NL-19-1726920 - Ad Schaerlaeckens

🕊️ NL-19-1726920 „Favourite”

Breeding: Ad Schaerlaeckens (Baarle-Nassau, Netherlands)
Colour: blue
Line: Wouters × Hermans × Hooymans × Schaerlaeckens
A pedigree created from icons themselves - a masterful combination of the blood of the best aviators of the Netherlands and Belgium.

🧬 Father: NL-16-1591601 (Ad Schaerlaeckens)

• Brother of the legendary „006” - 1st National Argenton (3.383 p.), 1. Noyon, 1. Souppes, 2. Souppes, 3 Noyon, 6th Gueret.

• Schaerlaeckens breeding base line - fast, hardy and consistent birds.

• It derives from a cross between Marcel Wouters × Rik Hermans × Dirk Van Dyck - combination, which dominated the Sprint and Middle Distance categories for a decade.

Grandfather on his father's side:

• BE-08-6173250 „New Basic Breeder” (M. Wouters) - Father 1. NPO Creil 6.898 p., 5. Nat. Geuret 5,540 p., 1. Souppes 723 p.
  Grandmother on her father's side:

• BE-11-6238549 „Mother 006” (Rik Hermans/Mielvand) - 1st Nat. Argenton, 2nd Ace Europe Cup, 1st Nat. Bourges.
  The combination of these two lines has produced some of the most regular pigeons in the world.

💎 Mother: BE-18-6194793 „Proper Harrieke” (Rik Hermans)

• Direct daughter „Proper Athene” × „Daughter Harry” (Jan Hooymans).

• Sister 17-268 - 2 Provincial Bourges 3.201 p.

• Origins: Rik Hermans × Hooymans × Vandenabeele - genetics that produce OLR winners and national aces.

Father - BE-15-6063428 „Proper Athene” (Rik Hermans):

• Brother „503”, brother of Asduif Golden Algarve.

• Grandson of the legendary „Athene” - one of Europe's most influential females.

Mother - NL-10-1864752 „Daughter Harry” (Jan Hooymans):

• Daughter of the immortal „Harry's”, one of the most outstanding pigeons of the 21st century:

  • 1. Blois 37.728 p.

  • 1. Nat. Ace Pigeon Holland

  • 3× 1 NPO competition

🩵 Dove NL-19-1726920 „Favourite”

It's The direct descendant of two champion lines - „006” and „Harry” - combined into one super bird.
Exceptional balance between speed (Wouters, Hermans lines) and intelligence and return (Hooymans).

A pigeon of exemplary build:

• Perfect musculature, light frame, perfect balance.

• Feathers like silk, an eye of intense pigmentation - a typical „intelligent” Schaerlaeckens aviator.

Predisposed to flights of 200-600 km, including Sprint, Middle Distance and OLR (One Loft Race) categories.

🧬 Key lines in the pedigree:

• „006” Ad Schaerlaeckens - 1. nat. Argenton, the basis of many OLR families.

• „Mother 006” Rik Hermans - 1. Nat. Argenton, 1. Bourges, 2. Europe Cup.

• „New Basic Breeder” M. Wouters - father and grandfather of Belgium's national aces.

• „Proper Athene” by Rik Hermans - Half-brother of Asduif Golden Algarve, father of many champions.

• „Harry” Jan Hooymans - 1st National Ace Pigeon, a symbol of flight excellence.

• „Athena” Vandenabeele - A line with tremendous resilience and condition.

🏆 The greatest achievements of the family line:

• 🥇 1. National Argenton 3.383 p.

• 🥇 1. Souppes 840 p.

• 🥇 1. Bourges 3.201 p.

• 🥇 1. NPO Creil 6.898 p.

• 🥈 2. Prov. Bourges 3.201 p.

• 🏅 1st Nat. Argenton / 2nd Ace Europe Cup / 1st Bourges