what strain of pigeons do you have for long distance racing 600 to 730 miles

start off i have ritchie and white pigeons stormqueen lines for the long distance
and vandebelles for my sprint to middle distasnce

hi john, ill be restarting with ybs next season so it will be a year or two before i can think of entering channel racing......at the moment ive only short to middle distance birds which are lefebre dhaenens and a pair of mulemans janssens.

hi david well you will be back to the racing soon david be great for you next year

hi john, hope so....spoke to members at the club today at an auction and im looking forward to it...

i used to race the old westcotts a few years ago when i raced the distance races ,a good old english breed,done well with them,one was 12th up north combine bourges for us [576 miles]

thats good mate dont you fly long distance anymore

we have started to form an extreme distance team, the first youngsters will be bred from these next year so it will be a few years yet before they can prove themselves. these will be based on 3 x Batenburg Van De Merves cocks paired with some Silver Barkers (2 x chequers, 1 x blue) hens.

we have had the Van Reets & Gaby Vandenabeeles win in the past upto 501mile but few and far between.

when you say extreem distance what are you calling extreem 750 800 miles

i do,nt race the distance anymore have,nt got the stock now,wish i had.i might try and get some in again as i liked the distance just as much as the sprint.might look in to getting some more. i know one thing i will want birds to race the distance not ones that are to old for sprint then trying them because they are awaste of time usually

The best long distance birds in SA would be the "putterie" and "silvere toye's" im not into long distance , more sprint to middle distance.

stormqueen wrote:

when you say extreem distance what are you calling extreem 750 800 miles

no i would call anything over 550mile as extreme

basically my thoughts are:-

sprint upto 200mile
middle distance 200 to 350mile
distance 350 to 550mile
extreme 550mile plus

Grizzle cock wrote:

The best long distance birds in SA would be the "putterie" and "silvere toye's" im not into long distance , more sprint to middle distance.

at the moment im more interested in the short to middle distance with just starting, i think distance racing requires more knowlage and different management compared to short.....and i also think its harder to fly distance racing....so ill stick to short for now until/if i get more experiance racing....

i have grooter,commine and some bricoux x sion and hope to do well from 350 to 600 but there still in the nest so will be a while yet before i see what their made of

i got Barkers Jan Aarden and stuffles for the distance the stuffles go out to 1087KM what ever that is in miles lol

Rene A wrote:

i got Barkers Jan Aarden and stuffles for the distance the stuffles go out to 1087KM what ever that is in miles lol

lovely pigeons those old barkers

Rene A wrote:

i got Barkers Jan Aarden and stuffles for the distance the stuffles go out to 1087KM what ever that is in miles lol

hi rene, did you get those stuffles from s.s. with the belgium rings...? i remember you mentioning them.

oldstrain wrote:

Rene A wrote:

i got Barkers Jan Aarden and stuffles for the distance the stuffles go out to 1087KM what ever that is in miles lol

lovely pigeons those old barkers

yes mate from wot ive been told they done ok for ken off of the site mate

DAVID wrote:

Rene A wrote:

i got Barkers Jan Aarden and stuffles for the distance the stuffles go out to 1087KM what ever that is in miles lol

hi rene, did you get those stuffles from s.s. with the belgium rings...? i remember you mentioning them.

yes mate i did had all the peds aswell the furthest distance is 1087KM 435KM dont know wot it is in miles tho

about 50 mile rene............

mo only joking, think it will be around 300 - 500 miles maybe....... worth a try anyway rene, hope you get some good uns out of them.

1087 km is about 670 miles

DAVID wrote:

about 50 mile rene............

mo only joking, think it will be around 300 - 500 miles maybe....... worth a try anyway rene, hope you get some good uns out of them.

only one of the two pairs have laid think the other pair wont due to the age but never know i might be lucky to get a yb out of em when it warms up a bit more

yes you never know rene, its worth a try isnt it........how old are they ?

think darrens estimate will be more accurate then my guess

DAVID wrote:

yes you never know rene, its worth a try isnt it........how old are they ?

think darrens estimate will be more accurate then my guess

the two that have laid is a 99 cock and a 01 hen the other 2 are 97 hen and an 01 cock mate

only because i got a table converter david

oldstrain wrote:

only because i got a table converter david

comes in handy tho` darren.........