Ping's Pigeons

2006 - 1st Overall Champion 2007 - 5th Overall 2008 - 2nd Overall, 12th Overall, 10th Overall, 3rd Overall, 5th Overall, 11th Overall, 13th Overall,   8th Overall 2009 - 6th Overall 2010 - 10th Overall 2011 - 21st Overall (30 live birds) 2012 - 12th Overall 2013 - 12th Overall, 5th Placer Mcarthur 2014 - 1st Overall, 14th Overall, 81st Placer Mcarthur 2015 - 15th Overall 2016 - 9th Overall, 12th Overall 2017 - ?

     Every year I come across incidents of cheating sa pigeon clubs, but the most common incident pano sila nahuhuli kasi sobrang napa-aga pag clock nila. Dala na siguro ng nerbyos o sobrang excitement kaya wala sa loob nila na smash race, basta iniisip nila ganitong oras datingan kaya sinisigurado na nila. So, how do you really get away with it?      First of all, make sure namagaling ka mag forecast ng panahon.  This is the hardest to do, kasi hindi porke maganda panahon sa location mo maganda rin panahon sa dadaanan ng mga kalapati. Matuto ka mag research, andyan ang google weather, even your phone gives weather update na rin, sometimes our own kalapatids would post weather updates on facebook, so be updated. Its your duty as a cheater, mandadaya ka na lang di mo pa pagbubutihin.      Second, DO NOT and I couldn't emphasize this more, DO NOT rely on forecast received from clubs. Hindi kasama dun ang bad weather sa pag compute ng speed. It just gives you an idea kung

     The first time I experienced my warrior laying an egg on loading day was with De635, sa MacArthur race pa mismo. Dati when I was just a newbie, pag umitlog training pa lang di na nakakauwi. And veterans would tell me na pag umitlog ng race period mas lalo mahirap. So without any expectations napauwi ko naman si De635 who would place 5th eventually. The second time I experienced this is with Bebe. Bebe was a young bird back in 2014 sa GWRPA. She placed 12th Overall sa North Race. Summer Race of 2016 wala ako mailaban sa derby so I decided to pull out Bebe from my breeder's loft. Akala ko akala din siguro nya retired na sya pero pasensya na sya wala ako mailaban e. Friday loading ng Sta. Ana and last lap na rin umitlog na naman panlaban ko. I said to myself, eto na naman, wala naman ako magagawa kundi i load. Come Sunday everybody learned it was a smash race. Late na naguwian mga kalapati and only around 50 birds lang ata nag clock sa BFRC. Bebe clocked also placing at 14th O

  First a disclaimer. We live in a free society where we can do what we want and basically say what we want. I know we have the right to say what we want to say especially in our social media accounts, I just felt a need to talk about certain attitudes of fanciers that we come to know over the years. I wrote this because I came to know one fancier na sa ikli ng panahon na nagre-race sya nakita ko lahat ng attitude that I'm about to discuss. So let's begin. 1. The First Drop Syndrome I admit nung newbie palang ako, there's a feeling na kailangan mo ipaalam sa lahat kung gano kaaga nakauwi ng training yung kalapati mo. Admit it or not, lahat tayo guilty nyan especially when we were just starting. When I started wala pang facebook kaya lahat ng kililala I would text them "dito na kalapati ko, sabay sabay dumating, di pagod" ha ha. Right now sa facebook generation, we see that a lot. 1st drop 2nd drop etc., kung newbie ka it is acceptable pa kasi mataas pa

     I wasted a lot of pigeon rings because I decided not to race them, karamihan naka McArthur pa. Now I feel like a hoarder again. I really want to race my andalusian but I'm having second thoughts. First of all he is my first andalusian so medyo senti ng konti. Second barako naman and I really don't like racing cocks. I think this season is proving to be one of the hardest season ever, ang dami na nawala and he's still here. What to do?

     I never thought doing Alagang Magaling would be very difficult, but it was. Although I'm glad to be able to experience it. 1 1/2 hours of preparation plus 4 hours of taping. I hope you guys enjoy it.

