How to select quality racing pigeons | How to judge a racing pigeon 

Old Ko (Jacobus den Exter) had one of the best strains in the world. He bred about 20 youngsters every year and over a period of about 40 years he always had pigeons capable of classifying 25 times of 26 races. (1:4) In ONE season. Selecters that selected on fysical caracteristics almost always thought very little of his birds. Ko didn't say a word and just smiled.

As a newer flier, I really appreciate you going into detail with this. This topic is a area that new fliers like myself don't really understand.

Your birds look very healthy and beautiful, respect from Jamaica 👊🏾🇯🇲👊🏾🇯🇲

You explain things so well and a lot of us think thats pretty cool dude!

Really helpful information, I’m moving farm across the country and building a loft at new place for retirement hobby. Learning ahead of time and I thank you very much.

Thanks for this video. I'm a long time show pigeon breeder but just recently decided to get into racing homers and videos like this help me a ton. Keep em flying !!!

Thanks for sharing! Can’t say I agree with you on a lot of your talking points but it’s nice seeing people promoting the sport and/or their birds.

Thank you for making this video! It's very informative, and there's not that many videos out there, nor books that cover such detailed information. Ill chdck the rest of your other videos🙏

Hands down one of the best informational videos for newer fancier in the hobby like me! I live by those 3 criteria when selecting my breeders and who I want to breed out of and will also use it for the race team ! One of the first videos I watch before I started with birds 5 months ago.

THANKS

Thanks for this video sir its very helpful specially to the newbie to the pigeon industry like me btw im from the Philippine more video like this

Good traits on your birds. They look like super quality to me too.

Great job!!! Love to watch your videos

Whenever you got to visit other pigeon fanciers loft, try to hold their champion birds and assess the physical traits..it will help you alot sir.. take note the "champion bird"

Hi James, so glad to see you here . I'm so proud of ever making pigeon bands for you

good vid James and good info have learnt a lot i didnt know

Thanks for posting this. Good advice.

THANK YOU JAMES, I agree. The first thing my FATHER taught me was BALANCE and VENTS the VENTS are what my FATHER called ( THE WORKING CAPACITY) . If you can get your little finger in between the vent bones and they are very sharp at the ends that pigeon is no good as a breeder, probably not a racer either. Unless it is a very fast sprint race with the wind behind it. Any work to do it will be gone. HOPE ABBY IS STILL GOING STRONG. SHE IS A LITTLE FIGHTER AND WHILE THERE'S FIGHT THERE IS HOPE. GOD BLESS HER 🙏 ❤

Thank you for this video, lots of great information. I’m brand new to racing pigeons and this is very helpful.

Iv always wondered this! Thanks for sharing.

Great video with some good information. Thanks for sharing your video.

Very helpful. Thank you for sharing the content.

Thanks for sharing, The three criteria‘s will be very helpful to begin my new journey in my selection of quality racing homer’s, I’m looking forward on learning about all the good pedigrees that’s available to choose from, wish me luck on my new journey, your videos are inspiring, Thank you!

Thank you for sharing I'm a kid fancier from Philippines 🇵🇭

Very nice information boss

18:03 The white claws just means how close their genes are from the top breeder. If the great grandparents had white claws and they were top pigeons you’d most likely select based on those genes. But if you don’t really know the blood strain and characteristics of their ancestors, white claws wouldn’t matter. Great video by the way! Keep it up 👍🏻😃

Very informative, thank you. 👍

Thanks for the information and the translation into Arabic

very informative sir...

Thanks for sharing bro

I like your videos and been watching your videos, planning to start breeding.

Great video and very helpful

They are looking great, how much a couple?

You have beautiful pigeons

Nice tips.. More champion sir..

/ Very cool video It is nice to be translated into Arabic thank you 🌺🌺 .

I have a question did you race your bird? Please make videos on your winning bird I’m interested, all your birds looks good.

Very informative and helpfull video sir 🤜🤛

Nice Information

I loved this video would be extremely useful to show us how much each of these birds have won so we can appreciate what you are saying more thanks in advance an keep up the good work

Thanks for Sharing bro..

Thanks James 😊

Maybe one day if I’m lucky you might name one of your birds Jason Legacy, by the way you got some real nice specimens there Sir 👍

Thank you for the video bud. One thing though if you put the Rock on a slippery surface I choose you. By this I refer to conditioning, loft management and fancier skills. The reality is that I have seen a multiple overall federation loft winning fancier who for health reasons had to give up his birds. The guy who took over his loft did absolutely nothing with these birds for the next two seasons. Eventually he just wanted to get rid of the lot fortunately the previous fancier heard about it and went for a visit where he found the birds well but unfit as the particular strain he used to fly needed way more training and training flights than they were getting compared to the birds that the new guy was racing successfully. He could not believe the training program the old guy gave him. Things like, bird flies a 250 mile on Saturday gets a training toss 100 mile on Sunday. Anyway a couple other things but long story short after splitting the two groups the new (previously no good) won the last 6 races of the year and took the loft to Federation overall champion. I do realise that pigeon racing has changed a lot with people like yourself doing these videos and instructional information is easily available for the new fancier to me that is almost more important since not all fanciers can afford the one loft and on the whole pigeon population quality levels on the average have improved drastically over the last 20 years.

