43376 was bred by Bertus and sold to Pierre Els as a youngster to race. She was a very consistent performer – winning 2,3,3,4,4,7,8,9, etc. Pierre moved her to his breeding loft and this proved to be a very good decision.
In four years her children won 79 prizes in the first 10 of the club and 6 x 1st union. Two sons, 073 and 144, were both 2 x 1st prize union winners. Club positions won by her children:
9 x 1st prizes
6 x 2nd prizes
12 x 3rd prizes
6 x 4th prizes
8 x 5th prizes
9 x 6th prizes
8 x 7th prizes
9 x 8th prizes
5 x 9th prizes
7 x 10th prizes
The parents of 43376 are:
Father: WITTENBUIK 1717 – son of JULIE BLIKSEM (grandson of Bliksem) x HALF PINT (granddaughter of Wittenbuik).
Mother: ZA 09 45730 – daughter of WITPEN WITTENBUIK SA (grandson of Wittenbuik) x DAUGHTER BLOEMFONTEIN HEN (Hannes vd Merwe Janssen).
Petrus Blignaut of Graaff Reinet became the new owner of 43376 after Pierre Els sold all his pigeons. Petrus asked Bertus to pair 43376 with “44”, a super son of WITTENBUIK 790 (Witpen Wittenbuik SA x Gaby Hen) x LITTLE BLUE. They got 4 youngsters out of the paring. Bertus kept one of his two, a beautiful cock ZA 19 180296, and sold the other one (a hen).
Picture of 43376, her grandfather WITPEN WITTENBUIK SA, his sons WITTENBUIK 790 (top left) and WITTENBUIK 306 (bottom left) and HALF PINT (bottom right on nest) .