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If it's ok then, I'll post a message from time to time about breeding a new kind of pigeon called a Release Duv. This message is about breeding for small...
Wynn Smith
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May 1, 2006
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Ron, The Valencian is a beautiful little bird. I know of several people working on a project like you've described. I believe they'll make good progress and...
Wynn Smith
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May 1, 2006
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Rena, When you say "downing the use of homers", are you using homer and racing pigeon interchangeably? Because Release Duvs are homers. I haven't used the...
Wynn Smith
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May 2, 2006
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Dale, I've queued up a message about homing that I'll post someday. I believe there are at least two kinds of tests we can do to objectively measure homing...
Wynn Smith
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May 3, 2006
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Hi Charlie, Thank you for the kind words of encouragement. I haven't taken many pictures of my birds. Most of my focus has been on the circling trait. In...
Wynn Smith
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May 4, 2006
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Charlie, Tameness is a good subject. In earlier years, I truly enjoyed hand feeding and taming the birds as you described, although you're clearly a better...
Wynn Smith
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May 6, 2006
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Greg, That's a good point. I can imagine a bird so docile, it isn't eager to fly off. My birds give me reason to believe that tameness and "eagerness to fly"...
Wynn Smith
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May 6, 2006
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What a fantastic milestone. I don't think it's possible to overstate how important it is. But it's ironic too, because it puts such an exclamation point on...
Wynn Smith
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May 20, 2006
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WOW. Make you want to stop having babys, much less breeding pigeons. IMHO J ... From: Wynn Smith To: geneticsforpigeons@yahoogroups.com Cc:...
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May 20, 2006
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I have a population of F1s that make me wonder if there is a "Small" gene on the sex chromosome. No doubt there are multiple genes that effect size. In some...
Wynn Smith
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May 27, 2006
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Wynn, I sure hope someone can answer your question, I didn't even understand the language. I would be interesed in the answer though. Jeannette ... From:...
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May 27, 2006
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I suggest maybe contact Dr W.J.Miller professor at Iowa State. Now retired. He has done over 35b years of research with ringneck doves and worked allot with...
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May 29, 2006
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INFORMATION ON ARTIFIAL INSEMINATION. I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO YOU. LYNX Sorry for the length and format, but should be helpful to those...
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I don't think this message made it through the first time, so I'm trying again... ... From: Wynn Smith Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 7:42 AM Subject: Breeding...
Wynn Smith
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Jul 13, 2006
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Mike, Thanks for the nice complement. I want to comment on the "purity" issue. First of all, I agree with you and the other members of your club who say a...
Wynn Smith
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Jul 13, 2006
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Paul, Thanks for the comments. It's truly a big challenge to breed for so many goals. Each new outcross pollutes a refined strain. The solution is to...
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Jul 14, 2006
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Pat, I enjoy exchanging messages with people about genetics. But I'm realizing my other hope is to increase the number of people using good breeding...
Wynn Smith
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Jul 16, 2006
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Johan, Wow. You ask a lot of good questions. I'm not any kind of expert on racing pigeons, but the basics of genetics apply to any kind of breeding, so I'll...
Wynn Smith
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Jul 19, 2006
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Hi Wynn, arent the tamer birds more likely to not want to take off when a release door is opened? I have seen some baskets opened and the birds just stand...
Rena Bailey
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Jul 23, 2006
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Hi Rena, "Tameness" is one of the breeding messages that I started to write several months ago. I'll finish it up someday. But I haven't really thought...
Wynn Smith
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Jul 24, 2006
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I noticed in my Modenas trying to coop train them for shows that with the same attention and training there are some birds like a brother and sister that will...
rena bailey
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Jul 24, 2006
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From time to time, I'll post an article about breeding a new kind of pigeon called a Release Duv. This article is about breeding for homing skills. So what...
Wynn Smith
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Aug 2, 2006
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Has anyone heard of this band. AAA 1614 we have a bird reported to 911PigeonAlert that has been found and no one can identify this band. We would like to get...
Rena Bailey
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Sep 8, 2006
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Don't you wonder???? Why do people bother to have these bands made??? It obviously isn't because they want to easily find their bird if lost....
Jackie Greenough
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Sep 8, 2006
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Exactly, stupid isnt it! Roller Bands are outrageous to track down to unless its a NBRC bird. I was told the Roller guys dont like anyone to know where they...
rena bailey
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Sep 8, 2006
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Dear Friends, I've got two things here you'll like. On the opening day of High School Football, I showed up with a crate of white pigeons to release on the ...
Wynn Smith
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Sep 12, 2006
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I absolutely loved it Wynn!!! OK, now you not only have to help me with my pigeons, but with using the digital video camera, as well. Adobe Premiere Elements...
Jackie Greenough
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Sep 12, 2006
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My Release Duvs made the news last night. Earlier I told you about the release at the first football game this year. Last night the news cameras were there...
Wynn Smith
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Sep 24, 2006
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Wonderful, Wynn. Thanks for sharing!!!...
Jackie Greenough
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