Hey James, I am Rehoming two stock birds. BRED OUT OF FULL SISTER OF 2ND AVE SPEED SOUTHERN BELLE OLR and a bird directly out of Frank McLaughlin loft(OUT OF THE FREAK!!!!) . 892 Mclaughlin is the sire to these two. Sire to 892 was 1st at 1st river valley round up!!!!! Birds are extremely balanced and they keal bones are almost perfectly plum with the breast muscles! Let me know if interested. I would rather have the birds go to a good loft where I could see them on the videos every now and then.

Thank you very helpful

doing great work

nice to meet you, and thanks for the informations

James can u talk about the secondary flights in regards to long distance flying...

Where are you located? Nice set up. Do you have BOP issues?

This is great!

I thought the tail going up and down was merely the bird trying to keep its balance

Nice content, educational. I would like start to breed racing pigeon. Im wondering how can i acquire a quality bird like yours. How much it is if you are selling? Thank you.

Great videos👍

Newbie here hoping to learn more from your videos 🙏

butv the most useful that two white thing on the beak thats what i use anyway thanks for all of this information

Thank you sir! GB! 🙏☝🤙

Think you pretty much hit the nail on the head. I think physical traits more important when you choosing babies to go to one loft races, obviously they must be from a family which has already performed very well with a sound pedigree and with the results you mention. If i buy a great performing pigeon on line in a one loft race eg final winner with other good positions and it hasnt got many of the physical traits mentioned i will still gladly breed with it, perhaps maybe pair it to a performing bird which has the preferred traits you mention. Not a fan of big birds at all but i suppose if they dont breed big babies, its ok. Think breeding feathers, white toe nails, eye sign a lot of hog wash to. Most important criteria i think end of the day are RESULTS but well said what you said in my opinion makes total sense and Joe Nemelka is definitely a great pigeon fancier 👌. Keep well.

Good video if your a grader in or at a show that's all - I don't want to rain on James parade

Beautiful birds ❤️😻

Tanx for the tips sir i learn a lot gog bless keep safe from d philippines

thank you for sharing.

Outstanding

Good information

Great video. Thank you for showing our pedigrees! Please let us know how we can make things easier to use. Feedback is always welcomed.

Could you make a clip about the differences between the pigeons depending on the distances? Thank you!

Good information...support from india...

Nice information. Previously someone has asked you whether your birds have won .Could you please update us as you promised to do so if you win any race. Just to confirm that your theory is correct. With much respect

Great master

New to the channel... what are the breeds or bloodlines?

good video friend, a question: if my friend and I do a race, how can we know who won because he lives in one city and I in another, we have the clocks, but how can we calculate the distance? is there a program for that? what is the name

I was wondering are these based on young birds thats been loft flown ? Or straight out the nest

Hello! I am planning to raise and race pigeons here in Philippines. Is there a superior breed line? Are old line homer pigeons still good?

Very nice birds you have

Hey I love your vids I bought my fist racing pigeons with pedigree am only 12 but want to get serious about the sport

gd day sir from philippines hope to see thaat kind of charatiristic in my pigeon

beautiful pigon ❤❤❤❤❤

Does anyone ever breed birds becuse they drop fast? Im new to homers and i have a male and female that always break away when they return and drop super fast together and was wondering if i should keep them 2 as breeders together or does that not matter?

Hi...i have a racing pigeon pair for like 4 5 months now will they fly away once they get their feathers back if yes how to train them to come back??

I like good looking birds

Solid bird sir😁

👍BisDaK LoFt from Tampa Florida 🇺🇸watching

How do you hold the pigeon I dont think im doing it right.

i love the 16 hen nice birds

hey bro, hope you're doing well, i just want to tell you, you don't have to believe me, but the tail does'nt matter if it bends up or down doen'nt matter, me and my grandpa does fly races in S.A in Polokwane, my grandpa has a few pigeons that has a little bit bended up or down tail, but all the older men in my grandpa's younger time, said it does'nt matter how the tail look or what, but if you go and look a little bit closer the tail is'nt part of the body, it is joined together, so that does'nt matter, the pigeon do steering and also just braking with his tail, but have a nice day, and think a little about that👍

thaks sir 👍

Hi new subcriber here from philippines i Wish to have atleast 1 youngbirds from your line and try it here in philippines.. i hope you notice me by the way its very informative :) godbless

As a fancier,I always base on the performance of the birds:)

My brother raises rollers I'm thinking of starting homers I subscribed to your channel

What state are you located sir if I may ask.

Thats a thing ive always known just do the color thing blue bar white flight with white or red or yellow or black or blue barless or dark checker or blue checker or red checker or black checker or with other

Hi sir l buy One racing pigeon but owner hi lost pedigre how can I see pedigre

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Saludos desde Colombia

Do you have a website?

Owseme 🐦

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god job idol...🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

I've been debating on having my sister paint my breeders toenails white. 😂

only the basket can tell you the quality on the pigeon the rest is not important..