DEEP KEELS

[MIL]

I never had many deep keeled pigeons, but I remember my 2002 cock "Hagrid" being very deep

Mind you, he was a monster in every regard. My biggest concern each week was getting him in/out the basket he was so big

The mother of "Champion Houdini" was by far the deepest keeled pigeon I ever handled in my life - but she was also the most charismatic

[Devo1956]

Sorry Devo are you saying distance pigeons are better if deep keeled due to storing more fat as they are deep ?

What i would say Neil, most Large birds with deep keel. I have found some good distance birds. and also different birds burn food in different ways. And again it is how you feed, some birds eat more than others.

[NeilA]

Not sure in that mate
I stand to be corrected but I can’t see fat for energy being store in the breast meat

[Devo1956]

Not sure in that mate
I stand to be corrected but I can’t see fat for energy being store in the breast meat

Neil it may just be myself at present, so much going on. But hey that is life, i must say you always make a good topic mate.

[Spieker-Loft]

Alot of the hardy kruger pigeons i handled are very deep keeled. The ones i have myself are aswell. Done me good so far tho on short and on "long" distance. I dont like the way they handle to much when they have a deep keel but besides that atleast so far i cant seem to see a difference in races wether deep or not deep keel

[NeilA]

Not sure in that mate
I stand to be corrected but I can’t see fat for energy being store in the breast meat

Neil it may just be myself at present, so much going on. But hey that is life, i must say you always make a good topic mate.

I see a deep keeled bird needing more effort to get itself through the air so a distance bird with a deep keel would need more fat stored
I don’t know if they store fat in flesh I thought wild bird stored it under the skin but again could be wrong

[Devo1956]

Not sure in that mate
I stand to be corrected but I can’t see fat for energy being store in the breast meat

Neil it may just be myself at present, so much going on. But hey that is life, i must say you always make a good topic mate.

I see a deep keeled bird needing more effort to get itself through the air so a distance bird with a deep keel would need more fat stored
I don’t know if they store fat in flesh I thought wild bird stored it under the skin but again could be wrong

I would say, racing pigeons burn up food in a race by switching from carbohydrates to fat for fuel:

[NeilA]

Obviously Devo carbs to fat on a race it still had to be stored but where is it like wild birds under the skin ?
a breast on a chicken has the less fat than any part of the bird hence why it goes dry quickly when cooked I thought

[Devo1956]

Obviously Devo carbs to fat on a race it still had to be stored but where is it like wild birds under the skin ?
a breast on a chicken has the less fat than any part of the bird hence why it goes dry quickly when cooked I thought

Racing pigeons, like other pigeons, store food in their crop:
The crop is where food is temporarily held before it moves through the digestive system.

Also it depends how you cook the breast of chicken Neil.

[MIL]

I'm sure I've read somewhere that deep keeled birds are easier to condition?
What are ppls thoughts......

If anything I would've thought they were harder to condition if anything