Our widowhood cocks rarely see the training basket the
entire season and race better then any one else’s best and that is
week after week. Fanciers with my stock have done extremely well.
Today, all are offered for sale. I will keep what’s left over at the
end of the year to fly, if I so chose to fly. This policy is
advantageous to prospective buyers of my bloodlines.

I have
had pigeons on and off since 1959. I remember like it was yesterday the first
pigeon I ever bought, and it was for 50 cents; a Trenton from a local
neighborhood fancier. At that time there were lofts in every neighborhood in
Pennsylvania. I started racing in 1979 and have been breeding and racing
pigeons ever since
In the earlier days, the need was clear to me, I needed produce my own family, using the quality birds from gifted champion fanciers
only,
and to introduce occasional birds to strengthen the strain without losing the
original bloodlines.
30 plus years ago when I started racing Pigeons, I put the emphasis
on strains/families of racing pigeons in the USA, I was to develop pigeons that
raced well in the 500 & 600 mile old bird races and the 400 mile young bird
futurities. I under stood then same as I understand now
If you want
to become a champion, buy from CHAMPION BLOOD STOCK it is the only way!
There is no other way
My family of birds originated from
champion flyer's and breeder's from Bristol Pa, the Philadelphia area.
One of these great fanciers then moved to Scranton Pa.,
Patsy
DePietro.
I trained with DePietro for a number of years and was his student for all of
them. Many a winner I had, was a result of DePietro's blood. Patsy introduced
me to
Fats Schofield
where I acquired from him some breeders I was also
introduced to New-year loft
at that time who was the premiere long distance
and futurity King of all time in the Philadelphia area. His loft won every
Futurity offered to him to fly. Fats and DePietro also had New-year loft birds.
Today New-year blood runs strong in many of my present day champions
Around the same time period ,Frank Gable who was a champion long
distance champion in the Scranton Pennsylvania area and was getting out
of birds. Frank gave me his top two foundation birds . who were responsible
for many long distance wins for him, This is the basis for my family and they
will win from 100 to 600 to this day and score in the futurity races across
the USA. These birds I have developed into my own strain that is as good
as anyone's best and I have the wins and the Race records to prove it.
Patsy DePietro's family of pigeons many of which
were direct from Fats Schofield excelled at races from 100-600
The Schofields excelled in the 500 & 600 mile old bird
races, but were even more successful at the 300 and 400 mile Young Bird
futurities. Fats believed that young bird futurity races were crucial in his
evaluation of his breeding program. Fats also had more of a European mindset
in keeping his family competitive. If good birds were available to improve
performance, they were added without regard to "strain". Fats produced a
family of pigeons that was unique in that it was competitive in a large
geographical area of the United States and performed well with many different
fanciers.. The fact that Fat’s family of pigeons could adapt to the different
handlers and conditions in the young bird futurity races in different areas of
the country and Win is a strong testament to their Quality.
The blending of these
families of birds is the basis of the Walsh family of birds. The present day
Walsh Pigeons mature in advance enough to compete and win as young birds and
are still dominating at all distances in old birds. It does not matter if it's
a slow race with a head wind or a fast race with a tail wind my birds will be
within striking range for the win of the race. In 2008 my
#417 wins the 500 for Walsh. These birds love
to fly and will fly at will for hours at a time in the heat of the day.
I have continued to select my family of pigeons based on
the principals taught to me by Patsy and Fats. While It has been tempting to
vary the family in order to pander to fads and fancies of the times I have
stayed on the course and continued to apply the same selection pressure on the
family to develop a family of honest hard working at no nonsense competitors
that are able win and reproduce themselves in the stock loft. To day, they are
all Walsh pigeons, an interwoven and specialist family of birds winning for
Walsh and across the USA.
Most fanciers go wrong when they get caught up in the
mass marketing hype of the current times, and throw away years of work for an
unknown bird or blood. I get a kick out of some of the advertising. People,
who do not race or have only a limited about of time & experience racing
pigeons, are now claiming to be so called experts, by them self's in their own
minds and anyone who will believe them.. Fanciers, who do not have the guts or
faith in their birds, to put a one hundred bill on their bird, and send it to
a futurity race. The same people will advertise a hype how great the birds are
and show you some names of people who won with their birds. However, in
reality, have no faith to send them out to the big futurity races, but will
encourage you to do so. These fanciers may have that one or two wins, which
they will keep on marketing for years to come. The claim now is they are
professional breeders. If these fanciers cannot fly their birds in the
different futurity races, and place repeatedly in the prize money. Then why do
you need their birds I do not think they're birds are worth the time of a day
in my loft or anyone else's. Fanciers see in the pigeon publications, auction
sites a new fad or marketing scheme developing, which talks of winning, and
decide that they must have these birds. Our birds are to be enjoyed, and no
one enjoys winning more than I do, but at the same time I want to win on a
level playing field. One in which I have no advantage other than possibly my
superior birds and my knowledge and experience. I believed in sending quality
birds to a race instead of quantity. Whether it is a futurity out of area race
or a local combine race. If you study the race sheet for combine and futurity
races you will see, some guys really load up, on sending birds to a race, This
is done in a hope to get that one bird clocked and win a prize so their
marketing can start. So I will tell you right now it is impossible to have a
level playing field, so you just need better birds, that can and will win for
you and others and this is what I have at Walsh's loft.

