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if sootjens,i would go to john salt from kimberley,he still has the old stuff,but theres many different strains about now,so i would go for sprinters that suited me and i like the feel of.
val is a top class fancier,gets the best out of them i think aswell,but i always think if you buy pigeons you want as close to the original lines that bred the combine winners and not necessary from the winners themselves,he gets his birds from frank sheader,sheader got them direct from sootjen,you need them has close to the original stuff,then start from there,just like val did.
agree i had one of their y/birds off them(stray) and it won several cards for me ,including 9th fed with birdage of over 4-5000 birds.2nd best hen ive ever owned for consistancy.
could try something different ? seperate yourself from the crowd ! bit of creativity makes it realy interesting ie; for 200 miles how about 75% meulemans 25% jan aarden ? any other suggestions out there .......ray
Ray gerrard schellephorst crossed the vanden bosch with jan aarden and van wonroy has you know,and look what damage they did in this country when they first started to come over,i love the vanden bosch birds and janssens,has well has yours.