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THE PORT NEWS

Ken Sharratt

Archie Price wins top place for the Vic in the Federation


Archie admiring his Mosaic young bird.

Archie & Sue Price have been consistently knocking on the Federation door and this week it opened to give them first place with a home bred Gaby Vandenbeele hen flying paired and showing to her mate. She is bred down from Jester & Carrie via Jerster 74 and also carries the bloodlines of stock from Jim Mannion of Liverpool similar bloodlines that have proved successful for this loft throughout 2012. Next week will be her last race and she won't race again as this loft flys pure widowhood. The cocks are normally stopped at a 100 miles but Archie felt that they showed form so he was tempted into sending them into Yeovil and it wasn't necessary as his first pigeon was a hen and she topped the Fed.



The young bird Fed topper for Archie & Sue Price.

There have been some alterations in the young bird section and boxes have been adapted into Pippa boxes with the intention of creating the motivation as the team are constantly being stimulated by subtle changes. Keeping them interested and preventing them getting stale. The loft and set-up is very organised and routine is an essential part of the system with attention to detail. I had the opportunity to see quite a few labour saving and loft maintenance ideas. The Gaby Vandenbeeles have proved themselves successful in a relatively short period of time and even so Archie does not stand still and he is already thinking ahead and I know that the Winter is a time when he looks at what has happened and plans for next year.


Archie Price's method of providing water for his YBs is simple and effective and great training for drinking in the basket.

Mosaics


Whilst at Archie's loft, I took a picture of a mosaic young bird sat on a huge nest of hay. The colour of the bird was fascinating and I felt that it might be interesting to discuss the genetic reasons for the production of this colour. In short, the word Mosaic has different meanings to different folks of different walks of life. However, since this is a story about how it happens in our lofts, the Mosaic types I want to talk about here are strictly biological. Note I said types as there is more than one cause for mosaics in our pigeons. Biology uses the term mosaicism as a condition exhibited by an individual displaying tissues of genetically different types, hence the colour in our birds.When a difference in colour, pattern or physical structure exists for these two genetic makeup's we see a mosaic. I will try to briefly explain it and say that it happens at conception and is similar to what happens to identical twins, but this is only happening to the DNA that controls colour. One theory and explanation is that a mosaic was formed when two separate sperm cells fertilise the same egg, resulting in a'' mosaic.'' Perhaps we should just enjoy this treat of nature and forget about the complex reasons for it happening. Like many things that happen in pigeon racing if we think to deeply about it we can't see wood for trees.

Victoria HS


Result for race held 1st September 2012 from Yeovil 11 members sent 263 birds liberated into a SW wind.

Mr & Mrs A.J .Price are first on 1399 ypm and S. Arathoon is second on 1395. Third place goes to P.Coombes on 1389 ypm and Griffiths & Sandland are fourth on 1385 ypm.

My Scottish mate Andy Minto came down to Ellesmere Port for a couple of days' rest with his wife Joan after having an operation on his shoulder. He gave me a hand doing a few jobs around the loft and came with me on some training tosses and we got stuck in traffic around Chester for two and half hours taking the birds for a 10 mile chuck. Well I was always having to translate in shops etc. I thought this would make Andy and you laugh.

One for those who understand Scottish. Scene: In an Ellesmere Port butcher's shop.

The butcher has just come back through from his cold store, and was standing with his back to the heater, thawing himself out.

Andy comes in and says, "Is that your Ayrshire Bacon?"

Regards and email me: kensharratt@ntlworld.com