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Starring the London Fancy with a supporting cast of Piet Renders and Theo Minten at the Meijels Pracht show, the Netherlands. Click on the video below: ... Read More
Piet Renders
A visit to Piet, 2017
2017 has been an eventful year for Piet Renders (1). A fall at work resulted in a broken pelvis and a damaged spine amongst other injuries, and whilst he has recovered, he still has pain and limited mobility in his left arm which has prevented him from returning to work. The fall happened during the […]... Read More
Lizarddag 2017: the London Fancies
Of all the innovations at the 2017 edition of the Lizarddag, the introduction of a class for London Fancies is surely the one that will be remembered as a major step forward. I realise that classes for London Fancies have been provided for several years at the National Exhibition of Birds and at the South […]... Read More
Bird’s eye view: London Fancy look-alikes
A photograph of a white ‘London Fancy’ appeared on Kanarioloog last autumn, but was soon taken down. I feared that might be the last we would see of the bird, but thanks to friends in Spain and Belgium, I have managed to track it down.... Read More
Variegation, part 4: the fugitive black gene
The general tendency of the whole Canary tribe is to struggle out of darkness into light. W.A. Blakston (1) In this short series we have looked at variegation through its manifestations in other species: greenfinches, budgerigars and chickens. When it comes to visual impact however, no canary accomplished the ‘struggle out of darkness into light’ […]... Read More
World Show 2017, part 4: the London Fancy
A class of London Fancies was presented at the 2017 World Show in a section officially known as Nouvelles Race en étude (pas de medailles), in other words for appraisal rather competition. This is part of COM’s process of evaluating a new breed before it can be recognised officially. I’m not going to go into the […]... Read More
London Fancies at the Meijels Pracht 2012
The Meijels Pracht is the show where Piet Renders exhibited his first London Fancy back in 2004. Here is a video clip of his birds at the 2012 event. Key (from top to bottom): Cage 880 jonque/intensive cock ( red ring 2012) score 89 Cage 881 jonque/intensive hen (red ring 2012) score 88 Cage 882 mealy/non-intensive hen […]... Read More