As indicated earlier, in 2021 I decided to purchase a number of pigeons from Gerard Koopman. You can already write a number of blogs about this choice alone, for me the main reason was the fact that many people have already succeeded with their pigeons in the one day long distance. Or that here…
Last week I posted photos of 2 nest mates on FB asking if they were cocks or hens. I thought the 222 was a cock, but the men from Pro Patria made me doubt. A tip from Jos Nijman led me to send some feathers to …
Last night I was invited to attend a pleasant evening at Pro Patria, the association of Gert van den Boogaard. At Pro Patria, the pigeon sport is experienced very actively, not only in their own loft, but also by organizing information evenings, joint dinners, but also joint loft visits at good fanciers ...
Hi Michel, (24 -10) It's been a while since we wrote part 2 of our dialogue. Just like the pigeons you notice that you yourself also poop after the season and that is also fine. We have a particularly intensive hobby, which you have to do during this period …
Hi Michel, ( 18-09) By now you may have read that the season ended in a bad way for me. I would have liked to give the pigeons another 400 km + test. I wrote that this year they have flown a maximum of 364 km, even I was wrong that was 337 km. In the end …
(12-09) After a very mediocre start in the sprint races for the youngsters, they have now returned home very well in the middle distance races for 2 weeks in a row. Yesterday I discussed with Patrick that one might have something to do with the other. Youngsters that won the first 4/5 …
(7-09) For years I have maintained a (mainly) pigeon dialogue with Michel Beekman, after we got to know each other via FB. More of a digilogue actually, because we have never met in person, as Michel has been living and working in Malaysia for years. Quite special actually when I realize that we sometimes …
When I started writing this piece I was reminded of the words I ended my previous blog with, namely “having no expectation”. And the following old rhyme shot through my head: Waited a long time, kept silent, never thought (not expected) and still got it. Now that silence doesn't quite apply to me, but still...
(19-08) Yes? most readers will think. Is it really going to happen to the boy tomorrow? Um no I don't mean that. I'm ready to go back to work, enjoyed my holiday very much but can really look forward to meeting the students again. New encounters for mavo3 and …
(7-08) Let me start philosophically, I thought. Instructive weeks in life are not (always) the best. That was proven this week. Let's get straight to the point, the experiment to get the pigeons to nest before the one day long distance failed hopelessly. It was actually like it until now…
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