TOTAL SALE with the exception of 12 youngsters and a few received pigeons.
Descendants of double 2nd provincial ace pigeon 'Kleine Rossi', descendants from the best of the world famous 'Sagan' and from the top lines of Jos Thoné and Gevaert-Lannoo. A one-time opportunity for the connoisseurs!
History
Heldergem is a small municipality in East Flanders, located along the Aalst-Geraardsbergen regional road and was once the mecca for the sprint players. But times change quickly and today there are only 4 left. At the Bogaert house, the hobby is passed on from father to son. Father Michel (75) was not a great champion and merely a hobby player. He had stopped in the early 1990s due to lack of time. Chris (50) started in his own name in 2003 and became boss of the loft from the beginning of 2004. Willy Everaert put him on the right track and assisted him with advice and action. In 2011 it was decided to place the racing pigeons with father in the old lofts that had never been demolished before. The breeders stayed with Chris. This was an excellent solution to divide the work: in the morning Michel did everything such as feeding, cleaning, walking and training… Chris only had to take care of the pigeons in the evening after work.
Various purchases in 2007, including from Maurice Hasendonckx and Heremans-Ceusters, ensured that the Bogaert loft could compete with the best in the sprint. In 2008 they played 18 clear first prizes and in 2015 already 33 x the first prize and 2nd provincial ace pigeon sprint with the “Kleine Rossi” and a classification as 3rd with 1+2 old birds. In 2016 they confirmed with 27 first prizes and 2nd provincial ace pigeon sprint, back with the “Kleine Rossi” and classified as 2nd with 1+2 old. The “Kleine Rossi” is a 100% Heremans-Ceusters pigeon from the line of the “Rossi” and brother “Natalia”.
This "Kleine Rossi" turned out to be a very good and regular sprint pigeon with 17 clear 1st prizes and became the absolute stock pigeon of the loft. His descendants are doing well to very well in the middle distance. Up to and including 2007, Bogaert only raced speed: Quiévrain (55 km) but from 2008 Noyon (160 km) was also raced, and then in 2011 only Noyon was raced until 2017. From 2018, they switched to the small and large semi-finals. long distance and with the input of a hen from Kurt Fens and a cock received from Jimmy Van Kerckhoven, these ensured very good results in the small middle distance races. Pigeons from Jan De Bisschop, Gino Clicque and Paul Gevaert also came to Heldergem. At the end of 2018 Chris came into contact with Jos Thoné (As) and proven pigeons were brought in from this top loft. The co-breeding with this famous loft soon gave hope for the best.
In 2020, hens were raced for the first time. A very limited team of widowers and hens participated in the national races. The results were already encouraging then and were confirmed in the following years.
System
The old pigeon loft consists of 15 to 20 breeder couples, supplemented with 10 couples of old and yearling racing pigeons on double widowhood. Every year, 60 to 70 youngsters are weaned from the breeders in 2 rounds of youngsters. The first coupling happens sometime in mid-December when Chris returns from a trip to Spain.
Chris: “The game with the youngsters is not an issue here. The youngsters are well trained and some fly a few national races in preparation for the following years. Motivation such as nesting or sliding doors is not included. The young just stay together on chapels to make cleaning easier. Only the second round is darkened for a few weeks and no lighting is used. Notwithstanding, we became 1st champion youngsters 2022 in the Heavy Middle Distance in Denderbond Ninove!
At the end of the season we will see who can stay. Usually there are 16 to 20 pieces. This selection is done by feeling, but in case of doubt, the pedigree is looked at.”
The old and yearling pigeons are raced on total widowhood, with the cocks flying the short middle distance and the hens going to the long middle distance. They meet for the first time sometime in March in good weather and stay together for several days but do not hatch. During this period they are trained and immediately go into widowhood. Cocks and hens are not darkened and not illuminated. The hens stay in the aviary day and night and only enter their loft when they enter the training.
Medical and nutrition
The vet is consulted twice a year, the 1st time at the beginning of November and the 2nd time just before the start of the season. During the season, there is a monthly cure against trichomonas for 3 days. There is sometimes a cure against the head diseases in case of poor performance.
The AIDI feeding system is largely followed with the old pigeons. This is possible with the young are of different brands, there is no specific system here, but the racing pigeons are fed with fat-rich food during the last 2 feedings.
