Blue hen Jelle Jelema Eric Higginbottom inbred to All Alone

I have a hen I purchased three years ago from Eric Higginbottoms clearance sales. Before the sale I spoke with Eric who said the dam of this bird he called Sister All Alone was his better breeding hen. With this in my mind I tried to buy every child off this hen. Like I have said in my other sales This left me overloaded with stock pigeons. Then last year two fanciers who I highly respected were also calling it a day so my intention was to try to buy as many of their birds as was possible. This was great for my gene pool but not for breeding and trying out the ybs. This hen has only reared me 7 ybs. So as you can see not over bred from and not really tested. 

My corn bill during the breeding season was massive as well as my racing bill each week which I think is unsustainable hence the reduction of stock birds. 

My season has been a great season in the National Flying Club 2026 but I know I can improve on this years performances.

I am Michael John Burden who has been interested in 680 miles the most but will try to compete at the shorter races too. I have only been interested in pigeons that can fly Barcelona uninterested in middle distance to short type racing birds.

I was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago and gave most of my main stock birds to a ‘good’ friend in Bakewell. I thought I was dying so I reduced my team because my wife does not understand or take any interest in the birds. David thought he knew best and killed most of my stock birds because he thought their eye sign was not very good despite their breeding being second to none all being sons or daughters or full brothers or sister to two certificate of merit winners for Steve Redfern of Derby, a great friend even to this day.

This set me back once my health improved and I realised I was not going to die. Odd really but the human mind can be complex at times.   So in order to regain my position in the distance races I have over compensated buying quite a number of birds from Alwyn Hill, (Wing Down fame) Eric Higginbottom a great flyer at Tarbes with All Alone Fame. also Andrew Holland Brian Denney bloodlines and a team of birds from Terry Lowndes of Ashbourne, a Tarbes specialist. I have purchased birds to the extreme to try to find the very good birds. The trouble is I have found having too many at stock impedes your ability to find the breeders etc. The following birds are now up for sale not because they are not good but because I can not realise their full potential. In 2026 I was 11th open NFC Saintes with a yearling cock of the Golden Barcelona lines, the 1st bird over 500 miles. These are great lines which should be in every distance fancier loft.

At Tarbes 2026 i had 3 in the section which was a very hard race. .  

Don't be put off by the low starting bid I want a good sale but want the gone to reduce my work load and corn bill but mainly to re house the birds.