Guest TAMMY_1 Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Was amazing to see all the different varieties of really fancy birds that were on display upstairs in the Spanish Room , some incredable looking birds , was one breed in particular, cannot remember the name, but they were definately something I would be interested in keeping at some point in the future maybe . Another thing among the Fancy birds on display was the amount of birds in these breeds that nearly all had won first prizes and I could not understand this until Chrissy explained that because a lot of them were rarer breeds and a lot of the classes had either a single entry or only a couple of birds in each class, a bit misleading when you see somebody having won a lot of classes until you see they had the only entrant or a couple birds in a class of 3 so very misleading I think when you are claiming wins when there is no competition, but I suppose a win is a win , still the birds did look great even if they were the only entrant, but I don't think I would be happy doing that as you are only beating yourself in theory so you don't know if your birds are any good against competition, but was still an experience to see the different breeds available and a credit to the owners who had them looking impeccable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangster Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 was very dissapointed as i said 2 chrissy that a lot of the top guys with owls ect never turned birds out for the flagship show...there loss i think..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangster Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 ;D ;D ;D ;D.was that just the birds.... ;D ;D ;D ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangster Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 ANDY LOWE RUNS SOME GOOD SHOWS IN NOTTINGHAM..WELL WORTH A LOOK IN A SPORTCENTRE....WITH A BRILLIANT POOL FOR THE KIDS TO KEEP THEM ENTERTAINED.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangster Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 YOUR A CARD FOR SURE ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzle_hen Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 If anyone took any photos of the fancy birds, it would be great to see what they look like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TAMMY_1 Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 ;D ;D ;D ;D.was that just the birds.... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D naw it was you and your motley crew of celtic supporters that he meant were the ugly f*****s. ;D ;D ;D in no particular order there was you, alf, wings 04, greengrass, sapper to name a few :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapper756 Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 ;D ;D ;D naw it was you and your motley crew of celtic supporters that he meant were the ugly f*****s. ;D ;D ;D in no particular order there was you, alf, wings 04, greengrass, sapper to name a few :D We were the best 5 good looking specimens at the show ;D ;D ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TAMMY_1 Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 We were the best 5 good looking specimens at the show ;D ;D ;D is that the specimen you put in a little bottle and hand in to the doctor ;D ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbok Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 although blackpool is thge flagship show for homing pigeons it is not the flag ship fancy pigeon show and was not fuly supported by all the npa membership which is a shame our club never supported because of classes but we had a meeting and decided it was to good window opportunity to miss so we ill be their to support in 2010 a bit later but better than never Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassfeather Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 At your service, these birds were on victory row: White King Black Magpie German Beauty Homer English Show Homer Pigmy Pouter Holle Cropper These are some other fancy breeds in the BIS line up at Nottingham: Trumpeter Mookee Archangel (This photo doesn't do the colour of this bird justice, the lustre and irridescence are amazing) West of England FLying Tumbler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooscoo Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Tammy_1 your right about how do you know if they are worth a first place card, in Europe they are each given a grade out of a 100 but in real scores 95,97 being very good etc. This type of judging should take place here but it takes a lot of time, if there were more judging the breeds instead of the usally suspects going through the motions of somehow trying to know all the breeds it could be better. The real pain is the slow pace of change it helps those who wish things stay the same as when Queen Vic was on the thrown, collecting a card from say best bird in this class is like racing a pigeon with no oppersition point less. But having said that if one bird entered in a race from one club member it is then only tested against all the fed birds, my own thoughts on Best of Breed in strong classes with 400 birds in one breed with 50+ others all trying for that winning spot is the best. Breeding good stock in fancy pigeons might seem easy but perfection in some breeds are extremly hard, hey its fun plus a lot of us fancy boys fly out our feeders mine just happen to be Jannsen Van Den Bosche welsh wonders from Mel Greens loft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbok Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 nice photos graeme see the same birds are doing the honours as usual lol hope you are keeping well neil pratt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassfeather Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Hi Neil, Good to hear from you. Cheers, Graeme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjc Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 they did judge some of the birds on continental points system as well year before last. The continentals judge to standard whereas here they are just judged and the final result comes down to personal preference. Judgeing to standard maintains the breed type whereas personal preference changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbok Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 yer i only just learned about this site hows your season gone mines ticking along nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbok Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 we judge to standards also in england well the fancy pigeons do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjc Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 we judge to standards also in england well the fancy pigeons do but there are many interpretations of each standard here, if the points system was used the standard of breeds would improve longterm or go down the American road and change everything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassfeather Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Not bad Neil, I've got a few up and coming, a few more in the nest, hopefully have a couple for the pen later in the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbok Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 ive judged in germany and america and a standard is intereprated in all systems even the continental say for instance to judges give 97 pts does not mean it was the best one their it is just his interptation of the standard and good and bad judges exsist in all countrys ive give 96pts to birds in germany that would not get a third over here and i give reserve champ to a hen in america that was given 95pts by a german judge so the same problems exsist everywhere the problem has never been the system always the judge most judges over here are picked because of their reliability to turn up not on their skills in judging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbok Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 yer me two i have one or two i like alot and some nice blonds also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjc Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 ive judged in germany and america and a standard is intereprated in all systems even the continental say for instance to judges give 97 pts does not mean it was the best one their it is just his interptation of the standard and good and bad judges exsist in all countrys ive give 96pts to birds in germany that would not get a third over here and i give reserve champ to a hen in america that was given 95pts by a german judge so the same problems exsist everywhere the problem has never been the system always the judge most judges over here are picked because of their reliability to turn up not on their skills in judging So why arn't the judges tested before being put on the "approved judgeing list"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassfeather Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 What colour are your Blondinettes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbok Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 i got them in black n brown lace and also blue lace spottails but to be honest their my oldest daughters jordan but i do love em to always have had the mabout 5 years now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassfeather Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 They are beautiful pigeons, fantastic colours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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