phillips Posted December 2, 2008 Author Report Posted December 2, 2008 hya bilan do you live near any pigeon fanciers or do you have any pigeons yet ?
superstar Posted December 2, 2008 Report Posted December 2, 2008 The top 2 pics [blue bars] are by far the best,give abit of conditioning seed,few peanuts,brewers yeast,cider vinegar,garlic,lemon juice,beans,[the list is endless],all things used in moderation to induce show condition,you will in time find your own "winning combination" of the above and probably other things besides.One thing to remember though is that you never use depurative to induce show condition,you use it to break down birds after a show definately not before,and remember clean feet and rings,good luck Fat Birds aint eye catchers for the right reason though so how do you get them looking sharper, trimmer and not so lethargic? Starvation perhaps?? Plenty of stuff in a good depuritive mix to make them shine!
b.massey Posted December 3, 2008 Report Posted December 3, 2008 Hey superstar. When you say sharper are you meaning thinner. Cause trust me when I say you wont win any shows with thin birds. I have stated before that the bird needs to have some scope about it in the pen and Jasons pigeons are looking spot on as they are. Am not saying have them fat as no one likes this but they should be bigger at show time compared to what they are at racing season. Just keep what your doing Jason as your birds are spot on mate. And remember what I told you to do to help tighten them up ok
superstar Posted December 3, 2008 Report Posted December 3, 2008 I dont mean thin as in skinny and nowhere did I mention racing weight, but a trimmer bird is a better bird compared with a fat one which is basically what you are saying yourself. I keep out and out racers and have entered them in shows and never come away without half a dozen or so cards so cant be that thick and stupid. The second pic's show the birds to not be so over weight but still my tilt would be a couple of days depuritive on some of them. Gone off the original pick of No7 but still think No8 or pic2 as it now is will be the best of the bunch there. Stick the red 'un in too, some judges love them from my experience.
phillips Posted December 3, 2008 Author Report Posted December 3, 2008 cheers all this information has really helped what i will do sunday when ive showed them is let you all no how i did fingers crossed i take another card but saying that there are somee good lads in the show and all no what there doing so i might not even get card ?
b.massey Posted December 3, 2008 Report Posted December 3, 2008 I dont mean thin as in skinny and nowhere did I mention racing weight, but a trimmer bird is a better bird compared with a fat one which is basically what you are saying yourself. I keep out and out racers and have entered them in shows and never come away without half a dozen or so cards so cant be that thick and stupid. The second pic's show the birds to not be so over weight but still my tilt would be a couple of days depuritive on some of them. Gone off the original pick of No7 but still think No8 or pic2 as it now is will be the best of the bunch there. Stick the red 'un in too, some judges love them from my experience. Agree superstar.... Number 2 and 8 really take the eye and also red as judge might not be a blue man
phillips Posted December 4, 2008 Author Report Posted December 4, 2008 managed to get the birds out for a bath today nice sunshine here in derby
phillips Posted December 4, 2008 Author Report Posted December 4, 2008 pic 8 looking really well tonight after his bath today
phillips Posted December 4, 2008 Author Report Posted December 4, 2008 number 7 the red, yeh agree hes a nice cock to
superstar Posted December 5, 2008 Report Posted December 5, 2008 Looking very good fingers crossed!. Are you going to put the red in too?
A WHITTAKER Posted December 5, 2008 Report Posted December 5, 2008 dont put them on a diet show birds need a we bit more body no7 and 13 for me they look realy good
phillips Posted December 5, 2008 Author Report Posted December 5, 2008 Looking very good fingers crossed!. Are you going to put the red in too? thanx superstar my fingers are crossed
jimmy white Posted December 5, 2008 Report Posted December 5, 2008 will do i fancy pic 8 well it says 009 the big blue cock this would be my pick no problem cant see in the pic, if his last flight is right up [fully grown] ,, bring him indoors overnight make sure hes well fed long b4 going into the show, as he could bring the grub back up during the traveling,, best of luck,, all nice birds ,, theres another b, cheq cock ,looks 3 or 4 years old a very nice bird , but would still go for the b bar :),, ive found b4 the less tampering with them the better , so any steaming feathers , cleaning feet , the odd dirty bit , would do the day b4 , then keep him in basket overnight,,,,, he would look nice with a red card next to him
phillips Posted December 5, 2008 Author Report Posted December 5, 2008 this would be my pick no problem cant see in the pic, if his last flight is right up [fully grown] ,, bring him indoors overnight make sure hes well fed long b4 going into the show, as he could bring the grub back up during the traveling,, best of luck,, all nice birds ,, theres another b, cheq cock ,looks 3 or 4 years old a very nice bird , but would still go for the b bar :),, ive found b4 the less tampering with them the better , so any steaming feathers , cleaning feet , the odd dirty bit , would do the day b4 , then keep him in basket overnight,,,,, he would look nice with a red card next to him thankyou jimmy true gent you are cheers mate jason
Guest Freebird Posted December 5, 2008 Report Posted December 5, 2008 few side veiws as promised 021 and 022 the dark chequer and ash red for me Jason. Anyone have the details as to what the judges look for in racers, i.e. do they take colour/pattern into account?
phillips Posted December 5, 2008 Author Report Posted December 5, 2008 the show is through the wire mate and ive been told they look for condition im really hoping they do me proud again this coming sunday fingers crossed
Guest Freebird Posted December 5, 2008 Report Posted December 5, 2008 the show is through the wire mate and ive been told they look for condition im really hoping they do me proud again this coming sunday fingers crossed Kinda hard to judge condition through the wire I think, although suppose they are well experienced to do this. Another thing is judges will have their own agendas!!! Surely there are hard fast rules as to size, shape,form etc. etc. because you would expect all entries to be in top condition. I think the fancy birds are judged from head to toe on strict guidelines so surely the racer is judged the same. Maybe Chrissy will enlighten us as I know from this site she has been quite successful in her shows. Good luck.
phillips Posted December 5, 2008 Author Report Posted December 5, 2008 i would like to hear chrissy,s thoughts on this topic it might help im just hoping my birds are in enough condition and looking well enough to take a prize thankyou jason
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