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Vanhee`s Loft Worldfamous topbreeder “Motta” B63-3100031The world famous Vanhee strain was founded by Gerard Vanhee (1910 – 1998) and continued by his son Michel. When Michel died in a tragic car accident in September 1998, the pigeons were auctioned off in four auctions. However, in the four months between Michel’s accident and the auctions, his daughter (Gerard’s granddaughter) Annemie decided to continue the Vanhee legend. She kept and bought back the best birds out of the main Vanhee lines and is now continuing the Vanhee racing success again.
Gerard Vanhee started racing pigeons in 1925, aged 15. From the start he used a scientific approach to pigeon racing: he read every piece of information on pigeons he could get his hands on: not only the different racing systems and methods of the champions of that day, but also on how to feed and take care of the pigeons, how to prevent or cure diseases, etc. This attitude gave him a distinct competitive advantage against other fanciers. However, the second world war saw the destruction of his entire loft. After the war Gerard first watched the results lists to see who were the best fanciers before and after the war and travelled through Belgium to buy eggs and youngsters of these people. All these different strains he molded into his own bloodline. The basic of the Vanhee loft is therefore a multitude of strains, such as Stichelbaut (through Frans Cloot of Lauwe), Descamps-Van Hasten, Emiel Dupondt, Gentiel Depoorter, Albert Gorin, Gilbert Vandenweghe, Cattrysse, Huyskens-Van Riel, etc. This costed a lot of time, effort and money, but it paid off.
On 30 August 1949 Gerard Vanhee won his first National victory from Chateauroux (452 km) with “Goede Jaarling”, 3150447/48, a Leo Bekaert x Commine cross. This superbird was raced 11 times and won 7 firsts!
Between 1949 and 1958 Gerard Vanhee continued to rack up first Regional and first Provincial prizes. On 14 June 1958 he won his second First National, this time from Vannes (570 km) with “Vannes”, 3032050/56.
Winning first Nationals would become a Vanhee trademark: between 1949 and 1995 the Vanhee loft scored no less than 20 (twenty) National Victories. This is an absolute record that will not be broken very easily. Among those 20 National victories there are also two 1st Internationals.
With such records one tends to focus on 1st Nationals only, but let’s not forget that Vanhee also won 16 2nd Nationals on top! This is another record.
Furthermore Vanhee was 4 times National Long Distance Champion of the National Federation K.B.D.B. (in 1962, 1971, 1976 and 1986) and 2 times General Champion of Belgium, K.B.D.B. (in 1972 and 1975). Of course, with the above records, this comes as no surprise.
Another one of the great achievements in pigeon sport is going to the Olympiads. To achieve this one has to present outstanding overall results in the two years preceding an Olympiad. “Just” winning a first National is not enough. The Vanhee loft achieved Olympic honour no less than 5 times:
It is almost impossible to sum up all the achievements of the Vanhee lofts, even if we concentrate on the top performances only. The most important recent results (between 1993 and 1998) are:
If we take a look at the National Winners between 1989 and 1998 on other lofts we find no less than 20 with Vanhee blood in their pedigrees as well. This is a proof that the Vanhee bloodline did not only well in the hands of Gerard and Michel Vanhee themselves but also on other lofts. Among the most famous ones we mention: J.L. Van Roy of Ronse, whose “Playboy Barcelona” (1st International Barcelona 1991) was a Vanhee x Van den Wegen cross. In view of this success the Vanhee loft in turn was strengthened with Van den Wegen blood out of the lines of “Oud Doffertje”, “Stefan”, “Barcelona”, “Parel” and “Indurain”. Ivan Delrue, Bovekerke, National Long Distance Champion K.B.D.B 1991 Marc & Gerard Santens, Oudenaarde, Narbonne specialists and 1st National Narbonne winners in 1986, 1988 and 1990. Braakhuis, Holland: his “Gouden Koppel” came out of the line of “Patrick” of Vanhee. The same day Vanhee won 1st National Lourdes with a descendant of the “Patrick” line, Braakhuis did the same with 1st National Dax. These are only a few examples. People all over the world have bred champions out of Vanhee pigeons, making the Vanhee name famous world wide.
Over the years the Vanhee strain was developed into five lines. Of course, on the Vanhee breeding lofts, the five lines were woven into each other; they were not kept completely pure all the time. Nevertheless all successful pigeons of the Vanhee strain find their origins in one or more of these lines.