Breeding Program Di ako nagpupurga, di ako nag va-vaccinate, di ako gumagamit ng antibac. My breeders usually have 3 to 4 months rest from breeding, in simple terminology, di sila losyang. pag malapit na mangitlog sinusubuan ko lang ng supra, calcium and brewer's yeast. 3 to 4 times a week i put glucose sa water. Squabs: Six days after hatching sinusubuan ko ng supra, calcium, brewer's yeast everyday until 25 days old. Training: 3 to 4 times a week glucose on water. Nothing else. Derby: Last week of training: sinusubuan ko ng supra, calcium saka brewer's yeast in random, pinapatikim ko lang gagamitin ko mga gamot para ma familiarize lang sila sa lasa, last training usually friday loading kaya i give rhea b-complex na rin. Sunday: Supra, calcium and wakamoto (arrival from last training) Monday: Calcium and wakamoto Tuesday: Supra, calcium and wakamoto Wednesday: Calcium and wakamoto Thursday: Supra, calcium and wakamoto Friday: B-complex, calc

     I was surprise to find Trina and a gift bird from Eseng na me baleleng. Me sari-sarili naman silang cage so talagang air borne ang virus. Alam nyo ba kung ano gamot sa baleleng? It's not antibiotics o kahit anong gamot dyan. It's the power of sex, parisan nyo wala pang dalawang linggo galing na ha ha. Matagal na namin ginagawa to pag may nagkakabaleleng. Nagkataon lang na cock and hen sila kaya sila na pinagpares ko, sabay sila gumaling promise. Kung isa lang me baleleng sa inyo bili kayo native. O ayan ha.

     He was my young bird warrior 2 years ago sa BFRC Summer Race, he placed 3rd O.A. sa Funrace and won a couple of pooling. But then he failed to complete the clocking ng derby. I gave him away. Bago mag start training ng summer bumalik sya, my bad di ko na sya binalik me ibang balak ako sa kanya. Nilaban ko sya ngayon sa OB category ng BFRC. Clock sya sa Santiago but came home the next day sa Ilagan lap. E alam mo naman ako ayaw ko ng me butas nilaban ko naman sa GWRPA. 800 plus ang naglaban sa Ilagan wala pa sa kalahati nag clock. Buti naman nag clock si Thirdy. Pangatlong chance mo na yan ha. Uwi ka sa Sunday.

     I bought 10 rings for the summer race of 2016 but all went to waste. I didn't use a single ring, just paid for it. 2 weeks bago mag start training ng summer wala ako panlaban. I have no choice but to pull out  warriors from my breeders. One of them was Bebe, she placed 12th Overall sa GWRPA Young Bird North Race of 2014. She's the daughter of De635. She clocked Santiago, Ilagan and Tuguegarao, by this time pinarisan ko na sya. Thursday night when I came back from the office and was feeding my pigeons I was shocked to find Bebe with an egg, Panic mode na naman. Pero di ako masyado pressured kasi me isa pa ako live. Sunday morning came, one of my warriors na na cut off sa BFRC I raced naman sa GWRPA. Wala pa kalahati nag clock sa Ilagan lap kaya expected na na smash ang Sta. Ana. Past 4 pm wala pa rin yung dalawa ko, kinompute ko cut off ko 4:12 pm. When I looked up nakadapo na si Bebe sa landing board. Sabi ko sayang di umabot sa oras, kung di siguro nangitlog baka umabo

  Not planning on playing sana this summer race pero baka mainip ako so yung mga dapat retired na from racing nag decide ako na i-pull out sa breeders. All 4 of them talunan sa race na sinalihan nila, "Bebe" placed 12th O.A. last 2014 sa GWRPA North Race, my 2 red bars failed to clock sa last lap ng GWRPA North Race 2015, and the lone cock although won a pooling and a minor prize sa funrace ng Summer Race of 2014, failed to complete his clocking also. First lap was Santiago, 2379 birds were in flight, clocked 3 of my warriors sa OB category, one of my reds failed to come home, Ilagan, 2 hens made it, my lone cock went home the next day. Tuguegarao my 2 ladies clocked again. Next Sunday last lap na Sta. Ana. i hope they redeem themselves this time.

         More than a month ago, i thought I had the momentum. You see my pigeon, out of nowhere, suddenly made an appearance sa overallan, 9th overall to be exact. Catbalogan na yung susunod. I remember being so excited. Ang sarap kaya magpauwi ng Catbalogan. Around this time namomroblema ako actually kasi isa lang ibon ko, live pa so wala ako magagawa kundi i load talaga. Pag di nakauwi wala ako masasali sa Mcarthur ng PHA. Nangyari na nga  yung kinakatakutan ko, di sya umuwi. I must admit I was hurt, really really hurt, didn't answer calls, texts, chats, total shut down ako. Wala kasi ako maisip na ginawa kong mali. Saka I was expecting too much kasi lahat ng kapatid nya nanalo, including De635, yes, De635 is her sister. I can't believe ngayon lang ako matatalo sa magkakapatid na to. Lahat ng hen na nilabas ng foudation bird ko ended as winners until this bird. Fast forward after more than one month, nakauwi yung kalapati ko. Then this morning me group chat kasi kami sa G

