One For The Marathon Fanatics

[geordie1234]

http://www.elimarpigeons.com/Article2/DaveGoddard.htm

[Delboy]

These guys arent feert to test their birds and they appreciate its a different kind of beast needed to achieve their goals.

[chris1984]

Excelent reading love reading these articals learn something every time.

[paddymac]

Have to agree, great read, thanks for the link George. I'm amazed how little training distance is involved to prepare the birds.

[Uphill Lofts]

Enjoyed the read, A bit of an eye opener and thought provoking

[Mossgiel]

http://www.elimarpigeons.com/Article2/DaveGoddard.htm

 

Have a look at the other article on Dave Goddard - "Chasing the Dream" - by Gareth Watkins - and in particular the dark hen "Sophie", she is a cracker!!

[buster151]

Very good informative read Thank You

[Chanter]

Excellent read George it's got me thinking..

[dal2]

Have to agree, great read, thanks for the link George. I'm amazed how little training distance is involved to prepare the birds.

The birds are experienced and have no idea how far it is from palamos to the loft. Most fanciers would have no faith in the birds he sends for their first go as they are late from short tosses or races....showing no formal means he has to trust in his bloodlines....well done

[DJWa]

excellent read

[peter dempsey]

great write up realy enjoyed it ?? many roads to Rome

[Potter29]

Great read thoroughly enjoyed that , thanks

[geordie1234]

Have a look at the other article on Dave Goddard - "Chasing the Dream" - by Gareth Watkins - and in particular the dark hen "Sophie", she is a cracker!!

Had a read at it...some great reading

 

Here it is for others to have a read

 

http://www.elimarpigeons.com/LoftReportonDaveGoddardofTilehurst.htm

Edited January 21, 2017 by geordie1234

[greenbar]

A really good read.

[HOMER49]

Hi

Cracking advert for the sport of long distance racing

:emoticon-0137-clapping:

 

Cheers

Homer 49

[MIK]

me oul man and me had a g.dtr of toe nails few years back....what a specimen she was, she bred for 2 years then dropped dead...but she left a good few channel pigeons.

 

good read ...i always followed Dave Goddard .......great pigeons with a single minded great fancier

[William Reid]

http://www.elimarpigeons.com/Article2/DaveGoddard.htm

Very interesting George.

TREATMENT

 

They are injected for Paramyxo every January, then immediately afterwards go onto Sulphatrim (a treatment against cocci, enteritis and general bacterial problems), and then they are on multivits before being wormed. The next time they are treated, assuming nothing goes wrong, is when they land from a fly four weeks before Palamos, when they have another 5-day treatment of Sulphatrim or, depending on what my hunch tells me, it could be Ronidazol for canker. I also used pigeon-approved smoke bombs for the first time last year, one month beforehand, and I’ll definitely be doing so again. When I treat in January I can’t honestly say I notice a difference in the pigeons, nor necessarily when I treat a month before Palamos, so it might be the blind leading the blind. I’ve not always been a treater – I would say I was pretty ignorant in my earlier days – but I have modernised over the last fifteen years.

[Delboy]

I see it mentioned the late, great Alex Geddes from Glenboig, who flew in the Scottish Midland fed. He was , without doubt one of the best racer/breeders of pigeons in the west section of Scotland.

[Mossgiel]

I see it mentioned the late, great Alex Geddes from Glenboig, who flew in the Scottish Midland fed. He was , without doubt one of the best racer/breeders of pigeons in the west section of Scotland.

 

An exceptional fancier Derek. Grandfather and I visited him a couple of times '79 & '80, when he stayed at Greengairs. He told us his family of pigeons were based on the old Mason 1210 blood [ think Mason was from Barrhead ?? ]. Davie Scott from Brechin had a very good grizzle hen from Alex Geddes and she bred a lot of winners. Jim Donaldson had a lot of birds from Davie Scott and it would not surprise me if the grizzles in his team were down from the Geddes grizzle hen.

[Delboy]

I think Jim D had doos straight fae Alexs stock loft Brian

[lanarkshire lad]

An exceptional fancier Derek. Grandfather and I visited him a couple of times '79 & '80, when he stayed at Greengairs. He told us his family of pigeons were based on the old Mason 1210 blood [ think Mason was from Barrhead ?? ]. Davie Scott from Brechin had a very good grizzle hen from Alex Geddes and she bred a lot of winners. Jim Donaldson had a lot of birds from Davie Scott and it would not surprise me if the grizzles in his team were down from the Geddes grizzle hen.

Good stuff did masons 1210 not have an Easterhouse connection or Bailleston there's something about the Bailleston grizzles as they were known I remember Andrew Deans talking about it maybe someone could clarify this.?

[Delboy]

Good stuff did masons 1210 not have an Easterhouse connection or Bailleston there's something about the Bailleston grizzles as they were known I remember Andrew Deans talking about it maybe someone could clarify this.?

 

Your right Jim, im also sure the 1210s were through Andrew Deans doos.

[Mossgiel]

I think Jim D had doos straight fae Alexs stock loft Brian

 

Didn't know that Derek. He certainly had birds from Davie Scott. I'm sure Alex Geddes won the Scottish Central Combine in the early 70's from Avranches.

[lanarkshire lad]

Your right Jim, im also sure the 1210s were through Andrew Deans doos.

Theres every chance of that Derek.

[Delboy]

Didn't know that Derek. He certainly had birds from Davie Scott. I'm sure Alex Geddes won the Scottish Central Combine in the early 70's from Avranches.

 

Thats what ive heard from several Midland fed fanciers Brian, they say Circus boy had Geddes blood in it??