Due to his long breeding history, the Vanhee pigeons are officially considered as a “strain”. 
For this Vanhee is rewarded as “Best European Breeder Long Distance and more than 75 years in pigeon sport“.
Over the years the Vanhee strain was developed into five lines.
Selection of premium racing pigeons at the lofts of A&M Vanhee
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The Vanhee pigeon feed and complementary products designed to ensure an optimal performance and perfect health of your pigeons have been developed and prepared as the result of over 80 years and 3 generations of scientific research and practical field testing.
Losing and winning performances in pigeon racing are decided in terms of mere seconds.
The exceptional performance levels that you expect from your pigeons can only be achieved through the administration of exceptional feed compositions and their health products, consisting of the very best in raw materials and blended in optimal proportions.
Vitamins and minerals are indispensable items in the normal life cycle processes of the pigeon. Any shortcoming in the supply of these elements will have irreparable consequences for the pigeon : e.g., retarded growth, diminished performance capacity, and a lowered natural resistance to a variety of diseases and illnesses. The supply of these vitamins and minerals happens normally by means of the grain mixes. But scientific research has demonstrated that these mixes are not capable of supplying all of the elements in the necessary quantities. Moreover, at certain defined and very important times in the pigeon’s life cycle, the need for the administering of vitamins and minerals lies markedly higher than what is considered a normal standard, so that the extra provision of a full range of vitamins and mineral preparations can hardly be called a superfluous luxury. The need for this extra supply definitely applies during the growth period, the time when young pigeons develop their feather coats, for pigeons during the moulting season (moulting does place extra stress on the pigeons), and for pigeons that are recovering from serious illnesses such as common cold infections, intestinal problems, infestation by worms, and the like.). And, finally, there are the long and exhausting flights that are placing extra strain on the metabolism and increase the need for significant quantities of extra vitamins and minerals.
A responsible administration of extra vitamins cannot but bring about favourable results during the moulting, breeding and the racing season.
Some years back, Vanhee Products expanded its product assortment to include a range of natural products. These herbal preparations are designed to improve the general condition of the pigeons (at the same time, note that these herbs are also well known and used for human consumption: Echinacea, Creatine, Propolis, Guarana, …). These natural products promote healthy digestion processes, protect the stomach and digestive systems, function as blood-purifying agents, stimulate the incentive for active flight, improve defence mechanisms, and increase bodily resistance.
Vanhee Products offer a complete assortment of products that answers to your racing and fancy pigeons’ daily needs and is designed for all seasons.
80 years ago, the foundations of the world famous strain of her grandfather Gerard were laid. In 1949, he could raise the flag in Wervik for the first national race in Châteauroux.
Michel & Gerard Vanhee : unmatched achievement record on a world scale !
Due to Gerard’s age, Michel took over the lead since years until September 23rd, 1998.
Although Annemie was thrown in the middle of matters connected with pigeons due to a sudden death of her father Michel (he died in a tragic car accident), she took a bold and very hard decision to try to follow the steps of the Vanhee family, thus continue the work to which her grandfather Gerard and father Michel had dedicated their lives. Everyone knew that she faced almost an impossible task, but her self-assurance and confidence in the Vanhee pigeons did wonders.
In 1999, all the pigeons were sold, but in memory of her father Michel, Annemie bred nestlings of the best pigeons before they left their home. In this way, the world famous breeding lines were obtained, such as “Atoom”, “Motta”, “Patrick”, “Napoleon” and the old “Janssen“.
Apart from a pigeon loft used by Michel, several new garden pigeon lofts were built. First young pigeons were placed there in the summer of 2001.
This was the third generation of the Vanhees and Annemie quite quickly proved that this sport runs in her veins. She takes care about all the pigeons.
After almost three years of pigeon racing, she has surprised many people, her name can be found in the front ranks of the most difficult flights, quite often even on the top position.
In order to honour her late father, Annemie has decided to take part in races under the name of A. & M. Vanhee.
We wish you a lot of success in your pigeon racing, using the Vanhee products.
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The recommended dosage has been calculated on the basis of pigeons with an average weight of 500 g. For fancy pigeons, we recommend that you adjust the dosage depending on the bird’s individual weight.
