!! IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT !!

FROM M. & D. EVANS, MYRTLE LOFTS

The high demand for our bloodlines has resulted in us at Myrtle Lofts having a waiting list for young birds until August/September 2008. This demand has left it wide open for other fanciers in the U.K. to cash in by selling pigeons under our own name M. & D. Evans. We haven’t any problem concerning other lofts advertising and selling our family of pigeons, providing they are selling the genuine bloodlines. Unfortunately it has come to our attention that there are pigeons being sold on the open market which are claimed to be bred by ourselves M. & D. Evans. These pigeons are not bred by us and the ring numbers have never been in our names and although they are being sold with an M. & D. Evans pedigree, these pedigrees are fake. These M. & D. Evans details have no connection with the birds being sold.

It has also come to light that some genuine M. & D. Evans pigeons which have been advertised and sold, are not carrying the correct details. These pigeons are being advertised with new fake pedigrees with generations of pigeons being removed. The only consolation for the fanciers who purchased these birds is that they do own our bloodlines but unfortunately not direct children from the champions they were led to believe.

This problem is a major concern to us. We advise very strongly that fanciers only purchase our M. & D. Evans bloodlines from lofts we are convinced are selling the genuine lines. We would have no hesitation to add our good name and we will give a testimonial to any fancier who can prove to us they are working on the same policies as us at Myrtle Lofts. Our policies are selecting the best breeders on performances and eliminating the rest. The golden breeding pairs are only selected with the final test, the basket.

There are too many get rich quick fanciers who are selling on the name of M. & D. Evans and Gaby Vandenabeele. In our opinion these fanciers aren’t concerned if you win or not providing they are making money. One fancier who purchased 20 young birds from us for stock openly admitted to us that eight pairs out of the ten had bred him winners at Club and Federation level. We were delighted by this news until he told us he had resold the other two pairs that had bred nothing for more money than he paid us for the full ten pairs. In our opinion these two pairs should have been disposed of. Please understand, fanciers do not sell their best pairs unless retiring from the sport.

In the early nineties we purchased 54 direct Gaby Vandenabeele pigeons and we worked extremely hard to select the best from these bloodlines. We finally kept 22 out of the 54 and disposed of the rest. We also purchased over 80 Vandenabeeles from Koen Minderhoud and by selection we are looking to keep only the best 10 to 20 pigeons. This will ensure the youngsters we sell, contain bloodlines of the highest quality. This probably explains why our bloodlines have achieved 21 x 1st National winners in the last eight years.

We advise anyone requiring our bloodlines to only purchase young birds from a loft where we have supplied a testimonial. Never purchase any old birds unless they are being sold in an entire clearance sale.

YOUR ENTITLEMENTS WHEN PURCHASING PIGEONS
Entitlements, which we believe, can save you lots of expense, heartache and disappointment. When a vendor tells you how superior he or she is as a pigeon fancier and how good his or her pigeons are, you are entitled to see proof of the information they are advertising. Ask to see result sheets so it’s possible to check loft location, ring numbers and how many fanciers and birds they are competing against on a weekly basis. When fanciers claim their pigeons are winning for other fanciers ask to see testimonials to prove the statements they have advertised.

In the last three years we have removed over 400 pages from the British Homing World and The Racing Pigeon where fanciers have clearly stated their winning performances have been achieved with our bloodlines. We also have a breeding catalogue with 130 pages giving information and facts about what our birds have achieved for ourselves and other fanciers worldwide. Any genuine fancier should not be afraid to show you this information and if you are interested in purchasing their pigeons it’s your entitlement to see it.

MARK & DICK EVANS
MYRTLE LOFTS

Mark Evans – Tel: 01405 861705 or Mobile: 07785 273672
Dick Evans – Tel: 01977 661682
Email: mark@myrtlelofts.fsnet.co.uk
Website: http://www.myrtlelofts.com/