Just had a quick look at Louellas online sales, good set up, pics of birds and pedigrees, you can pick up a stock pair of Louella Jan Ardens for just over £100, good birds if anyone looking to try new strain in loft. Anyone purchased from louella this way?

hi paul, did you see the birds they were selling in the homing world a few weeks ago.....? they were older stock birds and they were selling them for £37 each, you cant go wrong just trying a pair or so for that price.

when i raced 20 years ago we would buy in every year from louella, we would always buy 12 ybs and race them then whatever was left would be bred from.......the birds we had i cant complain about as they took us up to the highest prise winner on a few occasions and usually always high up in the results.

Will say David some of the best pigeons Louella sold were next to nothing in cost

Remember Magic Blue that pigeon was sold for about £15 and Louella brought him back

The best pigeon i ever had cost £5 and she bred a load of pigeons to be prize winners in different generations

yes don i do remember him, won quite a few 1st racing too...........

Remember handling him when i was younger but he was a cheap bird just goes to show

do they still do the 6 for £99 ybs don, they are cheap enough at that for racing...........

Think they still do but you have to pay for carrage now were before the carrage was included

what does it work out at? about 16 or 17 pound each.....??? you cant breed them for that yourself can you.

Will say a few years ago went to louella's and they had on show youngsters in 6's and from what i saw they all looked good

No but they can obtain corn cheap from the local farms

Can't go wrong with stock birds priced like that. Good if you want to try some different birds out.

I have bought a lot from louella, they have excellent janssens going back to the old lines, and you can trust them that what they say is true, when the pedegree says its from a bird you can garentee it is. I have bred excellent birds from thier birds and not always the most expensive, a hen I bought for a feeder when I started back for £35 has bred winners for me and others every year, now you cant get that even from champions? If you look at the new video gallery its brilliant, and is the way farward for selling pigeons.

like i said earlier, we bought 12 ybs ever year while we were racing.....they were older breeds 20 years ago which were vanhees, denys bros, lefebre dhaenens, janssens and verheys....all of the families raced and bred well for us so i would have no hesatation in trying a few now, especially for the price of them........