Fret Mark

[elanco]

Would you have any hesitations sending a two year old back to a 500 race if it fretted its flight that it was sent on to a 500 mile race three weeks previous ?

[dal2]

Would you have any hesitations sending a two year old back to a 500 race if it fretted its flight that it was sent on to a 500 mile race three weeks previous ?

Not if its in the right condition and is fit

[andy Burgess]

Not if its in the right condition and is fit

 

i agree

[elanco]

Thank you dal2 & mr B, didni ken I wiz that unpopular but thanks for your replies .lol

[Guest stb-]

Thank you dal2 & mr B, didni ken I wiz that unpopular but thanks for your replies .lol

maby not that your that un popular mabny a distinct lack of knoledge aboot m8 , personally i wouldnt look at wing but only look at condition myself but as for the fret i aint got a clue if its a hinderence or not .All the best if you do send it .

[peter pandy]

As far as I am concerned "fret" is a misconception when it concerns a pigeons feather as it would suggest the bird has been worried when in fact it is a lack of nourishment to a growing organism. Before the usual wisecracks reply let me go a little further. Two youngsters in a nest will always show a lack of nourishment and is usually shown on the second or third primaries wherea's a single reared youngster will never show this phenonemon.

[JohnQuinn]

Would it follow that the longer the bird was being under nourished the bigger the fret mark??

 

If so, then a bird with a bad fret mark may well look ok again but in fact the tank is empty and it will go down??

 

If a small fret then it may still have another big effort in it??

[peter pandy]

John I had a Yearling which lay out from July till February and I had to assume its entire tail feathers had been pulled out as they were totally "fretted" although its secondaries apart from one were ok. This suggested to me that the bird could not nourish the entire tail growing at the same time as the one flight feather hence the "fretting" therefore we have to assume this is due to not enough feeding. I could give another example regarding my "rabbit hutch" birds I acquired but dont wish to bore our readers.

[andy Burgess]

Thank you dal2 & mr B, didni ken I wiz that unpopular but thanks for your replies .lol

 

good luck at your race