pigeon strains

[andy]

JOHN,

        JUST THOUGHT I WOULD THROW IN MY TUPPENCE WORTH ON YOUR POST OF 300 MILE PIGEONS. I BELIEVE ITS BETTER TO JUDGE TIME ON THE WING RATHER THAN DISTANCE FLOWN. EG 350 MILE AT 50MPH A 7 HOUR RACE, IDEAL FOR MY SVR, BUT 350 MILES AT 38 MPH IS TOUCHING 9 HOURS, WHERE MY BUSSCHAERTS WOULD COME INTO THEIR OWN & THE SVR MAY STRUGGLE A BIT, SO ITS HORSES FOR COURSES, THESE ARE MY VIEWS FOR MY OWN BIRDS ONLY. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR CHOICE.............ANDY M..

[Chris Little]

A squad of Young Copper's ..... what a mouthwatering thought  : :

[jimmy white]

have to agree with andy,, time on the wing,, i think it was massareli. that started this" craze" off, we had sprinters, sprinters to middle ,, middle., middle to long, long, and extreme long, then we talk about MILES, instead  of time on the wing,   which is more to the  point  ,   you can have a long time on the wing in a shorter race, and shorter time on the wing in a longer race yes i agree andy,,,time on the wing that counts ,,not miles.

 

[frank-123]

i dont understand strains of pigeons surely there are no strains

take for instance jannssens what  strain were they before jannssen had them?

svr did he get them fom someone else when starting up

are they all not heinz 57 strain

can you keep a strain pure  other than heinz 57 ?

[jimmy white]

good question bart , think ill put a new post up ..".what is a strain"  might get some interesting answers,,cheers bart

[John Halliday]

i was interested to know about fanciers birds/strains that they have had success with flying up to 330 miles.

i feel that my small amount of birds might need a cross put into them because they struggle after 220 miles.