What strains of pigeons are you flying this year.

Are you sticking to your family strains you have had, or have you brought some new stock in to try.

I've had some really nice stock birds from oldstrain, and I'll be racing ybs off these, but I will be looking at bringing in some kirkpatricks , if I can find someone who still breeds this strain, I did well with them years ago, but it seems they have fallen out of favour , great distance birds back in the day.

I`ll be still breeding from my janssens ive had for the past few years, plus from the recent purchase of staf van reets I bought off sj lofts....

theres a fancier near me who was selling the kirkpatricks lofty, he had some in the bhw, I think he had some yellow ones.....or some unusual colour anyway.

Lofty, there is a guy in Swansea selling 2016 young birds, pure Kirkpatricks, Scottish and English National winning bloodlines. Alan Joseph 01792 201584, its in the BHW this week page 82. All grizzles he says, hope this helps you.

Thanks Dev, just found it in the bhw, I'll give him a ring tomorrow, nice to know they are still around and still being raced

Strains? Some times a misnomer. Doubt if any are pure any more. When I re-started quite a few years back I went for the red Jannsens from a friend of mine.
Some Super 73 van Loon blood was added, some Aarden. Houben, Ganus lines last year two pair. Red Jannssen and van Loon predominate. Others did not hack it. Try the Ganus this year see if they are as good. Doubt if any of the strains mentioned are themselves 'pure'. Whatever does the best for me stays, others are disposed of. Cross them all the time. Years back Des Mathys did very well for me but no longer seek out name strains. Good ones come in all 'strains'.

my heinz 57

I'm with hal on this one its just a mans name so I will be racing alfies aviators ...we never really know whats in the birds pedigree its all taken on trust through generations most top lofts add new introductions from other top lofts but they don't tell you so they can keep the household name ...I like to cross them for racing anyway

We are flying the Van Reets, Gust Janssens and some crossed but the strain is irrelevant the one that is 1st over the pad is my favourite Lol.

most will be my bert camphuis but have some leo heremans and some brockamps this year still looking for some drappa birds

All sorts for me..dhanhens,van lints,van choisse,etc ect

peel bros wrote:

All sorts for me..dhanhens,van lints,van choisse,etc ect

van peels......

Lofty wrote:

I've had some really nice stock birds from oldstrain, and I'll be racing ybs off these, but I will be looking at bringing in some kirkpatricks , if I can find someone who still breeds this strain, I did well with them years ago, but it seems they have fallen out of favour , great distance birds back in the day.

Lofty you can give Louella a ring as they had they were the main source for Kirkpatricks and brought all the main stack pigeons when John Kirkpatrick sold up all the best mate

VanReet Man123 wrote:

We are flying the Van Reets, Gust Janssens and some crossed but the strain is irrelevant the one that is 1st over the pad is my favourite Lol.

Van Reet Man can I be nosey and ask were did you obtain your Gust Janssens from

Don Webb wrote:

VanReet Man123 wrote:

We are flying the Van Reets, Gust Janssens and some crossed but the strain is irrelevant the one that is 1st over the pad is my favourite Lol.

Van Reet Man can I be nosey and ask were did you obtain your Gust Janssens from

We got them of Dean Bullock we got some of our Van Reets of him to they have both won for us 1,pair of Gusts have bred us 3x,winners already they have only been paired this is there 2nd season together

Vandebelles
Cuesters
Van Reets
Geernickx
De Troy
Hoogyberg
Janssen
Van Rijn
Buschearts
Koopman

EssexSteve wrote:

Vandebelles
Cuesters
Van Reets
Geernickx
De Troy
Hoogyberg
Janssen
Van Rijn
Buschearts
Koopman

Steve what about Van Essex

shippy wrote:

my heinz 57

At last I've found the super cross Shippy     I have been looking for etc for years here, to cross in with my Liquorice all sorts "local lolly treat"  & I feel as if I have been reborn & pity my opposition now, if we can come to doing a deal . Now !!!. Getting back to a more serious note,  the Belguim way tells us all the way to follow & a certain name on a pedigree sheet, really only has one use I suspect.

Knackered wrote:

shippy wrote:

my heinz 57

At last I've found the super cross Shippy     I have been looking for etc for years here, to cross in with my Liquorice all sorts "local lolly treat"  & I feel as if I have been reborn & pity my opposition now, if we can come to doing a deal . Now !!!. Getting back to a more serious note,  the Belguim way tells us all the way to follow & a certain name on a pedigree sheet, really only has one use I suspect.

again i must agree

I will be flying Van Devo, Van Darren and Van peels.

Boosey wrote:

I will be flying Van Devo, Van Darren and Van peels.

sound the buisso boosey

EssexSteve wrote:

Vandebelles
Cuesters
Van Reets
Geernickx
De Troy
Hoogyberg
Janssen
Van Rijn
Buschearts
Koopman

louella aint got a look in sean

Lambrechts
S.v.r
Heremans-ceusters
Busschaerts
G&c cooper x
Lindelauf
geerinckx
And various crosses