GB24 D 81623 BLUE COCK A son of the loft's No. 1 breeding hen, carrying The Lawman twice,

GB24 D 81623 BLUE COCK A son of the loft's No. 1 breeding hen, carrying The Lawman twice, through his sire and through his dam's mother

A 2024 blue cock off two proven Willow Lofts breeders. His sire "Bylaw" has bred winners including 2nd G.Y.A. against 1,200 birds. His dam "Golden Jade" is, in the breeder's words, "the dam of my loft". Behind both of them stands "The Lawman" (NL21-1193841), the cock the syndicate paid £25,000 for, who appears twice in this pedigree.

The card describes him as "a really special cock breeding multiple winners, but sadly have to part". He is sold as a proven young breeder, not a racer.

The Sire — 23 V 72188 "Bylaw"

Son of The Lawman × Sweet Caroline · breeder of top winners

Bylaw is a son of The Lawman out of "Sweet Caroline" (NL19-1788930), described as one of the syndicate's top stock hens. At Willow Lofts he has "bred me some top winners", the card says, among them a 2nd in the G.Y.A. against 1,200 birds. That makes him a direct son of the syndicate's most expensive cock who has already passed the ability on to the next generation.

The Dam — 23 V 72081 "Golden Jade"

Blue Spider × Erin · the No. 1 breeding hen at Willow Lofts

Golden Jade is the hen the breeder rates above all others: "the dam of my loft". This year alone, paired to a cock bought in from Steve Price for £1,500, she has been responsible for £1,400 of youngsters by the card's own figures.

Her sire "Blue Spider" (BELG19-3007763) is recorded as a top breeder for the syndicate lofts. Her dam "Erin" (22 V 51687) is a top stock hen for the syndicate and a daughter of The Lawman, which is how The Lawman enters this pedigree a second time.

Foot note from Howard himself

In 2024 I was told I had stage 4 prostrate cancer which had gone to my bones, so I sold nearly all my race bird’s including stock. My last sale was due for Dec 2024 with 20 late breds and 4 stock birds. On my visit too Hull Hospital in Nov 2024 to see my consultant Doctor Patu, he informed me that he though my treatment was working because my P.S.I. was dropping from 940, and it is now undetectable, so I decided too give it another try racing, racing only 5 race bird in 2025 old birds on rubbers. They won or were first 4 in every old bird race, ending with 2nd GYA, 1200 odd bird’s.

I was invited to join a very strong club for young birds, and they flew really well winning a few races, in many arriving in bunches.

In 2026 old bird I was 2nd Fed ECT despite me going on a cruise for 2 wks. In young bird season: first Grantham 88ml 1st 2nd 3rd 4th, 1st Ebor Fed; Grantham (2) 1st club 1st Fed; Huntingdon 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th, first 4 in Fed; and in last race of season 1st club 1st Fed, Decoy Lakes.

Winning 3rd breeder buyer in GYA £400,
In the club 1st and 2nd breeder buyer and £1,000.

So thats all bragging done, now onto birds.

Mostly ‘William De Bruije’ from syndicate loft, with a few Luc Vavort’s, all very nr the tree: Lawman, Blue Spider, Erin, Little China Girl, All the Aces, Yurri, Murphys Diamond, Red Rum, Sweet Caroline, Maggy Murphy, and many more. I still have ‘Golden Jade’ – her young this yr alone have won me £1400 in B and B. These will be my last ever sales as I am 86 now.