A family / strain

[Roland]

How important is it for one to have their own 'Family' of pigeons?

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

very i think i want to make my own strain,

ben

[Pompey Mick]

I think every fancier wants to establish a base colony or 'strain' of competent pigeons, then you can try judicious crossing of your birds without losing your foundations, You need this to judge the quality of crosses and how they fare under your methods.

[Guest shadow]

once the pigeonns are in my loft and have been bred off and raced they are my strain

[gangster]

when i buy birds they become  DE-GANGSTERS  my own family.............

[Roland]

It seems to be going over some heads here, the purpose of a 'Family' or own Strain.

[pigeonscout]

You can spend a life time trying to make a winning strain. There are lots of winning familles but once the original stock that was breeding the winners die then the results die with them and that family is no more. How many times have you seen someone at the top of the sport for couple of years then when his breeders of winners die his results die with them?

Not many fanciers stay at the top for longer than ten years.  A winning strain is different they produce not only winners but breeder of winners and so they are about for a very long time. If you are lucky enough to produce a winning strain you will be for ever known in the sport.

[birdman55678]

Pigeonscout thats a great post and its all true.  Everyone would benefit if they copy that down and post it in their lofts and study what is written every day.  Good Day.  Ed

[gangster]

You can spend a life time trying to make a winning strain. There are lots of winning familles but once the original stock that was breeding the winners die then the results die with them and that family is no more. How many times have you seen someone at the top of the sport for couple of years then when his breeders of winners die his results die with them?

Not many fanciers stay at the top for longer than ten years.  A winning strain is different they produce not only winners but breeder of winners and so they are about for a very long time. If you are lucky enough to produce a winning strain you will be for ever known in the sport.

 

THATS WHY THE GEBRS JANSSEN WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED, ALSO GEORGE BUSSCHEART WILL BE TOO....THEY HAVE LEFT THERE MARK ON PIGEON RACING FOREVER..................................................AND AINT NOTHING GOIN OVER MY HEAD.......................

[birdman55678]

 

THATS WHY THE GEBRS JANSSEN WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED, ALSO GEORGE BUSSCHEART WILL BE TOO....THEY HAVE LEFT THERE MARK ON PIGEON RACING FOREVER..................................................AND AINT NOTHING GOIN OVER MY HEAD.......................

 

Maybe the noose............LOL.  Ed ;D ;D ;D

[Roland]

When one has honed and developed their own family, their confindence id times better. Not only in what colour born will do, but what will breed what expectations. One must relate that in the scenario of Distance Birds, ones that do the buisness on hard days etc. that these birds are nutured into a family. No disrespect, but many have proven that in the lotery of so called sprint races one can purchase the likes to win - on a proven system especially - to do the honours most time ... One can't do that I believe with a distance family of birds ... but these birds WILL also function well, and with merit at the sprints...

[peterpau]

when i buy birds they become  DE-GANGSTERS  my own family.............

Got to agree entirely once they come to me they gotta prove themselvs and the pedigree's never come out again

 

 

[Pompey Mick]

You can spend a life time trying to make a winning strain. There are lots of winning familles but once the original stock that was breeding the winners die then the results die with them and that family is no more. How many times have you seen someone at the top of the sport for couple of years then when his breeders of winners die his results die with them?

Not many fanciers stay at the top for longer than ten years.  A winning strain is different they produce not only winners but breeder of winners and so they are about for a very long time. If you are lucky enough to produce a winning strain you will be for ever known in the sport.

 

Is this what happened to the Alf Baker strain, all but disappeared from the racing scene, yet he was one of the greatest fanciers of his day. Was it more the man and his methods with Alf Baker than the birds. Take Norman Southwell, a similar era to Alf Baker yet his birds are still revered today, yet when you hear of his methods,how his birds were semi-wild it could be said it was more the birds he produced and history seems to have proven it.

[gangster]

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Maybe the noose............LOL.  Ed ;D ;D ;D

 

;D ;D ;D ;D ;Dit would have to be extra strength rope .ed ;D ;D ;D ;D