Staf van reet and his family from mol, in belgium, have been successfully breeding birds since 1982 and we look at his training methods and. Always stock, sire of little tiger dam of hms invincible,1st semi final and car winner derby arona. Staf van reet importing pigeons, racing pigeons, pigeons. And indeed staf owned a super breeding couple in the seventies. The true home of the legendary van wanroy long distance strain the strain van wanroy is ao in china also known as the strain j. Anno 20 he is perhaps the most famous pigeons fancier of the world. The janssen brothers book vita king pigeon supplies.
The origin of the planet brothers family has been the result of a tried and tested racing loft. This characteristic is exhibited over the race course. Descended from the imortal daniel, winner of 57 x 1st prizes for the legendary sprint king of mol, staf van reet. Staf van reet thunder girl winning staf van reet pigeons. Jan grondelaers opglabeek be jan grondelaers was born in 1920 in opglabbeek, in a family of 5 children. Dam is an inbred grandaughter of frank mclaughlins desert storm 1st vs. The story of staf van reet winner of 600 1st places. Jan grondelaers opglabeek be the history of the belgium racing pigeon.
This simple understanding of why our pigeons get sick will save you hundreds of dollars in medication. Mother is a double fed winner bred off our blue staf van reet 2009 x. Not only do they destroy the competition but they win for new fanciers, old. Used racing pigeons in good condition with no damage cash on collection from nazeing preferred or courier 20. Sablon pair list mclaughlin lofts importing pigeons. A wonderful look back into some history of this great sport. The keeping and husbandry and record keeping of the staf van reet pigeon strain and its progeny. Janssenstaff van reet not long after i decided to change my breed of. The world renowned piet deweerdt has said that the van reet pigeons are the fastest and most intelligent pigeons in the world. Presented before you is champion racerproducer red danial who was only raced until he was 2 years of age and competed in just 23 races, yes just 23 races, yet look at the performances that this great pigeon achieved. The van loon pigeons that are at their best in other words have reached their top mark starting as yearling and old pigeon. Staf has always had a breeding pair which produced one good flyer after another. Racing pigeons,an introduction to my methods of training and racing pigeons and other interests of russell birdman hayes.
Throughout the history of pigeon racing we find the same story. My van reets are all from the old line, inbred around the two champion brothers,daniel, winner of 57 firsts and dikke prins, winner of 26 firsts. The potency of these pigeons is being constantly tested as we enter more and more one loft races. Hendriks named after bens father, who made the strain wellknown worldwide,especially by winning the 1. The successful formation schoorsde waele from the eastflemish adegem also discovered this. So what im about to lay out for you comes from years of experience breeding and racing pigeons. News flash hudson lofts breeds ausn 175753 bch hen bird of the year 2019 queensland racing pigeon federation in an extremely tough race season on the north western line she is the number 1 best bird overall in qld 2019. Racing pigeons for sale in uk 76 used racing pigeons. Over the years hans and evertjan eijerkamp have build a tremendous reputation at the extreme long distance. From the very beginning, planet brothers set their loft up to produce a pigeon that would compete at national and combine level from 50 miles to 500 miles.
At least at leo heremans where i sit on the chair i always sit. It is very interesting and well researched and includes a brief history of the pigeon, funny stories of people who love their pigeons and make them their whole lifes purpose, and stories that are heartwrenching. Staf van reet, of mol, has never been guilty of such statements but others extol the virtues of his pigeons. A short history of passenger pigeons in north america. The cock was the genopte witpen of 68 and the hen was a janssenhen out of the line halve fabry, namely the blue breedinghen of 69. Dean pallatt brought them across the channel from belgium. Soft cover, 1971, color photos bw illustrations, 30.
It is written with compassion for pigeons and for the people who care deeply about them. Way more information than you ever wanted on how to fell a tree. Pigeons which easily flew to dozens of first prizes, almost always on pure speed from quivrain, to be precise. Once you open the book, will not be able to up it down. I have a variety of coloured racing pigeons for racing pigeon book wheres thers a will theres a way. Pencil staf van reet 1763 has bred super pigeons for generations. Pigeon crack louis van loon pipa racing pigeons for sale. Show me a loft of mardon van reets that won anything close to what these have achieved. Over 1,000 wins worldwide from red danial family of staf van reet pigeons. Sprint pigeons hello, anyone know of anyone with staf van reets, that sells birds for fair prices. My staf van reet cocks are aggressive because they conquer the top perches, always try to command at least two nest boxes, guard the entrances to the aviary, and when its feeding time, they pick on and push the other cock birds away.
