Merlin

£25

Vallance I cant comment on Show Birds,I have the race birds and am in process of restarting with rollers,who in the main are what I term working birds like the racers judged on their ability and performance,the title Champion it appears is now commonplace among pigeons especially among those with commercial slants,I have in my time had some good racing birds and also some good breeding birds,sadly by my own yardstick none that I could term a Champion just to reiterate again what (my opinion) of a Champion should be it is a bird that has put up terrific performances in the more prestigous races Combine/Fed/National/and has done so with consistency and when breeding its progeny does likewise or even better, again especially in prestigous races again on a consistent basis for many generations, how many of these Champions that you see advertised fill this ,not too many,im sure the Stud have had Champions but not as many as they would have you believe.

Possibly the most famous of The Eagleson Bscs was Champion White Cheeks a Cheg Pied pigeon,what critera denotes a (Champion) my own input would be a Top Class racing pigeon ,with results to match with this bird producing birds equally as good or better than themselves,ie a champion racer might not really be a top class producer and vice a versa its only the combination of both of these elusive traits that denotes a true champion,how many would agree with my slant on this

Try breaking him when he is driving his hen,as for culling only, if ill or aged otherwise race panniers are efficient cullers

With loft facing North,you wont have natural heat ie Sun,race your birds then let their performances make your mind up for you at a later date.

Any details or price of the Van Der Wegen Hen

Contact me Cooleflyer I may be able to help you Merlin

Some years ago lots of fanciers in this area kept rollers mostly Bill Barrett and Bob Browns,the sky pirates drove most fanciers out of rollers,this problem has improved somewhat,now in the process of trying accquire some decent stock as indeed are other fanciers in this area,to fly a 20 bird kit of decent rollers is what I am looking forward to eventually. Merlin.

Introducing myself,have been racing pigeons most of my life,also breeding linnets and linnett mules,am in process of introducing Birmingham Rollers again ,courtesy of a pair of European Eagle Owls now domiciled 6 miles from me who have made the area somewhat safer from aerial pirates, really enjoy this site.