Ask Frank' McLaughlin Lofts Live Stream #4 The Art of Racing Pigeons 

So happy you liked it.

@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons yes sir! So big help with new fanciers like me 😊

Thank you!

Happy you enjoy the videos. If you keep breeding from successful performance pigeons or siblings to successful performance pigeons without inbreeding you can keep the line going indefinitely. I do keep my Van Reet family straight but that is mainly because everyone wants pure.

Thank you!

@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons hello frank love watching your videos I’m new to racing I’m from England and thinking about flying celibate hens after watching your video on it but I’m struggling to get any advice off of the old boys that help me coz they all fry cocks do you have a program on what you do thanks

Hey Brendan, It does happen and sometimes I try to refer someone to another video to save time. Maybe going forward we do Live Stream question and answer on only one topic and stay on that topic. I could also do anything Live Stream also.

I will do that video but I may upset some on my feelings on this.

@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons ok looking forward to that video

You are describing the pigeons you should be looking for. Back in the mid 1990's I visited Vandenabeele and his pigeons were not as beautiful as they were years later. They still flew like crazy. I feel Gaby improved the pigeon type over the years and they became so much nicer and helped sales. Very few pigeons have been as good as the Gaby birds.

@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons Thank you for your videos and your contribution toward community and pigeon sport. I discovered your channel three days ago. Subscribed and I watched all of your videos. Got my home last year and finishing my loft this week. Going back to my hobby used to practice in my home country. Your videos are very informative. Looking to find the pigeon racing club for Staten Island / NY area.

Hope you have some great success and welcome back to the sport.

@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons Thanks. I love this sport and it’s sad it’s slowly dying. It’s fun but not for everyone. You need a property to build the loft. So that’s mean having property your financially stable. That’s mean not everyone can afford and that’s mean the average guy starting it’s in mid 30 early 40. Because a student or teenager can’t afford it and needs years and years to reach financial stability. You have to spend few thousand bucks if you want to have top pigeons to start. And between feed, maintenance etc at least 1K each year. And now money spent by chinese making hard to compete top level and has raised entry bar for everyone. I don’t see how the downward trend could be reversed.

This game can be expensive and hopefully more will join. It seems that many hobbies can be costly even golf or a boat. Some are only entering one loft races and find this is easier. If we can introduce young people that many times start pigeons at a later point in their lives.

It is best to start slow and pick the best days with rest days in between training tosses. I guess if you can start six weeks before the season and pick only the best days and try to avoid heat. If they fly an hour or more the next day is a rest day. Get them to 60 miles a few times if possible before the first race.

No sure of the question but feel free to email me. Frank@McLaughlinLofts.com

That is a tough question. I feel the VBG Avian Solution the Oregano product is something that really helps when someone is trying to move to all natural health.

This series may help a bit. See my mixes at the end of the Master Feeding Mix. ru-vid.com/group/PLfjpm1Kc9E0UkXcdnfTrnV_VKTkfNozbt

Hey Mark, I am not familiar with Nasaline. Do you have more info? Is it a natural product?

I really do not think that will make a difference.

@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons thank you

I have been thinking about this and I will do a video on Moxidectin and how I use.

@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons that be awesome. Can I get a little shout out in the video? Lol

I will try to remember. Maybe a secret code.

I have a box of Quest wormer and my next video will be on worming.

You do not have to pull the ninth and tenth flight before the race season but you may have to cut and pull the 9th and 10th after the race season if the pigeons do not finish the wing molt.

Yes, my system does not matter what season you race in. I start my old bird season when it is cold and finish in the heat.

If possible train the pigeons before the season out to maybe 100km before the first race. If you race them weekly and rest two days after each race you can fly them three hours per week from 100-300 km and two one hour flights between races of 300-600 km. They must be fed a lighter mix and not over fed and you do not have to train too much.

My breeders get all the want to eat all the time. If you run lights before pairing they will drop body weight naturally. Best they are nutritionally compete and not lean going into breeding season.

Hello Troy, With healthy strong pigeons and plenty of minerals the pigeons can easily breed six rounds. My best breeders breed through the heat and humidity of the summer and during the body molt with no ill effects. They do have very strong immune systems and they do not lack anything nutritionally. The minerals are more important than anything else during breeding season.

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Hello Eric, You can email me Frank@McLaughlinLofts.com I will have young from my best ready in June. The earlier birds are going to the one loft races. I also have a few excellent 2022 late breds and pigeons returned from races.

I have not sent to Pattaya. I hope to send five or six pigeons. I will check with the exporter and hope I am not too late, I have had excellent luck sending a small team to Pattaya.

@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons Hi there is a shipment going to Thailand Masters from Usa I believe 15th May and usually TM and Pattaya have shipments at the same time . TM entries close 15th June and Pattaya is 15th of July so still plenty of time although I do not advise sending pigeons in July it's too late .

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@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons Thailand Masters Usa shipment is 13th May and one more shipment in June . If you have tough pigeons that can stand up to 4000+ of training a racing 530km final 36 degrees heat having to cross two sets of mountains flying very hard terrain then TM race is for you .

That Thailand Masters looks like a great race. Must see who exports to that one.

If the pigeon looks and acts great I do not pay any attention to the blue tip of the tongue. I feel in many cases that is just the pigment in certain pigeons.

I do not think millet has much value. Many better grains.

Sir our racing season began kindly I need ur help we play from 100 GPC to 650 GPC plz recommend me feeding method and grains from first to last race..sir would u mind making a chart for me plz

No worries. I think you can always press the thumbs down again and then press the thumbs up if you like the Live Stream

I feel you can press the Thumbs Down icon again and then click the Thumbs Up button if you like the live stream.

Thanks for accepting my mistake