spangles

[Guest KING BILLY]

dos any one keep these now if so are they still as good at the distanc races

[les]

dos any one keep these now if so are they still as good at the distanc races

yes ,but the birds will only be as good as the person that owns them .some will be good and some wont .

 

 

[Guest KING BILLY]

yes ,but the birds will only be as good as the person that owns them .some will be good and some wont .

 

so have you got some and how did they doo for you i had them about 4  years ago 2 hens and a late breed cock the cock flow realy well for me and scored at a national race and I lost him at a short toss the next year the hens i crosed but they where a nice shap of a doo and this one was as hard as nails into a nw wind at 560mls

[PIGEON_MAN]

I,ve got 1 hen which was bred from a daughter of Channel Queen and Spangle Prince,bred 6 off her this year paired to a Van Hee x cock,lost 4 clocked 1 of the others from our longest young bird race 202 miles just over 7 hours on the wing.

[stantheman]

I bought 8 spangles at steve holes sale in the summer all mike young directs and all old but got them at right price managed to get 4 latebreds off them and one is a corker, the oldbirds wernt in very good nick when i bought them but they are in good condition now so fingers crosssed for breeding the goods next year, but i wont pair them up till late spring dont want to take too much out of them

[Guest KING BILLY]

quote=513]I bought 8 spangles at steve holes sale in the summer all mike young directs and all old but got them at right price managed to get 4 latebreds off them and one is a corker, the oldbirds wernt in very good nick when i bought them but they are in good condition now so fingers crosssed for breeding the goods next year, but i wont pair them up till late spring dont want to take too much out of them

 

what couler are the ones you got my where dark checkers with a bronzey couler throw them

[stantheman]

Mainly darker cheqs and 2 blues but hint of bronze in flights they are old pigeons though most 9,10 and older its a gamble i know but if the one latebreds anything to go by it was a gamble worth taking

[PIGEON_MAN]

I bought 8 spangles at steve holes sale in the summer all mike young directs and all old but got them at right price managed to get 4 latebreds off them and one is a corker, the oldbirds wernt in very good nick when i bought them but they are in good condition now so fingers crosssed for breeding the goods next year, but i wont pair them up till late spring dont want to take too much out of them

 

Was at that sale also looking for a cock to go with the hen I have but as you say they wernt in very good condition so didnt bother,hopefully they will do you some good now you got them right.

[stantheman]

your so right the birds did not do justice for steve on the day, we went just on the offchance and have too say i would not have sold birds in the condition they were in, worst sale ive been too in end you could get birds for a fiver, we bought 8 for less than i was prepared to pay for one. you would not recognise them now got some condition into them and am confident i will get something off them next season

 

ps i know what steve paid for the spangles originally

[pjc]

Tony, have a word with Stephen Holmes if your looking for a cockbird.

[Guest KING BILLY]

Tony, have a word with Stephen Holmes if your looking for a cockbird.

 

if any one was going to by them who would you go to get them the now   ;)

[PIGEON_MAN]

your so right the birds did not do justice for steve on the day, we went just on the offchance and have too say i would not have sold birds in the condition they were in, worst sale ive been too in end you could get birds for a fiver, we bought 8 for less than i was prepared to pay for one. you would not recognise them now got some condition into them and am confident i will get something off them next season

 

ps i know what steve paid for the spangles originally

 

Bought 2 or 3 out the sale when I tried to get some info.on 1 of them it turned out to be a  stray the guy had lost it as a youngster in 2007.

[stantheman]

i have checked out the ones i bought and they are all genuine from the information i have

however there were a lot of pigeons in the pens with no info on and even some with no rings on, i heard they had all been kept in a large shed and aviary as steve was not even in the country at the time so who knows where some of them came from, at the end of day you pays your money you takes your chance

[les]

so have you got some and how did they doo for you i had them about 4  years ago 2 hens and a late breed cock the cock flow realy well for me and scored at a national race and I lost him at a short toss the next year the hens i crosed but they where a nice shap of a doo and this one was as hard as nails into a nw wind at 560mls

got some of some one that bought direct from mike young ,i am about to try them this season ,the person i got them of ,his birds realy look the part ,he cant race them because he gets slaughterd by the hawks ,he lives in pembrooke

 

 

[pjc]

 

if any one was going to by them who would you go to get them the now   ;)

 

I know Stephens still got them  or if they've still got them then Hall Bros!