Racing Tips, Methods & Heartbreak!

[@Hammy764]

hi frank new flyer here.my first win of the season.1st fed/combine sprint series.160kms.43 flyers 480 birds.thanks to your feeding/prep sessions!its working out for me-shout out from eliezer merioles,perth western australia

[@graemetarrant214]

New flyer? Youve been flying for years 🤷

[@Hammy764]

@@graemetarrant214 compared to the ones thats started since they wer young yes i consider myself a new flyer.those first few years of learning and figuring it out

[@graemetarrant214]

​@@Hammy764new flyer means its your first year

[@909uhbv]

I found a bird with a leg band. How do I found info on the owner?

[@Pigeonkuif]

Hello Frank, really appreciate your efforts putting all links together in your description. Thank you

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

My pleasure! Hope you enjoy many of them. I am amazed that I have so many videos now.

[@jefflingle8795]

Good stuff buddy love the depurative taper I do this in my race

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

Thank you. I feel, if more one loft races fed correctly, the losses would be so much less because the pigeons would be flying with more buoyancy and with less effort.

[@ShawnWrona]

I’ve always wanted a pigeon. Good job, KZbin algorithm… now I want one more!

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

Where do you live? I can send you something nice.

[@JerryLynch2]

​@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons FRANK, I need you to take me under your wing, literally! All my life I have wanted to raise and fly pigeons. I am in Sandusky, Ohio.

[@vandermolen404]

Awesome vid buddy! Keep up the good work

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

Thanks! Will do!

[@ErnieSchierwagen]

I'm really having trouble finding CLEAN whole barley. Right now I'm buying dirty wholebarlery for $20 per fifty. Clean Purina Barley is $40.

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

That is rough trying to find good barley. You can replace the barley with Paddy rice in the husk.

[@ErnieSchierwagen]

@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons No Paddy rice in my end of the world. Wyoming is hard to find good feed. Right now Im feeding alot of birds. Close to 100. I'm sifting the dirty barley trying to clean it up the best I can. Thanks for the advice.

[@boyapoy886]

Thanks for sharing your Racing System sir it's a big help to the newbie in our sports.. 👏👏👏👏

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

I feel if I show what I do and how I think, it can help.

[@mayodeonse5075]

a pigeon fancier too myself, im from Philippines wow your pigeons are super, i wish i have a superbirds too.

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

Thank you for the nice words.

[@NE_Pigeons]

Excellent video! Lots of great information! 🕊🕊🕊

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

Happy you enjoyed

[@FortisandSonsLoft]

Congrats on the win in Victoriafalls🎉

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

I had an amazing season but the race is still going on. Thank you

[@petervergara804]

Hello, why my youngbirds racing pigeon are heavily dropping their feathers during their race season, what I can do? Thank you for your answer. God bless

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

Use the Dark System and you will not have this problem. See this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5WzkKCliMuKopI

[@valeriefreeman9672]

Glad she made it home. It's the worst feeling when you know something has gone wrong with one of your birds because they are not home yet. Such a pit in the stomach.

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

I could not sleep for two days before the race because I thought she could not be beat and then could not sleep because I knew something happened to her.

[@carlosribeiro8503]

Very informative thank you. At how many months do you start training or let them out for the first time for a young birds?

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

See above. Get them out young if possible to settle and let them learn their surroundings.

[@Amkan979]

Hello . Where can you see the total club / association results? How many of you are competing, can you send a link?

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

See above

[@OurSouthAfrica]

Hi Frank Any thoughts on the Victoria Falls Final Race? Saw you had a few in the final race, but the returns were. . . Few and far between

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

Hello, I was disappointed because I was sitting at 1st and 4th Grand Average going into the final race. That is pigeon racing and it happens. The race is hoping to have a much better season next year. You can find the info here: www.victoriafallswcpr.com/news.php?id=665

[@OurSouthAfrica]

@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons I was hoping to pick up 1 of your birds at the auction after , and was very surprised at the outcome , birds that kept on performing to not even finish, I know the guys have had heavy losses all over the world this year, let hope next year is better for all of us Good luck with the rest of the year , I have a 512km and 480km yb race coming up next week, Birds came slow with the last club race but knew they were too heavy when I loaded them on the night, but that's how you learn from your mistakes as a new fancier, just glad 90% of the birds returned Great work on the channel always look forward to your videos

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

We will keep trying!

[@sandeshsankpal2513]

Sir, could you please create a video on the young bird molting season. It would be immensely helpful if you could cover topics such as the feeding schedule, training, rest,etc.

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

I will have more time once I get to Florida and focus on videos that are more in depth on what to do and what to expect. Hope you enjoy my videos.

[@kerbyjackson88]

That was a tough one. On the hen, we always hope that they are good enough to beat the falcons, but it's awfully hard to compete with 5 million years of evolution. Chances are always high that the Peregrine is going to win.

[@HerbysHanz]

Hello. Beep the bops. 🙏

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

So True!

[@BrianLarso]

Nice job

[@HerbysHanz]

🙋🏻‍♂️ congratulations. 13 hours . Wow.

