Guys, I have had an experience on the question asked! About a year and a
half ago I mentioned on the form of receiving a few pairs of "lovatts". Now
these birds although I cannot not prove them to be of a "pure" genetic
background I do know that the person who gifted them to me had these birds
for over 20 years and raised no other breed!
About the Cumulets, it is a French high flyer that apparently was used in
the background of racing homer and tippler. When talking of their color, or
luck of it, you are partially right.
As young birds, before the first moult they have red necks, but once they
moult they are always / only pure white.
I have seen cumulets years ago i went to see old Roy Beaty you will probably
remember him he had some but could not get them to fly any time at all it
was years later we realised what he had was the show type when you see them
the beak follows the head line down but the flying Cumulet has a small
forehead and is smaller than the show birds a similar thing happened to Dave
Sutherland when we
I believe the development of a tippler is still an ongoing process. The
tipplers with undesirable traits which still exist today should be instantly
removed from any one's breeding program.
The racing pigeon was developed many years ago, and generally considered
from a few different types of pigeon as history has showed us. The true
meaning of Hybrid is one of a creature that is sterile, and unable to
reproduce "itself", like the Mule.
When talking about a tippler flipping, it would be a long lost trait that
has showed up as a result of some genetic hiccup. It does happen from time
to time as other genetic hiccups can occur also. As you are quite right, a
remnant bred out of the modern day tippler for the most part long ago .
i have read a little about this from what i have read it seems the Welsh
fanciers crossed the tipplers with the Welsh badge flying tumblers because
these birds were a lot stronger than the old Macclesfield tipplers and on
most occasions could out fly them the idea was to get the strength of the
flying tumbler with the flying style of the tippler very similar to what
happened in other parts of
It is clear to me that this breed of performance pigeon can be historically
claimed to have been created in England! Yes crosses were used many years
ago with different breeds to achieve the desired performance and type
required to achieve the results that without question is today the English
Tippler!
