Grizzel Coloured Pigeons

[REDROCKET]

my old man goes on and on about a couple of grizzels we have but i cant remember any grizzel doing anything race wise for us let alone these 2 are pigeons this colour any good or are they just for decorating the loft and are actually just part of the 98% thing.

[OLDYELLOW]

think what you like but had plenty of grizzles winning for me they'll always be a grizzle in my loft

[Joe90]

its really about what it dose in the race for me not the colour, i have some and they look amazing will be racing them this year as YB

[Guest IB]

There have been a number of winning grizzles, for me the most famous one (in 1990's) was a Kirkpatrick, Stan the Man, a dark grizzle that won well on the North Road from Lerwick into Wales (10? x 1sts). Nearer home, the late Andrew Deans, Bothwell had a red grizzle cock score 3 times in SNFC longest race Nantes / Niort, over 600 miles, including winning the West Section. Jim Cameron, and Jim Cullen, Uddingston both won SNFC West Section longest race over 600 miles with red grizzles, these 3 x red grizzles were related.

[Guest shadow]

won several races from 400 miles + with grizzles

[sapper756]

I think one of Jock Proctors SNRPC winners was a Grizzlehttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

[kirky]

i think only having 2 grizzles in the loft is nothing to go by, it would be the same if you had a loft full of whites and ony 2 blue bars.

[peterpau]

I've 2 grizzles and they are both planned to go to Barcelona this year indeed the cock has been Palamos before and won inland. I wish I had a loft full of 'em.

[gulkie]

my old man goes on and on about a couple of grizzels we have but i cant remember any grizzel doing anything race wise for us let alone these 2 are pigeons this colour any good or are they just for decorating the loft and are actually just part of the 98% thing.

steavie

want some more.

[pigeonpete]

Lovely to watch a nice white grizzle pull out of a big batch of birds on race day.

[Guest Owen]

I have a family of White/Grizzles bred down from a White Hen. She was a gift to me in 1996 and has produced a lot of winners over the years. I have a pure white son in the stock loft, and he has been a good racer having won 4 firsts plus minor positions. He is starting to produce very good pigeons for me.

One of the spin offs has been that when the widowhood cocks go off down the valley from here I can always see the white pigeons against the woodland in the distance. And when I get a white bird on a race day, everybody knows about it.

Every Autumn I reduce the team down to about 12/16 by getting rid of the least good performers but the white/grizzle birds survive on merit.

[billt]

think what you like but had plenty of grizzles winning for me they'll always be a grizzle in my loft

[Guest vander mungo]

my old man goes on and on about a couple of grizzels we have but i cant remember any grizzel doing anything race wise for us let alone these 2 are pigeons this colour any good or are they just for decorating the loft and are actually just part of the 98% thing.

had a old vandie grizzle cock in loft back in 92,from john black newcastle.wish i could find another,bred some great birds one in particular won over 2000,pounds in club and fed pools for my mate joe mc ginley.bred 2 that year i kept the wrong one gave joe the right one

[bibendium]

have had a few decent grizzles over the years. the only downside for me is if I can see them so can percy

[Guest Owen]

I have heard a lot of people say that whites and grizzles are hawk bait. I have not found this myself. It is reds and mealies that they take from me.

[Guest vander mungo]

my old man goes on and on about a couple of grizzels we have but i cant remember any grizzel doing anything race wise for us let alone these 2 are pigeons this colour any good or are they just for decorating the loft and are actually just part of the 98% thing.

just had a wee look at the jos thone thread some of his grizzles done the job for him,cant be a bad colour,if it wins, its the right colour

[billt]

I have heard a lot of people say that whites and grizzles are hawk bait. I have not found this myself. It is reds and mealies that they take from me.

Same with me, on open loft I've got 10 grizz. out of 40 birds but I can't keep a red here

[jimmy white]

jim donaldson of frazerburgh had many winning grizzles at the extreme distance,

[Guest gladdo]

if they quick enough percie wont get them though !!!!!! mikey .....

[Shortcut Lofts]

Never had any luck with Grizzles and cant hold reds or mealies? But - A pigeon will win if they are good enough no matter what colour of coat they are wearing. Its just getting the right ones. SL