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30th January 2008, 02:14 PM
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High FlyersAnybody else raise these birds. If so, what breed and how well do they perform? I raise Serbian highflyers. Last year they performed very well. My old birds would fly anywhere from 4 to 10 hours depending on the weather. The young ones would go up in the clouds for for a couple of hours. I didnt lose much of them. I cant wait for the weather to break so I can enjoy them.
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31st January 2008, 08:14 PM
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HighflyersHi,
I raise and fly Persian Highflyers. The best time i have got from my birds was just over 9 hours in october of last year and it was dark already and i almost lost my bird. They are the best birds i ever had and i love them and can' t wait until the weather warms up and start flying them again.
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1st February 2008, 01:47 PM
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Tumble only and usualy when the fly above their loft after a few hours they start tumbling alot until they land. Here is a video of one of the members here that has some Persian highflyers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XblwfuSiDg
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1st February 2008, 02:02 PM
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Hello !
 In addition to my racing pigeons, which I sometimes take a little too seriously, I also have a breed of High Fliers which I created on my own. My original base stock was imported from Bosnia, but since I have owned them I have blended a number of breeds into my orignal foundation stock in order to build a whole new breed. The fancier that I had gotten my original stock from, had stated that he had crossed in various high flying breeds in order to accomplish what he liked. How do they fly ? The most memorable occasion was when I left them out at 4:00PM and they flew through the night until about 8:30AM Oddly enough, some of my breeding was to slow that time down in order to train my YB racers to fly 3 or 4 hours. That never totally worked, because at some point the two breeds would separate. I have experimented with their homing ability, and I did have one make a 75 mile training toss.....  But, I have since been breeding purely for their high flying performance, much like I have bred my racers for their racing ability. In many respects, I have found it a much more simple task to breed a great high flier, then to breed a great racing pigeon. As there are many more factors involved in breeding a great racer. There is the pure speed, the homing ability, the willingness to break from a flock, the various distances, etc. etc.
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1st February 2008, 02:34 PM
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1st February 2008, 03:53 PM
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Nope....no crests here. They look alot like your normal non-crested high flier.
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13th February 2008, 05:32 PM
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Im interested in some pure white pearl eyed highfliers once i get a loft back up in MN. i used to raise iranian(persian) highfliers and tipplers, but i got was 7 hours with a spot every hours, longer without seeing them.
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#13
16th February 2008, 10:40 PM
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Matt D. We all are entitled to our own opinions, but only I can be right.
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17th February 2008, 05:15 AM
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