The backward kit
Last August, Colin Smith of Norwich offered me a Blue Cock bird that he had no further use for; a 4-year-old, typical Gordon Hughes type;...
Barley
My object in writing these notes is not to point out to you the progress that our sport has made, but to place before you some practical...


My life with tipplers
As long as I can remember, which goes back to my early school days, 1 have owned livestock of some variety, cage birds, white mice, a...
The only way
About the cheapest commodity that one can obtain in our sport especially in this day and age is good genuine advice. Recently I was...


For the Novice
It must be confusing to the thinking novice when he starts to study all methods, feeds etc., that can be found in tippler publications...
My love of pigeons
My love of pigeons started at the early age of nine. I was fortunate to have had an uncle who kindly built me a small loft and in this I...


Training tipplers
Some ration the barley, giving less than others. I give a little under what they could eat up, being a fancier that likes to see his kit...
Flying tippler
By the time these few lines are published the Tippler fancy will be looking forward to pairing their stock birds, some no doubt having...


The Macclesfield type tippler
The Macclesfield Tippler is a short faced bird, generally broad across the shoulders and rather short on the legs, most of them are...