RPRA One loft

[Devo1956]

Thanks Everyone. They have been entered under the name The Two Arthurs (after my dad and my son). If they get to the end I will be very pleased

Good luck to you and the youngsters, I hope they go all the way for you.

[MIL]

Thanks Everyone. They have been entered under the name The Two Arthurs (after my dad and my son). If they get to the end I will be very pleased

As you know Dave the losses in the One Loft Arena can be quite significant

Getting one let alone both to the Final would be a super achievement.

[daverscott]

Yep I agree Mil two back would be outstanding. But to go through the programme they would have to be a bit special.
Starting up its really difficult to get good birds. No-one wants to sell from their race team. If you buy children of their best to breed from. You would still be breeding from unproven. In the past I bought direct from the best I could afford a few from Parkside superman for example and they never bred a light. I would never breed from unraced / tested again

[MIL]

Whilst there's no guarantees with anything in pigeon racing it seems logical to me that a pedigree that's full of pigeons that have performed at both racing and breeding for consecutive and successive generations have a much greater chance of repeating the same trick

[daverscott]

Whilst there's no guarantees with anything in pigeon racing it seems logical to me that a pedigree that's full of pigeons that have performed at both racing and breeding for consecutive and successive generations have a much greater chance of repeating the same trick

I agree but all I can go is from my experience I bought stock birds with very flashy pedigrees and been very disappointed. Breed the best to the best and hope for the best

[MIL]

What I mean Dave is seeing every generation tested on the road and performed, as oposed to maybe a couple of generations where they've not seen the basket.

I used to buy the best I could and chuck em onto the garden and race them - then only the elite moved to Stock once they'd proved themselves on multiple occasions

[daverscott]

Your right MIl the only way is to test them, I think some of the studs sell great grandchildren of proven, then sometimes only on the one side. Too much scope for dilution

[MIL]

Whether they descend from Champions or Chumpions it made no odds to me

I just wanted to know what have the parents done and what have the G.Parents done

Colour and such like never ever entered into the equation for me