With 59 old and one-year-old pigeons in the TOP 100 in the national races on the longer medium and long haul, you can speak of an exceptional season that many of us can only dream of! We talked to the Herbots team!

1st National Olympiad AS pigeon middle distance (Cat.B)
2nd National Olympiad AS pigeon long distance (Cat.C)
3rd National Olympiad AS Pigeon Allround (Cat.D)
4th National Olympiad AS Pigeon Allround (Cat.D)
4th National Olympiad AS pigeon yearlings (Cat.G)
4. National Champion KBDB long middle distance old and year olds
6. National AS pigeon KBDB all-round old and yearlings
11th National Olympiad AS pigeon yearlings (Cat.G)
13th National Olympiad AS pigeon yearlings (Cat.G)
13. National AS pigeon KBDB all-round old and yearlings
28th National AS pigeon KBDB all-round old and yearlings
28th National AS pigeon KBDB big middle distance old and yearlings

Top 100 National:
17 x 1. Inter-provincial or semi-national
59 x TOP 100 National (28 x TOP 50) yearlings and old birds 2020

How was spring for the old and the year old Pigeons?

Exactly like in the other years when we mate our racing pigeons around Nicholas (December 6th). The first eggs of the breeding pigeons were raised by the racing pigeons before they went on to widowhood. Leave during the winter period we follow our racing pigeons as far as possible, if the weather allows it outside. The youngsters from 2020 are already on their new one for 2021 Accustomed to blow. The last day of the 2020 season is the first day of the 2021 season, which means that we are even more hard than before in the rhigen season work to keep our pigeons in optimal condition.

Last year you blacked out your pigeons to stop the moult. Plan to do the same for her in 2021 to do ?

We had to do this in order for our pigeons to play until the end of the season (September 12th) to be able to. The season was very good and it certainly didn't have a negative impact on the results. But let's do it in the next season again … the probability is according to the loft supervisor Geoffrey very little. The pigeons must be normal Race the season from the beginning of April to the middle of August. Therefore, many races mean a slower moult. We give to the pigeons rather longer light from the longest day until the end of the season. Maybe we can add them this season bring their plumage to hold.

How important is daily exercise?

It for us is a very important thing that we start from the moment when the boy are weaned (end of January), the old and one-year-old pigeons train well to be able to. Once the season started exercise once a day. This is on Mondays and Tuesdays usually with the flag (so the compulsory training) and on Thursday morning they train for an hour off. The females from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and the males from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Is private training the exception or the rule?

From the moment the season started, this is the rule. Drive every Wednesday we the pigeons on 30 to 35 km. First the female travelers, then the males. On arrival they stay together for about half an hour and leave during the course of the season we meet them on Wednesday for up to 2 to 3 hours.

Do you work with steady couples?

We travel mainly with our racing pigeons after the so-called total widowhood. The pigeons have bred in winter, leaving pairs were formed. But of course there are some losses during the season, so that some of the pigeons have to look for another partner. This can lead to a new and lead to additional motivation. Usually after the 2nd or 3rd race we leave them for 2 full nights (Saturday and Sunday) together. In this way they learn each other well again and this strengthens the bond between the partners. On Wednesday they have another flight and can until Stay together in the evening and then they are good until the end of the season prepared.

Do you use other forms of motivation?

We dare to change some things on the dovecote, e.g. B. an additional box on the Punch or place a nesting bowl somewhere so that the instinct of the Territory is promoted. After a flight, a quick recovery is very important and the Pigeons stay together on Sunday until late morning (arrival on Saturday). But also the stragglers are well looked after, as even the best pigeons come late can.

You had a great result on the flight from Tulle with 18 x TOP 100 National, did you do something special?

The pigeons had the national race from Chateauroux (510 km) on Saturday before Tulle (685 km) and it was planned to pause after this flight. But on Monday we made a different decision. After the arrival of Chateauroux we put straw on the floor and all the racing pigeons stayed together. They did not train on Monday and Tuesday and only on Wednesday they were trained for 30-35 km. They stayed together until Wednesday noon and were then separated to eat well. In the evening they went to the basket for Tulle with the known result.

