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Dennis & Candice Lawrence 

• 1726 S SANTA FE AVE
• VISALIA,  CA     93292
• PHONE: 559-625-4691
• E-MAIL: dcppp@sbcglobal.net
• WEB PAGE: www.dcppp.com/lawrencelofts.html
•      I (Dennis) have had pigeons since I was 6 years old.
•      My brother and I have probably had 30 different breeds in our life time. We used to live in Southern California in South Whittier.
•      This is where we lived when we had all of our birds.
•      At one time we probably had as many as 1000 birds of many different breeds. What we would do for feed is I had a paper route and we would also trade birds with other kids and get money in the trade also. This way we had money to buy feed. Sometimes we would trade birds to the feed stores and get feed that way. Whatever it took to keep our birds we would hustle and do it.
•      After having had many different breeds I finally decided that the Standard Fantail was the most challenging and fun so that is the breed that I decided to work with.
•      We have raised Fantails for 30 years at this location. I (Dennis) raise the Fantails and Candice (my wife) helps me with the care of the birds. She raises Italian Owls and we also raise Schmalkaldener Moorheads. The Moorheads are a great German bloodline. (the best in the world)
•      We usually raise aprox. 75 Fantails per year. I raise Blues, Black, Silvers, Powder Blues, Powder Silvers, Whites and Almonds.
•      Probably if I could only raise 1 color of Fantail, I think that color would be  Almonds. To me they are the most beautiful and the most challenging of all the colors.
•      I was the President of The Western Fantail Club for 6 years and at this time I am the Publicity Director, so if you have any questions about anything to do with the club. I would be more than happy to help you. At present time I am the Pub Director.
•      I also like to help Jr. members get started. If you are a junior under 16 years of age and want to get started with Fantails let me know. I will try to help.