van den bosche

[Guest]

i would tip some strains that have been made their own by local fancier beating any big money puchase!

[swilcox]

You can only go by the pigeons in your area and in our area where they have to fly against the wind most weeks the VDB havedone very well, and from Brian Ferris they have done extremely well and still do not only for him but mant others!!!

 

Most people find faster because they make there own pigeons slower!!!!

 

I spent £1000s on Gaby and found them to not suit me or my area yet some on the east side say they are the best they have, its a fact that different pigeons suit the West of the Country than the East!!!! In the same way if i wanted very fast channel pigeons i would not go to the UNC even though its probaly the toughest competition in the uk.

 

Horses for courses.

 

Stuart

[Guest bakes]

john halstead won british barcelona with a blue pied van den boshe cock previous winning

1st sec c 106th open nfc tarbes 07, 38th sec nfc fougeres in 08 17th sec 65th open bordeaux in 08 and 19th sec tarbes,9th sec,41st open poiters

 

his dame sister of johnes ace ten ee winner 13 1st 8 2nds and 5th in versele laga world sprint championships

 

johnes bird untouchable 1st open bbc gb04n06043 took 2 days doin a vel of 982.68

[swilcox]

The truth is family names mean little its whats in your shed that counts.

 

Stuart

[Guest]

The truth is family names mean little its whats in your shed that counts.

 

Stuart

 

agree totally

[Guest]

 

They dont sell birds and in the majority of cases unless you got some popular name they dont get the publicity or notice they deserve   Give me an old fashioned english strain when you come up against a hard distance race any day

 

I thought the idea was to have birds for your own pleasure and to race and hopefully win with, not to purchase fancy names with the sole purpose of making a quick buck out of them because they are the flavour of the moment. Nothing wrong with the good old fashioned British strains and it is hardly surprising how many people are enquiring about these tried and tested strains on this forum

[Guest stb]

Theres people winning with everything out there doesnt matter what breed they are they all breed a lot of rubbish as well as the good ones depends on whether you get the right ones and how you race them seen birds do brilliantly for one person and another person they do nothing for  Think like Stuart says some birds do better in certain areas than others yet race them from somewhere completely different and they might not do a thing

spot on rose, good and bad in all familys. you have to get the right ones to start with. and yes some pigeons do well in areas and not so well in others.

you can buy the birds but you dont get the fancier with them. may not suit your management system but does not mean they are bad birds.

 

 

[BLACK W F]

bob you correct in what you say but long long ago they came from belg the best distance familys british that is very few have them and the guys who do have very rarely will sell  my loft is full of continental familys  the distance jan thaellens  brakuis    and are a grand type  but i also got 2 pair of KENYONS   and 1 pair  SOUTHWELLS   and i will cross them in

time will tell but i also have sprint familys  and we will see which horses suit my corse  

[gangster]

The truth is family names mean little its whats in your shed that counts.

 

Stuart

 

i knew 1 day you would come out with a real statement and you did not dissapoint...