cheltenhamfancier Posted February 13, 2015 Report Posted February 13, 2015 Hi there, New to the site, and new to the sport, been lured into the game after visiting the blackpool show, my brother is a fancier, am still working on negotiating via landlord about keeping some pigeons in a newly constructed loft out the back in a terraced house, ideal plan would be to begin with 6 young birds, and develop/learn from there, Im sure ill have many questions to follow, RegardsKevin
kingziemckay Posted February 13, 2015 Report Posted February 13, 2015 best of luck to you with your pigeons,enjoy them,
geordie1234 Posted February 13, 2015 Report Posted February 13, 2015 Good luck m8... Alex Wight built a small loft that would be ideal for you
cheltenhamfancier Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Posted February 13, 2015 Thanks guys, yea ive seen a pic of one of those on a previous post, looks ideal indeed, heres a stupid question for you guys, ? the 6 bird racing kits availlable through the commercial places such as louella etc, is that a 3 hen/3 cock group and are they genetically seperrated, ie could they be then mated the following year? or should i expect to lose the vast majority through birds of prey etcccc?
greenbar Posted February 13, 2015 Report Posted February 13, 2015 good luck to u,don.t be afraid to ask questions here, a lot of good guys on site.,
andy Burgess Posted February 14, 2015 Report Posted February 14, 2015 Thanks guys, yea ive seen a pic of one of those on a previous post, looks ideal indeed, heres a stupid question for you guys, ? the 6 bird racing kits availlable through the commercial places such as louella etc, is that a 3 hen/3 cock group and are they genetically seperrated, ie could they be then mated the following year? or should i expect to lose the vast majority through birds of prey etcccc? welcome to Pigeon Basics , sorry i missed your posts last night . the kits of 6 from Louella arent "sex gauranteed" due to them being youngsters . i have flown 4 adult and just 2 youngsters for 1 and a half seasons before and held my own in a strong club. yet , long term the numbers arent enough due to hawk attacks and general losses .
cheltenhamfancier Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Posted February 14, 2015 Thanks Andy, and everyone who has replied, Many more novice questions to follow no doubt, Thanks
paddymac Posted February 14, 2015 Report Posted February 14, 2015 Thanks guys, yea ive seen a pic of one of those on a previous post, looks ideal indeed, heres a stupid question for you guys, ? the 6 bird racing kits availlable through the commercial places such as louella etc, is that a 3 hen/3 cock group and are they genetically seperrated, ie could they be then mated the following year? or should i expect to lose the vast majority through birds of prey etcccc?Hi Kevin welcome to basics and good luck with your plans, if I was going to purchase Ybs from Louella I would look more to their more modern breeds and recent introductions to start a loft as some of the older breeds they offer are a long way off the original birds and are bred from untested birds that haven't a flown bird in their pedigree.
cheltenhamfancier Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Posted February 14, 2015 Thank you Paddymac, interesting point, re commercial racing kits, Duly noted
cheltenhamfancier Posted February 17, 2015 Author Report Posted February 17, 2015 Good luck m8... Alex Wight built a small loft that would be ideal for youHi Do you know is Alex Wight still making small lofts? is he close to South west area? Regards
buster151 Posted February 17, 2015 Report Posted February 17, 2015 Hi Do you know is Alex Wight still making small lofts? is he close to South west area? RegardsHe advertises on here ''Crafty Fifer'' top right hand side
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