UkPigeonRacing

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

NeilA wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 6:01 pm 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.

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

NeilA wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 7:54 pm 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.

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

Devo1956 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 8:05 pm

NeilA wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 7:54 pm 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

NeilA wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 8:12 pm

Devo1956 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 8:05 pm

NeilA wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 7:54 pm 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:

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

NeilA wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 8:33 pm 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.

Diamond Dave wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 2:14 pm 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