{"id":1663,"date":"2022-11-28T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wblaakracingpigeons.nl\/?p=1663"},"modified":"2022-11-28T14:19:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T13:19:28","slug":"wintermijmeringen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wblaakracingpigeons.nl\/en\/wintermijmeringen\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter musings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1663\" class=\"elementor elementor-1663\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1cd18716 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1cd18716\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-308cfc8f\" data-id=\"308cfc8f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72c942b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72c942b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The breeding pigeons are now coupled. I have coupled them a number of times and it all seems to be going well, except for 1 of my favorite couples. The cock can easily be chased out of its box, which also cost a few couples of eggs last year.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1666\" src=\"https:\/\/wblaakracingpigeons.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_3846-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wblaakracingpigeons.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_3846-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wblaakracingpigeons.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_3846-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wblaakracingpigeons.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_3846-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wblaakracingpigeons.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_3846-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wblaakracingpigeons.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_3846.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Recently a buddy pointed me to an article by a well-known professor from the area, he said &quot;that&#039;s about you Pietertje&quot; <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f60a.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude0a\" \/>. Because I had spoken to this professional (by the way, he sees himself as a hobbyist, no matter how he sees himself, it is a winner) 2 times, he could just be right. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>After all, it said \u201cAfter the end (of the Golden Ten), of course, catch up with old acquaintances, but also with young guests who want and can put their foot next to the toppers. What always strikes me in those conversations is what the fanciers do to excel, not only in the purchase of good pigeons, but also the more complicated the better\u201d.<\/em><\/span> So much for this quote.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Whether or not it was about me, it made me think. Another enthusiast, who sometimes reads my pieces, recently said that I make it too difficult for myself. Why don&#039;t novice fanciers &quot;just&quot; do what is advised. Firstly, because the advice is not clear, ask 10 fanciers how to feed and you will get 10 different answers. A 2<sup>e<\/sup> The reason that certainly applies is that I don&#039;t think Elon Musk has become so great by just doing what he was advised to do. That also applied to me on a small scale when I was still an entrepreneur, a lot of advice I received (including from my father) was listened to and put aside. Accepting something \u201cjust like that\u201d is apparently not in my character. Apparently doing \u201ccomplicated\u201d is my way of discovering how the pigeon sport works in this case. An advantage of it is that at least you can only blame yourself <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f60a.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude0a\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>I think we all know that pigeon fanciers are stubborn, I also experience that regularly now. Do you want to help someone with excellent pigeons that you have left over, do you hear a few weeks later that they have purchased pigeons elsewhere? On the one hand you might think why, but to be honest I have to say that I did this myself. And so everyone tries to find their way to the \u201ctop\u201d in their own way. Whatever that top is. Incidentally, the solution is often close at hand, but the pain threshold for asking for help is apparently not high for many enthusiasts. Rather buy a pricey pigeon at an auction somewhere instead of 10 natour youngsters from the best racers from a local topper. My best young pigeon this year came from a racing couple \u201cGouda pigeons\u201d (Epping x Lugthart-Bosgraaf), both bought on a receipt. A tip I received in 1 of the conversations with the aforementioned topper was therefore, \u201cgo and get pigeons there that they sit in front of you every week\u201d. Whether I drove all over the Netherlands for nothing will become clear in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The breeding pigeons are now coupled. I have coupled them a number of times and it all seems to be going well, except for 1 of my favorite couples. The cock can easily be chased out of its box, which also cost a few couples of eggs last year. Recently, a buddy of mine...<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/wblaakracingpigeons.nl\/en\/wintermijmeringen\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Winter musings<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wblaakracingpigeons.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wblaakracingpigeons.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wblaakracingpigeons.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wblaakracingpigeons.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wblaakracingpigeons.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1663"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/wblaakracingpigeons.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1682,"href":"https:\/\/wblaakracingpigeons.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1663\/revisions\/1682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wblaakracingpigeons.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wblaakracingpigeons.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wblaakracingpigeons.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wblaakracingpigeons.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}