The following birds are available for sale at this time. They are priced so the average person can afford them. So don't pass up some good birds just because they're not priced at several hundred dollars each. If you're at the other end of the financial spectrum, you need to realize that these are pedigreed animals and not street pigeons. The day of the five-or-ten-dollar pigeon is long gone. They are priced so I can receive some reasonable return on the investment I have made in breeding stock, feed, time caring for them, etc.
What is a pigeon really worth? The value of a pigeon depends on three factors, and you can read about them here.
You will find some rare-colored birds among those listed. It is important to remember that we are a FLYING loft, not a COLOR loft. Our rare colors are required to fly right with the other birds. We sell youngsters that we raise out of our flyers, but we will seldom sell the rare-colored flyers themselves because we will be using them later as breeders.
I am selling pigeons, not paper, but almost all of those listed below have extensive pedigrees. I will provide whatever pedigree information I have on each bird listed. Feel free to email me and request an electronic copy of the pedigree of any bird listed here.
PLEASE NOTE: The USPS has recently hit us with a significant increase in postal rates, in some cases almost double what they had been. Therefore, if birds are to be shipped to you (shipping to destinations in the USA only), the shipping charge will be as follows: $75 for one or two birds, $120 for 3 birds, and $150 for 4 birds to cover the cost of postage and a special USPS-approved shipping box. Where possible I will try to get specific postage charges for your postal zone and the weight of the shipment. The cost of the box is then added to the actual postage. (4 or more birds means multiple boxes. Multiple boxes are often cheaper than using one of the larger boxes that are available. This is because the post office charges are based on size as well as weight. They charge significantly more for any box that is more than 1 cubic foot, regardless of weight.)
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Racing Homers
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June 2024 hatch qualmond cock no. 4702. Like most of the other birds listed here, this pigeon was hatched too late to train for the 2024 young bird season so he and his brother were both held back as possible breeders. (The brother was recently sold on this site.) 4702 is a grandson of an AU Elite Registered Champion and a great grandson of another AU Registered Champion, both on his sire's side. On his dam's side he is a great grandson of an AU Marathon Champion who was mated to a runner up Marathon Champion. 470's sire was an unflown late hatch that was kept for breeding due to his background and 4701's dam was a qualmond hen that I raised and flew 3 short races of 100, 100, and 120 miles prior to being stocked in 2015 as a yearling. Price: $100
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| 2. | May 2025 hatch grizzle no. 5425. This is a large pigeon, appears to be hen, but sex is not guaranteed. (I am about 85% confident she is indeed a hen, but still not sure.) She was bred from a pair of my flyers, a grizzle cock no. 3676 and a blue bar hen no. 3727. Sire has flown 8 races out to 200 miles and has a 2nd-place finish at 120. Dam has flown 9 races out to 200 miles. Sire's side is Janssen and long-distance Delbar; dam's parents are a pair of blue bars from the dispersal of the estate of the late Paul Anderson (PNA Loft) in Southern California. Paul was known as a very successful flyer there, especially in one-loft races, but also was quite successful in his own club. Full pedigree. Price: $75. |
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| 3. | July hatch 2024 blue bar cock no. 337, bred from my flyers. He was originally missed banding on time so is wearing an oversized band for identification purposes. Sire is an Andalusian blue that flew six races including twice from 200 miles. Dam is a blue bar that has flown 8 races including three times from 200 miles and has a 2nd-place diploma on a 120. Dam's sire SCO 2422 flew the 2022 Hoosier Classic, and was obtained via an auction of unclaimed birds after the final race. Dam's nestmate had a 1st on a 120. Price: $150 |  |
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| 4. | 2024 Indigo cock no.4619. Bred for stock (might also be opal).Sire is a "cherry"(red phase recessive opal) with an extensive racing record prior to being retired to the breeding loft. Dam is a reduced hen that also carries opal.We were planning on using this pair again next year but I decided to let him go since the loft is full and I need to make room for a couple pair of this year's youngsters that I think will make good breeders. Hence 4619 will be offerred here at a very attractive price. Sire has a 200-mile winner plus an AU Registered Champion behind him and dam's grandfather flew 500 and her grandmother is a race winner. Price: $100 |  |
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| 5. | 2025 blue bar cock 5406, May hatch. Sire is a recesssive opal that has flown six races including twice from 200 miles. He placed 5th on one of those 200's. He is 3/4 Kastle Opal, which are primarily Evans Gabys. Dam is a true silver (dilute blue) that flew two short races as a young bird and two more as a yearling. Full pedigree. Price: $75 |
