The Big News here at Turned Luck !!!

A Glimmer of Hope for Turned Luck !!!!

     12/16/09 - I think we are going to change the name to BADLuck loft... some time today before I got home from work a Coopers hawk crashed through one of the glass windows in the front of the loft. I had just cleaned hem two days before so I admit it could have been mistaken for an opening in the loft, but I thought the glass would repel something the size if a Coopers. He must have really been hauling butt when he hit it. I found him dead on the floor in the hallway.

     Unfortunately that is not all I found!!! Before the hawk dies he killed Doubloon and three others, Kitt - a double Rocket gr'daughter, Okie - an inbred OHF Aarden hen and a sweet Hofkens hen I bred. Kitt was bad enough, but the loss of Doubloon is crushing. he was going to be the base of my Creator family. I have something in the works to replace him so stay tuned for details.

     On a good note, I am expecting a shipment from my good friend Ron Deisher. He is sending a pair out of our Widow's Connection mating, a cock out of our Creator Family Syndicate III pair and a cock out of his Gabriel and Faith. They won't make up for the loss of Doubloon but it will cheer me up some. There is also another Widow's Connection cock on the horizon - a black cock. More details later.

     12/02/09 - GREAT NEWS !!!!! I might just be able to keep a few. Since moving all the birds out to the show loft, which has wire floors throughout, I have progressively had less reaction to the birds. It has been almost two months since I have had a full blown episode. I have also intentionally been spending more time with the birds to test my lungs and reaction. So far no more problems.

     What does this mean? Well I have convinced my family to let me keep a few birds. I am cautious that the cooler weather and the fact that the molt is over my be big factors so I may not be over this; only time will tell.

     Luckily most of my Creator birds have not sold - though three key birds are gone - so I will concentrate on what I have left of them. My great friend Ron Deisher has agreed to return Doubloon and Diamond's Dollar. He is also going to provide me with two more Creator cocks - one out of our CFS3 pair, Doubloon and Princess Cut (pictured below). And a second one off of his import Spierings pair, Gabriel and Faith.

     He is also sending back Black Powder and Stewardess. Returning these birds will allow me to continue to participate in the Widow's Connection and Creator Family Syndicate projects.

     My plan is to breed from a few key pair and see how it goes. It is obvious that I will never be able to go back to my race loft but maybe I can continue in some capacity from my original show loft - sending a few birds out to one loft races and possibly selling some kits and providing a few race kits for friends. I will certainly keep you posted.

In the meantime I still have lots of good birds that I need to get rid of.

I must reduce the numbers for sure.

     06/02/09 - Princess Cut arrived today. She will be rested for a few days and then paired with Doubloon. You can find more details here, Creator Family Syndicate.

She is here and mated to Doubloon

     Ron Deisher of PDQ Racing Loft has been helping me out quite a bit in establishing my Creator family. I was able to help Ron pick up Princess Cut and will be splitting some youngsters as a result. After she has been with Doubloon awhile she will be headed back to Ron's. We are calling this the "Creator Family Syndicate". Jim Sears, Steve Royer and Harold Lamons are also involved. Another collaborative effort to improve all of our families and provide inbred stock for the sport.

Contact Either Ron or Myself To Reserve Your Foundation Quality Youngster

Joe - racers@turnedluck.com

Ron - rondeisher@pdqlofts.com

We Scored !!!!!!  e1st Buckeye Challenge

We Scored AGAIN !!!!!!  3rd Buckeye Challenge

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     09/19/08 - I am on my way to proving my choice of breeders and the quality of my birds overall! I had 4th equal 1st at the inaugural Buckeye Challenge. This was only the 130 mile warm-up race but it was our first one loft entry, so that is one for one scoring. There were five on the drop and we were 4th through the clock. This youngster is out of our Sure Bet stock; the sire is Sure Risk. I hope this is just the "warm-up" for the 250 mile feature race to be held next Saturday Sept. 26th. Stay tuned and watch the reports for 47811!!!

     09/28/08 - WOW !!!!!!! We hit again !!!! We scored 3rd on the Buckeye Challenge Feature 250 with another Sure Bet Family bird; Sure Sweet is the dam of this one. This time it was 47807. So we have been in two races and scored twice with two different birds; not a bad start.

     This was a tough smash 250 miler. No birds on the day; only four the second day and one the third. I am proud to say our 47811, the equal 1st finisher from the 130 mile race came home Friday; six days after the release and one of only 6 birds to return. We were the only loft to have multiple entries return home from the race. Both of these birds are from our Sure Bet family.

       I have added several more inbred double grandchildren of Sure Bet to the stock loft. Be on the look out for some fantastic Sure Bet great grandchildren soon at working man's prices. See the new breeder's on the Sure Bet Stock page.

     I are also working on a Vervoort Hofkens family to add to our Hollywood Hofkens. Plus we discovered that our foundation Hollywood cock, Lucky Prince carries the recessive red gene. So watch out for some recessive red Hofkens in the future!!! This may also include some recessive reds off of Sure Risk !! See the new breeder's on the Hollywood Stock page.