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

Thanks 👍

[@chrisgonyou]

A rabbit hole involving Mike Tyson brought me here. Didnt know this was a thing. Neat.

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

It is a great sport and you should consider keeping a few racing pigeons.

[@joseantoniohiguero-i3v]

Congratulations me friend. From Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. Tocón

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

Having fun!

[@LauraMills-f6b]

Frank I was wondering if you put anything on the feed. I use like kickin Chicken or garlic oil I add bio breed or Kastle products. I sometimes think I'm over doing it, but I had a fantastic breeding season and healthy babies. I also vaccinate

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

I feel putting flax oil and brewers yeast as well as other products are beneficial but I do not have the time for that, and the results and babies are still excellent. Keep doing it and it cannot hurt.

[@stevenspainhower5493]

I pour the kickin chicks once a week on the feed, then mix a powdered prebiotic, which sticks to the kickin chicks on the feed.

[@abcloft302]

Yes the falcon is around and attacking, he hit my birds on a toss I lost few birds they returned broken up

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

So frustrating. My birds came broken up from the last three training tosses. Has to be falcons splitting them up.

[@erickfuncke6352]

Hello we're in Florida yiu are going to be located?

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

I am starting in Clearwater but we are looking around the Tampa Area.

[@The71PigeonFancier]

Brilliant 👏

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

Thank you!

[@rangerthepuertoricanrednec634]

Hope you do great 👍🏼

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

Thank you!

[@chadzkiloft]

Happy birthday to your brother 🥳 . Have a great day

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

Thanks so much

[@cobusvandermerwe8335]

Hi Mr Frank Congrats on the super performance🎉all the best for the losses😢..There is still great ones left✨️🙏

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

I do have some excellent pigeons on the team and hope for a strong finish.

[@LotowanieAndrzeja]

The best video.👌👍👍🤝. Nice one mate new sub.👍👍

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

Thank you for this. I appreciate you enjoying my video. I am having fun and hope I can help a bit.

[@euro6scorpions066]

Good morning, the subtitles are not activated, I am from Spain and I have to read the subtitles, greetings 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

Sorry about that. I will see what I can do.

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

I corrected the subtitles

[@euro6scorpions066]

Thank you very much, the replacement problem has now been solved

[@glennramas7941]

what is the racing weight of a pigeon

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

I have never weighed the pigeons because they are different sizes and I am working with a team. It would be easier if I only had a couple on the team. I use how they feel in my hand. They should be lighter than you think for racing and flying at high speeds.

[@HerbysHanz]

🙋🏻‍♂️. Frank M: do the single females lay eggs too? I m thinking they may b at point of lay. 🙏

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

They will cuddle and mate late in the season. If they lay eggs race them to the eggs. I only had one hen lay so far this year.

[@mikewilliams1484]

I hope to have some day birds off a 500 mile race, My club does not fly the 600, I didn't fly old birds this year, Always next year, Cant wait to watch your 600 race , Do the 600 mile day birds go straight to the breed loft?

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

I hope to get 600 day birds. My brother will only race hens next year so the cocks racing career will end after the 600. I do not plan to breed from any of them unless I have an amazing performance. I will try to make a good video on that day on how I prepared them.

[@tp8025]

A few days ago I experience my first hawk attack as my younglings were on top of the loft and I have PTSD from the experience must say it's so hard to be in the hobby with the hawks as I'm trying to have the young birds loft flying.

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

It is as traumatic for us as it is for them. They young will smarten up fast. You may want to add some hawk deterrents to scare the hawks away. I raise extra birds and once they are settle I cannot watch when they are out learning to loft fly, kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJSoZoWKltR5eq8

[@stevenhine4961]

Why do pigeons quiver? When I enter the loft some will shake. Do I make them nervous?

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

It is possible that they are nervous but I do not worry. My birds do not like me very much but they race super and are happy. I am the coach of the team.

[@patrickmcgorman3274]

birds looking great after that race i heard it was a tough one

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

I was so happy to see them bounce back in such a short time. When the health, pigeon quality and condition is right they can fly all day long.

[@itskbtv]

I need some birds. Im brand newbie down here in Virginia.

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

Email me [e-mail]

[@jaysonolbinar6261]

How to acquire racing pegion to you sir? Im from Philippines. Hoping you notice this. Thanks

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

Hello, There is an exporter in California so you can acquire pigeons from me. It was $140 per pigeon to ship to your country.

[@jaysonolbinar6261]

@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons How sir?? How can acquire? Do you have website or anything that i can buy to you directly? Thanks

[@jaysonolbinar6261]

@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons How to acquire sir? Pls. I want some breeder from you because i use it here in Philippines to race. Thanks

[@jaysonolbinar6261]

@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons who is the exporter sir? How can i contact them? Hoping you reply my comment sir.

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

I did email you. Thank you!

[@Rev792]

Poor 436 I’m glad she made it home tho….

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

I wanted her to finish the season winning this past week and the 600. Maybe her babies will be super racers.

[@Fortis_Reptiles]

Are they staf van reet?

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

The first cock is part Van Reet bred from a daughter of The Freak and The Freak is 1/2 Van Reet. Few of the others had a touch of Van Reet in the pedigree.

