Distance Birds

[victorious]

look at nfc tarbes last year 1st open 740miles sending one bird 2nd open 31 birds 600 (i think) not having a go just admire small team lofts jhon halstead in my eyes is prob one of the best all round flyers in the uk does well at all distances with a few cocks

 

yes i agree and a great guy to talk to ive spoken to him before .

 

Yip its the same in every walk of life.Theres good eggs and bad eggs

 

well maybe iam to honest but i proud of that ,if i cant do you good turn ill never do you a bad one.

[ALF]

Trying to build a team of distance doos myself taking it slowly and hopefully something will come out of them :emoticon-0138-thinking: :emoticon-0138-thinking:

[victorious]

Trying to build a team of distance doos myself taking it slowly and hopefully something will come out of them :emoticon-0138-thinking: :emoticon-0138-thinking:

 

me too maybe well have a yarn sumtime

[ALF]

me too maybe well have a yarn sumtime

 

Will do mate

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

I HOPE BOTH OF YOU DOO.///

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

I HOPE YOU BOTH DOO.///

[demolition man]

Not sure this is why i'm asking, I think most familys will fly upto 500ml on a good day once you get over that distance i believe the are special type of pigeons. some of the top distance lofts in the country wan't an arm and leg for pigeon jmo

[demolition man]

being where you are i would go to top welsh people as its same kind of racing (hard)and they not mob flyers like the english

 

 

TUT TUT

[adam owen]

halstead would one i would deffo go to and lee buddle

[demolition man]

halstead would one i would deffo go to and lee buddle

 

TRIED MUST BE FULLY BOOKED

[OLDYELLOW]

If I wanted a few distance birds I'd go look at what I got :emoticon-0127-lipssealed: Going to be trying a few Hagen's out this year got high hopes for them

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

well maybe iam to honest but i proud of that ,if i cant do you good turn ill never do you a bad one.

 

Like yourself and others on here I too am trying to build a team of birds to score well from the distance events.Found the people I've been in contact with,locally or otherwise,to be much the same and I've been fortunate enough to have bought and been gifted birds from these fanciers.Not to mention learning a lot from them and recievng some great advice.

 

I speak with a lot less experience than most on here but I'm of the opinion a team of top long distance pigeons are made not bought.By this I mean there is a huge difference between good bloodlines and good pigeons.

There are many who have spent small fortunes on the best bloodlines available and have never made the grade.There are also many who have founded dynasties of winners from pigeons they got from Jimmy down the road.

Obviously you are giving yourself a good chance of success if you acquire birds as closely related as you can to winning pigeons down from generations of winning pigeons.This is only the beginning though.

 

Any top long distance fanciers I've visited,although methods may vary,all tend to have similar philosophies and the ability to turn good bloodlines in good pigeons.

 

This seems to be achieved through starting with a foundation of healthy birds maintained with sensible management and thoroughly tested at the distance year in year out,with no fear of losing pigeons-even birds which have scored previously.

[lanarkshire lad]

Like yourself and others on here I too am trying to build a team of birds to score well from the distance events.Found the people I've been in contact with,locally or otherwise,to be much the same and I've been fortunate enough to have bought and been gifted birds from these fanciers.Not to mention learning a lot from them and recievng some great advice.

 

I speak with a lot less experience than most on here but I'm of the opinion a team of top long distance pigeons are made not bought.By this I mean there is a huge difference between good bloodlines and good pigeons.

There are many who have spent small fortunes on the best bloodlines available and have never made the grade.There are also many who have founded dynasties of winners from pigeons they got from Jimmy down the road.

Obviously you are giving yourself a good chance of success if you acquire birds as closely related as you can to winning pigeons down from generations of winning pigeons.This is only the beginning though.

 

Any top long distance fanciers I've visited,although methods may vary,all tend to have similar philosophies and the ability to turn good bloodlines in good pigeons.

 

This seems to be achieved through starting with a foundation of healthy birds maintained with sensible management and thoroughly tested at the distance year in year out,with no fear of losing pigeons-even birds which have scored previously.

Good post plenty truths in there.

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

ANYONE CAN BUY THE BIRD ... YOU CANT BUY THE FLYER ,,.///

[TREBLE D]

best bird this year 622miles on the day finished 8th open i think,belongs in fife thats the door i would knock on

[OLDYELLOW]

J.King of Kirkcaldy ????

[peter pandy]

who would you go to for distance birds

WHO was the original question ! Well not to Tom, Dick or Harry. Their is a secret in distance racing and the easiest route is to obtain a number of birds from the same loft that does not have many losses.

[TREBLE D]

thats the man,oustanding performance not taken anything away from the winners but 622 on the day clocked just after ten how far could that hen have flown on the day if she had to?

[TREBLE D]

Sorry it was J.Prockter never read name properly

[OLDYELLOW]

thats the man,oustanding performance not taken anything away from the winners but 622 on the day clocked just after ten how far could that hen have flown on the day if she had to?

627 miles still a game bird

 

Sorry it was J. Proctor never read name properly

Have a hen off John

[TREBLE D]

got grdson of mcfly and a grson of Jim benvies Kingdom boy which i think was bred by J.Procktor could be wrong though,just brought in this year heres hoping.

[OLDYELLOW]

got grdson of mcfly and a grson of Jim benvies Kingdom boy which i think was bred by J.Procktor could be wrong though,just brought in this year heres hoping.

Kingdom boy was bred by John :emoticon-0137-clapping:

[gulkie]

go to the best in your area,but will they sell you their best

so you can take the prizes from them ,doubt that.

[victorious]

go to the best in your area,but will they sell you their best

so you can take the prizes from them ,doubt that.

[victorious]

gulkiie thats what i tried to say they dont not in their own area i know that for a fact they maybe let the odd good one escape but to them that was not to be ask the locals for a pair or young one out of their no1 breeding hen then see what they say.