Old pairs

[swilcox]

Ive just been studying some pedigrees that are online and being auctioned soon.

 

On one side of the pedigree the father is bred from a 16 year cock paired to a 14 year old hen. The cock isnt unusual but i dont know many hens who breed at 14 year old esp paired to a 16 year old cock.

 

Whats the oldest hen uv had still breeding

[gangster]

10 YEARS OLD ONLY 1 GOOD EGG THOUGH

[ALF]

A good pal of mine bought a 13 yr old hen for buttons that was the mother of some good pigeons to score with the SNFC and she filled every egg that year and reared a pair of them herself no problem

[swilcox]

Red lady was finished at 14 years old but she was paired to a young cock, she only laid a 4 eggs after 12 years old, wouldnt have risked her with a 16 year old cock.

[gorsy bank lofts]

12yo but missed one egg this year for 1st time

had cocks fill to 16yo

[bazza]

we had a hen who s last 2 youngbirds was 06 at 13yrs old,she was paired to a cock 5yrs her junior.

[Guest stb-]

14 years is oldest i have had, but not paired with a geriatric cock ;)

[Wiley]

11 yr old but was always paired to youngish cocks

[fletch]

love to see old pigeons, there lives can tell you some stories,

dont have any old uns here but would love a loft full of them

[swilcox]

Ive got a 14 year old cock he was 3rd Nat Barcelona 7th International, De St Vincent 1st Sec 2300b 4th Nat St Vincent 7600b and Red Lady 1st Nat Bordeaux 5400b, to me they deserve there retirement even tho the cocks are still breeding.

 

Stuart

[swilcox]

De St Vincent, he is one of the most beautiful pigeons ive ever seen, hes got a bogger nose now too.

[pjc]

Got some Page Bros pedigrees here and a lot of the birds on there were very old when still suposidly produceing!

King Kong, sire 15, Dam 14 yrs old!

[swilcox]

Dutch sprinters are normally finished at 11-12 max but ofcoarse there are exceptions, its quite common for red and mealy pigeons to keep there fertility.

[fletch]

De St Vincent, he is one of the most beautiful pigeons ive ever seen, hes got a bogger nose now too.

 

nice mate

[hotrod]

i have a hen thats the DAM of my loft she will be 14 in 2010 she bred some very nice ones this year and next year i will pair her to her g/g son  ps she is a dtr of N. BLACK AND SONS   famous 99 hen, dam of his drumiller hill lad  1st open kings cup

[Guest bakes]

a mate of mine has got an 11 year old busshaert cock that he has alwaysed pair to an 11 year old busshaert hen last season the pair had only 1 clear egg out of the 4

 

the oldest stock cock i have is an 2001 de klak cock (8year old) hopeing he fills this coming season he is paired to his daughter 2004 (5 year old)

 

hopeing to get a few young guns of this pair  

 

all the best.

[BLACK W F]

bob mcdonald had 2 at the aberdeen show to get their photos taken  18 y/olds  filled last year  i think i was told gchildren of his original jan ardens

[maverick]

bob mcdonald had 2 at the aberdeen show to get their photos taken  18 y/olds  filled last year  i think i was told gchildren of his original jan ardens

 

survival of the fittest in bobs loft thou

[BLACK W F]

mav going to go across shortly to see the birds and spend some time with him they dont make fanciers  of the quality of bob   now days  

[maverick]

mav going to go across shortly to see the birds and spend some time with him they dont make fanciers  of the quality of bob   now days  

 

not many like him and a hard task master but fair on his birds but they must be fit and healthy at all times

[BLACK W F]

no chance of that going over to have a chat may be try and get a wee wright up on his jan

ardens think it was roughly   1966 -67  he first brought them over very inbred but ooze quality from a master breeder

[ken]

i have an old cock here now 15 dosent fill his eggs any more but he will be here till he dies as he was  a cracking pigeon in his day 500ml +

[Guest IB]

Because I bring young pigeons in, I find that means my pairings tend toward 'old paired to young', rather than old pigeons paired together. My oldest cock is 9 this year. Mate for 2010 likely to be a 2 -yo.

 

My oldest hen is 3 this year. Mate for 2010 likely to be a yearling latebred.

[Guest ENDFLIGHT]

the best ever channel bird i hadsu73l5559blue hen her sire was a 16 year old,but her dam was only a yearling

[ferry1]

here are 2 oap both 1998