the bull system

shweet · October 26, 2009

Could someone please explain to me how to do the bull system and its advantages ? Thanks.

October 26, 2009

link for ya mate an old post by forum member all the best.

http://forum.pigeonbasics.com/m-1247037377/

shweet · October 26, 2009

Thanks Bakes, that was explained in detail. Much appreciated.

chickadee · October 27, 2009

Has anyone ever managed to get or post a pic of a bull box????

PIGEON_MAN · October 27, 2009

Has anyone ever managed to get or post a pic of a bull box????

I bought one of them back some years ago now after seeing them at Blackpool dont have it now though,if you can imagine having a 3ft x 2ft box in the centre with just a v perch for the cock bird,on either side would be 2 hen boxes on top of 1 another each with a sliding door into the cocks section,basically you would let each hen in with the cock in turn and hopefully each hen would lay about the same time,there would be a nest bowl in each of the hens boxes,what you would need then would be some foster pairs that the eggs could be placed under.

chickadee · October 27, 2009

I bought one of them back some years ago now after seeing them at Blackpool dont have it now though,if you can imagine having a 3ft x 2ft box in the centre with just a v perch for the cock bird,on either side would be 2 hen boxes on top of 1 another each with a sliding door into the cocks section,basically you would let each hen in with the cock in turn and hopefully each hen would lay about the same time,there would be a nest bowl in each of the hens boxes,what you would need then would be some foster pairs that the eggs could be placed under.

Thanks

bullcock · October 28, 2009

I used to use the bull system, there are several ways to breed one cock with more than one hen, I had a video about it but don't now it is called THE BULL SYSTEM by rick mardis, it goes into detail about all the different ways and all the pros and cons of the system.

The key points of the bull system is,

No1 The cock must be something special a proven breeder.

No2 The hens have to be well bred and again preferably proven.

No3 All depending on the system you may need feeders for the eggs and they must lay at roughly the same time.

No4 This can be a time consuming process.

October 28, 2009

I use the Bull system to breed from my widowhood hens. The Widowhood Cocks are not used to sire young because I have better birds in the stock loft. Multiple winners.

Progressively, my youngsters are better bred because their sires are always winning pigeons. I still breed duffers but slowly but surely the pigeons are getting better. Due to the fact that I do not race hens, except as youngsters, I dump my surplus only keeping the best of them. This means that, genes wise, my hens are very strong and worthy of breeding from. But the interesting thing is, that in spite of the fact that the birds I use to breed are well bred, I still breed rubbish. About 33% are not good enough. In the future it will be interesting because I will continue in this way for as long as it takes. The one thing that comes into sharp focus is the value of my pedigrees.

My birds look wonderful on paper, but the reality is that, some are not so wonderful on the road. It just shows you how pedigees can mislead you.