Well, story short, he kept them for me so I could fly them later. Unfortunately for him, and the original parents of these babies, a hawk killed the hen, and Mr. Bateman had no other parents to place them under. Fortunately for me, I had a pair of hens raising one baby from a young pair, that was a good match for me. Whatever happens, I'm glad I've given these pair of babies a chance to shine!

This bird was bred by Mr. Alva, a beautiful, old Tournier, dark check hen. I will blend this bird with some my slim long distance blood. I've done well in the short, and middle distance, but I need to improve in the very last tough races, this bird will upgrade my breeding team, and help me achieve my goal. Thank you for your visit!
 

Mr. Joe Alva

This is a picture of Mr. Joe Alva, young at 84, he's been been breeding, and flying racing pigeons for more than 70 years. It is always a pleasure to visit Mr. Alva, I never get tired of handling some of his champions. He's always been a tough competitor since the beginning, his birds fly well at all distances, eventhough he's decided to slow down due to the high cost of fuel; he's always working with his birds. I own some of his birds, and Im happy to say, they've done really well in my breeding loft. They blend really well with my "Diamond's."

 This a picture of Mr. Bateman, member of the Santa Barbara Pigeon Racing Club, he's been breeding a solid nucleus of white pigeons for several years. This family of beautiful birds has done well for him in this area, Mr. Bateman will not be flying his birds this coming season so I will try the pair of babies, pictured below, in the coming season!

This pair of babies has a very interesting story so let me tell you why they're in my loft, and not in their original nest box. Like I said before, Mr. Bateman had no plans to fly birds for the upcoming season, so he placed all his birds in one loft and went on vacation. He left me in charge of feeding his colony, after a few days I noticed a pair of eggs in of the corners. It's not unusual for hens to lay eggs even when the birds are not paired up, so I did not think much of it. Much to my surprise, when he came back from vacation, he said that was not a big deal, he was going to throw away the eggs. I told him, I was short of babies, not all the eggs in my breeding pen were hatching well... I needed a few extra to compensate my losses.

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