you buy by reputation as do we all but remember you can buy the mans best but you buy the birds not the man and what works for him might not work for you
agree with jimmy white its pot luck some people win with them some don't try and go to your local best fanciers and as jimmy says the forum might just supply you with some really good stock
village lad the pigeon that topped the up north combine twice was through warren fosters birds on one side the dam was bought at a warren foster sale in barnsley.
ha ha you give them the corn and they eat what they want they ll gorge themselves at first but then they eat when they want and best thing about it,you can train them any time
you might not agree with this but two of the best pigeon men in the north hopper feed there hens so its at them all the time, try it see how much better they come and watch them exercise!
try telling tray bros its crap they topping wda out of channel with pigeons bred out of sprinters 1 cock would'nt come from any farther than leicester(140 mls) yet brothers & sisters coming out of channel
did'nt grondelear go to van reet? anyway just had a look at awebsite on van reet this tells us they're down through jansens half fabry lines and later on introduced a cock grote tom fro the the joseph soontjen loft.