The Kastle Birds

Meet the Homing Pigeons in Kastle loft that are the basis for our breeding and race team. Click on a photo to see a pedigree if one is available.

COCKS

IF 08 LKY 2655. This is Bart. He's a real lady's man. Calm, cool, collected. He's my best cock bird and was given to me by Rob Keck down from his birds he founded his loft with from Mike Ganus.
AU 10 Baker & Sons 123 is a Janssen cockbird with Ultimate Miracle, Blue Miracle and Champion 969 throughout his family. He was a standout pigeon in the 2010 LRPC One-Loft Futurity, winning 1st in the 100-mile and 2nd (Eq 1st) in the 150-mile. He will be mated this year to a direct hen from Ultimate Miracle and another hen with 699 and Hollywood throughout.
AU 09 PROTEGE 116 is a Kannibaal line-bred cock from Kenny Rhodes at Protege Loft. He is a gorgeous bird out of Kannibaal's Gold and Michelle. He has Kannibaal in his pedigree four times, Golden Lady three times, and Kleine Dirk two times. He is paired to PROTEGE 107 and their children will be wonderfully line-bred and perfect for crossing
IF 97 IPB 19491. Now here is an interesting old man. I wish I knew this guy's story. He's 14 years old in this photo and came to me as a found bird in Eastern Kentucky. He has wonderfully long and wide primaries - he's built for distance for sure. He paired up with a brown spread Trenton hen and they made a couple of gorgeous solid black babies. We'll know this fall if they can race!
AU 07 CBS 2033 (aka "Bruce") is a killer dark-check cock from Continental Breeding Station. He is an inbred Jan Aarden and has De Dolle, Robin and Tarbes in his pedigree. I acquired him from Dustin Baker who has raised many club winners from him.
AU 10 LFO 434 is a beautiful Silver cock bred by Ron Pairan. He finished very well in the LRPC One-Loft and in fact was in the first drop in the final 200-mile race. He ended up in 6th place Avg. Speed. He is from Ron's foundation cock, Lightning and is down from White Bandit.

HENS

AU 11 Timber Creek 9. This beautiful hen was lost in a race and found here in Lexington. Greg Dick of Timber Creek Lofts was generous enough to let me "borrow" her for my breeding program. She was in her fifth young bird race when she unexplicably stopped in the middle of a 250-miler. She was in perfect condition and is a beautifully feathered and balanced bird. She is inbred Champion 969 on the top and inbred Hollywood on the dams side. Greg has some fantastic birds and I consider myself lucky to have gotten the phone call about this young one.
AU 09 PROTEGE 107 is a super line-bred Kannibaal hen. She is a grand daughter of Kid Kannibaal and Kenny's Girl as well as Jorn and the Queen of the Netherlands. She has Kannibaal in her a whopping SIX times. She is paired to PROTEGE 116 and their children will be wonderfully line-bred and perfect for crossing.
IF 11 SLI 1594. She is only four months old in this photo if you can believe it. She molted out fast and perfectly. She is an inbred Black Widow x Aviator x Phantom and will join the breeding team in 2012.
IF 10 LKY 542 is a striking hen with White Bandit, White Horse, 2778, Golden Witten and some De Dolle Jan Aarden line all mixed in. She's mated to the LFO 434 Silver cock who is also down from the Bandit.
IF 09 LKY 9217 is a small, apple-body hen with an obsessive love for peanuts, hence her name: Peanut. She is out of Mike Ganus birds given to me by Rob Keck and has produced our best babies yet with her uncle, Bart.