On the last two races you basketed only a few old pigeons. Why ?

This was a separate loft on which we have the 2nd year have traveled on Nest. The pigeons were paired before Bourges II (8 August). and thus go to Bourges II on 10-day-old eggs. These were not the best females, they were stopped in mid-August. This smaller team needs the Do the rest of the national flights and is on big boys until the last flight. In terms of training it is no different compared to the others. They train right away Start of the season together with the others and if they breed we let them train alone in the afternoon. When the females are out let's let the males feed the young so the females get some spare. In the last weeks of the season we stopped racing with all the other pigeons.

Do you have problems with the females mate with each other?

No, in fact not, our females are in aviaries during the day and stay on the seating board at night on the resting area. If there are some that one Lay the egg, we leave them and most of the time this stops by itself as they have a weekly flight. They also suffer a little from the many Kilometers that they have to cover.

Topper of the 2020 season

BE 18-2135111 “Manuela” female

BE 19-2131115 “Million Alaphilippa ”female

4. NAT. OLYMPIC DOVE CAT G (5 flights + 100 km in 1 year olds)
28th Nat AS pigeon large middle distance KBDB 2020

BE 19-2131092 go check females
13. Nat. AS Taube All Round KBDB 2020

1 Laon 399b
2 S.Nat Chateauroux 2.508b (after loft mate = 1.)
12 Nat 33,833b
4 Salbris 454b (after 3 loft mates = 1.)
4 fastest 968b
6 S.Nat Tulle 556b (after 5 loft mates = 1st)
66 Nat 4,451b
13 La Ferte 1,404b

Father BE 16-2146451 son Yvan
Gr.V. BE 07-2103401 Yvan - Stammvogel
1. Nat. As Taube MD KBDB 2009 – 4. Nat. AS Taube GMD KBDB 2008
Son “BE 04-936” Venus Son Bliksem Gaby Vandenabeele x “BE 06-543” Jewel M & Y Vandersmissen
Gr.M. BE 12-6123310 Belgian Star – 100% Leo Heremans
2. Nat. Ace bird MD KBDB 2013 – 8 x 1. Preis
Daughter “BE 10-282” son Jan Leo Heremans x “BE 08-190” 3 x 1.

Nut BE 18-2135480 blue
Gr.V. BE 08-2169207 Multi 155 – Herbots Jo & Raf
4. Olympiade Taube All Round 2011
Son “329-03” Junior 155 x “BE 04-528” daughter Number 2
Gr.M. BE 16-3136585 Daughter Papillon – Anthony Maes
Super Zuchteibchen
Tochter “BE 15-300” Sohn Rudy Gaby Vandenabeele x “BE 13-971” Papillon 1. Prov. AS Taube KBDB 2013, 2 x 1. Provincial

BE 17-2140481 “First Figo Lightning ”man
4. National AS Taube Gouden Veer Alto

System for the youngsters

we have a firm schedule that we are planning for thanks to the support of Raf Herbots use our youngsters. When you drop off, you will receive a roto / paramyxo vaccination, 14 days later a vaccination against herpes, 14 days later against smallpox and 14 days later against paratyphoid. By using this Systems, we rarely suffer from young pigeon disease or Coli. What has become a very big advantage in recent years, are the large aviaries in front of the lofts. The pigeons are much healthier have more oxygen, get to know the environment faster and with a closed It remains very comfortable throughout the summer. In 2020 the youngsters started training a little later than in 2019. The sooner you train, the faster you will be disciplined! An important factor for youngsters, says Filip, but Geoffrey, our loft manager, is perfect at this.

Do you train the youngsters more than the old birds ?

