Racing Pigeon Podcast

Kevin and Michael continue their series on breeding. Today we discuss adding new breeders - how and why?

Season1 episode 43: In the second episode of our breeding series Michael and Kevin discuss necessary record keeping during breeding season, and then we discuss nest bowls and nest materials you should (and should not) use.

In season 1 episode 42, Michael and Kevin decide to make a Breeding 101 series. Join us as we begin the journey into breeding season. This episode covers when to start breeding and how to prepare your breeders for the upcoming season.

In season 1 episode 41, Michael and Kevin answer a listeners questions about selecting breeders for the upcoming year. The they take a look at the new USA OLR Tracker! Finally they briefly look at the redesigned RPAuctions homepage.

In season 1 episode 40, we welcome Michael Shirley as our new co-host. We catch up with his career as an educator and talk about how he uses racing pigeons in his school (and how it can potentially grow the hobby). Then we theorize what might be leading to the large losses we are seeing around the country both in OLRs and in club racing.

In season 1 episode 39, Kevin discuss how to train your young birds after the race season starts and then we review some recent OLR results.

David and Kevin finish up the genetics series by examining the 'genetics vs management' argument. We also muse about some loose ends that we uncovered during the series. Link to Thanksgiving Auction Breeder Donation Form - https://form.jotform.com/262443632022043Global Pigeon Network - https://globalpigeonnetwork.com

In episode I am joined by David Stephenson, John Marles, and Dr. Tom Bishop and we discuss performance genetics! If you do not know what that is, well grab your pen and paper because you are about to go school!

Dr Tom has provided us with the following links for you to do more research on this topic;

https://doi.org/10.2141/jpsa.0130237

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195121

https://doi.org/10.1111/age.12328

https://doi.org/10.17221/271/2015-VETMED

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8466513/

https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msy030

https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/37/1/134/5566491

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014181302503733X

https://doi.org/10.17221/149/2017-VETMED

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9365715/

As mentioned in the podcast, here are the two USA companies that currently can test for some or all of the genes we discuss:

https://genecheck.com/

https://avian2.animalgenetics.com/Home.shtml

If you are in Europe you have these choices:

https://www.combibreed.com/pigeons/

https://iberogen.com/en/

https://slovgen.sk/en/home/

https://www.cobalab.com/en.html

Finally here is an article written by our own David Stephenson on this topic:

https://kastleloft.com/blog/2020/05/23/demystifying-the-ldha-and-drd4-racing-pigeon-genes/

In this episode we discuss handling (physical traits). Do they matter and can you genetically 'create' them? Guests include John Marles, Lolo Ramirez, and in the second segment Yoannys Sainz.

This episode discusses the genetics of color in racing pigeons. How many colors can they come in, listen and learn! David and I are joined by a special guest Chris Boucher from North Lights Loft.Resources:Chris's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/chris.northern.lightsDavid's page for recessive opals: https://kastleloft.com/blog/2018/03/11/recessive-opal-racing-pigeon-collection/University of Utah Pigeon Genetics page: https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/pigeons/