dragoons

[jimmy white]

do any of you fancy pigeon fanciers still have dragoons, i had a few pairs years ago , but never hear much about them now, would be nice to see some photos of them

[bewted]

jimmy,pm glassfeather on this site,sort out pics for you,,,ted

[THE FIFER]

got pics of a piar i had jimmy will lo0ok them out, yes there is still a lot around, i had a cock paired to a racer once they flew out about 60 mls. they are lovely birds

[Guest]

I asked Link from the U.S - he keeps Dragoons,

 

Here is Link's Pair from 2005 breeding season

Photo # 1:  Yellow Check cock  X  Brown Grizzle Hen

Photo #2:  The young Cream Grizzle Cock from that pair that we kept to use this year.

 

 

 

Qualmond Cock X Blue Bar hen

Young that Link kept:  Black cock, qualmond hen

 

 

 

[jimmy white]

exellent photos, some real crackers there, a lot better looking than the two cheqs i had,,i also paired one with a racer, like fifer, they went down about the second or third race, but mind you, half the other ybs were lost before these   :P

p.s i have a book called "a treatise on the dragoon pigeon , published 1908

one interesting point in this old book was,,"when feeding young,each meal should be followed by the administration of as much "ingluvin" as will cover a sixpenny peice"im now going to fiind out what " ingluvin" is, or was, just find it very interesting   :)

[jimmy white]

just found out what" ingluvin"its made from the gizzard of fowl, and is used to combat sickness and diarrhoea,,,,yuck

but who knows , would it be any good for yb sickness  [remember the book was 1908]

  i must say i love those photos, especialy the very first red cheq   :)

[westy]

Nice pics but if i had one and never knew much or saw others dragoons i would think they would be ill. but lovly pigeons never saw them before.

[Guest]

Link's dragoons from the U.S

 

 

 

[Guest]

The fife's Dragoon, from Scotland

 

 

[THE FIFER]

CHEERS CRAIG, DID U GET THE HEN,

[zetlandlad999]

Dragoons are still going strong, though i dont think there are many Breeders within the U.K