There is plenty of evidence for the class of these pigeons. In the last few years Anthony Maes and his wife Chantal have made huge strides and have become real top breeders. Maximum performance with a mini colony, and also many other pigeon athletes who can celebrate successes with the "Maes pigeon", both in…

It is not without reason that it is said that “the seat of health is in the intestines”. Trillions of microorganisms live in the gut, most notably the large intestine. Microorganisms, also known as intestinal flora or microfilm, are extremely useful for the body. They help in the digestion of food components with, regen…

Ronny Menten - he is always straight ahead, he always says what he thinks, he is a hard worker, honest and correct. Is there anyone else who did better on the national heavy medium haul flights? We will find out later. Ronny owns a lot of pigeons and it's not…

The preparations for the next racing season begin with the conclusion of the previous one and in this sense it is particularly important to strive for the smoothest possible moulting of the cover and small plumage. The moult — a top performance for the metabolism It is undisputed that the moult involves a greatly increased need for…

A great 2020 season… Over the past few years, Rik Cools and I have become friends. I got to know Rik and his wife Mieke better when we spent time together in China. Since we're both not very fond of hiking, we had some time to talk about our beloved sport. It has…

2020 will be remembered by the whole world as a year in which everyone had to limit themselves and nobody thought that something like this could happen. Nevertheless: adjustments and changes had to be made. Our pigeon racing was not spared either. Nobody knew when we could start races again and…

Important for the best all around care of the pigeons is the addition of nutrients. This includes vitamins, trace elements and minerals. These so-called micro-nutrients are essential for a healthy body, but give him no energy. This makes them different from the macronutrients fat, carbohydrates and proteins. Nutrients should still both…

The successful strike community from Bavaria The strike community consists of the 37-year-old Mario Allmannsberger and the 41-year-old Christian Kainz. Both Allmannsberger and Kainz are fully engaged in professional life and both are young family fathers, which motivated the two of them in 2016 to found a club with a strict division of responsibilities. Since that time…

Travel season 2020 “Here in Belgium we had a short but intense season. The season started a little later due to Covid-19, but that was true for all of us. From a sporting point of view, 2020 was probably one of our best years. Because of the later start of the season, we decided to take our adults and year old males and…

The 2020 travel season Klaus Steinbrink is basically satisfied with the year, the delayed start of travel due to the corona pandemic was of course a challenge from a sporting point of view. "I'm very satisfied. My pigeons have shown great performances again. A total of about 30 pigeons have won a double-digit prize. They also have six pigeons…