Wood pigeon Cross racer

[vfr400boy 3,120]

My mate has hand reared a baby wood pigeon its a cool little thing fallows him every were , he keeps a few pet racers n fan tails to am wondering if it will pair up with one of them?? Any one herd of it happening before? 

[gnipper 5,945]

They can do mate I was watching videos on YouTube recently with them on it. Also collared dove x racers too. I think the lad had bred another generation off them too so they weren't infertile like mules.

[gnipper 5,945]

 

[vfr400boy 3,120]

Be interesting to see if it pairs up with one 

[gnipper 5,945]

I'd imagine it would be easier if it had been reared by a domestic pigeonbut you never know it might do. My pouter cocks would shag a woodie if they stated still.

[vfr400boy 3,120]

He let it out did one lap of his yard then buggerd off ha , strange as it was tame as out in his house following him every were 

[DIDO.1 20,849]

I've reared young woodys and yes they fly off first chance even when tame. I plan on trying to hatch some under domestic pigeons next year to see what happens 

[South hams hunter 8,837]

theres a lad down here that keeps a mix of woddies and racers and hybrids and they are all happy to cross breed. they all fly out together and come in together. on the flip side know a lad that bred a hybrid and raised it with his youngsters, the bird flew fine with the birds growing up but first training session he seen it literally f**k off in the opposite direction by itself 

[South hams hunter 8,837]

Just now, sid g said:

 training as in flying round the loft ?

no racing training ,so basketing and taking them a distance and letting them fly home

[South hams hunter 8,837]

1 minute ago, sid g said:

really cross bred woodies .

no a single cross bred woody in with his youngsters. probably the way i wrote that. should have been 2 paragraphs  - 

 

theres a lad down here that keeps a mix of woddies and racers and hybrids and they are all happy to cross breed. they all fly out together and come in together.

 

on the flip side know a lad that bred a hybrid and raised it with his youngsters, the bird flew fine with the birds growing up but first training session he seen it literally f**k off in the opposite direction by itself 

[mendip farmer 20]

On 13/12/2021 at 18:00, South hams hunter said:

no a single cross bred woody in with his youngsters. probably the way i wrote that. should have been 2 paragraphs  - 

 

theres a lad down here that keeps a mix of woddies and racers and hybrids and they are all happy to cross breed. they all fly out together and come in together.

 

on the flip side know a lad that bred a hybrid and raised it with his youngsters, the bird flew fine with the birds growing up but first training session he seen it literally f**k off in the opposite direction by itself 

Has a kid I swapped eggs of woody under my brothers fantails he didn’t no at the time they hatched them then a cock fantail killed them both in the nest when there feathers came through I always thought it was something to do with the cock bird knew they was different had to tell my brother in the end because he was about to pull the neck on the cock bird

[South hams hunter 8,837]

17 hours ago, mendip farmer said:

Has a kid I swapped eggs of woody under my brothers fantails he didn’t no at the time they hatched them then a cock fantail killed them both in the nest when there feathers came through I always thought it was something to do with the cock bird knew they was different had to tell my brother in the end because he was about to pull the neck on the cock bird

did he do it with any birds after or just the woody chicks? odd that 1 aint it

[DIDO.1 20,849]

20 hours ago, mendip farmer said:

Has a kid I swapped eggs of woody under my brothers fantails he didn’t no at the time they hatched them then a cock fantail killed them both in the nest when there feathers came through I always thought it was something to do with the cock bird knew they was different had to tell my brother in the end because he was about to pull the neck on the cock bird

I'm going to try it in spring definitely. 

Ps. Do you hunt with the Mendip farmers? 

[South hams hunter 8,837]

38 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said:

I'm going to try it in spring definitely. 

 

with normal birds i cant see it being an issue mate; most of the stud lofts use surrogates and ive known my dad on multiple times to move both eggs and chicks with no issue. if theres an old cock/hen he thinks will struggle to raise a chick, a chick that is considerably smaller than the other  ( but well bred) or if he wants to get an extra round out of a certain pairing.

[gnipper 5,945]

37 minutes ago, South hams hunter said:

with normal birds i cant see it being an issue mate; most of the stud lofts use surrogates and ive known my dad on multiple times to move both eggs and chicks with no issue. if theres an old cock/hen he thinks will struggle to raise a chick, a chick that is considerably smaller than the other  ( but well bred) or if he wants to get an extra round out of a certain pairing.

I've had 3 rounds off the same pair in nests at the same time, best way to do it rather than just letting them all breed.