These include bert hession, dave alan, tony mardon and dean pallet. Staf van reet and his family from mol, in belgium, have been successfully breeding birds since 1982 and we look at his training methods and learn some of his. Staf van reet, paul groeneveld, louis cooreman, melsloft premier national winning family. Few families in the history of the sport have dominated like our van reet pigeons. Many of you will not have heard this information from any source before because there is no profit in sharing this information other than sportsmanship. I had been in touch with staf throughout the year and was looking forward to handling his team of speed pigeons bred mainly in 1989 that had one a total of 9 1st in 4 years. Staf van reet multiple winners bred from brians children. Over the centuries the pigeon has served him as symbol, sacrifice, source of food and, not least, as a messenger, both sacred and secular. This is one of my older but most successful stock birds, an old staf van reet. Tdm staf van reet studs ready for the 2020 breeding season. Hudson lofts racing pigeons for sale north gold coast. There may not be a better group of sablon breeders anywhere in the world.
Tom smiths sports talk april 1st 1994 staf van reet of mol once again we headed for mol, belgium, the home of the speedmaster, staf van reet. Janssenstaff van reet not long after i decided to change my breed of birds so i got eric ceulemans belgium breed have since got some janssen and van reet birds so i shall be crossing them in to. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies. Below are some details on some of the principle van rest pigeons. Around antwerp with dave allen vol 1 albert marcelis.
The complete history of the greatest pigeon fanciers of all time, the janssen bros. Dean pallet vs tony mardon vs bert hession pigeonbasics. Many fanciers have brought over the staf van reet pigeons to the uk with fantastic success. Later pure van wanroy pigeons, pigeons from raymond cobut, from wim muller and from the long distance flyer harry and roger wijnands from maastricht, limburg, were acquired to strengthen the eijerkamp lofts. Success with staf van reet at my 2006 brisbane auction, mr ken tucker of rockhampton queensland purchased a daughter of my blue bar cock gc 9022 of staf van reet bloodlines. The van reet pigeons will go down in history as one of the very best the sport has ever expereinced. He looks like a checker, but he is actually a blue bar pigeon. For more information and the most incredible account of the passenger pigeon story, the new book, hope is a thing with feathers by christopher cokinos is a must. The van reets are looking to fight or cause fear in any other pigeon that gets in their path. Brian produced many foundation breeders plus the last son we raced in 1999 and won two 300 mile races. Staf van reet, truly one of the all time master breeders and racing champions winning over 600 times 1st prizes. Crossing these pigeons with those from folan gave cream pigeons, and theese pigeons won the longdistance in our federation in the 70s, 80s and 90s. I nternational racing pigeons history and memoirs by george twombly.
The families of pigeons we keep are the stafvanreets, marcellis and janssens. An in depth look with dave allen at a fancier who has become a household name in england. Volume two with dave allen featuring staf van reet. Based on the true athentic winning genes, proven point not fancy coloured, inflated priced, paper bred pigeons. I was going to buy some from ohaus loft this fall but unfortunately he sold out. Descendants of the van loon pigeons havent only ensured marvellous exploits in the netherlands. This particular strain of distance racing pigeons blossomed on the tree of the jan aarden dynasty and without a doubt it is one of the greatest families of the sport. Staf van reet thunder girl is a daughter of breakaway lofts the thunder rolls breeder of race winners. He is one of the greatest van reet breeders of all time. Bloodlines descending from staf van reets golden pair that produced generations of champions world wide. Staf van reet pigeons for sale from the red danial dynasty. In the middle of the 80s we also imported some huskyens van riels from arne ask, sweeden, these pigeons also marked them selves in. The staf van reet red danial family of racing pigeons was first introduced to england when mr. Leprechaun staf van reet louis cooremans eye signs paul groeneveld mels custom photography contact what we do home melsloft birds.
This is an old video done back in the day by tony mardon of tranquility lofts, its a multi generation copy so the quality isnt the best, if anyone has a better. Pigeons for sale bred from our staf van reet stock birds. A simple plan to keeping your racing pigeons healthy. We started with the vanreets in 1988, we purchased a pair of eggs, being a grand daughter and grandson off daniel a winner of 571st prizes. Our van reet breeding stockthese are our main breeding stock pigeons with the staf van reet strain. A brief history of the passenger pigeon in north american. My unique and specially formed family of staf van reets is based on leprechaun the famous staf van reet champion from the u. No other bird has had such close links with man, nor been useful to him in so many ways. Annual breeders book old bird racing pictorial one loft race speical. Mr karriem went through hundreds of books on the subject. By frank maghin, past president of the oriental frill club. It was a very wise selection as this young hen produced for ken.