Schalkwijk Speaks: Night Flyers Are Not Bred by Coincidence
You have pigeons that come home | And you have pigeons that want to come home. That may sound the same, but to me there is a world of difference…
Schalkwijk Speaks 🕊️ Spanish Lessons: It Does Not Have to Be Fancy
Sometimes you learn about pigeon racing in a completely different way than from books or magazines. Sometimes you learn simply by walking into someone’s loft, seeing the diversity, standing among…
Schalkwijk Speaks 🕊️ Finally… We Have Started Again
The time has come. After those endless months of preparation, feeding, pairing, and that eternal waiting, we are finally underway again. The sprinters can get to work. In Belgium they…
Schalkwijk Speaks Winter Breeding: When Haste Becomes the Greatest Enemy
First of all, I would like to wish everyone a personally healthy, happy, and sportively strong New Year. A year with calm in the loft, enjoyment in the daily work,…
Schalkwijk Speaks: A follow-up on my Breeding Logic and an “Insane” giveaway to thank our followers!
Breeding Logic: Why “good genes” do matter… but never determine everything. In my previous blog on breeding, I explained that pairing pigeons is never a simple equation. Still, in recent…
Schalkwijk Speaks: The Breeding Season, the Foundation of Tomorrow’s Racing Success
I’ve always practiced pigeon sport guided by my own vision and by science. That mindset has never let me down in over fifty years with pigeons. Of course, I’ll admit…
Schalkwijk Speaks: The Moult, the Silent Foundation of Flight Power!
Geard explains how the moult is the silent foundation of Schalkwijk Pigeons’ success. In this Pigeon Boss feature, discover how Racing Pigeons renew feathers, recover power, and prepare for the…
Schalkwijk Speaks: My New Adventure in One Loft Races
The official blog by Schalkwijk Pigeons Many know me from Travipharma and Schalkwijk Pigeons. In 2022, I handed Travipharma over to new owners, and in 2024, due to my wife…