Pigeon Talk

[Misfits Farm 92]

And yet I had a friend who had a flying flock of Modenas. He showed too and did well with his birds. I believe; however, that the trend has been towards more of a meat type bird.

Really that would be amazing to see a bird like that fly.

 

[sourland]

It's all about selection. The birds that he had were finer built than that - that body type is almost like a King. When I came back from Denmark, I posted in many places asking if anyone had flying Nuns - none.

 

[Misfits Farm 92]

Amazing I thought it would take years to get a flock of modenas to be able to fly.

 

[sourland]

Amazing I thought it would take years to get a flock of modenas to be able to fly.

With birds like you pictured, it probably would. When I first got my Birmingham Rollers they had no homing instinct whatsoever. After several years of breeding from birds that returned from overflies I reached the point where few were lost due to overflies. Accomplishing anything with birds is generally not a one generation deal. It takes commitment, numbers, culling, and time.

 

[WVduckchick]

Flight at about 2:00
Pretty colors. They have more of a chicken look.

 

[sourland]

Flight at about 2:00
Pretty colors. They have more of a chicken look.

Did you note the aggressiveness of a couple of those hens. Those girls will wing smack you hard enough to break a finger.

 

[WVduckchick]

Did you note the aggressiveness of a couple of those hens. Those girls will wing smack you hard enough to break a finger.

Right? Some brutes there.

 

[Pyxis]

Nice! What variety?

Nice! What breeds?

Frillbacks The ones I was going to get a while back but we held off on shipping due to the holiday season.

 

[WVduckchick]

Frillbacks The ones I was going to get a while back but we held off on shipping due to the holiday season.

Can’t wait to see them

 

[backyard pigeons]

It really does depend on what a breeder is breeding for like @sourland said. At the louville pigeon show, a modona got out and just walked around! The breeder picked it up.