chris h Posted March 4, 2009 Report Posted March 4, 2009 1000 mile family anyone had any of these birds?????
hotrod Posted March 4, 2009 Report Posted March 4, 2009 1000 mile family anyony had any of these birds?????i think everybody and his dog mate has tried these .RUBBISH.
Guest Posted March 4, 2009 Report Posted March 4, 2009 yes responsible for some top long distance names including the late great Stan Biss i believe.
alec guinness Posted March 4, 2009 Report Posted March 4, 2009 dont think henry mair has raced birds in over 30 years,as for winning birds not heard of many from this loft lately. ;)
hotrod Posted March 4, 2009 Report Posted March 4, 2009 yes responsible for some top long distance names including the late great Stan Biss i believe.what, i think he had one bird from him that did no bad so does that mean it was responsible for biss's loft. surely not.
chris h Posted March 4, 2009 Author Report Posted March 4, 2009 dont think henry mair has raced birds in over 30 years,as for winning birds not heard of many from this loft lately. ;) thats what i heard ;D
blaz Posted March 4, 2009 Report Posted March 4, 2009 phoned him a few years ago and he more or less told me to try else whare
chris h Posted March 4, 2009 Author Report Posted March 4, 2009 He advertises in the bhw every week :-/
Novice Posted March 4, 2009 Report Posted March 4, 2009 yes responsible for some top long distance names including the late great Stan Biss i believe. I fear you might be struggling under an illusion here. One bird was sold to Jim Biss and was generations removed from any winners. The last race Henry flew was in 1968 and his best position was 3rd Lancaster---about 120 miles.
Guest Posted March 4, 2009 Report Posted March 4, 2009 Nice one lads, well theres always two sides to a story! although i think i'm right in saying that a guy in Oxford has 2 x1st nfcsect wins with his birds too.
Guest BigJim45 Posted March 4, 2009 Report Posted March 4, 2009 got a hen from him 04 been with two diffrent cocks a breed winners club &fed the last 3 years
Guest Paulo Posted March 5, 2009 Report Posted March 5, 2009 Bit of a joke in Scotland from what I have heard. If you want national winning distance blood go to someone who is racing and winning now. Chris Gordon or Brian Denny springs to mind.
joe61 Posted March 5, 2009 Report Posted March 5, 2009 i had a direct son of lionheart , he bred me a winner straight away, he was old though .. only filled couple of eggs. but other birds on the market now which are probably better. i thinkg gangster can put anyone onto a good pigeon family at any distance, he knows hes stuff. oh happy days
joe61 Posted March 5, 2009 Report Posted March 5, 2009 maybe lionheart had JVB in it lol as i still have original pedigree i think not lol oh happy days
Guest youngzimmy Posted March 5, 2009 Report Posted March 5, 2009 I WAS AT A SALE AND SOMEPNE PAID £75.00 FOR ONE THE LAUGH WAS HE WAS ADVERTISING THEM IN THE BHW AE THE TIME FOR £25.00 TO MUCH MONEY OR BIDDING FEVER TAKE YOUR PICK
Guest Paulo Posted March 5, 2009 Report Posted March 5, 2009 I WAS AT A SALE AND SOMEPNE PAID £75.00 FOR ONE THE LAUGH WAS HE WAS ADVERTISING THEM IN THE BHW AE THE TIME FOR £25.00 TO MUCH MONEY OR BIDDING FEVER TAKE YOUR PICK Or mortal after a few pints and thought it was a dale newcombe pigeon or someone else decent
slinky slitheroe Posted March 5, 2009 Report Posted March 5, 2009 1000 mile family anyony had any of these birds????? This fancier bred a pigeon for J gibson of Dalkieth which bred him many winners including a gold award winner called Sartilly express wich was also sold to Biss. I visited Henry mair in the early 90s and i can honestly say his HUSBANDRY is the worst i have ever seen in my life i wouldnt touch them with a barge pole :(
barnsley_pigeonman Posted June 18, 2009 Report Posted June 18, 2009 any one on here fly henry mairs lionheart and dont any thing with them i did well a few years ago with them thinking of trying them again thanxs
Guest Posted June 18, 2009 Report Posted June 18, 2009 All I know is he hasn't raced for 20 years or more, but thats not to say they wont do well. There was a post on here some time ago about H Mairs
ajh Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 Well gentleman and ladies - I most certainly know about Henry Mairs pigeons - infact if you turn to Henry's advert he puts in every journal you will see he advertises one bird as 'The ONLY pigeon in race time winning £3900 -in fact it was £3904 but whos quibling about four quid. My name is Alan Howes who raced back then with my late brother as Howes Bros and owned and raced a bird I purchased at auction for £15 which in its self was a fluke because I walked into the Rochester Way Social Club hall were I was looking for my mate- the room was packed- I spoted my friend and waved to him- absolutely fatel when Chris Baxter is the auctionier- being as back then everybody was looking for Beauchert sprinters. no one wanted an old plodder from Henry Mairs- the hammer went down for my 'bid' so I was landed with the bird. Oh what a very fortunate mistake as that bird won me everything that year as everybody else was wiped out being it was ONLY BIRD IN RACE TIME
ajh Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 As a postscript to my having the only bird in race time- NOW I wouldn't touch Henrys birds with a barge pole being. as someone has already pointed out Henrys birds have not seen a race basket for thirty or more years. I know race Irvine Buchans Kirkpatrick based family and have had decent results so far in the few long races I've put them in which is just four Internationals. Last year I entered into just one the Marseille Internation 560 odd miles and was 10th BICC open (only 10 on the winning day)-this season I entered Pau and was 40th open BICC 560mls, 34th Open Barcelona BICC 688mls and 5th Open BICC from Tarbes BICC 565mls. As you can see Im hardly likely to get Henrys birds mixed into those I have now
blaz Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 when looking for distance birds.go to sites like the S.N.F.C . then look through the results from this year last year the year before that and so on.then look for the names that are getting on results year after year.as i said earlier on in this thread i phoned him a few years ago he more or less told me to look else where. he also told me why but i can,t remember.i was enough for me not to get any birds from him.
Guest valiant Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 i know that Spence & Nicholls had a pigeon named Lionheart winner of 1st open w.n.r fed 20,120 birds.
Novice Posted October 16, 2009 Report Posted October 16, 2009 i know that Spence & Nicholls had a pigeon named Lionheart winner of 1st open w.n.r fed 20,120 birds. Same name completely different breeding.
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