500 mile +what are best long distance familes

[Guest cowboy]

so would kirkpatrick x barkers be good cross for distance

[bewted]

so would kirkpatrick x barkers be good cross for distance

 

yes,,,if you got the right ones to start with in the first place and work from there !!!!!

[Guest cowboy]

the barkers are the right ones dont know about kirkpatrick do you know where i can get some good ones lol

[burnview lofts]

JIM DONALDSON  WINS  WITH HIS BIRDS .  HOW DOES HIS BIRDS DO FOR OTHER  FANCIERS. :-/

[frank-123]

maybe my west coast bias here but

gareth rankin,delboy look out for the joe murphy write up on delboy should be in the bhw in the next couple of weeks

as for the rankins gentlemen and they can score in the hardest part of scotland year in year out

[ch pied]

that auld west section , tuff nut to crack

[cass04]

IF YOU CAN READ THIS , THANK A TEACHER , IF IT'S IN ENGLISH , THANK A SOLDIER  whats this saying supposed to mean????

[Guest slugmonkey]

WW II refrence about the germans

[bewted]

it could mean that you might be reading in german if not for a soldier !!

[Roland]

Even Jan Arden's son after 3 years never had any of his fathers strain... yet was amazed at all those that did... And that was many many years back now.

Hienz is the only genuine strain... number 4566233154 I believe!

[Delboy]

maybe my west coast bias here but

gareth rankin,delboy look out for the joe murphy write up on delboy should be in the bhw in the next couple of weeks

as for the rankins gentlemen and they can score in the hardest part of scotland year in year out

 

Thanx Bart for the mention, the cheques in the post. My write up has already appeared in BHW. It is in this months Pictorial and on Elimar.com.

 

Cheers,

 

Derek Hay

[Roland]

Any bird that can't the 500 is best lost. Now it isn't getting the birds to fly the distance, it is getting them back quickish and smart like.

So where a blumming good deal fall short is simply not being sent.

Too many say stuff like 'Well they are only a middle distance bird at best, or Mine wouldn't be able to do it'! etc. etc.

only way to build up a relible and trustworthy 'Distance / hard day' racers is to send them. Then of course only those able - if given the chance in good condition - are there to breed from come next season. Then of course it is the reliable, and trusted imports off another similar fancier or two like yourselves that you swap or buy in from...

P.s. Never buy from any sale that doesn't have the actual goodies there... that means that anything any good has already gone. Sure one or two may have been promised FULL STOP!

[Speed Demon]

Hansenne's

[ChrisMaidment08]

one free spangle hen

[leishie]

that a free spangle chris

[Roland]

Nah your the Hen, spangle is a sweet lol ;D

[duffer]

hi have just joined today,and have not raced for a few years but find this subject interesting.Does any body mind if i give some of my  thoughts and ideas.

[REDCHEQHEN]

hi have just joined today,and have not raced for a few years but find this subject interesting.Does any body mind if i give some of my  thoughts and ideas.

 

Go ahead

[duffer]

Years ago when i was starting in pigeons i thought all distance flyers had a secret method of picking distance pigeons,i would ask many fanciers how to breed a team of distance pigeons.No one was ever able or willing to tell me the answer then one day i met an old fancier called les Tuplin,a very succesfull channel flyer who just said to me "sometimes your best inland bird will breed your best channel bird and your best channel bird will breed your best inland bird.I thanked him for his advice but as i walked away i thought why cant they just tell me the truth,well as the years went by i realised he was telling the truth because no one realy knows.you can find good distance birds in any family you care to name you just have to find them.

 

[duffer]

I visited many top lofts in belgium and most fanciers there used to laugh at us in england with our pure breeds,in Belgium they buy good pigeons irrespective of its strain.One loft i remember was the breeder of Peter pau think he was called something like Guido seyes?,i have handled the sire of PeterPau a small blue cheq that was bought off a club mate for £12.00 he also passed us a dark cheq hen that he had just bought in for £27,000 o fancy strain but a top class pigeon.

[duffer]

I see a lot of fanciers on here like the Busschaert strain,well these used to be only thought of as sprinters in this country untill the dark ones arrived.Someone on here said that when a pigeon went into Busschaerts loft it was a Busschaert but these never even went into his loft but i will tell you more about that another day.