Ping's Pigeons

     You hear this all the time "Pag mabilis sa training, mabilis din mawala sa derby". Sa totoo lang, based on experience, its true. Although I think minsan kaya rin mabilis yung kalapati sa training sinusubuan agad kasi ng mga vitamins at kung ano anong gamot kaya ang tendency mag-mabilis yung kalapati. Maybe because hinahabol nila yung pooling pero ano ba gusto ng fancier? manalo sa pooling o manalo sa derby?       Actually mahirap din naman talaga i-explain bakit mabilis sa training pero nawawala na pag sa derby na mismo. For me patalinuhan na lang ng kalapati yun. Yung mabilis umuwi for sure alam mo na binibigay na nya lahat ng lakas nya para makauwi agad. While yung consistent lang sa uwian, alam ng kalapati na malayo pa uuwian nya kaya the pigeon is phasing. Lipad lang sya. He's conserving energy para meron pa sya lakas lumipad. Big factor siguro dito yung linyada ng kalapati. In time makikita mo yung traits na to sa hawak mong linyada. If you hardly win poo

     What is the right age for our YBs? Usually I breed around January to March, but sometimes inaabot din ng April for my young birds for North Race. So by race time they should be around 7 to 8 months. My breeding for south starts around June July. For some they breed earlier, especially south gusto kasi nila me edad daw pag pang south. If I will give an advice I'd say yung 1st batch you breed earlier, then stop, then breed the second batch young, para makita mo kung yung line na hawak mo mas magaling ba pag nilaban mo ng me edad o bata. Madami din kasing disadvantages pag me edad. First pag nag breed ka early, ang tagal mo aalagaan mga yun, plus pag nag mature na namamares na sila. Ang nakikita ko lang disadvantage sa bata pag nagkasakit at namatay medyo mahirap maghabol ng kapalit. So its your choice. Younger or older?

     I never realized it but I forgot to post this. I'm having senior moments. I was aware of this pigeon show weeks before but I never really threw serious thoughts about joining. It was scheduled on the 8th of September, a Saturday. Friday at the office, I was telling my officemates that a pigeon show is gonna be held at the provincial grounds where I work. I was thinking of joining but I have a reunion of sorts with my friends so I was a little hesitant to participate.       When I woke up the next day there was an urge to join, so I went to my loft and I was sorting thru my pigeons and choosing who I want to bring. Pero ayokong isali ulit yung nanalo ko na dati sa Genetix, I want to challenge my self. so I chose three. The Opal Bar (on the picture), a BFRC Summer Race finisher, he flew Sta. Ana, Cagayan twice but did not clock, a black and another opal. On my way to Malolos, there was a sudden thought. Parang nasimplehan ako sa dala ko. Nothing spectacular. Baka pagdatin

     So Larry settled for 71st out of 83 live birds in BFRC's North Race of 2018, so I guess this race di lang kailangan complete clocking ka, you need speed too. But my warriors were never speed birds so OK na ko, my aim naman is to have birds that completes races. Maybe later I will have to learn how to motivate pigeons to come home faster.  Aurora - 949.86 Ilagan - 986.35 Quezon - 870.30 Tuguegarao - 802.07 Gattarran - 1,111.52 Aparri - 749.40 Sta. Ana - 1,095.38       Nga pala, wala ng sumpa sa barako (celebration), first time ko naka pag race ng Mariano na cock nag super set winner pa,  pumarte din sya sa Off Color Category and Battle of the Champions. Another info, full sister nya sila Pinky (Solo Champ OB Category BFRC 2014) and Trina (15th Overall YB Category MMFC North Race 2015). Now you can enjoy life na Larry, breeder ka na he he.

     What a week! Parang ang dami nangyari me nakaka inis, nakaka frustrate, pero generally masaya pa din naman. Last lap ng GWRPA na and out of all my pigeons yung live ko pa nagka one eye cold. when I came home from work last Tuesday night nagulat ako di kumain yung live ko sa GWRPA, nung hinuli ko nagulat ako magang maga mata nya, Ayaw nya gumaling kahit ano gawin ko, what's worst gumagaan sya almost papunta na ng going light. Pero I have no choice but to load her. I kept thinking sya na lang pag asa ko maka pwesto this year kasi yung live ko sa BFRC barako ha ha, tapos 2 laps pa.      Last Wednesday half day lang sa office, while I was driving sa NLEX naisip ko sige direcho na ko ke Noble bili na ko cages, pagawa ko na loft ko. After ilang years na dilapidated loft ko ayusin ko na. Ginawa sya ng Saturday and Sunday. Natapos loft ko around 4 p.m. Sa dami ng ginagawa ko nawala sa loob ko wala pa pala ako pauwi ha ha. Yung live ko sa GWRPA expected ko na na di kakayanin and