Sunday 29 January 2017

First batch leaving the nest

The first youngsters from this years breeding program are due to leave the nest. We have 8 leaving the nest in the very near future and heading straight to one of our test lofts for this season.




Wednesday 25 January 2017

10th Training Toss - Derby Arona

We went into the 10th Hotspot with 2 out of our 3 entries still intact. With around 1,000 dropped to date we are please we still have our two main entries in the event following this training toss. Rasbull Bob finished 556th from the 2,299 birds sent. This has seen him once again move up the Ace Bird standing and is now sitting 25th Welsh Bird (135 entries) and 597th Ace Bird (3,059 entries). Rasbull Jeff finished this training toss in 1962nd but lives to fight another day!

Friday 20 January 2017

9th Training Toss

The Derby Arona 9th Training toss took place today, the longest to date and our best performance so far! A nest pair direct from our No.1 stock cock Rasbull Semtex! ;-) Rasbull Jeff finished 7th Wales, 172nd Open and Rasbull Bob finished 13th Wales, 349th Open from the 2,486 birds that were sent to this toss. Rasbull Bob has now moved into 30th Wales, 730th Ace Bird. Rasbull Jeff is currently sitting in 51st Wales, 1140 Ace Bird. Rasbull Larry who is our 3rd entry in the event has not been recorded as yet, but there are still 200+ birds missing at nightfall.




Tuesday 17 January 2017

Introducing Rasbull Valhalla!

We found out late this afternoon an opportunity had arisen to purchase our 3rd child direct from Jacob Poortvliet's No.1 Breeding pigeon 'Georgio'!

I am pleased to confirm we have now concluded a deal with Jacob Poortvliet and purchased a 2016 bred direct daughter from his No.1 breeder Georgio when paired to a daughter from his nestmate Goergina. We have named her Rasbull Valhalla.This will be our 3rd direct child from Georgio now at Rasbull Lofts and we cant wait until she arrives! 

Please see the pedigree for this fantastic addition to Rasbull Lofts.



Sunday 15 January 2017

Derby Arona Training Update

Update on our 3 entries that have been entered into the Derby Arona One Loft Race!

3,059 birds were sent to the first training toss and for today's 7th training toss there were 2,709 basketed with 2,514 showing on the clock as things stand. So potentially 500 or so birds dropped in the first 7 training tosses! We are pleased to announce that after 7 training tosses all 3 of our entries remain in the loft.

The birds have been very steady to date mainly arriving with the main batch and in no hurry to trap but no concerns at present. You cant win the event in these early races but you can rule yourself out so its important to just get some time on the wing and arrive with the main batch and stay out of trouble.

Our leading contender in the Ace Bird standing is 'Rasbull Bob' who is direct from our No.1 stock cock 'Rasbull Semtex' when paired to 'Rasbull Nefertiti'. He took over as our leading bird in the 6th Training toss. He started very slowly and didn't like the traps but he appears to be improving as the time is going on. His positions have been:-

1st Training - 987th
2nd Training - 2095th
3rd Training - 2005th
4th Training - 1800th
5th Training - 706th
6th Training - 465th        
7th Training - 629th

Rasbull Bob currently standing in 836th Ace Bird Overall (3,059 Entries) and 38th Ace Welsh Bird (135 Entries)

Hopefully our 3 entries can keep improving now we are nearing the sea races and the hot spots!