    What's going on? Habang papalayo ang laban ng south pagrabe ang smashan. GWRPA's Matnog lap was a disaster, walang nag clock kahit isa, kahit day bird walang nagpauwi. BFRC already announced they're going to release the birds on Monday together with PHA, sa Sorsogon. Aruy! Pano yan me pasok ako. I need a plan. The next morning BFRC released the birds at 6:35 a.m., what will I do ba? Then I thought of an idea, sinarado ko yung loft ko so that when my warrior comes home, makikita sya ng daddy ko whom I instructed to get the sticker and text the number to me, ako mag ka-clock. I told him to wait around 12 noon kasi mga ganung oras pwede magpauwi. Kaya lang baka nga pala me umuwing GWRPA warrior from Matnog malito sya, so I said pag puti ang ring ikulong lang, pag yellow I text sakin yung number. At the office while I was having an early lunch, around 11:30, my dad called and said my pigeon arrived. Are you sure? It's too early yata, dilaw daw yung ring. And he gave me

     I was right, my BFRC young bird did not clock, although not quite because she made it home. Originally I thought she's a goner. I was planning to not load her on the 3rd lap pero kinabukasan I was surprised when I held her. Gumanda hipo nya. Tuloy ang laban, dapat manggugulang na ko sa Sariaya qualifying na sya dapat ilo load pero feeling ko this time kaya na nya. Natagalan lang sya mag recover. Sa GWRPA naman 3 out of 4 ako. Yung cock di na nakauwi ha ha. Bumalik ang sumpa. Legaspi lap was one of the scariest race for me. Sabado pa lang me mga nagsasabi na sakin mga taga Quezon province wala daw tigil ulan, the next morning ganun pa rin. Thank you sa mga taga Quezon ha, di nyo kaya ako pinatulog ha ha. Waiting time comes, got my calculator, compute for the speed,  1200  wala, 1100 wala, 1000 wala pa rin. Di ko matanggap mukang wala ah. Kakatingin ko sa Ipad ko di ko napansin nakadapo na pala yung isa, yes!!! me isa na ko, pag ka clock ko another one dives down, clock, anothe

     Yung feeling na parang di sya uuwi sa Sunday? My lone BFRC warrior is making me crazy. Di ko alam kung umaarte lang syang cool o di pa sya recovered. Kumakain naman sya, nagliligid, pero pag tinitingnan ko sya parang "Are you ok? Bakit parang malungkot ka? Is it because wala ka partner?" Please tell me, ilo-load ba kita and waste your Naga clocking o wait till I think your ok na? Am I overthinking? Compared to my GWRPA warriors ikaw yung iba kumilos and it worries me. Its gonna be a miracle pag nag clock ka sa Legaspi. Good luck na lang.

        I think a curse has been broken, after eight years of flying emiels, wala pa kasing nakakarating ng derby na barako sa loft ko. It almost didn't happen when Ragay smash happened last week. I was training four cocks walang nag day bird. Luckily two made it the next day, yes! First time ko makakapag load ng barako na emiel. I raced four young birds sa GWRPA, three hens one cock. Yung tatlong hen 1,100 lahat speed I was even filming their arrival. Tapos wala na dumating, my cut off was 1:31 p.m. Mag aalas dose na wala pa yung cock. Fb fb lang dI ko namalayan nakadapo na sya sa landing board, YES!!! I'm devirginized ha ha.       Ay teka, I almost forgot, me dalawa pa ko young bird sa BFRC, the hen made it home with a speed of just 800 plus, ok na ko dun, the cock didn't make it. I kinda expected it kasi although nagsisiga sigaan sya sa loft parang ayaw nya mag loft fly. In addition me nisnis pakpak nya, reminiscent of my warriors last year. So I guess pag nag-nin

      Last year I admit, my south warriors were inferior. Pakpak pa lang alam ko na there's something wrong with them. True enough sa sobrang panget nila wala man lang nakarating sa qualifying ng PHA MacArthur race. Pero di ko matanggap na di ako mag lo-load ng Sariaya ha ha. So what I did was I asked one of my friends to toss a south warrior of mine na kinulong ko na for breeding purpose sana kaya lang no choice na, gusto ko talaga makapag load man lang kahit sa qualifying. For 3 days pinahagis ko sa Marikina yung kalapati ko na nakakauwi naman. Then came Sariaya loading ng PHA, sobra excited ako feeling ko totoo ha ha. Nag pa picture pa ko sa truck remembrance lang ha ha. Then kinabukasan inantay ko di nakauwi, pag tinatanong ako sabi ko nakauwi di ko na ilo load sa MacArthur mawawala lang kako, di ko maamin nawala na talaga ha ha.      Then last Sunday, last training na ng south race i loaded 9 warriors sa Ragay training. I think nobody expected na magkaka smashan pa, I