paul k

Get your self some reasonible birds. Take your time with them, train them well, pick your races, dont try to send them all everywhere. And make sure they are healthy before you send them, the most common problem is over feeding, but remember a over weight healthy pigeon will get home. An over weight unhealthy one is finished before you even start.

i think you are all trying to be exact. we breed our young birds in jan/feb and put them on the dark straight away, they are darkened from 5pm until 9am, if possible. they stay on the dark until the 1st July. They will be holding a full wing when the first race comes around. This year from 8 young bird club races we won 7 and won the fed 3 times as well. the main thing with the darkness is keeping them heathly, to many times i've heard people just shutting them in nothing more than a biscuit tin, no air, leading to respitory problems. You need to keep a good air flow, without causing a draft as this to will have a bad effect on the young birds. Remember the loft does not have to be pitch black, ours is dark enough that they roost up but you can go in there and see the birds easily. I think its more to do with the rest time rather than how dark the loft actually is.

No. Rose the half brother bred the NFC winner for M/M Kulpa in the 2004 young bird national. Yours and mr noakes performance must have been in a different race.

03' Bred, Blue cock. winner of 1st club 8th federation 2415 birds. DE KLAK x MEULEMAN Sire is a son of Eijerkamps top De Klak breeder BARTOLI, when he was paired to a daughter of FLITS. Dam is a meuleman and full sister to the sire of our combine winner. His half brother bred the WINNER OF 1ST SECTION E, 1st OPEN NFC 2004. His nest brother is also a good racer and has taken many good positions upto NFC level this cock came home with an injured wing this year and will not race again. He can fly but will not race. He will make a super stock cock though, with winners through out his pedigree. priced at £150 plus carriage.

I HAVE 3 VAN LOON COCKS FOR SALE ALL 04 BRED. ALL THREE ARE BRED FROM OUR TOP RACING AND STOCK COCK, HE WON 5X1ST ON THE ROAD PLUS A SOUTHERN REGION GOLD MEDAL FOR BEST SPRINT COCK. 1) WHEN PAIRED TO WINNER OF 1ST UBI COMBINE 2 & 3) WHEN PAIRED TO A RACING HEN WHO ALSO HAD 4X1ST PRIZES AND HAS BRED MANY OTHER WINNERS PAIRED TO DIFFERENT COCKS. PRICE IS £60 EACH OR £150 FOR ALL THREE. THEY WILL NOT DISAPPOINT PM ME FOR MORE DETAILS IF YOU WANT THEM.