UkPigeonRacing

that is sad Trev this bird is well bred it's nestmate a hen is very flat keel

George and Morgan wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 10:04 pm that is sad Trev this bird is well bred it's nestmate a hen is very flat keel

That is the gamble with breeding. You can’t tell how the genes are going to mix. If you paired a deep keeled bird to a shallow keeled bird you would probably end with 25% shallow, 25% deep and 50% medium. Putting deep with shallow won’t give you all medium.
I love the breeding side and genetics fascinates me, always did when breeding dairy cattle.

You must of read the peas experiment that Munk did all those years ago with short & long peas ,any way why breed off do deep of pigeons in the first place ,cheers

the dam was bred by Pete really like this bird

this is his dam bred by Pete have another hen by Pete do like his birds

Yes he does have some nice ones

Nice looking birds George.

never had birds so tame

Lovely pigeons, George. Yes Pete does breed nice pigeons.

Nice that they are tame. It's more fun with quiet pigeons, I think.

I have a few birds here either from Pete or down from Pete’s birds. I have unfortunately lost a couple of the best ones through either the hawk or from the bad trainer after having raced well. All the birds I have here are generally friendly. I haven’t been able to spend as much time with them as I would like and they are rarely handled. But when I’m in the loft they are quite, under my feet and some will sit on me while cleaning out.