carl

Heres a montage i done for them, all of the birds on the picture topped the fed in 2007 winning the Northeast counties federation averages 2007,the partnership in 2007 had 16x1st club,8x1st fed,and 4x1st section 4.

UNC bird of the year 2007,is half brother to the unc bird of the uear 2006 what good pigeons these are. FREDIES BOY 2006 1st club,1st fed,1st section,5140 birds Newark. 2007 4th club,4th fed, 10th section,7250 birds,huntingdon 1st club,1st fed,1st section,49th unc 24.119 Folkstone 1st club,1st fed,1st section,3714 birds Rivenhall 1st club,3rd fed,7th section,birds uknown. 2nd club,15th fed 1200+ birds Melton Mowbray unc bird of the year 2007

I have had the pleasure of photographing the Up North Combine bird of the year 2006 and 2007 bred and raced by Gippert,Henry and Chapman.they fly from new Seaham HS section 4 of the unc.I also fly in section 4 so i know how good yhese fanciers are. Here is some pictures and there results.Please give me your thoughts on my picture desins as im new to taking pictures of birds,its not that easy. anyway DOREENS LAD UNC BIRD OF THE YEAR 2006 2006 results 1st club 2nd fed,3rd section,7813 birds worksop. 1st club 7th fed,13th section 88th unc 20.271 birds North Weald 1st club,1st fed,2nd section 4929 birds. North Weald 1st club,2nd fed,3rd section 3647 birds Huntingdon 1st club,1st fed,1st section,10th unc 16625 birds Brooklands National 2007 1st club,1st fed,4th section, 7296 birds Huntingdon 3rd club,5th fed,9th section rivenhall 4th club,8th fed,15th section 4403 birds,Folkstone National 3rd club,8th fed,1163 birds Melton Mowbray yes one birds results,truly amazing pigeon carl greenhow

nice photos mac nice birds,looking forward to our swap.

Hi paul thanks mate,yes i have done a few picture for others,got great responce back so started to do a few pictures as a bit of a hobby,i have now met some great fanciers just through taking a few pictures of birds...why not eh

I agree paul some very class looking birds there mate,do you fly well with them because to look at they look 1st class,theres a light chq hen a few photos down,what a cracker.hows your results

Hi craig sorry for the delay in my reply,i had 5 x 1st this season,should have been 7 1st had a hen stayed down for me i also topped the fed and got some great combine turns too. thanks for asking

not sure but would love to know

found this great rite up Our Van Reet Biography The year was 1990 and a friend of mine from England was telling me about a young fancier winning 140 first in the last three years. His name was Dean Pallatt. What made Dean so interesting is that he was a good flyer maybe fourth best in the Leicestershire federation before he introduced the Staf Van Reet pigeons. Dean Pallatt had a top-notch family of Grondalaers and Boers pigeons when he bought the very first young from Staf Van Reet. Breeding from the young Van Reets Dean realized he had something very special. The young Van Reets had an abundance of character and a very unique look of intelligence. Dean wondered that maybe the Van Reets pigeons were as good as many of the fanciers throughout Belgium, Holland, Germany and the United Kingdom had claimed. Dean had heard the rumors about the “Fastest pigeons in the world” but had not yet raced the Van Reets. Could this group of 1988 young birds bred a few generations from the champions beat an already existing family of Grondalaers and Boers? Dean started the training and the Van Reets he bred even on short training tosses would break the flock and arrive home as a group ahead of the Grondalaers and Boers. Dean was looking at the young bird season with so much anticipation. The young bird season of 1988 had begun. The young Van Reets not only flew to the top but they won 18 first prizes and 1st. Champion with a record point total in the Leicestershire federation. Dean had only changed his pigeons not his methods. Needless to say the old families of Boers and Grondalaers were eliminated. The following year was 1989, and the Van Reets would be tested during the old bird season racing on widowhood. Not only did the yearling Van Reets dominate but also on many occasions he would get his entire entry on a drop ahead of the federation against thousands of pigeons. Anyone who has ever raced in a large federation or combine realizes that topping the federation with more than one pigeon is nearly impossible. Imagine having your entire entry on the drop to top the federation. The same pigeons that cleaned up all the awards as young birds continued the winning ways as old birds. At this point Dean had to make a decision. He wanted to own the entire family of Van Reets. Dean knew they would make him famous. Dean negotiated and bought every pigeon from Van Reets except the 1989 young bird team. Dean Pallatt now owned the top sprint family of pigeons in the world. Many other studs offer Van Reet pigeons many generations from the originals. In the 1990’s Van Reet himself began crossing in other families of pigeons with the young Dean left behind in 1989. Dean proceeded to race the 1989 young birds again breaking his own record point total for the federation and won 33 first prizes, topping the federation many times. In 1990 the world famous breeders and winners would be housed and bred from at Dean Pallatt’s. Dean was so thrilled about the up coming old bird season, until tragedy struck. The complete team of two-year-old widowers were stolen. Dean vowed the yearling would hold up the winning ways and they sure did. The yearlings won 1st. Champion of the federation again breaking the record for points. The yearlings topped the federation many times taking up to 9 of the first 10 positions. The totals for 1990 were 39 first prizes, 6 first federations and 2nd Midland Championships along with winning a car on a tough rainy day. The following year, 1991, Dean had his greatest racing season again breaking all the records, winning 56 first prizes and many first federations. Unfortunately this would be the beginning of the end racing. He was voted out of all clubs and wished he had only clocked a few pigeons instead of topping the federation with his entire team. The results were so devastation that clubs folded and boundaries were changes to keep Dean from competing. Dean moved to a new location and set up his breeding and racing dream lofts. Plenty of space including many individual pens for the champions. No crosses are made. Dean breeds daughter from one champion to the champion. No crosses have been or will be made. In 1996 after partitioning the federation for several years Dean again was allowed to race young birds. The rule was he could only take federation honors and could only clock one pigeon. The first week was a federation win by 12 minutes. The second race back Dean won by 20. The federation wanted to claim unattainable speed and throw out Dean’s pigeon. The third week Dean clocked all his pigeons on the first drop and had 18 pigeons fourteen minutes ahead of the next bird in the federation. The one bird counted but everyone knew he was getting the team out front of the federation. This was Dean’s last season racing to date. The Van Reets have remarkable qualities that make the family somewhat unique. They are close bred predominantly down from two brothers. 57 X 1st, “Daniel” and his full brother 26 X 1st, “Dikke Prins”. The two cocks were mated to a couple spectacular sprint hens and then back to their nieces. The Van Reets are inbred but win bred straight as well as being so pre-potent that they will win for generations. ........................................................................................... HAS Anyone raced any of deans van reets or did anyone race against them when he destroyed the place,great article

