NEST MATES

[DOVEScot]

I was always told in the past and by some fanciers yet, that from each nest you got a cock and a hen. Reading some posts it seems like I have been misinformed :-/ :-/ :-/

[ALF]

NO DUNCAN IT CAN BE ANY VARIATION OF COCKS AND HENS

[ALF]

AND A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE COLOUR OF THE PARENTS

[homer]

my experience (and my dads .  .who is the main man)

is that the majority of the time you get 'one of each'

 

but every now and then  you get 2 cocks or 2 hens ! its not unusual.

 

 

 

 

[DOVEScot]

AND A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE COLOUR OF THE PARENTS

 

Well that should be easy for us they are all white :-/

[ALF]

 

Well that should be easy for us they are all white :-/

 

WELL THATS ALL WHITE THEN!

[DOVEScot]

 

WELL THATS ALL WHITE THEN!

 

All white then big boy, what will be my outcome in the nests since they are all white

[ALF]

DONT WORRY YOU'LL BE ALL WHITE ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Guest]

I think it is to do with averages, supposedly 50/50 of each sex, so folk naturally expect they'll get one of each in the nest.

 

I know in the recent past I was gifted 3 nest pairs in the same year: first was a cock & hen, second was 2 hens, and the third was 2 cocks.

 

This year had mainly cock & hen, but I had 1 nest x 2 cocks, and 2 nests x 2 hens.

[Guest]

the theory that u get 1 of each sex in a nest is in the world of the wood pigeon(how they know is beyond me).

my best m8 who flys in my club had a nest pair which turned out to be 2 cocks...in their yb year which was 06,they both topped the welsh north road fed,each time carrying 4000+ birds...these two cocks were paired together as they wouldnt do otherwise.

this year they paired again...one turning out to be bird of the year...with the other close behind.(birds bred from dave stones birds)

but the sex of the young depends on which type of sperm they were made from...the x and y thing. ;D ;D....paul

 

 

[Guest]

Paul, I had a similar experience with 2 gift nest mate cocks that paired up as YBs, one took a fed position flying to the other.

 

Thought I would get the same result this year when another pair of nest mate cocks paired, but one of them took up with an old hen [the dam] much to the annoyance of the other cock, who raced really well [to the loft anyway] and tho he was interested in the same hen, she'd have none of him.  

 

 

[Ronnie]

i bred four youngsters(two rounds) from one pair this year and all of them where cock's.

all four raced out to 180 miles as youngsters and where on average my best performers and still have all four .I just gotta find the hens to pair with them now.

[Guest]

yea this pair have won several prizes now...this their yearling year ,the 1 cock has 1st fed and 3rd fed in 3 weeks..when this cock was 3rd fed the other won the fed...so 2 1st feds and a 3rd fed in 3 weeks from this nest mates.....paul.

[matt]

hi,i have one pair for the last 2 years have only given out cocks every nest had two chicks

[Hogni]

One hen i´ve got has an average of 1 cock out of every 6 youngsters, doesn´t matter wich cock i pair to her, been that way for years with her. ??????

[DOVEScot]

Well there is still a lot of other fanciers preaching the wrong thing :-/

[ALF]

Well there is still a lot of other fanciers preaching the wrong thing :-/

 

DUNCAN THERE ARE A FEW BOOKS WHICH LET YOU KNOW WHAT CLOOURS PAIRED TOGETHER WILL BREED COCKS OR HENS AND MAYBE BETTER GETTING CHICKADEE 1 FOR HER XMAS BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU GET ALL SORTS MATE ;D ;D ;D ;D

[chickadee]

 

DUNCAN THERE ARE A FEW BOOKS WHICH LET YOU KNOW WHAT CLOOURS PAIRED TOGETHER WILL BREED COCKS OR HENS AND MAYBE BETTER GETTING CHICKADEE 1 FOR HER XMAS BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU GET ALL SORTS MATE ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

What does the colour of the bird have to do with what sex they have? that's what I don't understand. :-/

[Guest]

 

What does the colour of the bird have to do with what sex they have? that's what I don't understand. :-/

 

its a man thing   ;)

[DOVEScot]

 

its a man thing   ;)

 

:D :D No comment

[Guest karl adams]

is it somethink to do with pairing a buff to a yellow bird

[Hogni]

 

What does the colour of the bird have to do with what sex they have? that's what I don't understand. :-/

 

Here is an article that may shine some light on this sublect, hope it helps!!

 

http://www.racingpigeonmall.com/loft/articles/sex-linkage/Sex_Linkage.htm

 

 

[chickadee]

 

Here is an article that may shine some light on this sublect, hope it helps!!

 

http://www.racingpigeonmall.com/loft/articles/sex-linkage/Sex_Linkage.htm

 

 

Wow thanks hogni, that is totally amazing that the sex is determined of the colour, thank you very much for that info.

[Hogni]

Very welcome, just glad to help

 

If you are very interrested in the subject you can try typing "pigeon sex linkage" in to google search, if you do post a link if you find something interresting

[Guest]

;D i have found that some cocks and hens produce only cocks , other pairings only hens . even when given new partners some will produce mainly or only one sex . this coming year (all going well) i intend to pair a hen (who in the past has only produced cocks) to a cock who has only produced hens (and hens flew well as ybs) therefore new pairing hopefully will provide me with some future widowhood cocks  ;D as to colour dominating for Dunc and Carol , same applies with the whites youll just have to wait & see which pairings produce mainly cocks or hens if you want to balance the sexes out in future i suggest coloured marker rings (matched) and keep a record of what each pair produces  ;D ;D ;D ;D                                        andy