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August 20, 2012August 31, 2012

Results from our first young bird race of 2012

We had a good drop in our first race this year. Short, but sweet. It’s been tough beating those veteran flyers who live about 40 miles to the west. We’re striving of course for more similar performances this season.

WinSpeed-1                         Bluegrass RPC                 08/19/12-18:30
                                 Weekly Race Report                      Page 1
                            Open and Junior Category
Name: ONEIDA                       Young Bird Race            Flown: 08/19/2012
Release(A): 07:45  Birds: 178   Lofts: 12                    Station: ONEIDA TN
Weather (Rel) Overcast, 0 N, 64 degrees  (Arr) sunny, NE 2-6 mph, 77 degrees
 
POS NAME          BAND NUMBER        CLR  X ARRIVAL   MILES  TOWIN      YPM  PT
  1 Tory Stephe/9   74   AU 12 KAST  GR   H 10:17:29 104.240 00.00 1203.160 100
  2 David Step/31    3   AU 12 KAST  BBAR C 10:17:30 104.240 00.00 1203.029  99
  3 David Stephen    1   AU 12 KAST  BBAR C 10:17:31  2/ 31  00.01 1202.898  98
  4 David Stephen    9   AU 12 KAST  BBAR C 10:17:32  3/ 31  00.02 1202.766  97
  5 David Stephen   10   AU 12 KAST  BCH  C 10:17:32  4/ 31  00.02 1202.766  96
  6 David Stephen   39   AU 12 KAST  BBAR C 10:17:34  5/ 31  00.04 1202.504  95
  7 David Stephen   33   AU 12 KAST  BLK  C 10:17:36  6/ 31  00.06 1202.241  94
  8 David Stephen   41   AU 12 KAST  BBAR C 10:17:38  7/ 31  00.08 1201.978  93
  9 David Stephen   29   AU 12 KAST  BBAR C 10:17:39  8/ 31  00.09 1201.847  92
 10 David Stephen   24   AU 12 KAST  BBAR C 10:19:10  9/ 31  01.40 1190.024  91
 11 Tory Stephens   54   AU 12 KAST  GR   C 10:21:21  2/  9  03.51 1173.405  90
 12 David Stephen   44   AU 12 KAST  BBAR C 10:21:25 10/ 31  03.55 1172.905  89
 13 Tory Stephens   12   AU 12 KAST  BC   C 10:23:39  3/  9  06.09 1156.394  88
 14 David Stephen    1   AU 12 BLG   BKWP C 10:23:41 11/ 31  06.11 1156.151  87
 15 Tory Stephens   77   AU 12 KAST  GR   H 10:24:42  4/  9  07.12 1148.791  86
 16 David Stephen   48   AU 12 KAST  DC   C 10:25:50 12/ 31  08.20 1140.696  85
 17 David Stephen   34   AU 12 KAST  BBAR C 10:25:57 13/ 31  08.27 1139.869  84
 18 David Stephen   46   AU 12 KAST  BBAR C 10:26:06 14/ 31  08.36 1138.808  83
 19 David Stephen   35   AU 12 KAST  BBAR C 10:26:07 15/ 31  08.37 1138.690  82
 20 David Stephen   45   AU 12 KAST  BCH  C 10:28:22 16/ 31  10.52 1123.007  81
 21 David Stephen   28   AU 12 KAST  BBAR C 10:30:26 17/ 31  12.56 1108.978  80
 22 Simeon Par/31   79   AU 12 BLG   BBAR C 10:50:43 115.178 17.13 1091.517  79
 23 Ken Driske/10  438   AU 12 BLG   BBAR C 11:12:17 128.459 19.22 1090.718  78
 24 Tory Stephens   42   AU 12 KAST  DC   C 10:34:17  5/  9  16.48 1083.757  77
 25 Simeon Parker   91   AU 12 BLG   DC   H 10:52:38  2/ 31  19.08 1080.368  76
 26 David Stephen   14   AU 12 KAST  RC   C 10:36:51 18/ 31  19.21 1067.570  75
 27 Ken Driskell   432   AU 12 BLG   W    C 11:16:57  2/ 10  24.02 1066.703  74
 28 Ken Driskell   431   AU 12 BLG   W    H 11:17:13  3/ 10  24.18 1065.363  73
 29 Ken Driskell   410   AU 12 BLG   RC   C 11:17:48  4/ 10  24.53 1062.442  72
 30 Simeon Parker   97   AU 12 BLG   BCH  H 11:00:33  3/ 31  27.03 1036.630  71
 31 Jonathan Du/3   53   AU 12 LKY   BC   C 10:45:53 106.338 25.19 1034.750  70
 32 Fred Dunawa/3   52   AU 12 LKY   BC   C 10:46:32 106.338 25.58 1031.045  69
 33 Jonathan Duna  109   AU 12 LKY   BC   C 10:47:02  2/  3  26.27 1028.213  68
 34 Fred Dunaway    18   AU 12 LKY   BC   C 10:47:19  2/  3  26.44 1026.616  67
 35 Jonathan Duna   45   AU 12 LKY   BC   C 10:47:54  3/  3  27.19 1023.342  66
 36 Joe Penn/26    356   AU 12 BLG   BCH  C 11:35:11 132.968 35.40 1016.685  65
 37 David Stephen   36   AU 12 KAST  BBAR C 10:48:50 19/ 31  31.20  997.980  64
 38 David Stephen   61   AU 12 KAST  DC   C 10:49:08 20/ 31  31.38  996.354  63
 39 John James/32  123   IF 12 LKY   RC   C 10:52:15 105.292 33.13  989.665  62
 40 Jonathan Ja/5  121   IF 12 LKY   GR     10:52:16 105.292 33.14  989.577  61
 41 Elliott/9      136   IF 12 LKY   GR   H 10:52:26 105.292 33.24  988.697  59
 42 John James     136   AU 12 LKY   GR   C 10:52:26  2/ 32  33.24  988.697  60
 43 John James     112   IF 12 LKY   BCH  C 10:52:32  3/ 32  33.30  988.170  58
 44 John James     197   IF 12 LKY   BKP  C 10:52:38  4/ 32  33.36  987.643  57
 45 Tory Stephens   13   AU 12 KAST  BB   C 10:51:17  6/  9  33.48  984.854  56
 46 David Stephen   38   AU 12 KAST  BBAR C 10:51:18 21/ 31  33.48  984.766  55
 47 Tory Stephens   51   AU 12 KAST  GR   H 10:51:19  7/  9  33.49  984.678  54
 48 Elliott        143   IF 12 LKY   WH   H 10:55:31  2/  9  36.29  972.696  53
 49 John James     184   AU 12 LKY   GR   C 10:55:37  5/ 32  36.35  972.186  52
 50 Elliott        133   IF 12 LKY   WH   H 10:56:34  3/  9  37.32  967.364  51
 51 Tory Stephens   53   AU 12 KAST  RC   H 10:56:12  8/  9  38.42  959.529  50
 52 Ken Driskell   411   AU 12 BLG        H 11:41:37  5/ 10  48.42  955.502  49
 53 Brina/2        422   AU 12 BLG   BCP    11:42:19 128.459 49.24  952.684  48
 54 Elliott        176   IF 12 LKY   RCP  C 10:59:37  4/  9  40.35  952.204  46
 55 John James     176   AU 12 LKY   RCP  C 10:59:37  6/ 32  40.35  952.204  47
 56 Tony Horn/17   505   IF 12 LKY   BLS  C 11:22:16 116.284 47.09  941.977  45
 57 Joe Penn       353   AU 12 BLG   W    H 11:53:32  2/ 26  54.01  941.620  44
 58 Joe Penn       341   AU 12 BLG   BLS  H 11:53:40  3/ 26  54.09  941.115  43
 59 Simeon Parker   71   AU 12 BLG   BBAR C 11:20:34  4/ 31  47.04  940.373  42
 60 Simeon Parker   65   AU 12 BLG   BBAR C 11:20:38  5/ 31  47.08  940.082  41

