Pigeon Talk

[Old-clucker-55]

CONGRATS B P GOOD JOB!!

 

[backyard pigeons]

Let's ee some pics of the new ports when you get a chance.

will do!

Do you want to get into showing more now??

for sure. To be honest, sometimes I think I enjoy the club more than the actual breed, as they are such a great group of people willing to help. There breed statement is "A performance breed for the showroom" which I absolutely love. I will be flying a kit of them come spring, and will be showing some this fall that were in the kit.



Also, both of my birds that did well were bred out of the same pair. This goes to show how far $10 pigeons can take you!

 

[Old_Strain_Lover]

I'm back from the show!

It was an amazing show. There were probably 1,000 birds, with the probably 15 breeds. Portuguese Tumblers were the second largest breed entry, with 120 birds! That's the second largest entry number for ports ever! they are really gaining popularity.

The judging system went YH, YC, OH, OC, then the highest scoring birds against each other.

I had a YH, YC, OH being shown. So I put up my young hen, and out of the 40+ Young hens up there, the judge grabbed mine first and put it WAY to the side... I thought "Oh boy! There's some major faults in that bird!" remember, this is first time showing and I was kinda confused the whole time!

Well, time kept going on, and I noticed that the judge kept moving birds over to mine, and they were all very similar looking, while the other ones varied so much.

So, I continued watching and I find ally realized, my bird is doing alright! So, the judge picked the top three young hens and my red check hen was a 94, and in 3rd place. the judge said it's main fault was it was to relaxed. It didn't show itself very well.

Next up were Young Cocks. Same thing happened. Mine was one of the first grabbed, and it kept making the "cuts". Well, it KEPT making the " cuts". I ended up getting 1st place out of around 35 young cocks. It scored a 96 (the scoring goes up to 100, but the best bird ever scored was a 98).

And then the old Hens... Lets not go there... Mine was grabbed pretty quickly, and moved way to the OTHER side that my other birds were moved to.. It scored at 92.

And then they put up all the 96 birds. My little male was tired, but was looking good! There were five birds up there. And after a long time of switching birds, holding birds, and moving birds, mine was in the second hole. It got 2nd place out of 120 ports! I was SO proud of my little port.

before all this happened, I also was bidding on some silent auction Ports, and I ended up getting out bid on two birds. I couldn't justify paying $50 for a 4 ounce bird.

Well, the winner of the two birds I wanted ended up paying for them and giving them to ME!

I think he wanted to help a youth get started. But then when I won 2nd place, he said he wouldn't help me anymore, and that I should have told him I had a "doggone champion".

For winning 2nd place and champion out of the juniors, I left with two trophies and $150 (feed money )...

It was a GREAT show!

I didn't get many photos of the other breeds sadly, as I was busy showing, cleaning, feeding, watering and moving my birds! Oh, and bidding.

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Good job!!! I'm proud of you! It's a lot of work with showing. It's best to work with them in show cages a LOT before the shows to get them accustomed to everything. A little secret tip for you in the future shows... if you really want them to shine and pop in the show... take a pair of panty hose and put it over your hand and then basically pet your hand over the feathers following the direction they grow. It will really smooth them out and gives a little extra edge. Just a little old timer tip for you. A little edit... don't let your competition see you do it... you don't want to let them in on any secrets you have up your sleeve

 

[Kessel23]

Anyone have a pigeon lay this many eggs in one clutch before? Last time this hen only laid and hatched 1 eggs and the baby died randomly when it was 2 weeks old. They were determined to sit on it even though it died but I removed it. The hen then laid another egg a week later in the same nest and 2 days later the second. Then 2 more days later a 3rd, and then today there was a fourth. I'm not sure if she will keep going or what causes this. Should I let her try and hatch all 4?

 

[Kusanar]

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Anyone have a pigeon lay this many eggs in one clutch before? Last time this hen only laid and hatched 1 eggs and the baby died randomly when it was 2 weeks old. They were determined to sit on it even though it died but I removed it. The hen then laid another egg a week later in the same nest and 2 days later the second. Then 2 more days later a 3rd, and then today there was a fourth. I'm not sure if she will keep going or what causes this. Should I let her try and hatch all 4?

My guess would be she and another female are in a relationship and both laying in that nest. They may or may not hatch, pigeons aren't known for being super faithful to their mates so they could be lesbians but still have fertile eggs.

 

[biophiliac]

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Anyone have a pigeon lay this many eggs in one clutch before? Last time this hen only laid and hatched 1 eggs and the baby died randomly when it was 2 weeks old. They were determined to sit on it even though it died but I removed it. The hen then laid another egg a week later in the same nest and 2 days later the second. Then 2 more days later a 3rd, and then today there was a fourth. I'm not sure if she will keep going or what causes this. Should I let her try and hatch all 4?

Are you certain that a second hen did not contribute the 3rd and 4th egg? That was the case in my loft when I had 4 eggs in a nest.

 

[biophiliac]

My guess would be she and another female are in a relationship and both laying in that nest. They may or may not hatch, pigeons aren't known for being super faithful to their mates so they could be lesbians but still have fertile eggs.

I did have a pair of hens whose eggs were always fertile. Cockbird mated to another hen was always happy to help them out! LOL

 

[Kessel23]

My guess would be she and another female are in a relationship and both laying in that nest. They may or may not hatch, pigeons aren't known for being super faithful to their mates so they could be lesbians but still have fertile eggs.

Are you certain that a second hen did not contribute the 3rd and 4th egg? That was the case in my loft when I had 4 eggs in a nest.

I'm not certain that a second hen did not contribute the 3rd and 4th egg, maybe I'll wait and see if a 5th shows up. Or see what the squabs look like. I am certain though that this hen is paired up with a male and is not a lesbian pair. There is only one other pair thats not sitting on eggs right now and the hen has been acting like she will nest soon so I'll see if she lays anything, maybe she laid the 3rd and 4th in this one's nest. The one pair are Birmingham rollers and the one who is sitting on the 4 eggs is a racing hommer so we should know whats up for sure if they hatch.

 

[cavemanrich]

I did have a pair of hens whose eggs were always fertile. Cockbird mated to another hen was always happy to help them out! LOL

Contact Jerry Springer..

 

[cavemanrich]

I'm not certain that a second hen did not contribute the 3rd and 4th egg, maybe I'll wait and see if a 5th shows up. Or see what the squabs look like. I am certain though that this hen is paired up with a male and is not a lesbian pair. There is only one other pair thats not sitting on eggs right now and the hen has been acting like she will nest soon so I'll see if she lays anything, maybe she laid the 3rd and 4th in this one's nest. The one pair are Birmingham rollers and the one who is sitting on the 4 eggs is a racing hommer so we should know whats up for sure if they hatch.

One pair may have difficult time raising 4 squabs. Be prepared to help with feeding from day one of hatch. Pigeons will do the survival of the fittest, as a way to assure the strongest make it to maturity.
I will tag @Aaron nassery , he has experience raising newly hatched squabs. Always good to have other peeps experience added to our knowledge.