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Breed of the Issue - Helmet
Helmet- Page 41 - Purebred PIGEON
PlainheadHelmets in
EasternCanada
By Gary Parsons
I
n Eastern Canada, in the Canadian Helmet Club, we have had
numerous Helmet breeders breeding Medium Face Plainhead
Helmets over the years, but the breeders that stuck with them for
many years are John Hoekstra, Dan Homick, John Ridler and Randy Cobb
(unfortunately Randy passed away a few years ago).
A couple of the Plainhead Helmets were so good that they went on to
win Champion Helmet beating out the much more popular Medium Faced
Crested Helmet competition!
An example of this is Dan
Homick’s Silver Plainhead Hen
Helmet in 2014. That Silver Plain-
head hen went on to be Reserve
Champion Pigeon of the entire
show, competing against 1,200
other pigeons, judged by the great
John Heppner of California (orig-
inally from Manitoba, Canada!).
Even today, Dan Homick and John
Hoekstra are producing some great
looking Plainhead Helmets!
Keep it going gentlemen! •
Red MFP Cock -
John Hoekstra
Black MFP Cock - Gary Parsons
Silver MFP OH - Dan Homick
Blue MFP Cock -
Dan Homick
Red MFP Hen - Randy Cobb
Red MFP YC - John Hoekstra