I have given my pigeons fish oil for a long time, and not because someone told me it is a "golden bullet". I figured that a grain diet was likely to be deficient in Omega 3 amino acids. So I squeeze a fish oil capsule over the feed and shake it through. I do that every second day or so. My...

That's an interesting one. In theory I would let the cocks raise a baby or maybe a pair, but on the odd occasion that for some reason they didn't it made no difference that I could see. They performed just as well.

Well done Neil. That is great flying in anyone's book.

Cool and dull this morning. Looks like there might be a shower. Or not.

Buster121 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:22 pm

Trev wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:38 pm Our second race is being flown from Rugby, 108miles to me, on Monday 30th April.
We had 8 members send 230 birds, I myself have sent 32, most of these are having their first race this year.

Good luck Trev on the 29th April

Something we don'y know?

This is an interesting topic, because it is an opportunity to look at the trend towards feeding one mixture every day of the week to every pigeon. This is not a new thing. Jos. Van Limpt 'De Klak' always bought the same grain mixture and every pigeon ate it every day. And how great was De Klak? When...

Nice baby.
But gee, it's hard to find one that hasn't got a good pedigree there days.......

While I wouldn't aim to have latebreds, last year I won a short race with one. One of the red Jos Thone' cocks had a pair of fertile eggs, and I thought what the heck, I might get a hen for stock or something..... One was a little mealy cock, who got put in with the big youngsters, had all the tosse...

Trev's race 2 hours 37.

Great result.
Right there, you will be pleased with that.