Dave B / 04 Mar 2010 12:52

I and others agree with what constitutes a ET,having the term highflyer used
in the same tense as a ET makes me uncomfortable.
We have many fanciers in this country who fly ET with crossed birds, by that
I mean a F1 cross that produce the vigour that is required or indeed what
the fancier requires for the "sole" aim of being the first past the post.
Indeed the success of these fanciers is due mainly to the work of the strain
makers who have provided these fanciers with the pigeons with which to
achieve this.

We are talking about ET strains that the UK fanciers use to cross with, more
often than not, some of these birds in these kits do not conform to any
standard or size, as the sole aim is to enhance the endurance of the kit.
This is absolute fine, as all birds have to fly to the same rules and are
bred from English Tipplers such as the like
Hughes / Boden / Pilot / Curry / Lovatt / Field / Newton / Heaton / Billingham / etc etc.

I personally find it uncomfortable, when I read and interpret that it is ok
to class highflyers/longflyers in the same breadth as English Tipplers, and
to be honest, it has never entered my vocabulary until I entered the world
of ET internet discussions.

Just recently I read a advertisement on an internet site where a pigeon was
being advertised as a Tippler with 18hrs of competition flying in the
description???. Well this pigeon resembled more like a seagull with the
length of its beak, the sealed ring on its leg was not a registration ring
(a Pakistan style ring )and this was being BRANDED as a Tippler!!!!! and the
worst of it all, a UK mobile number was offered as the contact? this is a
real concern that these elements are creeping into our beloved ET.

Submitted by Dave B on 3/4/2010 1:15:37 PM