Frank Monette from Webbekom wins 1st Provincial Gueret 1,638p ( 2° Nat 12.194p )
18 Jul 2022
In the tough national race from Gueret, Frank Monette from Webbekom clocked 3 yearlings in the top 30 National against 12,208 pigeons. His first pigeon “459/21” won the 1st Provincial Gueret against 1,638 pigeons and won silver at National level. The other topper of this season “125/21” is also related to the first arrival and comes from a strong family.
Best results 2022
Orleans Prov 1.014 year birds : 3,4,5,… 6/7
Orleans Prov 1.605 old + year birds : 4,5,8,… 6/7
Bourges Nat 24.221 year birds : 31,103,305,1015,1198 5/10
Issoudun Nat (z) 1.322 year birds : 4,22,34,53,… 6/12
Gueret Nat 12.208 year birds : 2,14,28,415,… 6/10
Base breeder 031
In the current 2 toppers that are presented here in this article, your stock breeder “031/06” will have returned in both pigeons. This was a top class pigeon in his career and won a.o. 1 Toury 1.066p - 1 Orleans 795p – 2 Soissons 492p – 8 Melun 602p – 9 Melun 1.401p – 10 Nat Bourges 11.875p – 10 Bourges 1.565p and much more. This is the only real stock father of this colony with mainly “Emile Clerinx” blood in him, which flew with his father the late André Monette. Unfortunately, such a classy pigeon was never entered for any ace pigeon, because we are sure that such a pigeon would have been mentioned several times.
Both with cocks and hens
Because last season the best youngsters were cocks, Frank wanted to test what they had to offer as a yearling. That is why it was decided to also race with cocks and to race the racing team on total widowhood, of which a few pigeons already have their partners stay at home because they are not good enough.
The racing pigeons did not breed in the winter and only got to know their partner when they returned home from the first flights. During the first flights they don't get together for long, Frank mainly wants to keep the focus and motivation and try to keep the team sharp towards national flights. The pigeons were also darkened from the beginning of March to the end of April and were at their best from the end of May.
Where in the past training was perhaps shorter, he still attaches great importance to this. Both teams fly twice a day for 45 minutes. Now due to the heavier flights, this pace is a bit less in the beginning, but this is still sufficient. Also, no risks are taken in very hot weather and the pigeons are either raced on a shorter flight or not. Better to fit in for a week than to run behind the facts for a whole season.
During the week, the hens sit on chapels and on slanting PVC pipes on the floor. The hens that nevertheless have the urge to mate do not belong in the discipline at the Monette house and they leave. No partners are shown during basketing. Now during tough national races they stay together until the next morning.
In the field of nutrition, we mainly work with the racing mixes 1 – 2 – 3 of Aidi and Natural mixtures. Frank tries to stick to the schedules that are proposed, but by having pigeons with myself that train hard, the pigeons also have to eat more than pigeons that fly 10 minutes a day. So the hand will be a little bigger than said.
He regularly undergoes medical checkups with Simon Cans (Galluvet) and NeorniPharma products are used. Until now, the racing pigeons were occasionally given something against tricho on advice after checking and nothing was done for the respiratory system.
Best birds from season 2022
BE 21-2072459 Grizzle Cock
1 Prov Gueret 1.638b
2 Nat 12.194b
1 Sermaises 1.204b
2 Mettet 1.057b
7 Melun 399b
8 Soissons 1.236b
8 Soissons 803b
9 Melun 947b
12 Soissons 790b
17 Sermaises 1.348b
18 Br.Unie Vierzon 2.084b
95 Int.Prov 6.256b
22 Nat(z) Issoudun 1.322b
Sire BE 19-2097128 Grandson 031
Gr.F. BE 11-5039478 De Jaak ( Vandenabeele x M Vlaeminck )
Gr.M BE 11-2154771 Inbred “031”
Daughter from “031/06” Superracer and base breeder x “161/04” Mother 031 Emile Clerinx
Mother BE 19-2097179
Won 67 Nat Chateauroux 22.476b – 104 Nat Argenton 26.085b – 133 Nat Issoudun 18.175b
Gr.F. BE 14-2323434 M & G Eyletten
Gr.M. BE 12-2021713 Tiger 13 – Won 7 Poitiers 1.078b
Sister “474/11” grandmother from “125/21”
BE 21-2123125 Grizzle Cock
1 Issoudun 368b
4 Nat (z) 1.322b
2 Mettet 999b
7 Soissons 803b
7 Soissons 209b
15 Sermaises 2.731b
16 Momignies 457b
30 Soissons 711b
31 Nat Bourges 24.220b
31 Soissons 696b
80 Sermaises 2.059b
226 I.Prov Vierzon 6.256b
Sire BE 17-2092688 Grandson 031
Won 11 Melun 1.405b
Gr.F. BE 11-2154772 Inteelt “031”
Son from “031/06” Superracer and base breeder x “161/04” Mother 031 Emile Clerinx
Gr.M. BE 09-2024076 M & G Eyletten
Mother BE 16-2081214
Gr.F. BE 14-2323434 M & G Eyletten
Gr.M. BE 11-5039474 Won 1 Soissons 145b – 18 Gien 1.003b
Sister “Tiger 13” – Won 7 Poitiers 1.078b ( Grandmother from 459/21 )
Frank keep it up and congratulations on this great victory from the entire HERBOTS TEAM.
Buelens Kim
