WELCOME TO SPRINT RACING PIGEONS CAIRNS WEBSITE THE WINNER OF THE BREEDERS PLATE FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND 2011.BREEDER OF THIS OUTSTANDING BIRD IS ROB BRAY OF TOWNSVILLE. My Name is Steven Klaassen, started racing pigeons on and off, Since I was
13yrs of age. Flying birds in the Cairns Racing Pigeon club.Flying
pigeon up here can be really tough. Maybe its the Terrain or
Humidity,that has an affect to results of our racing performances in
North Queensland,the birds seem to do it very hard. In saying that,the
birds that do handle it up here are of great quality. In 2009 my race
team of 13 birds,flying them out to 250km and having 8 birds left.In
2010 flying 18 birds and flying them out to 250km And having 13
left. 2011 raced 20 birds to 585 km and having 10 birds left. 2012 will have 25 birds to race the short series,up to 300km. The small race team I find very easy to maintain.I clean them out every day, taking me only 5 minutes. Medicating is not so expensive and I can really pay attention to each and every bird. Also, what I have left over for the season i use for breeding.I only breed the best to best within my loft. I will try some new bloodlines now and then but if the new lines don't breed good birds with-in 2 year's they will be replaced. All my birds will have to be raced each year, consistently up to 3-4 years to prove there spot in the breeders loft. The race birds fly up to 9/10 weeks straight in the shorts series but if the birds looks tired i will give them a week off, most of them can do this, year after year. My objective is breed a line of birds that will sprint in the far North. In my opinion I prefer the races from the 100km to 350km against a lot of birds but that's just me. In 2011 I had a race team of 20 birds and had 80% left after racing them all to about 300km, so just prove that the birds I'm breeding can also go further they were flown out to 586km and I still had a total of 50% of my birds left. Racing pigeons is a great hobby and it's there for all of us to enjoy whether you like sprint racing, middle distance racing, or the long distance racing. Their is a place for everyone in this racing game/hobby so pick one that you wanna achieve (Sprint,Middle,long distance racing) or even all the distances and have bloody good time with it. I also like coloured racing pigeons as you will see in my picture gallery to me coloured pigeons make no difference in the performance of a racing pigeon, it's just a colour. But, they must be raced to what ever level you choose too.I fine that coloured birds are very handy when you are breeding the young's,you can tell the sex of the young's as soon as they are hatched due to the sex linked coloured yellow's, browns and the reduced coloured birds. The Recessive colours are little bit tricky but very handy... Take a look at my Picture gallery, of my 2012 race team for some pictures and there race performance's, all my 1st cocked birds results will be uploaded each week, under the picture of the bird, for the year. Click Tool bars indicated above for more info... ENJOY! |
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