Old Breeding Cock Birds

[kraftykev]

Does anyone know of a cock bird that has fertilized eggs at 19 years old

[yeboah]

Does anyone know of a cock bird that has fertilized eggs at 19 years old

Got an old favourite just now that i call Horseshoe because of the marking behind his neck ,bred 4 from him last year and 3 so far this year ,He is presently 16 plus and rears all the young ,grandfather of the cock i was 4Th open Marlborough SNFC .

[THE FIFER]

Got an old favourite just now that i call Horseshoe because of the marking behind his neck ,bred 4 from him last year and 3 so far this year ,He is presently 16 plus and rears all the young ,grandfather of the cock i was 4Th open Marlborough SNFC .

 

good m8, must be in great condition

[yeboah]

good m8, must be in great condition

Will email a photo if you could post it up as my old grey matter cannae figure oot how to do it

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

Got an old favourite just now that i call Horseshoe because of the marking behind his neck ,bred 4 from him last year and 3 so far this year ,He is presently 16 plus and rears all the young ,grandfather of the cock i was 4Th open Marlborough SNFC .

 

Must have some constitution

 

Did you race his babies last season or are they for stock??

 

I handled a cock a couple of years ago that had won a first prize every year up til he was 10 and he was filling eggs at 16-unbelievable doo,he still handled like a 3 or 4 year old pigeon

[just ask me]

have to say 19 years old would be a new one for me

[OLDYELLOW]

have to say 19 years old would be a new one for me

 

had one that made it to 17 years old and was filling and rearing , unfortunately a cat wiped my loft out was many years ago

[yeboah]

Must have some constitution

 

Did you race his babies last season or are they for stock??

 

I handled a cock a couple of years ago that had won a first prize every year up til he was 10 and he was filling eggs at 16-unbelievable doo,he still handled like a 3 or 4 year old pigeon

Never had a tablet over his neck ,kept the youngsters of him last year ,put the first two into race team this year but am keeping the last bred hen as it is his double ,don't no where he is getting his energy could do wae some

[blaz]

had one that made it to 17 years old and was filling and rearing , unfortunately a cat wiped my loft out was many years ago

 

death by pussy

[Guest ENDFLIGHT]

THE BEST CHANNEL BIRD EVER I BRED WAS IN 1973,HER DAM WAS A YEARLING HEN,AND THE SIRE WAS A 16 YEAR OLD COCK,HE WAS DEFINATELY THE SIRE,AS THEY WERE IN A SECTION OF THEIR OWN

[yeboah]

THE BEST CHANNEL BIRD EVER I BRED WAS IN 1973,HER DAM WAS A YEARLING HEN,AND THE SIRE WAS A 16 YEAR OLD COCK,HE WAS DEFINATELY THE SIRE,AS THEY WERE IN A SECTION OF THEIR OWN

I have stated all along that some of the finest racers were bred of old birds between 10-15 years of age ,quite simple really if they are still being kept in your loft at that age they are obviously something special and have been bred down from your original proven stock ,if you check the breeding of some of the finest European birds they are mostly all bred from old stock ,breed some wonderful young from an old cock or hen paired to a yearling

[kraftykev]

i have just been looking through some pedigree and some of my kirkpatricks i bought from mr g dawes contain a pigeon called lowton supreme he was bred in 1978 and some of his off spring where bred in 1998.