Some results from recent years
2022
Noyon : 274p : 1-2-3-9-12-20-25-….(11/14 per threesome )
Ecouen : 501p : 5-6-11-18-64 (5/7)
Sermaises : 473p : 6-10-11-21 (4/7)
Orleans : 696p : 13-14-17-25-224 ( 5/7 )
Sermaises : 442p : 1-7-13-46 (4/8)
Sermaises : 116d : 2-6-10-12 ( 4/4 )
Sermaises : 263p : 4-8-13-18-21-23-28-30-66 ( 9/12 )
Sermaises : 306p : 2-9-21-24-36-93 ( 6/10 )
Sermaises : 220p : 1-4-22-32-60 ( 5/9 )
Vierzon: 5-103-146-200 (4/4)
Argenton : 516p : 3-10-47-74-82-102 ( 6/10)
Argenton : 351p : 1-4-12-54 ( 4/6 ) National : 12938p : 115-145-…
Issoudun : 212d : 6-43 ( 2/2 )
Argenton : 61p : 3-20 (2/2 )
Argenton : 46p : 1-4 (2/2) : Zone B1 : 338p : 1-30 : National : 2276p : 6-150
Championships Denderbond Ninove:
- General king : 2nd
- General champion most prizes 6th
- Koning Middle distance : 1st
- Champion most prizes ½ long distance : 2nd
- Champion old ½ long distance : 1st
- Champion yearlings ½ long distance : 4th
- Ace pigeon old 1/2 long distance : 1st ; 4th and 9th
- Super ace pigeon 1/2 long distance : 2nd ; 5th ; 9th
- King Heavy 1/2 long distance: 3rd
- Champion old Extreme ½ long distance : 4th
- Champion yearlings Extreme ½ long distance : 7th
- Champion youngsters Extreme ½ long distance : 1st
- Ace pigeon old birds Extreme ½ long distance : 6th
- Ace pigeon yearlings Extreme ½ long distance : 4th ; 9th
- Ace pigeon youngsters Extreme ½ long distance : 2nd
2021
Noyon : 504p 1-4-6-7-14… 16/17
Noyon : 352p 1-18-20-26-27 … 11/16
Noyon : 480p 1-2-5-14-16-24 … 12/16
Noyon : 291p 2-4-7-15-25 … 9/15
Noyon : 131p 1-2-5-9-14-17 … 7/10
Noyon : 286p 1-2-7-15-25 … 7/10
Noyon : 125p 2-3-4-7-21-22-25 8/10
Sermaises : 278p 5-9-12-29-43-46 6/6
Sermaises : 216p 5-6-16-39-40-78 6/6
Sermaises : 181p 4-5-16-60 4/5
Argenton Lok 623p 1-2-4-8 … 8/10
Prov Argenton 5443p 6-8-32-56 …
Nat Argenton 21282p 64-71-161-245 …
La Souterraine 487p 10-29-39-46-53… 8/8
Chateauroux 147p 6-7-8-27 … 6/8
Issoudun 443d 13-27-32-38-52-54-58 10/11
Chateauroux 106p 3 1 /2
2020
Bourges I Old : FCD 842p : 6-41-43 (3/3) / prov : 12/4858p
Yearlings : FCD 1223d : 31-35-58-60-71-81-84-88 (13/25)
Bourges II Yearlings : FCD 364p : 1-72-78-121 (4/6)
Prov 2126p : 6 …
Nat 8424p : 10 …
Limoges yearlings : club 243p : 1-3-26-44-45-55 (6/6)
FCD 619d : 3-11-58-97-102-125 (6/6)
Sermaises Old birds : 386p : 2-11-20-22 (4/7)
Yearlings : 225p : 1-6-12-13 (4/7)
Sermaises Yearlings : 447p : 3-13-28-43 (4/6)
Bourges youngsters : 936p : 2-3-5-11-56-83-110 …. (9/25)
Prov : 6538p : 16-20-40-81-….
Argenton youngsters : 608p : 2-22-24-35-51-59-75-78 … (11/18 )
Prov : 5225p : 14-237-243 ….
Chaterroux Youngsters : 470p : 10-18-34-71-101-… ( 9/20)
2019
Chevrainvilliers : Old 176p : 4-5-10-24-30-34 ( 6/6)
Orleans : Old birds 285p : 1-5-6-7-15 (5/6)
Yearlings 297p : 3-4-19-22-81 (5/10)
Vierzon : Old 543p : 1-15-52 (3/5)
Chateauroux : Old 390p : 1-30-72-102 (4/6)
Prov 3493d : 5 …
Nat : 144/20522p
2018
Pithiviers : yearlings 655p : 2-3-4-5-23-26-39-56 … (12/16)
Orleans : yearlings 287p : 1-2-5-12-18-30-91 ( 7/14 )
Toury : yearlings 188p : 4-5-16-33-37-46-53-54 (8/10)
Orleans : yearlings 108p : 1-7-12-17 (4/4)
Yearlings prov : 370p : 1 ….
Old prov : 317p : 1 ….
2017
Noyon : old 262p : 3-5-7 (3/4 )
Noyon : old 101p : 3-4-7-17-34 (5/7)
Noyon : old 81p : 2-4-9-18-19 (5/6)
Noyon : old 89p : 1-2-5-6 (4/5)
Noyon : old 77p : 1-4-6 (3/5)
Some top results of children and grandchildren "Kleine Rossi" in 2021 with various fanciers
Chris: “We were lucky to be able to breed a pigeon like the “Kleine Rossi”. This was a super racer (died in June 2022) and his descendants also do super in the sprint up to and including the great middle distance.
Several fanciers have been able to strengthen themselves with descendants of the Kleine Rossi such as Van De Walle Jean Claude , Danny Tuypens , Peter Cardoen , Tas eddy , even as far as Germany there are descendants who do well in the races.”
Noyon : 1/653d ; 1/506d; 1/480d ; 1/377d ; 1/286d ; 1/131d; 2/140d; 3/285d; 3/271d; 3/144….
Ecouen: 1 and 3 of 2745p
Niergies: 1/126d
Sermaises: 1/910d; 1/158d; 2/910d; 2/163d; 2/138d
Montoire: 2/496d; 2/395d; 3/496d
Argenton: 2/623p; Wet: 71/21,282p
2 grandchildren at Xuan-Deridder fly together in the Tienverbond
Quievrain : 1/433d ; 5 and 17 /813d ; 8 and 41 /347d; 11/630d
Noyon: 8 and 105 / 1488p; 3 and 41 /881d; 38/975d; 99/1441d
Peter Cardoen's great-grandson of “Kleine Rossi” wins 1 st prov Ace pigeon small speed in the yearlings.
All pigeons that are now sold would remain in normal circumstances, but this is impossible due to Michel's health problems and Chris's workload.
Only 12 youngsters are left + a couple or 4 breeders received to play a few more competitions next year if possible.
