There are lots of supplements so what works or what doesn’t is hard to judge Maybe they all benefit different fanciers birds and are part of the individual lofts routine that makes them successful and if they used different supplement's they may not be as successful but they may work in another lof...

I do think that the only true way to see if any of these products give any benefit would be to test them within your own loft. Using them on half your team and not on the other. They would then have exactly the same conditions on race day. The only problem with this is which half do you give the pr...

I wouldn't knock something until I'd tried something that's my point You can't speak of any plus/negative aspects of it without having used it That's a valid point Mike. But how do fanciers evaluate products? A fancier who rears fantastic looking YBs without using a product can't rear better? A fan...

How important is it for our youngsters to go forward in life, development matters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sv9Q84x0Qo I gave my children the best start in life possible I adopt same principle with my pigeons So you give your children Amino acid supplements Mike? Even though they are not re...

I've never ever given my birds in 50+ years Amino acids supplements. Just another way for a fancier to waste their money.

I’m referring to the big powerful athletic types really king sprinters etc Yes I do think they weigh more as they have built more muscle mass look at the lady tennis players now to the 60’s that’s muscle not fat they are carrying plus the human size has grown over time . In the past power sportsman...

That would be muscle though king You only have to look at sports people now to see that I agree with what you say there Neil but isn’t it muscle that we are talking about. The skeleton of a pigeon would weigh about the same in all of them. It would be the amount of muscle that would add weight. Hav...

I must have handled 100s of winners and I've been surprised how different winners can be. A birds weight is only part of a bird which the fancier can change. Everything else is genetic. I've handled loads of birds which fit your hand lovely and then seen them beaten by a worst handling bird. There i...

Late breds are very hit and miss but I had a nest pair 2 years ago. Not trained at all before being raced. The hen was my first bird from both of the 2 longest old bird races last year. The cock had a couple of races last year and is in my widowhood team this year. Thing is we need them to win regu...