May 29, 2012

2012 Out of Area Races

Kastle Loft’s birds will be competing in more races than ever this year. We look forward to seeing how our birds fare in other lofts around the country.

This fall/winter, we will have birds flying in:

Gulf Coast Classic – handler Jim Combs
Dixie Southern Convention – handler Bob Tavares and Fred Wagner
Pigeon Talk Classic OLR
John James OLR

Hopefully we will get some great information about our birds that will help us assess which birds and where to send birds in 2013.

January 2, 2012November 27, 2016

Pigeon Breeding Cycle and Calendar

Here is a little pdf that may help you plan out your pairings by the calendar. You could select a pairing date and it would show you approximately when the pair would lay, have 28 day babies, lay again, etc. etc. It is extremely helpful when using it in reverse. If, say, you wanted to send a baby off to a one loft race or futurity on March 1, you could instantly see when to pair your birds in order to have 28 day babies on March 1.

Download Homing Pigeon Breeding Cycle and Calendar

December 13, 2010September 13, 2011

Yet another trophy

Tory apparently never gets tired of winning trophies. Especially when her daddy doesn’t have any. Last night at the Bluegrass Racing Pigeon Club meeting, she was awarded her first place diploma and her first place junior champion trophy. I think she was excited.

Her wins came from a rather large white grizzle we call “The Turkey”. Tory has won ump-teen trophies and medals all from her bird “Speckles”, who is the sire of “The Turkey”. Speckles also bred Tory’s best performing bird (12th place avg. speed) in last year’s LRPC One-Loft Futurity.

Congrats young-un!

April 9, 2010February 16, 2011

Speck-Man bursts into Science Fair Scene

Tory releases Speckles at Camp Nelson - one of their nine tosses from the 17-mile point.

Tory Stephenson, with the help of her pigeon “Speckles” aka “Speck-Man”, won the overall medallion in her school’s fourth grade science fair with her project titled “Flight Time.” For her project, Tory wanted to determine if weather conditions played a factor in the amount of time it took one of her birds to get home from a 17-mile release. She advanced to District competition and won 1st Place and then 2nd Place at Regionals!

From her project:

From the results of my experiment, I learned that it appears temperatures between 24 degrees and 68 degrees do not have an effect on the birds. There wasn’t much precipitation during our experiment so we can’t tell if it affects the birds. Our data suggests that when the wind is coming from the south (tail winds) the birds would come home faster than when the wind is coming from the north (head wind). The air pressure between 29.85 and 30.26 didn’t seem to effect the pigeons. Extreme weather conditions quite possibly would effect the pigeons but we didn’t experience any extreme conditions. The birds flew a route home from the same release point every time. They may have learned the route home to become faster.