IQ26-1002471 BLUE w/f hen Silvie and Silke — 3rd International and 1st National Barcelona — on opposite sides,

IQ26-1002471 BLUE w/f hen Silvie and Silke — 3rd International and 1st National Barcelona — on opposite sides, both out of Klein Kweekstertje

Two Barcelona hens out of the same dam, Klein Kweekstertje, sit on opposite sides of this pedigree: Silvie, 3rd International Barcelona 2014, is her sire's dam, and Silke, 1st National Barcelona 2020, is her dam's grandmother. Add New Laureaat × Kleine Jade, MG430 and Jef, 1st International Barcelona 2019, and this is one of the densest long-distance cards in the loft.

Blue white hen · 2026 youngster · Iraqi ring · Price on application.

The Sire — NL 17-1732724 "Zoon Silvie"

Jellema · blue · New Jade 3 × Silvie

His sire, New Jade 3 (NL 15-1689092), is a Batenburg/Jellema Kras son of New Laureaat × Kleine Jade — the card notes that both his parents won the 1st International Barcelona (2013 and 2014).

His dam is Silvie (NL 09-1783772), Jellema blue: 3rd International Barcelona 2014, with 48th National Marseille 2011, 61st National Orange 2011, 116th National Perpignan 2013 and placings at Barcelona in 2012 and 2013 — four seasons at the long distance. She is mother of the 8th NPO Bergerac 2014. Her dam, Klein Kweekstertje (NL 07-1187339), was 14th National Bordeaux 2008 and 70th National Orange 2010; her sire Condor was 22nd Frankfurt 2008.

The Dam — NL 22-8153341 "Daughter MG Silke"

Jelle Jellema · kras witpen · MG Silke × a Jef daughter

Her sire, MG Silke (NL 16-1163773), is credited as sire of the 4th Bergerac (3,042 birds), 10th NPO Limoges (2,068), 17th Agen (3,129) and further prizes at Périgueux, Libourne and Limoges into 2023. He is bred MG430 × Silke, and Silke is MG430's own daughter — a deliberate father-to-daughter mating. Silke (NL 15-1320979) won the 3rd International Narbonne 2016 and the 1st National Barcelona 2020, and is grandmother of the 4th National Barcelona 2022.

Her dam, NL 19-1651366, is a Batenburg-van de Merwe Kras daughter of Jef, 1st International Barcelona 2019 against 16,051 pigeons at 943 m/min, out of NL 16-1509038, a New Laureaat × Kleine Jade daughter. She is mother of the 13th NPO Bergerac 2022 and 20th NPO Limoges 2023.

This is only a later bred youngster and as such will only be ready for pairing in the spring.