Yes, sure, says Filip, there are three important words for this: RELEASE, ORIENTE and EXPERIENCE. You can get a young pigeon just not teaching enough. If Releases young pigeons and they hardly turn around when they are out of the basket … I like to see that. Don't worry, they will be there next race. So we train our youngsters a lot. We start at 2x 2km, 5km, 10km and so on up to a maximum of 35 km. If not smoothly come home, next time we will go to the same place. We do this until they are well trained before their first race. Once on the medium-haul flights, we train them from Monday to Wednesday at least twice every 35 km. On arrival they can converge for about 15 minutes and on Thursday morning (basket day) let's leave them together for a few hours. At noon they are separated so that they can eat well again before basketing. After the race, they can always stay until late morning Stay together the day after arrival.

Are the pigeons mated as young?

We have tried this variant very often. We thought we should go after them Argenton no longer play and have they left together all week and found that they mated quickly were. At the last minute we have decided to attend Chateauroux and the result was real Well. We're considering doing this earlier in the next season for more festivities To have pairs among the youngsters.

How much experience do the pigeons need before the National flight Bourges?

The Winners are always right, say Jo and Miet. With our youngsters, we always try to be long-term work. So we try to use them for to put a provincial flight before they have to do national Bourges. If Bourges proves to be tough Racing turns out you have the benefit of experience. Is Bourges a easy race, so more inexperienced pigeons come. A happy medium too finding is the order of the day. Our team usually accepts 4 Participate in national flights. So we try that you gain the necessary experience beforehand., before competing in the national races.

What happens after the racing season?

The youngsters go to aviaries all day and get Herbots and Herbovet products over a longer period of time. The first will be available in October 10 days of Emdotrim and then 10 days of Herbochol on everyone's agenda of our pigeons.

Do you have any other recommendations?

first of all for post-flight recovery, which is very difficult due to the heavy travel season important is. That's why our pigeons get a Super Flight Pill from Herbots Animal Products and Eye Drops Disinfection. Have your pigeons checked regularly. We will do it every 14 days so that we don't have to cure blindly and the stress increases. Don't neglect the stragglers, these pigeons also have them Efforts are made and must be very well taken care of. Support the pigeons with the necessary products so that their basic condition and health are optimal. Give the pigeons a regular bath all year round. During the tourist season we do this on Mondays and Wednesdays, after which they came pigeons together. You are relaxed and able be basketed quietly.

Yo, Filip and Miet would like to thank their support team for the Efforts and the amazing results they have achieved.

Thank you Thanks!

Some exceptional results 2020:

Bourges 3,441 year old Brabant Union (Interprov.) 458 km :
1,7,8,23,25,26,27,36,40,60,63,82,94,96 …(74/131)

Chateauroux 1,730 Alte (Semi National ACRWB) 509 km: 1,3,8,10,14,87,129… (11/15)

Chateauroux 2,508 year olds (Semi National ACRWB) 509 km:
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,12,14,15,16,21,23,24,25,26,28,29,30,31,32,33,34 (101/123)

Argenton 2.005 Jährige Interprov. Liege Hesbaye 538 km:
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,18,20,21,22,23,24,26,28,29,31,35,37,38,39,40,… (85/123)

Issoudun 1,484 year olds S.Nat ACRWB 485 km:
1,2,6,8,11,13,15,18,22,24,27,28,31,33,35,39,41,44,47,48,51,52,53,54,55,…(83/103)

La Souterraine 1,624 year olds S. National ACRWB 574 km :
1,2,4,6,8,9,15,16,17,17,20,27,29,30,31,33,36,38,39,40,44 …. (80/105)

Salbris 2,027 Jungtauben Inter.Prov Brabant Union 438 km:
1,2,8,23,24,26,28,32,47,50,51,52,53,55, …..(72 /132)

Chateauroux 1,026 Jungtauben Inter.prov Liège Hesbaye 509 km:
1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,12,14,17,20,21,22,23,24,26,28,29,30,31,32,34,35,36, …

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