Best Pigeons You Wish Was Yours

[PIGEONPACKMAN]

Which birds do you wish was yours and why?Past and present

if you had to pick one

[dal2]

This could take a lot of answering mate!!!

[PIGEONPACKMAN]

i know wouldn't mind hearing some stories about the great pigeons gone by

[OLDYELLOW]

Breakaway I think is everyone's dream pigeon

[walterboswell59]

fortune lady for me what a pigeon scoring 10 times in the snfc to win two gold awards fantastic

[VAGIN]

Sky Queen winner of Rennes early 60s. Also Dam of Sky Baby in the same year that won the Y/B National. A great double, Willie Gardener Lockerbie

[Guest stb-]

jock kings Mary what a doo aswell that and fortune lady and a couple of newcombe cocks to go with them sorted

[paddymac]

jock kings Mary what a doo aswell that and fortune lady and a couple of newcombe cocks to go with them sorted

Have to agree with you Rab about Jocks great hen, I have a full sister to her in my loft that was gifted to me by Pete Patrick who also bred Mary. I can only hope that I get something good off her in the years ahead.I also bought the latebred Yb donated by Jock at this years SNFC sale.

[Guest big slim]

Would have loved to own Old Reekie but Barry wouldnt give me him.

[Dooheed 5]

With Donaldson also being my surname and also fae the Blue toon its got ti be big Jammys Gold Award Winning hen "Reims Girl"

[Mossgiel]

Top breeders are harder to come by than racers and I would opt for Whitetail bred by the late Willie Wilson of Larkhall. She won 1st west section, 5th open Nantes SNFC but was better known for being a prolific breeder. Many winning lofts in Scotland owed their success to her bloodlines.

[Wiley]

Champion Filmstar....26x1st club....12x1st Fed....6x2nd Fed.....3x3 rd Fed.....2x4th Fed.....1st Ace Pigeon RPRA....7th Ace Sprint Pigeon Versele Laga World Championship.... Sire, Grandsire, Great Grandsire and so on to birds to win club, fed, combine and national levels

[alec guinness]

Any of Jock Allan's champs,mill queen,princess,pleasent surprise,mill monarch,Irish mick,no surrender!! The list is endless.

[eastcoaster]

Too many to wish for but next years gold cup winner in my loft would do .lol

There are and were a lot of great pigeons

[William Reid]

Blue boy ( Jim Hannah )

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

A lot of crackers mentioned and I'd be happy with any one of them

 

Here's one I'd like that hasn't been mentioned yet. The Burrell's 'Glen Hero' 25th Open SNFC Rennes, many prizes won.

 

If ever a bird could be described as prepotent, I suppose it could be him. I believe when Johnny Burrell died in the early 60s, there was a bird in the loft that could be traced back to 'Glen Hero' with six or seven CONSECUTIVE SNFC cross channel prizewinners in between.

 

Great pigeon, although it could probably be said in the hands of an even greater pigeon fancier.

 

I wonder how many potentially great pigeons that have been wasted by their owners over the years ?

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

A lot of crackers mentioned and I'd be happy with any one of them

 

Here's one I'd like that hasn't been mentioned yet. The Burrell's 'Glen Hero' 25th Open SNFC Rennes, many prizes won.

 

If ever a bird could be described as prepotent, I suppose it could be him. I believe when Johnny Burrell died in the early 60s, there was a bird in the loft that could be traced back to 'Glen Hero' with six or seven CONSECUTIVE SNFC cross channel prizewinners in between.

 

Great pigeon, although it could probably be said in the hands of an even greater pigeon fancier.

 

I wonder how many potentially great pigeons that have been wasted by their owners over the years ?

 

PS I'm sure Jock Allan had a hen line that achieved similar running into Jim Hannah's loft with the 'Mill Queen Hen','Queen', 'Pied Queen' etc.

 

Cannae mind the doo at the base of it would she maybe just be called "the good chequer hen"? or something similar?

[Mossgiel]

PS I'm sure Jock Allan had a hen line that achieved similar running into Jim Hannah's loft with the 'Mill Queen Hen','Queen', 'Pied Queen' etc.

 

Cannae mind the doo at the base of it would she maybe just be called "the good chequer hen"? or something similar?

Think you are correct and she bred Amazing Grace which in turn [ I think ] bred Mill Queen and she bred Mill Princess ???

[Mossgiel]

Was Jim Hannah's Queen not a daughter of his Airwolf [ 18th Rennes for JH] x Jock allan's Mill Queen ?

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

Was Jim Hannah's Queen not a daughter of his Airwolf [ 18th Rennes for JH] x Jock allan's Mill Queen ?

 

Queen's mother was the Mill Queen Hen bred from the above mating I'm sure

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

another of Jim's top stock hens was the bird he called 'Class'. She was the result of his own 'Westsound'-1st West Section, 4th Open Rennes being paired to George and Gareth's 'Westbound'-1st West Section 4th Open Niort

 

Class bred both the

 

1st West Section, 2nd Open Sartilly and 1st West Section, 2nd Open Chenoise

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

Top breeders are harder to come by than racers and I would opt for Whitetail bred by the late Willie Wilson of Larkhall. She won 1st west section, 5th open Nantes SNFC but was better known for being a prolific breeder. Many winning lofts in Scotland owed their success to her bloodlines.

99% sure this is a photo of the Famous whitetail that I came across.

[Mossgiel]

99% sure this is a photo of the Famous whitetail that I came across.

99.99 % certain.

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

another of Jim's top stock hens was the bird he called 'Class'. She was the result of his own 'Westsound'-1st West Section, 4th Open Rennes being paired to George and Gareth's 'Westbound'-1st West Section 4th Open Niort

 

Class bred both the

 

1st West Section, 2nd Open Sartilly and 1st West Section, 2nd Open Chenoise

Westbound was Direct from "The old grizzle hen" who was a fantastic racer but more importantly bred generations of pigeons to score well from France with SNFC.

[William Reid]

Just off the phone way van Hannah .