The Janssen Brothers (Louis, Charel, Arjaan and Sjef) are a famous and very successful Pigeon racing family from Arendonk, Belgium.
Louis Janssen, born 1912, is the last of the Janssen Brothers still alive.
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Bird Species Category
The Indian Runner Duck is a favorite among poultry lovers. Although their name suggests otherwise, they are native to Malaysia. They are a light weight duck with a upright pose and are bred in many colors, including, white, black, grey, penciled, tan and blue. They are quiet and known for their very good egg laying production (up to roughly 365 per year, or one per day), but don’t take care of their eggs. These ducks stand upright like humans and stand up to 14″ tall. They are also bred throughout farms for natural pest control, being released by the thousands. Their waste makes good fertilizer. They are often kept as pets. read full article…
The homing pigeon is a variety of domesticated Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) that has been selectively bred to be able to find its way home over extremely long distances. Because any pigeon generally returns to its own nest and its own mate, it was relatively easy to selectively breed the birds that repeatedly found their way home over long distances. read full article…
The Hill Myna, Gracula religiosa, is a member of the starling family.
This myna is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and has been introduced to the USA. read full article…
The Hawaiian Goose or Nēnē, Branta sandvicensis, is a species of goose endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It shares a recent common ancestor with Branta canadensis, the Canada Goose. The official bird of the State of Hawaii, the Nēnē is exclusively found in the wild of the islands of Maui, Kauai and Hawaii. A larger, extinct and possibly flightless species, the Nēnē-nui (Branta hylobadistes) was present in prehistoric times on Maui; related, but hitherto undescribed forms also occurred on Kauai and Oahu, and there was a gigantic, flightless relative on the island of Hawaii. read full article…
The domesticated turkey is a large poultry bird raised for food. The modern domesticated turkey descends from the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), one of the two species of turkey (genus Meleagris); however, in the past the ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) was also domesticated. Despite the name, turkeys have no relation to the country of Turkey and are instead native to North America. read full article…
Domesticated geese are descendants of wild geese now kept as poultry, used for meat or for their down feathers.
In Europe and North America, most are derived from the Greylag Goose. The domestication of this species, as Charles Darwin remarks (Animals and Plants under Domestication, i. 287), is of very ancient date. read full article…
Domesticated ducks are kept for meat, eggs and down. Many ducks are also kept for show, as pets or for their ornamental value. Most domesticated ducks originated from the Mallard Anas platyrhynchos. read full article…
The Canary is a domesticated form of the Wild Canary, (Serinus canaria) a small songbird in the finch family originating from Madeira and the Canary Islands. read full article…
Cyanoramphus is a genus of parakeets native to New Zealand and islands of the southern Pacific Ocean. read full article…