A Rare Breed

[paul10121968]

hi has anyone heard of a strain of pigeons called gitts.a charateristic of this strain is featherleggs.is this true of the strain and does anyone know where i can get some.i have one pair of gitts but i only have the fanciers word that they are gitts.i would like to brred a family of them but need another pair to avoid interbreeding.

[gulkie]

at 1 time a lot of fanciers in Scotland had them ,but i don't know

of any now, I'm sure endflight could give you some imfo on them as

i believe his his father kept them .

good luck

wullie g

[JohnQuinn]

Aye there are plenty old gits up here, take your pick

[OLDYELLOW]

were quite a few Gits and Hanseens in Wales both feather legged breeds , others include Jan Arden and Gurnay and Tournier , i have a Gurnay cross still in loft with feathered legs im sure someone on site bought some hanseens x gits on this site from bloke in wales who packed up end of last season i think theres a few feathered legged birds on my photobucket below

[fits]

Here's some infomation on the Git's family given to me by Dad who had some in the 70's.

 

Hope this helps

 

Regards

Dave

[yorkie]

they are a very old strain and i doubt anyone really has them pure now.Don't assume any old feather legged bird is a gits, a member in the club i flew in 30 years ago used to race gits very successfully and his were not feather legged

[fits]

Here's some photo's from the book.

 

Regards

Dave

[lordcornwallis]

hi iam trying to breed feathered legged racers as well, i got a hen last year with outstanding feathered legs i bred 6 from her lost one to the hawk and have 5 left ,there feather legged as well but none as good as there mum.i was thinking of breeding one of the young cocks back to her ,but everyone advises only to inbreed to cocks so i dont no, but all the best with your breeding mate lc

[Brian Smith]

Fits nice to see that book we have a couple of the same book, we have raced to Sam's house since 1980 Sam died in the early 70's and he had very few if any of the Gits left when he died.

[Shortcut Lofts]

I had a pair of reds 2 years ago and let them go to a guy in Scotland. Beauties with feathered legs. Hard to get these now but i know a guy who has a few, mostly Reds. he won a National 3-4 years ago.

[Wiley]

Used to get the odd feather legs in the De Klaks