im bred so its not so easy wih them but some cocks are showing already when they settle down with you  tallyho crumpet time

[kev01293]

as already said the cocks are usually bigger and have a rounder bolder head and cock birds usually have bigger wattles as well but then saying that i have a 4 year old gay pied hen with really big eye ceres and wattles and looks every bit a cock bird  :-/ has anyone seen this in a hen bird b4?   kev

[ChrisMaidment08]

yes but some of his birds are from me and they will be difficult to sex

[JOHNNY WISHBONE]

Bill carney ,when they used to have those pigeon moots years ago, said that all hens have a dish in their eye,tried to show it on those slides he used to take around,but i couldn`t see it,but loads of other fanciers there said they could see it,maybe i`m thick,or perhaps the other guys were just being polite.? :

 

I think polite. I went to one of his moots and have never listened to such keek. I think he used to charge folk to pick out all their good pigeons by eyesign and bin the rest.

[Guest]

Hold the birds leg out straight. Pinch the outer two front toes gently towards the middle toe from the ball of the foot. Don't use pressure to  push toes one way or the other. Observe the outer two toes, hens will both be the same length, cock will have the inner toe slightly longer than the outer toe. This is 95% accurate. It is the method Louella Lofts often use to sex pigeons.

[kev01293]

bob can u use that method to sex yb,s or is it only ob,s ?   kev :-/

[traynor]

cocks will coo a lot louder, deeper and more often than hens.

[joe61]

dome head is a dome head you people look for something thats going to make you an ace pigeon man it wont happen

 

 

oh happy days