Blackpool 2009 Fancies

some nice birds there bob ,i myself liked the second one down the yellow like fantails ,did you see the ones for sale the brown ones with the long thin necks weired looking birds .

christopher09 wrote:some nice birds there bob ,i myself liked the second one down the yellow like fantails ,did you see the ones for sale the brown ones with the long thin necks weired looking birds .

Yes Chris I did. I didn't go into the Fancy birds until Sunday afternoon. My criticism of the Fancy show was that there were no labels to let people know what the breeds were, unless I missed them, but I did hear quite a lot of people commenting about it. As a result, apart from a few obvious ones, I don't know what a lot of them were

hi bob i agree mate did not have a clue what breed some where,but they where some smashing birds there ,credit to there owners,yes i would also have liked to see them named as to breed etc.i was not keen on those anorexic pouters they looked like they had been starved ..but some beautiful pigeons on show .

what great clear photos you took there bob, well done, I know the first one is an arcangel, and there are some types of pouters in there but not sure what type they were.

All the winners from the show
Show winners















Champion of Champion prize winners

Some lovely rosettes there Dovescot, must have taken you ages to find the pigeon :Very Funny: :Very Funny: Well done mate, nice photos Thumbs up Thumbs up Thumbs up

lenwadebob wrote:Some lovely rosettes there Dovescot, must have taken you ages to find the pigeon :Very Funny: :Very Funny: Well done mate, nice photos Thumbs up Thumbs up Thumbs up

That is always the problem when you want to photograph the winners and you don't get a lot of time to do it
Your pics are cracking quality what camera did you use and what settings Thumbs up

I'm using a Fujifilm FinePix 2600 on auto with auto flash. I have had the camera for about 6 years now and I can't fault it for all kinds of photos

lenwadebob wrote:

No.1 Archangel (gimpel) and a lovely specimen too. No2.Indian fantail (I think) but can't see the crest. No.3 may be a Modena and beautifully laced. No.8 is a Wolverhampton tumbler. No.9 looks like a Lahore. As for the pouters I don't know as I'm not into them at all and especially the frog legged ones. Hope I ain't offended anyone but we all have different tastes and the wee doo accommodates them all.

Freebird, I did not realise there wee so many different kinds of pouters from various parts of the world till I went to a show of pouters.

DOVEScot wrote:Freebird, I did not realise there wee so many different kinds of pouters from various parts of the world till I went to a show of pouters.

Ye I know. Didn't think there were so many different types of pigeons until I took them up again holy moly Only ever came across racers, fantails, archangels, and a couple of types of tumblers. My mate and his dad had the Horseman doos and used to fly them in Edinburgh so I'd come across them but was never attracted to them but was impressed with what these guys did with them and at least they were flying and entertaining. He used to have to take them into the house overnight cause they would get stolen or killed by some scumbags :grrrr!: Personally for me I prefer the flying birds, the ones that have their freedom in the sky but I do also appreciate the guys who breed for show but think some breeds are way out of hand and should have been culled in the beginning. Big long necks, frog legs, bald necks, feet with flight feathers on them (turn upside down when wings are tired and flap feet) :Very Funny: faces like they've been well kicked in, back to front feathers, rollers rolling about the lawn, come on they got wings for Fx sakes :not happy: not for me but suppose they must give pleasure to some. How are those white rollers coming on bye the way, there’s more to them than meets the eye Duncan, eh! Cheers.