Hi bruno i did phone the local council and they sent someone straight out the nextday,the chap gave me some poision i already had.How long does this poision take to work as its now been 2 weeks and still signs.I have seen a drop in signs of these things..

yes mac draw it on 30 members,im looking forward to it.how you going to do it then.i will swap with anyone im sure whoever gets my birds will get my best.I hope all involved understand amtrak cost etc.

why would you snap them up ??

thanks for that one,I have flown from this allotment for 4 seasons now and only ever saw 1 rat passing through very old,now in the space of 3 weeks infested VERY BAD at the moment.Theres another 26 lofts on our gardens so im sure all will be having problems,im on the outer wall nearest to the new road and noticed the rats from the off.I fly pigeons quite well and am affraid this could ruin my chances unless i rid of these vermin FAST.. thanks for the help people

Im bringing this thread back to see if anyone has any other ideas how to rid of rats,at the end of the racing season we all start banging,building new lofts etc and also about 30 foot away from my allotment they have just clearded old allotments to put a new road through.back to the thread i have started to notice signs or rats getting into my garden leaving there mess on my paths etc,i have been putting posion down for 2 weeks now but still finding signs of rats,im using a spring trap and getting a few in there...my lofts are secure but im terrified they will get in,im also scared i will carry something bad into loft on my feet,as they carry alssorts....anymore help on this subject people

this is looking good looks like you have your work cut out mac1,how you going to pick who swaps with who,i will swap with anyone,well anyone with racing pigeons that is no fancy pigeons thanks?. Put all names in a hat and draw them out,if its ok with the members after that,thats who we swap with.... I will swap with M & D EVANS if thats ok.? ;D ;D

burt hession staff van reets,,,,,quality for years now many many national winners from his loft reported all over the place...

bollox geting rid off birds because they are hungry,its management you need to look at,birds will be hungry this time of year with the moult etc.My birds dont get out after the racing season untill through the moult,the only thing they have to look forward to on a daily basis is a bath and FOOD,they love feeding time at the moment and they get plenty

mac1 things are looking good for the 2008 yb swap great responce now how do we decide who swaps with who...

put me down mate carl (Sunderland) i will swap 2 ybs with someone

Thanks for that.I know already our clocksetter wont touch ets,im the only one intrested in a 26 membership club,dont want to upset people but do want a fair chance against people in my fed using ets,i also like the fact i wont have to chase birds around after a race..some people love the buzz of clocking birds,i do to but dont like to grab them after a race as i have spoilt birds in the past..

Sorry for being thick here,but if my clocksetter refuses to set my ets will i be able to get another member to do it,or even another club clocksetter.When i phoned asking Mark Palmer a few questions im sure he asid as long as someone other than me can set my clock,does it need to be the official clocksetter.. thanks guys

Im thinking about getting it but i can see my club officials turning there noses up at it,where will i stand then,will i still be able to get ets ??/ is the one member theat has it alloud to compeat with ets ?,if so how does he set clock etc

sorry to here this.opened my eyes up for sure..Where you from

well said george uk,,Tammy gets on my t>>s. Phillips when breeding season arrives send me 4 rings i will fill them for free. My stock birds are from very very good fanciers Graham gilchrist brennan,R Evans & son,Mr & mrs Brian wall(gem products). This season i have 5 X 1st and many other prizes in a very strong club sometimes sending 700 birds just in the club,very hard club to dominate but im always in the top three.Remind me after the year mate. carl greenhow

I have decided to throw in a cock to go with this hen to thin out the amtrak cost the cock is an 2002 ch cock not sure of his ring no rite now but can get it tomorrow,he is a winner himself and has a 4th fed,he is a SMASHING cock from one of our clubs best flyers. Both birds for 50 pound,if you would like to see the cock i can get a picture tomorrow,you wont be disapointed. first come first served smashing pair