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…
Global Passion on a Lopik Loft: How Pigeons Blur Borders
Pigeon racing is beautiful because of the early prizes, the adrenaline of a marathon race, and the gold in the breeding lofts. But anyone who is truly deep into the…
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…
The Schalkwijk Revolution: How the Legacy of Orange Oil Ignites a New Era for Schalkwijk Pigeons in One Loft Races
Listen up, because in the world of racing pigeons, you have those who dream and those who dominate. Gerard Schalkwijk? He is a winner through and through who has been…
Schalkwijk Speaks: Avian Influenza and the Racing Pigeon
Why Is Our Sport Being Punished While Science Says Otherwise? I have just returned from a wonderful wintersport holiday in Austria. It was a short break from daily routines, filled…
Schalkwijk Speaks: In Memory of Uncle Antoon Schalkwijk († February 5th, aged 93)
Normally, I write my blogs about the sport itself: about systems, choices, observations, and experiences in the loft. They are rarely personal or focused on one individual. The pigeon sport…
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 Pigeons BriVerkerk – The New Power Chapter of Gerard Schalkwijk
When passion and precision meet, great things happen. And that’s exactly what we see at Schalkwijk Pigeons, where Gerard Schalkwijk has opened a new and exciting chapter after selling his…