what strains do you keep

michael7792 wrote:

Gaz b wrote:

Mine are a mongrel mix of Janssen Van Den Bosch Van Loon

fast pigeons

I'd like to think so Michael. lol

iv got a mixture but now there called the everiss strain same as the belgiums do

ive got freedy vandenheedes, willy van hercks and hereman cuesters

nearly everything

Well our sprinting & Middle Dist is Vanloon X Janssens ;in that our our Marcelus;Smeulders ;Deklak & Reni Deman birds which we class has all being Janssen Base ?our Distance birds we have had since 1961 they are the Old Jurions ;not fast but very honest birds ;we are trying birds to cross into them from time to time for racing only ? cheers

killer wrote:

Well our sprinting & Middle Dist is Vanloon X Janssens ;in that our our Marcelus;Smeulders ;Deklak & Reni Deman birds which we class has all being Janssen Base ?our Distance birds we have had since 1961 they are the Old Jurions ;not fast but very honest birds ;we are trying birds to cross into them from time to time for racing only ? cheers

the royal lofts had jurions so did a neighbour of mine who has ceased racing ..i do remember him telling me that he had success with them on hard days when the velocitys are low also he mentioned crossing them with kirpatricks .i have a few oldies myself a few grooters and a few bricoux x sion and crossed these families, for the shorter races i have busschaerts and gevaerts atb

Ive not got a clue what strains i have. If i like it its given a chance. The wife calls them Van Hooligans though!!!

I have pure mongrels jan aardens, muller aardens, jos thon`e, van geels,denneys, as long as they have distance blood in them and they fly they are in the loft, if not no matter what they cost they are gone

there is not such a thing as strains.just mens names.i mean pure leo hermans pigeons ha he got his from gus jannsen,maurits hasendonckx

The best pigeons are heinz 57s

van tryers
jan also runs
and van make up numbers.

i hope i have spent my money wisley over the years, my loft is soaked in distance blood from old tried and tested strains with one or two modern ones, but at the end of the day they are my birds now so i shall call them, (VAN EDGIES).

hope they do well for you in the nfc edgie........

thanks for the vote of cofidence david, if you would like to come and see them please let me know.

thats the one mate.
But us UK fanciers are worried they would never get recognition or sell a bird if the called them after themselves..
Mine are mongrel crossbreeds.
Best of luck mate

hi edgie, we have few members here who also fly in the nfc, and like distance racing, im sure they would be interested to hear what breeds/blood lines you originally started out with........

is knottingley near wakefield edgie...?

just put the (VAN) on the front keep the buggers guessing.

near ferrybridge power station.

edgie wrote:

just put the (VAN) on the front keep the buggers guessing.

edgie wrote:

just put the (VAN) on the front keep the buggers guessing.

a man after my own heart, tell `em nowt........lol

allsorts, plus as you say...VAN PEELYS....

charlie wrote:

i have gerhard scheppelhorst grizzles, borgman de klak, van camp x, hofken jansen

Hi charlie when did gerhard get grizzles i don't remember seeing any grizzles when i was there in 2006 cheers

He also had some grandsons of 541 for memory Goran .

Van Reets, Vandebelles, cuesters, Geernickx and van Elsakker Janssens