Ad Schaerlaeckens on a visit to Jef and Luc Houben. The Japanese did not write to tell him how pleased he was with the pigeon, no, he found the bird a disaster in the hand and he was very disappointed about the fact that Ad Schaerlaeckens had contrived to sent him such a bad pigeon. She is one of a very few birds that made the trip to the far East and back again. A unique story, almost as unique as the breeding qualities of a hen that was so badly underestimated in the first place.
Later, dozens of her children and grandchildren that grew into top pigeons in a number of lofts, would make that same journey, and stay there.
She also had a colour that was not very popular, dark blue has less appeal than a nice light blue or checkered pigeon. He did not worry about it and would later decide what to do with the birdβ¦. In the meantime, without being aware of it, the formation of a golden triangle of top breeders was developed further. In , Ad Schaerlaeckens received a telephone call from a fancier named Mattens, who wanted to sell his entire colony in one sale, preferably without a public sale with a lot of fuss.
He wanted to sell his loft with pigeons to a fancier abroad, and Ad was the mediator. The entire loft would go to Japan. Ad collected the pigeons for dispatch and Mattens gave him a nice late cock as a present for his trouble.
In his heart, Ad had to agree with her, and the blue cock was also put into the breeding loft. Both flew 1st prizes in large competitions and their children proved to be top breeders.
