Don't forget the "Olympic Leo" cock who now plies his trade at Eijerkamps lofts He's a Wolfgang Roeper pigeon https://www.eijerkamp.com/heremans-ceusters/toppigeons/67495/olympic-leo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7bulAuLsOo "Olympic Leo" is winner of the following prizes: 1. ...

At the weekend Barron & Douglas were 3rd Tyne to Tweed Newark against 4,017 birds The 3rd was only denied 1st place by 1 second and was beat by 2 loftmates The G.Dam of the 3rd interestingly enough was a pigeon called "MA BAKER" a Wolfgang Roeper hen She's already been G.Dam of 1st Na...

Excellent results, well done to them.

horrible when you see a few and they split but there bottom of allotments and the one coming for you is drawn to your fantail but peels of last second for next door 🤮🤮 then it dawns on you all spots now gone Yes I can imagine how frustrating that must be 😕😬 I won't even talk to another Fancier in o...

I think the further the distance the more likely you are to find a pigeon with a bit of age about it appearing in the results. When you're getting to 550 miles and beyond you quite often see "older" pigeons appearing. In part I think that this is often because the pigeons have been brough...

I see yearlings and two year olds winning here on the sprints not often a old pigeon I don’t think I have raced one past 3 for some time If they get to the end of 3 years they really deserve a go at breeding as they have come through 4 years of selection I raced 3 different 3 Yr olds last season fo...

Broken cloud, blue skies and sunshine with that nice, spring chill in the air.

Morning all, have a good one.

this is making me a little nervous :lol: :lol: :D As Andy, Buster and Murray have said, just leave the trap open now and let them find their own way out, you've done well so far :D It is a horrible yet exciting time, especially as they are your first and only birds, its worse than letting your kids...

Some very good, bold birds there, I hope those still competing continue to do well and that their offspring (if any) do as well. I think Hens in particular flown Natural can keep performing from the distance at a good age, you only have to look at the classic results and you often see 7 and 8 year o...