opal jan aardens?

[jakjak]

according to the louella website, you can get opal jan aarden?

I'm never heard of them. Has anyone else?

strange!

[Guest]

according to the louella website, you can get opal jan aarden?

I'm never heard of them. Has anyone else?

strange!

 

I noticed that too, and like you never heard of opals in the Aarden pigeons

[Silverdale Lofts]

If Louella says they are Jan aardens who can say different Jack  :X :X :X :X ;) ;) ;)

[The Game Keeper]

ime sure the opal pide was a wildermerch last weak on louella

[bewted]

ime sure the opal pide was a wildermerch last weak on louella

 

you could be right  :X :X :X

[sammy]

most of them are sold already ,homing world will be full of them next year  ;D ;D ;D

[Michael J Burden]

They had that colour in their old Aardens in the 80's and 90's. Pre the Smaragd birds.

 

I saw them.

[ken]

louella says invicible spirit is a jan arden its not   its got de bare in it  so its a cross

[jimmy white]

They had that colour in their old Aardens in the 80's and 90's. Pre the Smaragd birds.

 

I saw them.

 

yip i can vouch for that        you often get the odd one now in their jan- aarden kit of 6 birds

[jimmy white]

heres one someone bought from louela  

[kirky]

for me the true aardens are dark cheq pieds and white flights no others, look at birds that the house of aardens advertise. these are the best not crossed.

[OLDYELLOW]

no reason for Jan Ardens not to have Opals some of the Jan Ardens have a bronze on the chequering and red from Invincible sprirt , but i do think there wildermesh certainly look like wildermesch but they can do 570 miles  

[REDCHEQHEN]

no reason for Jan Ardens not to have Opals some of the Jan Ardens have a bronze on the chequering and red from Invincible sprirt , but i do think there wildermesh certainly look like wildermesch but they can do 570 miles  

 

I don't know about Louella Wildies - but one of ours did 545 miles this year - one of louella Jan Ardens didn't as it didn't home (we only sent 2)  

 

Did I see on another thread that Dick Darky was 4th combine Bourges with a wildie?

[b.massey]

for me the true aardens are dark cheq pieds and white flights no others, look at birds that the house of aardens advertise. these are the best not crossed.

 

Agree with that. All jan aardens in my loft are darks and dark pieds. Also crossed with delbars and got blue pieds and cheqs

 

 

[OLDYELLOW]

yup thats right he was , and also Marsay and Taylor topped the U.N.C with a Wildermesch blue hen  

[Roland]

for me the true aardens are dark cheq pieds and white flights no others, look at birds that the house of aardens advertise. these are the best not crossed.

 

Marvellous eh! Even Jan Ardens son say after a very short while the few left via his dad were no longer there, and was amazed that so many had these 'True Bloodlines'.

Personally no matter what the Name / Strain, it's what they acheived under any name.

After all 'A rose smells just as sweet under any other name'!

[BLACK W F]

the best guy to ask about Jan Ardens  would be BOB McDONALD of Fraserbourgh  he brought the first into the country and still has them many lofts winning with BOBS  JA

Cheers Alan

[pjc]

Bob had the best but the last batch i saw at Blackpool for sale wern't a patch on the birds he had in the 80's!

I think they have become to inbred no and removed from the originals although the blood lines are there for a good outcross.

 

Phil

[BLACK W F]

i have not been over to BOBS for a long time but he is to good a fancier to let that happen you should go to his lofts and i bet you will change your mind

cheers Alan

[Roland]

the best guy to ask about Jan Ardens  would be BOB McDONALD of Fraserbourgh  he brought the first into the country and still has them many lofts winning with BOBS  JA

Cheers Alan

 

Golly, how old is Bob then :-/

[BLACK W F]

well into his eighties

[Michael J Burden]

The thing is those opals are recessive so could of well have been hiding in those early cheqs etc. It only comes out when both parents give the yb the gene unless of course the cock is an opal.

[kirky]

Bob had the best but the last batch i saw at Blackpool for sale wern't a patch on the birds he had in the 80's!

I think they have become to inbred no and removed from the originals although the blood lines are there for a good outcross.

 

Phil

  bolton and williamson bought birds from bob mc donald in the 1980s   these were dark pieds and w/fs off scarface one of bobs most consistant widowhood cocks out to 662 miles these were the originals.

 

 

[OLDYELLOW]

  bolton and williamson bought birds from bob mc donald in the 1980s   these were dark pieds and w/fs off scarface one of bobs most consistant widowhood cocks out to 662 miles these were the originals.

 

 

i handled John Willians stock a while back the Rennes cock was a stormer and hes still got it  

[kirky]

 

i handled John Willians stock a while back the Rennes cock was a stormer and hes still got it  

  scarface did rennes 662 miles to bob mc donald.