Better nestpair in One Loft Racing?

[rasbull]

Today I purchased a nest pair of youngsters from the Europa Classic sale. I went especially for the two and come away with both! I would like to know if anyone has heard of any better results in any one loft race by a nestpair than these two have achieved? They finished 24th and 29th Open and 9th and 17th Ace birds out of the 1203 birds that were entered. Fantastic....both in the top 30 from the Final Race from 250 miles, and both in the top 17 in the Ace Bird standings after 6 races! A great performance by them - but I would like to know has there been better? One loft races only though!

[Guest dibble]

not into 1 loft racing but looks like you bought nice pair of birds there mate good luck to you

[rasbull]

I personally cant say I know of a better nestpair that have both been in both the Final result and the Ace Bird standings. I have named them 'Rasbull Trish' and 'Rasbull Kate' and pics are on my website if interested. Cheers.

[fred smyth]

very nice web site mate , i shall keep checking it to see how you get on ,i think your a star in  the making,

[blucock]

Hello mate,

 

I managed to get two nestmates in 1st and 4th Open Cheshire Challenge One Loft this year though there were only 44 birds in the final race due to a virus outbreak and a 220 bird capacity.

 

Two good birds you have there though for sure. Well done on your purchase. Kerelaw Survivor and Kerelaw Blue Gold were my two.

 

Cheers all,

 

Baz

[rasbull]

Cheers both for your comments. I hope they produce the goods from nest 1. I hope your nestpair breed you some real stars as well Baz. Good luck for the future. The other birds I purchased as well were all in the top 50 Ace bird standing prior to the last race.

 

My plan is to pair

 

'Rasbull Trish' results were  4th Hotspot - 60 miles, 1104 birds, 39th Hotspot, 100 miles, 1020 birds, 15th Hotspot, 160 miles, 815 birds and 24th Open, 250 miles, 754 birds, 9th Ace Bird 2009. Nestmate, 29th Open, 17th Ace Bird!

 

'Rasbull Guv'nor' results were 9th Hotspot - 100 miles, 1020 birds, 48th Hotspot, 160 miles, 815 birds, 69th Hotspot, 60 miles, 1104 birds, 84th Open, 250 miles, 754 birds. 34th Ace Bird 2009.

 

Both these birds had 4 permances out of 6 in the top 100 of the result! Brilliant flying by two super pigeons.

 

[pjc]

you 2 should split the pairs, swop hens and make 2 winning pairs to breed from!

[DJH]

Rasbull, I hope the produce the goods for you, however I would be a bit reluctant to fill a loft full of their off spring. You need to rember that the Europa racing this year was not difficult and the final race was only 250mls and the birds were tumbling in.

 

If you are looking for a better nest pair in one loft racing you should look at the 2007 Europa race.

 

BELG 07 6188574 .... 2nd final race and 18th Ace bird.

BELG 07 6188575.....12th final race and 1st Ace bird.

 

  Both bred by Ed Sitner from his Kees Bousa pigeons.

 

You need to also take into account that the 2007 race was a difficult race from 300 miles.

 

I am not knocking the birds you have purchased as we all need to try something different and I am quite sure the breeder would have put them into the race from what he believes is his better birds.

 

Good luck

  

[rasbull]

Hiya DJH, they are outstanding performances indeed. I was looking at the Edd Sittner birds yesterday and they were bringing good money! Do you know who purchased the nestpair you mentioned? Wish I had got back into pigeons in 2007!! hehehe

[Guest ROCKYandRAMBO]

Nice web site rasbull . but you state on there that a 2008 jan arden cock is your no 1 stock bird yet when i looked at your race team you had no winners and only one cross jan arden in it ? just wondered why you rated this bird as your best ? yours rob

[gagums]

hey mate i help ron out and il tell he is a top flyer.not like him to spend money lol.the birds havent just done well in 1 lofts he bred me a pair and won club and section for me.be nice to keep in touch he was chuffed they went to u boys

[rasbull]

Hey Gagums hows you doing. Just cleaned them out now and had first real good look at the birds I bought and must say over the moon! It was nice chatting to you and Ron and I would must say I thought you were both really tidy blokes. I hope he can sort me out with a nestpair from the parents for next year, hopefully two cocks!  I cant wait to see what they produce, but one thing is for sure, 2 from them will go to the Europa next year!!

 

Rocky, its like being in a different section flying up here in Brecon mate when the club alone is 20 miles south of you and the fed come in 5-10 miles below that into the valleys! I am the furthest north flying member in the whole fed, so realistically what chance will I ever have flying here in Brecon? Thats why I am so keen on One Loft Races, at least that way you can test your birds against others on a level playing field. Regarding the Jan Aarden cock, I bred 4 off him and  3 flew for me and finshed 1st, 2nd and 4th in my loft standings. One was killed by a hawk around the loft and the other was lost from a 20 miles training toss prior to the last come back race. The other was put into a breeder buyer and was the blokes 2nd bird home in its first race. Not heard any more from him since. I think in its first year was definitely my best breeding cock, and its upto something else to know wrestle that tag from him!

[Guest ROCKYandRAMBO]

Yes mate totally agree with you about your stock i was having a convo the other day with a club member about putting  some in a one loft race and we both agreed the best way would be to buy the young birds in a one loft race and breed off them and put there youngsters back into the one loft the next year as they would be proven in that envioroment so i understand why you are buying them . the nest pair what you brought and the other ones you brought who are they bred by ?

[rasbull]

The nest pair were bred by Rocket Ron Bevan. He also had another in the top 15! So he had 3 in the top 29! Ernie Goodyear bred 2 of them. The one cock, his worst position in any of the training tosses / hotspots etc was 364th and that was out of 1200 birds, outstanding. If you go onto the europa website and click Ace bird and type in 24286 in the search bar and then click on the number you will see what I mean this pigeon was never hardly ever out of the top 50 in all training and hotspot races! I had one from Mark Williams at Dyserth Lofts, One Alister Hogg, One Kees Bosua but unsure of the breeder, raced as Any Minute Now, One Les Parkinsosn, and one was Owen and Hogarth.