Ping's Pigeons

      In the span of 14 years as a pigeon racer, i think i changed loft 3 times already. The loft I have now I thought would be my last loft. But for a while I'm thinking of changing again. The one I have now requires me to climb a ladder and right now I'm not getting any younger and I'm already having a hard time climbing, plus factor in a couple of  missteps/accidents I've experienced. Isa pa sa factor na  nire-reconsider ko is the height of my loft. Medyo mataas sya, kaya wala akong trapping. Ang hirap sumali sa pooling o funrace kasi di ko mapapasok yung kalapati. Kahit bugawin ko di ako pinapansin kasi alam nya mataas sya kaya deadma. (Picture is my breeding loft not my flyer's)     The second photo is what I'm actually dreaming of these days. Although it would require cleaning ng floor kasi my current loft bumabagsak lang sa sand yung poops, and ilang years ko na di ginagalaw ha ha. Feeling ko babagay sya sa breeding loft ko plus di ...

     To veterans out there? Would you risk flying a season using without your ever trusted lines? I'm talking no trace what so ever of any blood, just pure new pigeons in your loft? My guess is no way its gonna happen right? Me too. Its very hard to gamble completely on new pigeons to fight for you, lalo na sa veterans. Yung wala ka idea kung ano ililipad. So its very important to inbreed your winning lines para ma continue saka di mawala o lumabnaw yung dugo sa loft nyo. You can pair fathers to daughters, mothers to sons, siblings, even mag titos and titas or granddaughters/grandsons to great parents. Jusme if I'm not talking about pigeons these sounds so sinful.      My mentor told once, kahit daw 5% na lang ng dugo basta magaling gagawa pa din daw, pero mahirap na mag risk, mas maganda pa din yung mataas percentage na ginagamit mo sa loft. 

     Para san daw ba yung off-color? Kanya kanya yan. For me, bata pa lang ako mahilig na ko sa off color, pero dati display lang talaga sila. These past few years there was a surge in demand for off color pigeon racing. Suddenly yung pang display lang dati pwede mo na i-race, biglang bigla yung nakakulong lang buong araw sa cages ngayon nakikita mo na nagliligid, much more nahahagis na saka nare-race. I admit yung thrill  saka yung challenge kasi is to produce an off color na mananalo sa race. I produced a couple of birds who won in a bird show pero sa race puro finisher pa lang, kaya me konting gigil pa ko. Akala ko ma a-achieve ko na sya this Summer 2019 but my pigeon failed to clock Sta. Ana. I was in Cagayan De Oro for a whole week kaya di ako ang nag alaga sa kanya. Although smash talaga yung race ng Sta. Ana but still iniisip ko pa din kung ako kaya nag alaga that week napauwi ko kaya? I guess I will never know.      But still, happy na r...

     Almost every newbies would ask "Pano po ba manalo?". It is actually very simple yet very tricky and would entail a lot of luck. First, you need to be "blessed" with a producer breeder. Producer yung halos lahat ng iaanak nya either completes a race or better yet, wins a race. E pano ka mabe blessed? Kung nag uumpisa ka pa lang, wala kang pwedeng gawin kundi mag invest, invest means bumili, wag po gift bird. Kung yung bumibili na nga mismo naloloko pa, pano pa yung hiningi mo lang. Once you invested in supposed to be good breeders, the next thing to do is to race the offspring. Wala pong short cut, di nyo po pwede kulitin yung pinagbilan mo na kailangan ang ibigay sa inyo yung mananalo. Kasi kahit na yung champion na mismo binili nyo, di yun guarantee na mag aanak ng panalo.       I have experienced multiple times na yung ginamit kong breeder na natalo sa race sya yung nag buga, yung nanalo sa race ang walang na produce. And when you paired ...

1. Always keep good records! There is no way to consistently better your loft, birds and results when you don’t have records. From the very minute a bird enters your loft it should have a paper trail. Everything that bird does from training, breeding, racing, health, results and everything in between should be recorded. 2. Good health is 75% of the equation! Just like any athlete, racing pigeons need to be in good health to perform at their peak levels. There is no sense of buying top class birds if you don’t keep them in top condition. A sick and unhealthy “world-class” pigeon is in the same category as a losing pigeon. So, keep health a priority 3. The basket never lies! This goes hand in hand with number one, you may have your favorites in your loft, you may have birds who you think “look” amazing but in the end results speak louder than words. Training tosses will always show you who your best birds are. Again, this is why it is also important to keep good records. 4. Qualit...

     Six months ago, nagkasakit si De635. It started only as a simple sipon tapos naging halak. Palala ng palala hanggang nag going light na. But during that time kasagsagan ng katamaran ko sa pagkakalapati. Hindi ko sya pinansin. At one point papasok ako ng office nakita ko si De635 parang mamamatay na. Wala lang di ko pinansin. Pag uwi ko akala ko patay na sya pero natutulog lang sya. Tapos nun nag i-improve na unti unti. After so many months ganun pa rin sya, payat, me sipon, me halak. Then just a few days ago naisip ko lang ulit. Pag nga pala me sakit akong kalapati pinaparisan ko gumagaling. Pinarisan ko. Pag gising ko kinabukasan, as in no trace of sickness. Biglang biglang nawala. Sumigla agad. Asan na sipon saka halak mo De635? Lalake lang pala hanap mo he he