Favourite Strain of Birds.

What is everyone's favorite 'strain' of birds? Seems like Dordins are not raced anymore.have

I prefer shorter races hal, I had the janssens but bought the staf van reets, so will be trying those in 2017.

I remember the dordins years ago, nice looking blues they were, don't seem to hear much of them now....

Van hee for me good all rounders but excel at the distance

I like the old grooters mainly because my grandfather raced these and they hold fond memories

Had both dordin and grooters good birds but I like the Jansen base pigeons

I guess it depends on whether you are talking about birds of today - or birds from years ago.

If you are talking about modern birds - I think the Geerinckx are hard to beat - BUT it will take then two years to come into their own. 

If you are talking about types that had stood the test of time - I think you have to go a long way to beat the Deweerdt strain.

But then again, they need time to mature.

Our best has been the dhanhens so have to be my favourite I suppose

at the end of the day what ever the strain of bird you like or use , it is only as good as the fancier that races them ?

that's true enough edgie, but having said that, most pigeons are no good anyway....regardless of who the fancier is.

David wrote:

that's true enough edgie, but having said that, most pigeons are no good anyway....regardless of who the fancier is.

disagree david more bad fanciers than pigeons , its just that the birds get the blame for fools ?

yes I agree about that to a certain point, they do get the blame for a fancier being crap.....but just on the % of birds bred, and winners bred it tells us most pigeons are no good.

if pigeons are all treated and managed exactly the same , by the same fancier, they don't all win....some never achieve anything all there life, and the % of no hopers is always greater than the % of winners.

David wrote:

yes I agree about that to a certain point, they do get the blame for a fancier being crap.....but just on the % of birds bred, and winners bred it tells us most pigeons are no good.

if pigeons are all treated and managed exactly the same , by the same fancier, they don't all win....some never achieve anything all there life, and the % of no hopers is always greater than the % of winners.

good point david now I know where kim went wrong

I bet a lot of good birds are disposed of in the wrong hands

peel bros wrote:

I bet a lot of good birds are disposed of in the wrong hands

yes there is that to consider too ray.....

edgie wrote:

David wrote:

yes I agree about that to a certain point, they do get the blame for a fancier being crap.....but just on the % of birds bred, and winners bred it tells us most pigeons are no good.

if pigeons are all treated and managed exactly the same , by the same fancier, they don't all win....some never achieve anything all there life, and the % of no hopers is always greater than the % of winners.

good point david now I know where kim went wrong

the tip is edgie, have your loft 3ft deep in sh*te and never clean out........do this and the prizes will come.......

Has to be Janssens for me

David wrote:

edgie wrote:

David wrote:

yes I agree about that to a certain point, they do get the blame for a fancier being crap.....but just on the % of birds bred, and winners bred it tells us most pigeons are no good.

if pigeons are all treated and managed exactly the same , by the same fancier, they don't all win....some never achieve anything all there life, and the % of no hopers is always greater than the % of winners.

good point david now I know where kim went wrong

the tip is edgie, have your loft 3ft deep in sh*te and never clean out........do this and the prizes will come.......

ha right david that's why I have not done so well this year I cleand the buggers out

edgie wrote:

David wrote:

edgie wrote:

David wrote:

yes I agree about that to a certain point, they do get the blame for a fancier being crap.....but just on the % of birds bred, and winners bred it tells us most pigeons are no good.

if pigeons are all treated and managed exactly the same , by the same fancier, they don't all win....some never achieve anything all there life, and the % of no hopers is always greater than the % of winners.

good point david now I know where kim went wrong

the tip is edgie, have your loft 3ft deep in sh*te and never clean out........do this and the prizes will come.......

ha right david that's why I have not done so well this year I cleand the buggers out

No Edgie the reason is you fly against the grain and your pigeons have a 40 mile extra mileage every race day plus all the shit still caked on there feet

the sh*te is baked on like cement boots don.........its weighing them down

Maybe but they are strong willed birds

David wrote:

the sh*te is baked on like cement boots don.........its weighing them down

I know David been trying to tell Edgie but I'm only the apprentice

I KNOW NOTHING;)