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post #1 of 10
2/18/12 at 4:25pm
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I didn't mean to, but I accidentally got 'swamped' by West of England Tumblers.  My brother gave me a pair last spring, just old enough to leave their nest.  The next thing I know, I have 14 flying around in my peafowl flight pen, two 'teens', 2 babies and 6 more eggs.

 

I've heard of 'chicken math', but I didn't know about pigeon math.  How popular is this breed?  They are lovely, but they are taking over....thinking about selling off the whole batch.  Who raises them?

 

Look forward to hearing from you.  I don't even know how to 'sex' them....obviously they are figuring it out by themselves!

1 DH, 3 dearly loved sons, 1 free range pot-belly-hog-who-thinks-he's-a-dog, 1 mutt, Copper Marans (Bev Davis and Wade Jeane Lines), EEs, Silkies, Polish, India Blue and Pied Peafowl.  White Broad Breasted Turkeys, and West of England Tumbler Pigeons.   My BYC Page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=33447

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post #2 of 10
2/18/12 at 7:23pm

Same here. Thier more commen then some.

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post #3 of 10
2/19/12 at 6:07am

I have a few West-of-England-Tumblers and they are really fat. They're very common too.

I specialize in West-of-England-Tumblers and American Fantails..............

 

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I specialize in West-of-England-Tumblers and American Fantails..............

 

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post #4 of 10
2/24/12 at 4:40pm

WOE's are definitely not uncommon. They have gained a lot of popularity but like all breeds, the availability depends on where you live or if you want to ship them :) Share some pictures of them! I loved my WOE's and I miss them. Mine were more of the flying type body wise but had the longer muffs of the show type. The funny thing is, the original WOE's from the UK started out clean legged - looked like rollers. Now they have small muffs and laugh at us Americans for "ruining" the breed by turning them into fancy birds.

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post #5 of 10
2/24/12 at 4:57pm

its ironic, I have a fantail, clean-feet, named "muffi". and my WOE is named "bear" and he isn't bare-legged, he's very feathery. A little funny I thought........ I didn't name them that with those ideas in mind, but it came to me after reading your post!

I specialize in West-of-England-Tumblers and American Fantails..............

 

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post #6 of 10
2/26/12 at 5:37pm
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Pigeons 1.jpg

1 DH, 3 dearly loved sons, 1 free range pot-belly-hog-who-thinks-he's-a-dog, 1 mutt, Copper Marans (Bev Davis and Wade Jeane Lines), EEs, Silkies, Polish, India Blue and Pied Peafowl.  White Broad Breasted Turkeys, and West of England Tumbler Pigeons.   My BYC Page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=33447

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1 DH, 3 dearly loved sons, 1 free range pot-belly-hog-who-thinks-he's-a-dog, 1 mutt, Copper Marans (Bev Davis and Wade Jeane Lines), EEs, Silkies, Polish, India Blue and Pied Peafowl.  White Broad Breasted Turkeys, and West of England Tumbler Pigeons.   My BYC Page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=33447

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post #7 of 10
2/26/12 at 5:38pm
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Pigeons 4.jpg

1 DH, 3 dearly loved sons, 1 free range pot-belly-hog-who-thinks-he's-a-dog, 1 mutt, Copper Marans (Bev Davis and Wade Jeane Lines), EEs, Silkies, Polish, India Blue and Pied Peafowl.  White Broad Breasted Turkeys, and West of England Tumbler Pigeons.   My BYC Page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=33447

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1 DH, 3 dearly loved sons, 1 free range pot-belly-hog-who-thinks-he's-a-dog, 1 mutt, Copper Marans (Bev Davis and Wade Jeane Lines), EEs, Silkies, Polish, India Blue and Pied Peafowl.  White Broad Breasted Turkeys, and West of England Tumbler Pigeons.   My BYC Page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=33447

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post #8 of 10
2/26/12 at 5:40pm
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Here's a couple of pictures (above).   I thought I had 14, then I counted 15 and 2 youngsters on the nest, and 5 eggs.  barnie.gif

1 DH, 3 dearly loved sons, 1 free range pot-belly-hog-who-thinks-he's-a-dog, 1 mutt, Copper Marans (Bev Davis and Wade Jeane Lines), EEs, Silkies, Polish, India Blue and Pied Peafowl.  White Broad Breasted Turkeys, and West of England Tumbler Pigeons.   My BYC Page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=33447

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1 DH, 3 dearly loved sons, 1 free range pot-belly-hog-who-thinks-he's-a-dog, 1 mutt, Copper Marans (Bev Davis and Wade Jeane Lines), EEs, Silkies, Polish, India Blue and Pied Peafowl.  White Broad Breasted Turkeys, and West of England Tumbler Pigeons.   My BYC Page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=33447

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post #9 of 10
10/31/12 at 7:14pm
Cool looking birds

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American Giant Homers & Modenas
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Moot's Pigeon Farm
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It's all good !!

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post #10 of 10
11/1/12 at 5:04pm

Nice, I wonder if those are the flying type?

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