Hermes Hamm/Sieg

Considering how difficult the geographic location of the Westerwald is, it took a lot of courage to build up a stock of pigeons for international long-distance competitions. In his lifetime, Erich Heinemann, the President of the German Pigeon Association, left orders that the entire stock of pigeons was supposed to be handed over to me after his death. Fate decreed that I came in possession of these especially valuable pigeons after the honoured Erich Heinemann died so early in 1978. They include the top breeding ancestors:

Doubtlessly, the strongest inheritor from the Heinemann Loft was the pigeon B-72-3464758 from Pol Bostijn. Her father was a brother of the famous Benoni and her mother was a sister of Pasport. This super pigeon produced our Nachtfliegerin with absolute top prizes and a top inheritor.

can be found all over our long-distance programme even today while Jan Aarden pigeon from the Steenbergen and Texier Lofts through Piet de Weerd brought the strength they needed.

For example,

the world-famous Nachtfliegerin with absolute top prizes:

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The bird NL 88-2213661 from the Gijs Dolleweerd Loft proved to be a super inheritor. Here's what it achieved:

1. Fondkampduif 1995 Kring Os with 600 breeders

2. Fondkampduif 1995 Zuiderkempen with 4,500 breeders

a total of 16 prizes for overnight flights

65^. national Souston 95 with 13,413 pigeons

168^. national Souston 94 with 15,252 pigeons

187^. national Barcelona 92 with 7,243 pigeons

263^.national Dax 90 with 17,958 pigeons

325^. national Dax 95 with 17,413 pigeons