I will bring in a bird in the same
way as Fat’s did. Two birds that I brought in 1995 are Torin & Molly . Their
blood has been added to the family but only after they were proven
competitors, and through breeding and testing of there children it was
determined that they were an asset to the family. My experience is that, most
of the time when you bring in a bird it does not work out. It is only with
attention to detail and hard work that you can breed better family of birds.
I am proof that if a fellow goes to the top flyers and pays attention to his
advice and gets some of his very best birds he will get to the top of the race
sheet.

"I have a
rule here at Walsh Loft. Breeders are for breeding and flyers are for flying.
I do not ask my flyers to become my breeders, even the race winners," I to
inbreed for stock and outcross for flying. As a rule, I do not put just any
bird in the breeding loft. It must be a champion or a daughter or a son of a
champion and much thought must go into the process of placing a bird into the
breeding loft. A one or two times combine winner does not make my breeding
loft. I have always
maintained of keeping together successful pairs at the end of the year I will
take the time to and try a new mate . In the flying loft I will
let two birds mate the way they like and may or may not take a pair of
youngsters off them. Many times I get calls for birds of a certain strain,
when these guys call I think to my self they are lost in this sport, and I
will recite a story about Ad Schaerlaeckens, the famed Dutch flyer and author.
"When asked 'What strain do you have?' Schaerlaeckens says the champions in
Holland and Belgium do not understand. What does this man want, a strain or a
good bird? This is because the majority of the super birds in Europe are
products of crossing." I am a small team flyer, I do not have large race
teams, every week this team was competing against odds of members with many
more birds on there old bird team then myself, I believed in sending quality
birds to a race instead of quantity.
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The simple principle of genetics. HEREDITY IS HANDED DOWN FROM ONE
GENERATION TO THE NEXT. LIKES BREED LIKES. and
you see this in Walsh Birds. So there is no
need for you to be left behind , you become a Wanna Be or spend the nest ten
years saying I .
COULD OF, SHOULD OF, WOULD OF
But:
Make Today The Very First Day Of The Rest
Of Your Life in this Pigeon Sport
You should start off with pigeons that
can and will put you on top of the race sheet and at Walsh loft we have them!

