Tony-P- wrote: Sun Sep 06, 2026 2:46 pm
well done Devo on taking the lad to get some good quality birds mate, that will set him up for breeding some nice quality Y/Bs for next year.
Next time you go see if your mate has a spar Hen as I have a spar stock Cock I know cheeky gitt but if you don't ask and all that mate
No problem Tony, I will get Brian to sort one out for you.
Spot on Devo let me know what I owe Brian if and when he sorts one for mate very much appreciated mate
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Murray wrote: Sun Sep 06, 2026 9:20 am
I mentioned on a different thread that I have a cock bird off imported Eijerkamp pigeons. Stunning blue pigeon, bred down off Eijerkamp's National winners.
But he's a bit fragile, a bit flighty and nervous. Probably bred into him.
He was paired to my Free Beer last year, the youngsters go alright, but something is not right.
So I've put him with an inbred Heremans hen, sister of the Big Heremans cock who was father of 153, who was third in the Horsham Open race the other day. Very fast pigeons.
I think this is half the trick. It's like breeding racehorses.
The Eijerkamp cock is not leaving pigeons that win at a distance. That's why he was sent to me. But I think that paired to something a bit speedy he might leave fast pigeons. He has that edgy look about him.
I reckon picking your pigeons is more important than pedigrees.
To be honest Murray if I had a bird and thought 'he's a bit fragile, a bit flighty and nervous' I wouldn't breed off him, no matter how well he was bred. As you said yourself, it was probably bred into him. Don't you think by breeding off him you are just passing this fault into his offspring? nervous, bad trappers, breed nervous bad trappers. And the more generations it is allowed to happen the longer it will take to remove this trait.
True, king.
He's got a question mark on him.
He's not wild or mad or anything, and since he's been here he has settled down quite a lot. But he's not quiet and easy going like most of mine.
I'll see if he leaves anything paired to a different sort of hen this year and if he doesn't he can go.