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| 6. | 2025 blue check no. 5470 , May hatch. Both parents unflown but down from flying stock. Sire has a 500-mile bird and a 150-mile race winner behind him. Dam is 3/4 Evans Gaby VandenAbeele and 1/4 Black Widow. 5470 appears to be a hen but is a bit on the large side so could also be a cock, so I cannot guarantee sex. Dam is a recessive opal from Kastle Loft in Lexington, KY, a well-known loft here in the Midwest.Full pedigree. Price: $50 |
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| 7. | May hatch black grizzle no. 5413. Too late for us to settle on this year's YB team so we have decided to offer for sale. He has an older brother that will be flown this fall. Sire is LIMA 4519 who looks just like 5413. He flew 4 races out to 200 miles and he was never lower than the top 50%, often top 33%. Dam is LIMA 4590. She has flown five short races out to 120 miles and always was on the top third of the sheet. Full pedigree. Price: $50. |  ; |
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| 8. | 2025 Opal bar young hen no. 5535, hatched in mid-June. Parents of the hen are a recessive opal bar cock directly from David Stephenson's Kastle Loft in Kentucky that is primarily Evans Gaby, and a hen that I raised out of a hen that I purchased from among the "leftovers" of the 2023 Hoosier Classic. Said hen finished the final race of 350 miles and was purchased without a pedigree strictly on her potential as a breeder, having flown 350 miles as a young bird. Price $75. |  |
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| 9. | May 2025 hatch white grizzle cock no. 5412. This is actually a homozygous (pure) grizzle which means all of his young will be some form of grizzle. He was weaned too late to put on the current YB team and was set aside in case I needed him for breeding. At this point it does not appear that I will need him since I will have both his parents. Both parents are on the current OB team. Sire has flown 4 races out to 200 miles and dam has flown twice from 100 and twice from 120. 5412 is a blend of Janssen, Delbar, HVR and Wegge. His paternal grandfather, a pure Wegge, has flown 20 races out to 350 miles. Fully pedigreed. Price: $100. |  |
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| 10. | 2023 grizzle cock no. 3676. This is the sire of the grizzle hen shown above in lot 2. He is a member of my flying team and has flown a total of 8 races out to 200 miles. (We are a small independent club and at this point we don't fly anything past 300 miles due to the expense and some years we don't even get that far.). He has a 2nd-place finish at 120 miles and has also been very productive as a breeder. I need to make room in both my racing and breeding lofts, as well as to cut down on total numbers of birds because as I get older it becomes more of a chore each year. 3676 is out of a pair of "white grizzles", so it would be reasonable (but not a foregone conclusion) to assume he is a homozygous grizzle, which means all his offspring whould be grizzle. His pedigree includes the old-line Wegges, long-distance Delbar and Janssen on the sire's side; and mostly Janssen on dam's side with a bit of Hofkens. Sire's background includes an AU Registered Champion as well as siblings of AU Elite Champions. Price: $100 |  |
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| 11. | Early May hatch blue check no. 5456. Appears to be a cock but sex is not guaranteed. Unflown because I had no room for him in the YB flying loft. Sire unflown but is out of bird that was trained to 90 miles and them pulled for breeding. Paternal grandmother is out of an AU Registered Champion and is also down from an AU Elite Champion. Dam is a reduced indigo check 1022and is a full sister to reduced 1054, race winner. Maternal granddam is 6464.a full sister to 2 race winners, one of which won multiple diplomas. The parents of 6464 are a full brother to an d a RRV 860 and dominant opal bar out of an AU Champion. Price: $50. |  |
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| 12. | December 2024 hatch black opal cock no. 4791. Since he didn't reach sexual maturity until late spring this year, I only raised two young out of him, both black opals like him, that were too young to add to my flying team. 4791 is out of a spread opal laced like himself and a reduced hen. The sire is one of several laced opals out of my own family mated to an opal hen (mostly Evans Gaby) from David Stephenson's Kastle Loft in Lexington, KY. The dam is out of a cock that flew 500 miles and a hen that placed 1st from 100 miles as a YB. Price: $100. |  |
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Folks have been asking me for Dragoons for the last three years and it has been difficult for me to accomodate them because my breeding has always been concentrated on my Racing Homers. So I made it a point to push my Dragoons a little harder the last two years so now I finally have a few pair to offer for sale. I don't keep very many so at this time most of what is available will be blacks and whites. I will be posting only a pair or two at a time (when available) because most of what I raised were later in the year and I am not sure of the sex of many. In the meantime, feel free to email me to see if anything is available as I am still sorting things out.
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