Van De Bosche

[Keepsmilingqueen]

Hi can anyone tell me about this strain, and over what distance they are bred to fly ?

 

thanx in advance  ;D

[andrew]

Van Den Bosche if i remember correctly they are a mix of strains mainly including janssen and meulemans i have would suggest that they are middle distance birds but capable of flying distance , i have an old cock here he is a cen den boshe have no pedigree for him but he raced very well hes a 94 bird 1st federation 2,000 birds 2nd federation 3,000 birds 5th federaion, 23rd federation etc won at every show he went to old cocks through wires, handeled, old cocks racing 400 miles region award show

 

[Guest Silverwings]

The foundation pigeon of the Meulemans strain was van den bosch , lovely pigeons nice feather texture, the resessive side producing the chocolate colours seem to favour the short too middle distance , yet the foundation pigeons of the famous Huyskens Van Riels were beleived to be van den bosch and those were unbeatable in their day ? even at the long distance ....ray

[Mike Lycett]

We still have a few Van Den bosche knocking around in the stock loft.

 

Take a look at Max (Stock Birds) and his son Maxi (RPRA Award winner) on www.lycettlofts.co.uk

 

[Diamond dave]

My best stock cock is van den bosche from Spence and Nicholls out of the driebander lines. I dont think they are so much of a mixture of strains as Andrew has suggested but are Jansen based.

The only thing I can tell you about these birds is that they are big bold pigeons that

need alot of road work to get the best from them.

[Mike Lycett]

Quuen

 

They're a pretty versatile pigeon - but traditionally a bit big in the hand.  Very handsome pigeons though those Pencil Pieds.   Albert Babington had the best - then George Litherland

[schouwman71]

I use to have the van den bosch through eric roddem of newton aycliffe,co durham out of his schlepphorst stock,i had 6 direct out of his no1 stock cock,the vos prins ,they were very nice birds that loved north west winds i had the black velvet colours and they were good lookers.If you are really into finding out more on the background on the strain buy the book on albert babington by ritchard kirkbridge,its a good read aswell.

[Keepsmilingqueen]

hi i already own albert babbingtons book, i am more interested in finding out about the more recent champions of this strain, as my birds  seem to be children  and grand children of de rappe and ger Broken poot ect ;D

[schouwman71]

De rappe is a pure janssen not a van den bosch and so is ger broken poot ,de rappe comingf down from a cock from dicke meerman and the hen from janssen bros,dicke only races pure janssen.

[Keepsmilingqueen]

:B oops:B i think ive made a huge miscalculation then  ;D i must indeed have janssens, id just been going thru my late fathers stock bird pedigrees and presumed they were van be bosches, as the strain is not listed and they seemed to fit the strain charactoristics. all i know is that they came direct from pauw bros in the netherlands (NL rings) and from paige bros in the uk  ;D

[schouwman71]

Definatly janssen pigeons not van den bosch bud,should be good pigeons for you.

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

i have a dark pied a chequer a red pied mosaic and a mealy mosaic,they are sprint birds but will do the distance and do very very well in the show pen,

[schyphos]

Had some Van Den Bosch in the early nineties from Ken Darlington's Golden nugget lines.They were the best pigeons i ever owned.