A Good Racing Pigeon

[Guest geordiejen]

from a non racing fancier what makes a good racing pigeon?who can put their hand on their heart and say thats a good looking racing pigeon?who goes on getting breeding pigeons from their mates and who races pigeons going on their own intuition?who has had the same birds since when they started and how well have they done in the sport.this will open a can of worms if people give their personal views but i think honesty is what it all comes down to.letd hear it guys.

[dal2]

from a non racing fancier what makes a good racing pigeon?who can put their hand on their heart and say thats a good looking racing pigeon?who goes on getting breeding pigeons from their mates and who races pigeons going on their own intuition?who has had the same birds since when they started and how well have they done in the sport.this will open a can of worms if people give their personal views but i think honesty is what it all comes down to.letd hear it guys.

 

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[Guest spin cycle]

from a non racing fancier what makes a good racing pigeon?who can put their hand on their heart and say thats a good looking racing pigeon?who goes on getting breeding pigeons from their mates and who races pigeons going on their own intuition?who has had the same birds since when they started and how well have they done in the sport.this will open a can of worms if people give their personal views but i think honesty is what it all comes down to.letd hear it guys.

 

 

good question...its easy to say thats ' a good looking' racer......but a good racer is only determined when they hit that landing board. you can handle for physique to gauge whether it can do the job physically...but thats it IMO. after 5 years i think i've hit on a little system thats been good this year....that, and alot of the 'conditioning' for racing ,i learnt by accident/trial and error. next year will see if 'my little system' works or if it was a fluke

i often wonder whether time/money/effort is better spent looking for better pigeons or whether its better to try and get the best from ordinary/average pigeons and hope the 'good one' comes along. at the moment i favour the latter...i have a number of racers that have won and put up good performances. i have a few that are allways there/thereabouts...but none that score out of turn

[yeboah]

Without a question of a doubt,100% good health good system and above all why the top men are winning very very good pigeons ,For anyone who has read Mr Billy Wortley reports on the top performance winners from the nationals he sums it up in one final sentence

THEY WERE BRED FOR THE JOB and he should no having witnessed nearly all of John Hodgsons seven national winners arriving from five hundred miles .

[tommy2]

I would have thought a good racing pigeon is a pigeon that races good,but then again there are plenty of sellers/dealers who can make up a beautiful pedigree out of fresh air,and even more fanciers who would buy it.sad but true

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

The only way really to find out if a pigeon is a good racer is to send it to races in the best order you can

You could handle every national winner thats alive today and they're be very few of them that are the same.Theres big winners,theres wee winners,theres nice looking winners,theres ugly winners.Theres even winners that some "experts" would have had in the bin long before they saw the inside of a race basket.

[Guest Freebird]

The only way really to find out if a pigeon is a good racer is to send it to races in the best order you can

You could handle every national winner thats alive today and they're be very few of them that are the same.Theres big winners,theres wee winners,theres nice looking winners,theres ugly winners.Theres even winners that some "experts" would have had in the bin long before they saw the inside of a race basket.

From a non racer this sounds spot on to me.

[neneland]

I think that you can go buy birds off the top flyers in the country and still not win. You can have the best birds but unless you know what you are doing, you have no chance!

 

At the beginning of this year,(2010), I bought 9 birds, (8 off here), and they bred me youngsters that all flew the channel and were in the top 10 of a strong club and 44th section NFC. these birds all cost £15 each.

 

I think you have to have a system that works for you, and good healthy birds to send.

 

On top of this, you have to have patience and a willingness to sit and observe!

[thomasd]

the system is the main thing then the birds if the birds have it in them fitness and health dont over feed and under feed ive been in the sport for 3 years learned alot but i sill have a long way to go maybe i will get there maybe not main thing is to enjoy it.