So......I have been on the quest for a particular color type in racing pigeons..black mottle.....I found some but no one was willing to sell......I managed to get a couple of them but they were not exactly what I was wanting......the thing is to find the color and still have the brains to come home from hundreds of miles as fast as possible......I finally found a couple on an auction site.....I did manage to win a hen that was out of two big winners from Belgium.....I started researching the guys responsible for starting this bloodline of pigeons...........they live in Pietrain Belgium.........I contacted a friend of mine in Diest BE, who's father had raced birds when he was alive.........she is/was in the process of finding a contact with the breeder who originated the bloodline.....
........I was at breakfast last week and my friend came bopping in like he won the lottery.......he said, "I have found you some mottles".........a gentleman that I raced with 45 yrs ago had plans of coming back to the sport....he had contracted the WuFlu.....at 85 yrs old it worked him over....he doesn't have the energy he said.........he had spent the last three years assimilation breeding stock from pretty much all over.......Belgium, England and all over the US.....my buddy had dibbs on this gentleman's stock.....I was gifted 16 of the Belgium Pietrain Mottles......
this is the original bird that started the excitement.........they range in color from self (solid) white to self black........beautiful with brains, grit and determination to get home from hundreds of miles.........be still my fluttering heart!
I have been wound up like a spring since last week when I took possession of them........I am eagerly awaiting the original pedigrees............