Tusks

[ALF]

WHAT ARE EVERYONES THOUGHTS ABOUT TUSKS ON HEN? DOES IT MAKE THEM ANY BETTER PIGEONS BREEDING OR RACING WISE OR IS IT JUST 1 OF THOSE THINGS THAT POPS UP IN PIGEONS NOW AND AGAIN???

[just ask me]

WHAT ARE EVERYONES THOUGHTS ABOUT TUSKS ON HEN? DOES IT MAKE THEM ANY BETTER PIGEONS BREEDING OR RACING WISE OR IS IT JUST 1 OF THOSE THINGS THAT POPS UP IN PIGEONS NOW AND AGAIN???

 

 

just one of them things alf i think don't believe in any feature of a bird showing how good of a breeder it is jmo

[Guest stb-]

i do like hens with tusks and have some good birds with them but also had good birds witout them so naw prob makes no diff

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

Been looking over the Piet Deweerdt grading system of late.

 

Will have a wee look at the birds this year and see if the returns/results conform wi what he says

[greenlands]

My best racing hen 03 bird eight firsts and other tickets now in stock loft,not a tusk in sight.

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

[buster151]

ok for us novices will someone explain what is a tusk please

[OLDYELLOW]

Tusks are wattles that are grown on the underneath of the bottom beak they resemble tusks , have heard throughout the years especially with the bushaerts that the tusk hens tend to be good breeders it's not a common trait in the more modern strains these days . Although I have handled one hen recently with these traits and even without the tusks I would of liked this hen

[buster151]

thank you for enlightening me

[gd]

load of bollox

same as feathery legs and

eyesign

[fieldwalker]

iv got a janssen hen with them neither like or dislike them, its her first year breeding so il see if its passed on to her offspring.

i doubt its a indicator of quality maybe just a family traight,but eyes on the other hand.......

[Wiley]

Tbh I've noticed the Tasker hens that have this produce my best birds had a few laffys with them that were exceptional in the breeding pen