I Believe that my Bird's
performance speaks for its self a family
that wins for me and in
other lofts in the USA
The Four Pigeons Chosen To Illustrate the Walsh Family
The greatest pleasure is
in going to my lofts and witnessing a uniformity of type, color with a very
obvious family pattern.
Intelligence, compass, homing instinct,
navigation skills, determination, courage and heart are inherited from the
bird’s pedigree or Ancestors' Bloodlines.
My advice to any fancier would be to pursue the family line as the surest
way of being able to find consistency built upon an experience with the type
and quality and expectancy. It applies I would imagine to any breed of pigeon
and the surest way of breeding with any sort of certainty is to produce a
family. This is my advice only. It is a system which has been good to me and
my birds over the years but I refrain from saying that this is the only way
for it is not the only way. There are fanciers who have been provided with a
wonderful stock sense and who have the ability to buy or acquire birds to gel
as breeders and winners.
l breed winning pigeons for myself and for
others and have felt justly proud in owning a few champions.
I can recommend this
family of Walsh pigeons to any loft , especially if you are looking for
hard day long distance birds as they have bred many winners flying in that type of conditions "An elite bloodline
that carries with it years of perseverance and careful planning at the hands
of a master breeder and keepers of the strain. Performances in racing and
Breeding are outstanding. A Family of birds that I have proven to be as
good or better then the best. The knowledge and
experience in handling this great family I have gained over the years, has and will
continue until the end.
I believe therefore that the future is secure with the present birds at Walsh
loft for being so close within the family concept, they can hardly fail to
produce their like . I hope that this little guide through my family will be
of interest to you. Over the last 30 years I have been fortunate in producing
some beautiful Birds.
If you Want to Be
Successful so do I!

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I value the friendships
I have made with fanciers who have my family of birds. I have helped many
people, particularly beginners and seniors getting back into the sport, with
stock, and advice that has made them competitive.
I am in reality reluctant to disclose what I
know or learned about racing pigeons. I want the advantage that knowledge
gives me I take the time to teach some people I now started to share wisdom
with some of you fanciers but not all.
In this game of pigeon flying the Champion Flyer has much knowledge and speaks
little , the Wanna be Champion pigeon flyer has no knowledge and speaks lots
with much advice for all to HEAR. No
one wants to be at the bottom of the sheet week after week and you can't
climb to the top unless you have super pigeons and outstanding health and loft
conditions. Once you have birds from me, I am more than happy to share the
knowledge accumulated over the years regarding medications, training,
breeding, and the like. You need advice,
just pick up the phone, I do prefer telephone calls between 8 am and 5 Pm. I've made
friends across the USA, I pride myself on the quality of my birds and my
personal integrity. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
All the best, Paul

2009 I.F Registered Champions
All three of Walsh Loft’s 2009 I.F Registered Champions are bred
down from his Walsh family that he has developed over the last 30
years. The basis of our family is the old SCHOFIELD HANSEENE FAMILY,
which we have refined through the years with performance pigeons only, to
build our Walsh strain. Our family of birds is exceptional & excels at
the 300-400 mile young bird futurity races; they have scored in many
band races, derbies, and won the 2006 IF CONV.race. #1606 - “Zoltan”
and #100 Are full brothers and bred from the extraordinary breeding
pair Boz & Lulu, who breed winners out of turn. These three 2009 I.F
Registered Champion birds flew for the past three years as widowhood
cocks with great success! These three pigeons have won combine races
from 100 to 500 miles. Zoltan was third Combine Champion Bird in 2007,
and 2009 and #100 was First Champion Bird in 2008. This family has won
races for generations, from 100-600 miles. Their pedigrees are full of
performance pigeons that have excelled in the long distance races.
They are pre-potent breeders producing new winners in each generation.
I.F Registered Champion 6143 - "Cash Dollar" is bred down from the
Silver Cock 2767. All three of these great widowers were moved to the
breeding loft for the first time in 2010! Paul looks forward to these
three super cocks breeding his next generation of winners. Visit these
three winners!
ELVIS AND DIXIE BREEDERS OF
THE 2006 I.F. CONVENTION RACE, LONG ISLAND NEW YORK


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