Pigeons For Sale

2004 youngsters for sale as well as some selected direct Dutch imports.

Call Silvio Mattacchione at 905-985-3555.

Our 2004 name bands were purchased from “Foys Pigeon Supply” and Thomas and I were not allowed to register these bands with the “Canadian Racing Pigeon Union” (CRPU) as the national bylaws require all racing bands to be purchased from an official national organization (i.e., like the CRPU, IF, AU, NL, etc.). As such, we were unfortunately not allowed to race any of our youngsters in the 2004 season at either the club or combine level. Our loss is your gain! Therefore our entire young bird kit (1st and 2nd rounds) will be sold. This is quite an opportunity. If you are interested in Spanjaards Janssens as well as direct children from our “Kanon” (23 X 1st) line Dutch Janssens, you will have many to choose from. We will also be selling several pairs of 2003 Janssen imports direct from Holland as well as direct Dutch imports that are from a line of the very finest National long distance racers. We have approximately 35 youngsters in total.

The only race that Thomas and I competed during 2004 was “Le Tour des Maritimes” in New Brunswick, Canada. As you can see from the overall results below we flew against some of the top flyers in the UP NORTH COMBINE and the rest of Canada with our inbreds and we were 2nd overall (Silvio) and 7th overall (Thomas).

Le Tour des Maritimes is a futurity consisting of a series of 8 races for a total of 2150 km of flying over one of the toughest courses in Canada. One of the goals of the organizer is to provide a schedule of races that would be similar to a normal young bird schedule at the club and combine level. Needless to say, pigeon racing under these circumstances is not a fair sport. The Le Tour will be fair because all the racing pigeons will start and finish at the same points.

The Le Tour series is mainly a headwind course that begins from 100 km and ends with a flight from Glace Bay on Cape Breton Island a distance of 500 km. This must be one of the most difficult release points in Canada. The Cape Bretoners claim that at any one time the winds can blow from all directions across the Island. During the winter months winds can exceed 100 km/hour throughout the Cape Briton Highlands. Fortunately they are not as strong during the summer months, but they still can be a problem. At the release point unfavorable winds exceeding 20 km/hour can always be expected. If the birds fly home as the "crow flies" they would have to fly over 400 km of open water. This is quite unlikely so by flying along the mainland of Nova Scotia and north through New Brunswick the actual distance the birds fly exceeds 600 km. Just getting off the Island is a challenge. Upon being released in Glace Bay and in addition to unfavorable winds, the birds are confronted by water on all four sides. And as we know pigeons are reluctant to fly over water. Because of this fact, the first 7 races of the Le Tour schedule have been planned to condition and build the birds confidence for their final task, that is, reaching home on the day from Glace Bay which remains the ultimate goal of the Le Tour.

Prices:

• Selected 2004 young birds = $350.00 CAD
• Direct Dutch imports = $700.00 CAD each.

Call Silvio Mattacchione at 905-985-3555.

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