Pipa Collectors Edition II English

PiPa Collectors Edition II
BODY
No. Ringnumber Sex Length Strength Tail bone Tail bone Muscles Balance Back
1 BE12-3456789 M Medium Medium Strong Little open Strong Leaning forward Medium
WING
GENERAL
Primaries Plumage Feathers Back wing Suppleness Breeding feathers Size Thickness Vitality Colour density
Long small Strong Soft Short Rather supple Square & short Big Normal Medium Strong
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Above is a fictive example of which criteria is shown and judged on each pigeon.
• If a fancier wants to sell a young bird the second part of the selection
procedure is important. For the first part of the selection procedure
we consider first of all the pedigree of the pigeon and its results as well
as the breeding qualities of its sire and dam. Every young bird should
be a direct youngster of a proven breeder or a top class racing bird.
Exceptions are possible if a fancier wants to offer the grandchildren of
a top class breeder or breeding couple of which the direct youngsters
are no longer available.
In the second part of the selection procedure we monitor the quality of the
bird in the hand: If someone wants to auction a bird on PIPA we think it is
very important to have the quality of EVERY SINGLE bird checked in the
hand by one of our experts. We do not claim that we can distinguish a good
bird from a bad, but thanks to our experience and the feedback of our
customers we now have an idea of what kind of pigeons people are looking for.
There are a few basic features a pigeon should have before it can be auctioned on
PIPA. After that we draw up a report on each pigeon, which can be obtained via
auctions@pipa.be.
Let it be clear that PIPA sees to it that the quality of the pigeons offered is as good as
possible. Despite our increasing quality standards there is still an increase in the
number of pigeons offered in PIPA auctions. This can be explained by top pigeons
now being sold on the Internet whereas they used to be sold offline most of the time.
The rise of the Internet and the increasing popularity of PIPA auctions resulted in
an increasing number of fanciers offering their top pigeons online. To summarise:
The number of pigeons sold has not increased but the number of pigeons sold on
the Internet has. This explains why more pigeons are offered on PIPA.
Thomas Gyselbrecht
Sales Manager Pipa