Sabrina Brugmans from Halen starts really strong on the short distance races
24 Apr 2021
We all know that Sabrina Brugmans can race really hard with the pigeons. She and her husband Stephan Machiels have started of the season of 2021 super strong. This is very promising for the middle distance races and the national races who are coming up shortly. In this article we will talk about their schedule of the past winter and a few top pigeons that already scored really high with open answers on our questions. The hunger hasn’t been stilled yet for Sabrina and Stephan, the competitors are warned.
First 2 races from 2021
03/04 Momignies 1,311 old : 1,2,17,18,19,22,22,49,63,64,65,…
Momignies 728 year birds : 1,8,11,22,28,…
17/04 Momignies 3,055 old : 3,4,7,13,…
Momignies 1,754 year birds : 5,8,…
Preparation of the season
In winter the entire racing team gets full rest. During daytime in the aviaries and at night on lofts.
It takes very long before the hens see a cock. This is how I have a group of 20 cocks who motivate my entire racing team. After the 1st race out of Momignies, the first group could stay together during 4 days. The week after it was the 2nd group’s turn and the past weekend after arrival of the 2nd race I left group 3 together during 4 days and this is how everything is paired up after 3 weeks and then it can really start for them.
When they now go direction Soissons they can see each other for 5 minutes before basketing and at arrival they can stay together for 1 to 1,5 hour.
Training
After the bird flu I left them built up their training and kept trainings on once a day. When there’s fog in the morning they don’t train and since the 2nd week of April I started to build up the trainings with a few days twice a day. Now after their 1st Soissons this will be every day except on the day of basketing (1 night), then they don’t train anymore that day.
Top hens from the 1st weeks in 2021
BE 19-5043373 Chequered
Direct Hermans – Bonne
1 Momignies 1,311b
1 Soissons 681b
1 Soissons 245b
2 Soissons 1,100b
3 Nanteuil 1,046b
3 Momignies 736b
4 Momignies 3,055b
4 Soissons 805b
Father BE 16-2287539 Son Hollander – Hermans – Bonne
Gr.F. NL 1939369/2012 Den Hollander Direct J Reurs
Wins 3 x 1st – 9 x p /100
2 Nat Ace bird middle distance old LCB 2014 - 10 Olympiad bird Cat. A Budapest 2015
12 NAT Ace bird middle distance old KBDB 2014
Won 1 Vervins 2,492b, 2 Marne 732b, 2 Sourdun 353b, 2 Gien 350b, 2 Sourdun 239b,
3 Chimay 596b, 8 Chimay 1,405b, 10 Gien 1,523b…
Son to “NL 10-091” Vale x “NL 09-369” Red
Gr.M. BE 10-3079046 Diva – Rino Verheye
Won 1 Clermont 836b – 2 Clermont 11,251b – 2 Ablis 458b
Daughter to “BE 08-782” Buddy x “BE 09-546” Chica
Mother DV 18-8582130 Daughter Fenomeen – Dieter Wohr
Gr.F. BE 13-6122359 Son Di Caprio – Dirk Van Dijck
Son to “BE 05-015” Di Caprio x “BE 06-001” Superke
Gr.M. DV 14-8582142 Fenomeen – Dieter Wohr
Won 1 / 4,245b – 1/1,033b – 1/525b – 1/289b – 1/201b – 2/2,202b – 3/3,548b
3/2,798b – 3/701b – 4/2,665b
Daughter to “BE 09-016” Son Comijntje Rik Cools x “BE 10-371” Daughter Safier Leo Heremans
BE 19-2084414 “Miss Fay” Hen
1 Prov Fay-Aux-Loges 5,556b 400km
1 Sezanne 2,331b 267km
1 Fastest 18,867b
1 Sourdun 84b 296km
3 Prov Fau-Aux-Loges 3,972b 400km
3 Momignies 3,055b 121km
3 Melun 1,174b 307km
4 Soissons 1,959b 208km
4 Soissons 300b 208km
5 Nanteuil 1,223b 261km
5 Momignies 209b 121km
7 Sens 692b 332km
11 Prov Sens 7,757b 332km
Father BE 16-6056900 Blue – Bart Gilis
Gr.F. BE 13-6072461 Grandson Gladiator – L-B-J Geerinckx
Son to “BE 08-763” Son Gladiator – L-B-J Geerinckx x “BE 08-741” Daughter Big
Mama
Gr.M. BE 14-6031930 Chequered – Bart Gilis
Won 44 Nat Gueret 16,262b
Daughter to “BE 11-865” Big Riri x “BE 07-619” Inbred Kannibaal
Mother BE 14-2146237 ½ sister Charlotte
Sister to “431/14” Super breeding hen, mother to “Kim”, “Miss Friesland” , “Black Sandra”
sister to “236/14” Father to 3rd Nat Ace bird MD old KBDB 2020 and 1 Prov Chateauroux 1,065b
½ sister “Charlotte” 1 Nat Ace bird GMD year birds KBDB 2014
BE 20-5086508 Hen
1 Momignies 728b
5 Momignies 315b
7 Momignies 3,055b
7 Momignies 305b
10 Momignies 367b
27 Soissons 1,215b
Sister to “737/19” 1 Prov Sens 4,664b – 1 Prov Melun 1,060b – 3 Prov Melun 5,943b – 10 Prov Melun 6,667b
Sister to “762/19” 17 Nat Chateauroux 33,833b
Zus van “763/19” 2 Soissons 2,633b – 5 Prov Sens 4,664b
Father BE 13-5027749 Lang Blue
Super breeder
Gr.F. BE 05-5097854 Blue Valère – Base breeder
Father to “Willy” and so many more
Gr.M. BE 09-5021751 751 Hen – Roger Buvens
Super breeding hen – Daughter Golden Couple
Sister to 2 + 11 Nat Ace bird GMD KBDB ‘13
Mother BE 15-2185859 Miranda
Won herself 1 Vierzon 1,854b – 15 Nat La Souterraine 2,939b – 19 Nat Chateauroux 2,108b – 30 Nat La Souterraine 9,584b
Gr.F. BE 13-5024994 Blue – Gaston Vandewouwer
Son to “BE 10-733” Grandson Kaasboer x “BE 12-275” Blue
Gr.M. BE 11-5005498 Blue – Mario Putzeys
Daughter to “BE 09-591” Brother Kim Vandewouwer x “BE 07-257” Blue
What did you use as food and how did the medical planning looked like until now ?
In Winter I use the Aidi Winter Rest but I experience that my pigeons eat a lot. That’s why I always give enough. When the training rhythm is being increased I switch onto Girl Power van Aidi and Winter / Rest. I give this 50/50 and at the last day they get Turbo Extreme from Matador. I also did this during the first races as with head wind it weren’t easy races and the pigeons that miss now can have some extra fuel in their tank.
As extra’s they get peanuts, candy, P40, grit and Tovo after their meal and I mix different kinds of grit amongst each other to be able to offer them enough variation.
The products I always five are Entrobac, Atemfrei, Moorgold, Carni Speed and Rotosal from Röhnfried together with Immunol and Condition Powder from Schroeder – Tollisan. At the day of basketing I use always C-M-K from Brockamp.
For the medical view on things I gave them this season mid of February a cure against paratyphoid and after that also a vaccination and they got half of March their vaccination against paramyxo. I also went for a check-up to Vincent Schroeder and the hens were didn’t suffer from anything but the cocks had trichomoniases. That’s why we didn’t take any risk and the hens were being treated during 4 days against trichomoniases.
Stephan and Sabrina, a big congratulations and the entire HERBOTS TEAM likes to wish you a marvellous season.
Buelens Kim
