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DOVES-R-US ?

thanks for replies lads, very interesting, i think you only get one like him in your lifetime, and only then if you are very lucky - must have been gutted when he lost him

have been reading another thread on breakaway, did he ever breed any winners ? are his strain still about today?

lot 5 £25

lot 20 £15

don't have them out too early, if it is a bit fresh they will be up and away before they know where they are. Late afternoon best, keep them on the hungry side, it is important that nothing frightens them at this stage

£20 lot 6, £30 lot 8

£20 lot 8

collected my birds today, very pleased, nice to meet a good pigeonman

there is no doubt that this hobby will sometimes cost you your very best, we wait a long time for a bird as special as this to come along, and to see that picture is terrible, gutted for you, hope you got a few young off him at least.

would like to buy white hen lot 23

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don't underestimate a cat if you leave the trap open and it gets in it will bite the head off every bird in the loft, they kill for fun

lovely birds, wish you were closer, i am sure these will soon be snapped up

well done, very good performance for a yearling, what strain is he?

nice birds, like the whites/ grizzles are they kirkpatricks?

is anyone winning with the white rapido busschaerts or are they just to look nice?

i don't think they are still around, we actually had an elderley champion solitaire in our lofts many years ago (had dordin's ring on) but he had stopped filling his eggs and his owner farmed him out to us hoping we would have more luck, sadly we didn't.Came from brian jones at crewe of le producer fame, beautiful silver mealies and powder blues with an intelligent look in their eye,most looked better than they raced

cracking birds, think the dark un will moult out bronze

mealy nice bird, bet thats a cock

i would just get them really hungry and let them out when your kit has dropped. Rollers are easy to break. I find it helps to put them in a basket on top of the pen for a few times before this so they know where they are and get a good look round. Good luck with them

the wind direction can be a big factor, one week your birds may have to fly into it, when it blows someone else's home, next week it may be vice-versa. Remember also if a good fancier has an ideal drop so that his birds can fly unhindered into his loft, he will take 2 minutes off someone who's birds have to fly between houses,trees and other obstacles in a small back yard set up, to win in sprints thats all they need. So yes a good position can be a big advantage but only on certain days when the wind is in your favour

what are the approximate overall dimensions?

brilliant, have saved photos, will build one of these to fly my young tipplers to this year

our best breeders were just average racers and paired to other birds produced nothing much but paired together they seemed to click, the blues and blue pieds were always best, if they bred a chequer it was never any good, has anyone else noticed this?