Like I have stated previously I am massively over stock with mainly cock birds which is why many have never been paired before.
I had cancer a few years ago and gave away most of my stock birds to a fancier who I thought was going to keep them but he killed most fo them because they had not got eyesign. This despite being either off Certificate of Merit winners or full brothers or sisters to such birds. When I realised I was not dying I tried to gain my stock birds back because I did think they were alive but only a handful were returned. This set me on a quest to try to gain a decent stock team by buying. I purchased birds at Alwyn Hill's entire clearance sale. Spent a fortune which has proved a great investment. I also purchased quite a number of Eric Higginbottom birds which again have proved very beneficial to the lofts. I timed a Yb in the NFC race yesterday a none darkness YB too at 255 miles taking a very high position in the open which is bred from an Eric Higginbottom bird and an Alwyn Hill bird. My 1st bird in the same race but old hens was also an Eric Higginbottom cross bird.
So as you can see I am not selling rubbish but a gene bank of birds.