Hofkens

[ghostrider]

Has anyone had/got this strain of pigeon and done well with them.???

I was wondering seeing they were a good sprint pigeon.

Toying with the idea of crossing them into 1/2 soontjes.

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Atb

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

This is something Ad Schaerlaeckens wrote on Hofkens

 

"HOFKENS

Take the late Mr Hofkens and his so called strain. Hofkens is a great name, especially in America. He was a butcher and lived close to me. He was of an older generation but still we were kind of friends. That's why he asked me twice to organise an auction for him. That was when he was still alive of course. Because of my activities for these auctions I am pretty well informed about his birds, his results and the origine of his birds. Well, Mr Gust Hofkens himself did not believe in a strain and never wanted to have one. Later, after his death, others would show off with 'strain Hofkens'. If Hofkens would be able to read the publications about him and 'his strain' which appeared after his death he would turn in his grave. In America, and not only there, they claim to have Hofkensstrain pure whereas Hofkens himself never even thought of keeping a family 'pure'. He was always looking for better birds. He bought pigeons wherever he could provided they were good and preferably from racers in his own area. Because the pigeons he wanted were those from people who beat him in the races. When Hofkens died his birds were totally auctioned. How popular they were is shown by the fact that some days before the auction took place part of the birds was stolen despite a policeman guarded them they and night. I still have the auctionlists. They show that about one third of his birds were 'imports', so pigeons he got from other people, birds which did not even wear a ring from Hofkens. Another third he bred off of birds he imported. And pigeons with parents and grandparents bred by Hofkens himself? He hardly had such birds. Fanciers who bought pigeons in the auctions later pretended to have 'Hofkensstrain', even if it were pigeons that Hofkens did not breed himself or pigeons which Hofkens bred off of birds he purchased himself somewhere else"

[ghostrider]

This is something Ad Schaerlaeckens wrote on Hofkens

 

"HOFKENS

Take the late Mr Hofkens and his so called strain. Hofkens is a great name, especially in America. He was a butcher and lived close to me. He was of an older generation but still we were kind of friends. That's why he asked me twice to organise an auction for him. That was when he was still alive of course. Because of my activities for these auctions I am pretty well informed about his birds, his results and the origine of his birds. Well, Mr Gust Hofkens himself did not believe in a strain and never wanted to have one. Later, after his death, others would show off with 'strain Hofkens'. If Hofkens would be able to read the publications about him and 'his strain' which appeared after his death he would turn in his grave. In America, and not only there, they claim to have Hofkensstrain pure whereas Hofkens himself never even thought of keeping a family 'pure'. He was always looking for better birds. He bought pigeons wherever he could provided they were good and preferably from racers in his own area. Because the pigeons he wanted were those from people who beat him in the races. When Hofkens died his birds were totally auctioned. How popular they were is shown by the fact that some days before the auction took place part of the birds was stolen despite a policeman guarded them they and night. I still have the auctionlists. They show that about one third of his birds were 'imports', so pigeons he got from other people, birds which did not even wear a ring from Hofkens. Another third he bred off of birds he imported. And pigeons with parents and grandparents bred by Hofkens himself? He hardly had such birds. Fanciers who bought pigeons in the auctions later pretended to have 'Hofkensstrain', even if it were pigeons that Hofkens did not breed himself or pigeons which Hofkens bred off of birds he purchased himself somewhere else"

[ghostrider]

Thankyou.enough said!

 

[Guest bigda]

hofkens birds were mostly muelman, vanden bosch x van loons,

Edited November 23, 2013 by bigda

[pepsi]

jackson and andrews main birds were hofkens frans veryhen belguim is still winning well with them today

[W.D.]

Has anyone had/got this strain of pigeon and done well with them.???

I was wondering seeing they were a good sprint pigeon.

Toying with the idea of crossing them into 1/2 soontjes.

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Atb

Not sure, but think there might be a couple of famous Hofkins?

Is there not also a Karel Hofkins?

[BLACK W F]

jackson and andrews main birds were hofkens frans veryhen belguim is still winning well with them today

visited Frans must be 4 or5 year ago with Mick Hession problem is Frans speaks very little English his daughter does all the translating the birds looked class always ment to go back perhaps next year