Far North Flyer

Pure white hen. Kai curlis thurso 01847890594

Pure white hen. Kai curlis thurso 01847890594

Thanks all for the advice.ill keep my eye for the next couple of days and try to float them out to another fancier.

I've got birds due to hatch in about 5 days but their chicks will be the first of the year too.im hoping they rear them as they are older birds that have both reared chicks before

Hi all, I've not been on for a while because of work but ended in a situation where I've placed the only representatives of a strain in the for of eggs under an equally good pair with their own eggs.unfortunately there are no other birds whose eggs will hatch at the same time as the floated pair.now I have a puzzled looking hen with four hatchling chicks .is this too many. Will she cope.i hope so as all four should be good birds.has anyone got any info on the situation? Kind regards far north flyer

I'm sure it's the hens that determine sex in birds,ie carry the x or Y chromosome.its the opposite in mammals. It's always the same odds to be male,female or male and female I can't think of any other factors,unless there's a lethal gene in there that selects cocks only. Very interesting topic

I think that would be for the best too.thanks all

The birds are not moulting the birds wing looks like a good distance wing after the 7thflight it's straight to the backswing with no change the outer primary's are thin and equal length with a equal gap then a step.i always thought that a sprint wing should be like a sail with a large back wing .the birds have a cracking blood red eye but if there not sprint what are they

Hi all just got some 100 % janssen br pigeons of leuella there healthy and all but the wing looks like a distance pigeon rather than a sprinter.checking my own and photos from the final auction the wing should look like a sail on a yaght but the 3 outer feathers are about 3 inch longer than the rest which is a complete step from that point to the back wing Have I been ripped off the paperwork looks good but the birds are pretty close bred Advice or thoughts please Kai

Thanks again all I know it's everyone's problem just sickens you a fair bit it's true that I only did 5tosses but lost a lot of birds but it is what it is.any feedback on the tail whistle foe pigeons .that with eye spots might make a difference??

Thanks all ill give it a go

My y b team is down by half I only had 30to start with now there are 15 and I've not had them to a race point yet.this happened on a 20 mile stretch between wick and thurso .in only 5 training tosses I've been hammered.ive tried diffrent day times and even very early 4 am but to no avail still damaged birds coming home.any advice.i heard of a wasp killer used on pigeon to contro le lice and worms but its also very good hawk (deterant)should they eat them.its not poisoning as I don't want the pigeon to die.but it's every time the birds go out and the hawks are protected but what else can we do Any advice please.

Hi all I did the race I showed the hens to the cock birds and all was well there was plenty of excitement in the loft.i flew the birds at diffrent races cocks to one and hens to the other I got all my hens back but only 1cock out of 6 it was not a long race and the birds were yearlings did I do something wrong ??all cocks raced that race before 3times last year and last week

Thanks all for the info ill give it a go

Hi all, I'm toying with widowhood and got as fas as separating cocks and hens I'm short of space but the cocks can't see the hens.i fly them at different times and was planning to introduce the hens and nest bowls 1 hour before basketing.any advice please with regard to what I'm doing.theyve been on this system 1 week and basketing is tomorrow