Pigeon Talk

[biophiliac]

$10 each!
Deal!!
He said he had people emailing him for much further away. Luckily I had emailed first and he held them for me. Such a sweetheart.

I'm guessing he felt good about their new home!

 

[WVduckchick]

You are going to want some nest boxes for them. Come spring they will start breeding like crazy, if not sooner. Bigger boxes allow the squeakers time to learn to eat and drink before they get forced out of the box. Are you going to raise some to sell?

Yep, I think I’ll re-work the coop/run that the bachelor cockerels are in, to make a nice loft/aviary. It’s pretty good size. I can take the door off the coop and make some nice nest areas.
I figure if they do breed well, I’ll sell some once they get going.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

I'm guessing he felt good about their new home!

X2
That's so awesome Nat!

 

[WVduckchick]

They are coo’ing away in my incubator room. Going to try to sneak and take a video.

 

[WVduckchick]

X2
That's so awesome Nat!

Thanks Lisa. I hope you get some soon. Has hubby said any more about it lately?

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

They are coo’ing away in my incubator room. Going to try to sneak and take a video.

 

[casportpony]

Ok, pics as promised. We got home just after dark. I was going to put them in my shop for the night, hubby said might as well bring them inside. What a man!

5 birds total. 2 definite cock birds. I’ll have to observe longer to decide on them all. One appears much younger, but they are all from this year.
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[sourland]

Thanks! Better than my guesses! I didn't even have a guess. What family of rollers did you fly?

Birds came from the loft of John Marinelli a NY state flyer who was moving to Va. He purchased several birds from Frank Lavin - a NBRC hall of fame member. All turned out to be cockbirds and he crossed them on his existing birds. He ended up with birds that were fast and deep but not frequent with the roll. He kept these birds for his 'fun' kit, but when he moved he only took his competition birds with him. I stumbled on the key to frequency through 'The Clapper' and had the birds at the point where I thought they were worthy of competition.

Through a NBRC fund raiser auction I got some birds from Dave ? a very successful flyer from the Corning NY area. His birds did not work for me.

Different birds in different hands do different things.

I'm curious to hear how your Turner birds work out for you.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Thanks Lisa. I hope you get some soon. Has hubby said any more about it lately?

He talks about it every now and then but still wants to wait for Spring. Maybe you'll have some to sell by then.. good excuse for a road trip..

 

[biophiliac]

x2!