[@GuardianAngel..]

Present Sir 🫡

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

I appreciate the support and this KZbin stuff is fun. I will have more time when I move to Florida.

[@СирожиддинРахмонов-з6в]

Чисто кровне тедди надо ест у вас??

[@luisjorgedelacruz6703]

I’m planing on breeding my own family of racing pigeons and I whish to learn some things all help are welcome

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

That's great. Start with good unrelated genetics and make sure your pedigrees contain many champions.

[@luisjorgedelacruz6703]

@ will be janssen and van loon

[@briananderson2016]

Unfortunately it's the leading batches which gets hit by the falcons first 🥺

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

That is what my friends tell me in the UK.

[@BirdsSociety]

Hi there Sir, Can you send a Bird In Pakistan

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

I am not sure. We do have an exporter that ships. Email me [e-mail]

[@elgarehali5673]

Hello sir, I hope you are well, can you please discuss mycoplasma disease? Should the affected pigeons be eliminated permanently or is there a way to rehabilitate them?

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

They will be fine. The pigeons will recover from mycoplasmosis and can be just great. If you do not flock treat the pigeons but will treat a sick pigeon individually. The weak pigeons will be lost and after several years you will have much less sickness.

[@sureguy8124]

Can i have a baby off 436

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

I will see if I can breed some late breds from her. Right now she can barely move or fly.

[@sureguy8124]

@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons hope for a speedy recovery 🙏

[@Rev792]

Pigeonaid lmao you should bottle it up and sell it by the gallon lol

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

I like that!

[@tariq3912]

I bet she was alone, ahead of the group when the bird of prey saw her. Probably would have won. Dang, sorry Frank.

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

I wonder when she got hit. I had visions of 436 winning by such a wide margin. She was in the best form and condition of her life.

[@tariq3912]

@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons I hope she produces excellent young for you in the future

[@johnjacobs3502]

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[@johnc6346]

hello sir. I just posted my opinion in this regard to another video of yours. I think what you do is nothing but a paid advertisement for Versele-Laga company.With all due respect, I did use your feeding system last year. I feed like you and train like you. I could not see any benefit to it over the last racing season. as far as barley, Birds were reluctant to eat it. The birds racing were neither better nor worse for it, but at the distance they failed; even at 250 miles, some got lost and didn't make it. I feed 10 of my youngster regular seed with no barley, and they did awesome; even they were at the top of the racing sheet every time. Barley reduces the presence of trichomonasis for the good reason that it is not even good enough to feed the bacteria. excess use of barley is unnecessary. It is also advisable for our sprinters not to give more than 10% barley during the first days of the week. Corn and wheat are better grains for our pigeon food.

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

Hello John, I feed Versele Laga because I like it and do not have many grain options here. I get nothing or in no way profit from Versele Laga, only tell what I use but there are many great feed companies. Everyone has their opinion and if your birds are reluctant to eat barley, if it is a good barley, then you are over feeding. The results have been incredible from around the world using my feeding system and some of the top most famous fanciers are now feeding like me. No matter what we do sometimes results do not come and you cannot blame just the feeding. Feeding is only part of this. The birds must be super and only the top pigeons will perform to the front. Corn and wheat are decent feed but for sprinting there is nothing more beneficial than barley. I am sure many will agree after seeing how feeding like me turned around the results of so many. If you have a system that works stick to it. My system works for many with little time for the pigeons and still want great results. Hopefully you will gain some info from other videos I film. I like others opinions always.

[@andrewalker2278]

Hi I'm interested in birds and wanting to learn more about racing. Could you share if possible so people are rude so don't mean to bother you

[@JerryLynch2]

​@@FrankMcLaughlinPigeonsNice job on composure and returning that birdie back to his court/coop.

[@lukebrincat268]

Your results are not that good

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

I can have consistent excellent results with very little effort compared to my competition. My systems work for fanciers that do not have a lot of time but want to have success. In years past I flew at the top weekly against thousands of pigeons but sad the numbers have dropped. There are five or six fanciers in my club that would dominate anywhere in the world.

[@AnacitoConde]

watching from the Philippines, your pet racing pigeons are so happy, I am also a pigeon fancier, because of your sharing of videos, I learned a lot, more videos to upload sir, happy flying and more races to come, by the way what is your Facebook account sir.

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

That's awesome! So nice to hear. I have reached my friend limit on Facebook and do not go to Facebook very often but you can certainly look. facebook.com/frank.mclaughlin.3576/

[@Amkan979]

Hello . Where can you see the total club / association results? How many of you are competing, can you send a link?

[@FrankMcLaughlinPigeons]

You can find the results here. pigeon.org/ It is not the easiest to navigate. Go to National Database and then click Local Reports. You can see the different years at the top right. I race the old birds in the Southern New England Combine last several years under McLaughlin Lofts and Dan McLaughlin. Boston Concourse before that and also this year. Racing in the Braintree Norwood Club Boston and Braintree Norwood Southern New England. There are also New England Open Results and National Awards each year. I use young birds mostly for some training.

[@Amkan979]

Thnx