Wiley

lmao,i got told he was selling pigeons up there,lmao

My vandenbelle imprts into the stock shed both cocks,ive bought 5 hens aswell as these cocks,The dark cheq pied bought from Henry gonsalves,and he was bred by Bill Hislop M & D Evans partner he is a grandson out of shadow,saffron,golden boy and amber louise,and both parents have won.This cock has bred henry federation and club winners,he was a bargain.The blue is out of pigeons bred by mr & mrs atkins,he was once again bought from henry gonsalves as he is leaving the sport for a few years.Another bargain both parents were winners and bred winners,his a grandson out of Young Bijter,Gasbo,Champion Red eyes,and great grandson of bernadette,young wittenbuik,wittenbuik 360 and mistress.lovely pigeons cant wait to breed out of them

hopefully a few more will creep back

Frank Bristow, i agree with roland a very good flyer,spoke to him at blackpool aswell offers brillant advice

what a worse case of effects,his a little fighter defaintly,hopefully hell fight his way back to health once again,would be nice to know of any updates tommorow and possibly a picture of elizabeth??

ive never kept low profile,when u spend alot of time in the loft and there tame/fairly tame, they should rest while your in the loft and take no real notice of you,and consider you as one of the team.

Now that winter is drawing in and the nights are getting dark on average how long do you spend in each loft.and how much attention would u like to give each loft.On average i know the cold hasnt really kicked in i spend at least 2-3 hours out in the lofts.For the two sections of the widowhoods,this season is the time i like to create more of a personal bond with cocks,cos its much harder to get a bond with hens then it is cocks i feel,as hens will literally pair up to you i find once rank while cocks wont.so in each widowhood section i spend at least 45 mins in each section.they are fairly tame from young birds,but when there transfered into the widowhood section i try to get them that one step tamer.Cos for me pigeons eating out of my hand aint enough.Last yr i had 14 cocks n when i used to say 'come on then boys' some would land on me,and have fights on my shoulders heads u name it,and others would spin round cooing waiting for me to give them a fight with me hand.This is how i like my widowhood cocks to be so in the winter i work on it.I spend alot of time just sitting in there making sure there used to me around the loft and they can rest while im in there,they young cocks aint used to me saying 'come on boys',cos as young birds i never put my hand to fight with them in there boxes,but they'll soon get to grips.With the stock hens and racing hens shed i spend at least half hour,as i just potter about in there cleaning out ect,and just sitting there watching how they hens that are prospect for racing,react inside the loft,and get to know there characteristics.Finally in the stock cock section probably i spend a maxium 10-15 mins cleaning out ect,handling and looking at the pigeons,i dunno i think stock cocks are brillant looking pigeons specially the retired racing ones that uve had with you for the past 6-5 years,

Saying that theres always exceptions to the rule,this maybe in my loft doesnt work all the time id say a ration 6/10 percent of the time,cos the last breeding season i thought right i got a lot of cocks here cos there all standing up puffing out and tryna peck me,how wrong was I,I ended up with more hens then cocks,and some that i thought in the nest coooooooor turning out to be cracking little cocks lol ended up as cracking little hens

yea defo,

they look kl got massive heads tho

yea defaintly mate didnt go last year didnt no what to do with myself in the january,ill always be in the counting house or the lyndhurst hotel in the evening lol if mi aint in there im either asleep or in the show lol

So your nearly every pigeon fancier in blackpool then

theres more to this story??

Lefebre dhaenens but i believe massarella sell these pigeons dirt cheap now as there such a small family

yea not from £99 for 6 though,i still have louella pigeons at stock,my combine winner came from direct loella stock on both sides

well for a 13 yr old,sounds like he had a little buisness prospect going on,i wish i was that smart,and used age to get a bit of income rolling in

Race him mate,ya can still try 2 young uns out of him next year,even by racing him,if you dont rate him as a breeder what harm will it do by putting him on the road,agree with the above posts just race him inland the coming season once well trained and see how he goes on the channel the following

some dont do nothing and some do,some great pigeons have come of of the £99 for 6 just look at Champion Magic Blue,the thing is its funny when you buy them you dont get a pedigree but they soon can knock one up once they bought it back.Thats the question always been on my mind.But ya cant take it away from them,they do offer quality pigeons for working mans prices

i had a cock bought him in the clearence sale of dennis nunn couple years back was in stock shed for 2 yrs bred crap,i bought him as a yearling neva flew out from my loft,broke him out and i got him back from lerwick this year anything is possible with pigeons just whether you want to take the chance

could be fret marks had two come back this yr like it,

Pompy mick has a very good idea,and so does pigeon_man any news

Alf Baker,Geoff Kirkland,Frank Tasker,Henry Gonsalves,Mark Gilbert,Patrick Bros,Fear Bros,in my opinion are great flyers of the present and past

good luck is there any updates

well the close season started yesterday here,all the lofts cleaned out top and bottom not missing a spot,suprising how many feathers you miss when you go in all the nocks and crannies,seperated the sexes,introduced young cocks to there new loft,and they have all settled well,so all that is left is to get the moult out of all of this years babies and possibly buy in a new hen or two for the stock loft,

LMAO