Good content as always! My best breeding advice is to look at the small lofts (

What a lot of people don’t know is that they could have a Super Pigeon living in their loft right now that they are totally overlooking because they are only able to spot the outer performance traits but don’t have a clue about how to recognize the inner traits like Charisma and Aura You see in order to identify these traits You have to have those observant eyes that can cut straight through the fluff right down to the heart and spirit of the bird and see the raw potential that it’s concealing (Famous Fanciers like Piet de Weerd and Leo Hermans had that ability) then once You have identified this Anomaly You have to know exactly how to test and train it to bring out it’s winning qualities to work in Your favor and give You the results that You want, but other than that the only other way You can get one is by pure luck similar to winning the lottery or something and if You do come across a fancier that has Super Pigeons he will sell You the offspring (and as we already know there are no guarantees with those) but he will never sell the Goose that lays the Golden Eggs ✨✨✨

Awesome vid and great info on breeding a winner.. Yes, we are breeding around a son of Iron Clad paired to a daughter of Iron Clads daughter, when Iron Clad was paired to "Kwan Klein", his own moms sister. If you can make sense of that one (IC son bred to his niece).. LOL. Also two grandchildren of Iron Clad as well that are paired up. The 'Martinez Classic' will be a fun one for sure, hopefully we both have birds that make it to the final race for the festivities at the end. 🙂

My favorite time of year with pigeons. Each new pair is a surprise gift of what you're gonna get. As far as pairing, I don't care for stock but if I breed from stock I like to pair with ones who have raced well or produced well so I can eliminate stock birds that aren't up to par after a season.

So you say I have a chance. Awesome video. Keep bring knowledge to us newcomers and grow the sport. New flyers can become very discouraged real quick. Especially us with sweatpants on(no pockets, much less deep pockets ). Ps . My first 2024 is coming to you Tom !!!

I like the pigeon sitting close to your shoulder listening to you. I think he understands you, he is going to make champion babys for you.

great video bud, i like the conversational format and i love hearing breeding shop talk. i hope that pair breeds you your champ. 💸

You so right...i can't even afford an electronic clock here in South Africa 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦😢😢😢😢😢

this is my first breeding season! i really hope to be competing in your OLR soon, but in the meantime i am just soaking up all the knowledge

Hello, my name is John Dietrich and I’m new to your channel. How does your one loft race work? I enjoyed your video and will be watching more soon. Have a good day!

Great talk and lots of knowledge.,hope the new flyers pay attention

Happy holidays to you as well have a great breeding season, I also want to thank you for your videos even though I've been flying for over 10 years they are very informative.

I do agreed 100% to cross first then keep the line intact. I pair the birds based on how similar pairings have done in the past, mainly by performance but also on pedigree. Yes some luck is needed too.

I pair up the best that successfully flew the YB gauntlet of 8 races last fall. I also allow old pairs that bred good racers to continue breeding, and I pair up birds that are physically the best in my hands.

Thanks for the video Tom.

Nice shirt! Nice location

A lot of good info.

To elaborate further on what Steve was mentioning below I will explain it in more detail... How to retain 100% genetic make up of a particular cock or hen you wish to keep a pure family with.. As an example we'll use Iron Clad (IC) himself as the main breeding cock here.. Firstly, you take a hen fathered by IC and breed her back to IC. Then you take a hen from that who is the granddaughter from that father to daughter pairing and breed her back to her grandsire IC. The offspring from that granddaughter to grandfather mating will have 100% of the genetic make up of Iron Clad himself.. In other words when you have that great-grandchild in your hand, you will be holding "Iron Clad" himself. Genetically that is. That bird will be a genetic clone of IC. You can switch the rolls around with a hen the same way, by breeding a "son" back to her and following the same steps for each generation... Hope that explains it. 🙂

My head hurts after that explanation and I have the birds 😂😂, you more or less nailed it but Kevin would be better suited to articulate it. Nice video. I think best to best is the easiest way to go but from how it was explained to me breeding a daughter back to father or son back to mother helps retain almost 100% genetics which is how these guys build families of pigeons. If I explained that wrong someone correct me. The guy in my club who gave me the Mussolini’s was teaching me how to retain the genetics but after that sibling back to parent, that next set of baby’s needs to be crossed out with something and then produces a good racer hopefully.

Nice video, thanks for sharing

Nice vlog again Tom👏👏🥳🥳👍👍

Great video! Lots of help for a new guy like me

Great Video Tom! 🤙🏻

I'm currently breeding to the "DreamBoy" bloodline, which is a 90%Jannsen blood....

You just said it almost at the end, the genetics is luck. Don’t misunderstand me, you need a good pool of genes in your pigeons first, but the rest is luck. People think that you get 50% from mother and 50% from father, but in reality is more complicated than that, everything depends on which genes are dominant, recessive or co-dominant, the dominant genes will express over the recessive ones, so you need that the good genes are able to express in your offsprings, but genetics is not everything, a pigeon with super genes if doesn’t have the right health, food and training won’t get anywhere. At the end you need a lot of factors to be present at the same time to get a super pigeon.

given this is my first breeding season i cant really say i am even succeeding at what i was trying , yet... but! my goals for the first season was to get good birds, and for the most part- except for a couple pairs that i put together specifically? i am letting the birds pair up "at will" i hadnt expected splash daddy- who is unable to fly and has an injured wing- to win the heart of one of the best hens i have, but... they paired up, despite him being the only cock in that loft that couldnt fly! i figure if the matches are good- great! but if not? well i'm new and i have years head of me

I can't prove this theory butttttttt I strongly believe, if u pair birds up pair them to the opposite color like blue bar to a check

Line bred families have a purpose in the sport crosses are overrated