Posts by Tippler

Yes, you're right, they are straight flyers. Tipplers were originally bred for competition flying. The name of the game is who's birds can stay up the longest. The catch is they must be seen at least once an hour or they are DQ....

Quote: Originally Posted by aarontheman  that is a nice kit box   Thanks you. A lot of time was spent planning this out. Must thank my neighbor Tim who made it possible by allowing us to use his...

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Wanted to share the kit box my brother and I just finished up. Offer up a way to keep pigeons in a clean and organized manner. We have done the walk in loft style and now a kit box. These would not be useful for show birds. We work...

Here is a video of some of my birds. Contact info is in the video description. Please contact me through (if interested) it as I am not on here often. Thanks.  

They will settle in. I took in 9 pairs once and tossed them into breeding. I had eggs from some in 10-12 days which is as early as could happen. You may have a bad egg count first round but give it some time.

Well I have only had birds for about 6 months but mine love superworms! They can't get enough. The three can easily tare through 100 a night if I let them. However I don't feed them the worms daily maybe once a week or so. I am...

... I feel bad for what I have done and need a solution. I suppose I got these birds with some ignorance on my part. Now the good news. I have 3 neighbors  property who touch mine. 1 is just a corner. 1 who lives behind me...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mary Of Exeter  Show breeds are no different, it's just some people like to keep only the young blood in the breeding loft. Nothing wrong with keeping birds much older though. I have an...

Good deal, definitely a good looking egg! Yeah 3 years is nothing for most Pigeons. Now for a show breeder it is getting old. I don't show but a buddy does and say they toss them (breeders) at 4 years. =[ They push them many...