Award winning Goldstar Racing Loft, winner of the  AU National Loft of the Year
picture contest  2003 Big Loft Category
Picture taken by G. Goeken in July 1999.
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Racing Homing Pigeons!               This site last updated 2/5/12
Breeders for sale - - - - SOLD OUT!  I may have a SPECIAL pair or two call if interested.

There will not be many YB kits to offer so it is best to call me and send a deposit to reserve a kit NOW!
Goldstar Racing Loft was actually founded in 1973 but the strain is more than 3/4 century old.  The birds, a strain I have named and developed
over the last 38+ years in my loft had been bred in part by the late Gene Goldschmidt of St. Louis Mo.  The combination of his decades of
breeding and several key birds I blended into them over the years has created a family of birds I call the "Goldstars".   The Goldstars are a
quality  breed of birds which excel at the distance and or on hard weather races as well as any distance race from any direction.   Everyone who
obtains them wins with them and observes how smart these birds are in racing home or just in the loft.  Not only smart they are some of the most
beautiful birds you will ever handle. Read on and check out all the pages on the site.  Any comments or suggestions are welcome.  
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Above are photos of my old loft (before we moved) where I bred and raced birds for 35 years.  Left is a newer photo of the old loft taken 2007.  
Goldstar birds are now flying (and winning) in Hawaii, Taiwan, Texas, Delaware, Washington, Oregon, Florida, North & South Carolina, California,
Connecticut, Arkansas, Louisiana,  Missouri, Minnesota, Illinois, Washington, Wisconsin, Nevada, Utah, Ohio, New Jersey, New York,  Indiana, and other
states.  Including Mexico City, Mexico and now the Philippines.  If you want beautiful, smart birds that when races at all distances (especially long hard races)
and want to win shows as well try some of these Goldstar birds.   You will love them!!!!!!!
This site is for the purpose of promoting the sport of Racing Pigeons.  We want to show everyone our beautiful birds, the lofts and express the
enjoyment we have in caring for these wonderful creatures.  For those of you that do not know, THIS is the ultimate hobby.
It involves not only caring for a living thing but much more, such as in interacting with fellow fanciers in pigeon shows and competing in races.  In
order to do these things there is much more involved than simply "caring" for them.  There are club memberships, meetings, outings, visiting,
auctions, and a whole list of other happenings that will keep you busy all year long outside of just caring for the birds at home.   However, the
efforts of this hobby include loft building and re-modeling, breeding the birds which can involve hours of studying which birds to mate together (if
you so desire).   Feeding the birds, giving supplements, cleaning, banding babies and settling them to the loft not to mention training them to
home and to race home all this is only a pittance of this hobby.  
There is so much to learn about these wonderful birds!  They are individuals that are extremely smart and all have their own unique personality.  
Even after 35+ years I am amazed by the birds and learn something new about them and working with them all the time.    People in my life
have came and gone but once you acquire the love for these birds and this hobby you instantly have many brothers (and sisters) as you will feel
that kinship with other people who enjoy the same thing, which is the BIRDS.    
For those people who are not involved in a pigeon hobby, especially in the Racing of them, you have no idea
what you are missing!   It is unexplainable the excitement and satisfaction we get from this sport and the birds.  
I feel I am the luckiest guy in the world to know this and enjoy this hobby and that I was born to do this, and
thankful for it.  
Here (left) is a picture of the inside of the OB flying loft.  Against the north wall is 15 hand
made nest boxes.   I made the boxes myself custom made to fit etc.  Each box has a second
shelve for the birds to start another round of eggs in.  Of course I only let them raise one
round (or one baby) prior to race season.  After this they fly to wood eggs
There are now 3 more nest boxes on the south wall.  This gives me 18 boxes or an old bird
team of 36 birds.  

I still have more work to do in this loft like putting a vent near the floor in front of the loft.   This
is what I will do for more ventilation in the OB loft.  I also need to make the loft more easy to
catch the birds in.  It has too much open space so it is hard to catch the birds right now.  
I am sure my yearling's next year will be less wild in this loft as well.    I have had as many as
15 Ybs in my lap as I sit on the floor feeding them by hand.  They seem much tamer than the
late hatches I spent no time with.   Get the hint, spend time with your birds and watch them.  
Especially when they are 30 to 60 days old.  Handle all of them every day!
At the right is our Goldstar racing loft.  Picture taken July 2011.   Notice the pond in
back of it now.  I had it dug last summer and now is full and stocked.  You see, when the
birds come home from a race they can get a drink before they trap in.  This way it gives
others a chance to beat these great Goldstar birds (LOL the problem is it is true and I do
have a trapping problem from time to time).  The loft in total is 24' x 8' plus an 8 x 10
breeder loft in the back.  The young bird section is on the left and old birds in the middle
with a small hall way storage on the right.  One big advantage to this loft is having one
landing board & trap instead of two.  I no longer have to re-train the YBs to the OB board
and trap.  There is a box inside where I can direct them to either loft.  I have learned over
the years that having only one drop hole for the birds is the best way to go when racing
OBs around here.   This loft is more than 28" off the ground.  High and dry is better for
sure.  The roof is slanted front instead of back so I can see the birds.  Other buildings are
far enough away that they will land on the loft (mostly).  The aviaries are all 1 x 1 welded
wire which is perfect for pigeons.    I have over 60+ YB perches but my normal team will
only be 50 birds to start. The roof is white metal with insulation R board under it so as not
to transfer heat or cold into the loft.  Even when it is very hot out it stays nice inside.  I am
still perfecting it & landscaping it so it will get better with time.
"Superior Long Distance Racing Pigeons"  
(read on to see why they deserve this title)
Loft news and update:  Around the Goldstar Loft.  =====>(2/5/12):    Things are starting to happen now since the
weather has been very good.  At this point I have let the race team cocks out a few times then gave the older birds their mates from
last year.  A couple days later I started moving the yearling hens over (a few).  I have also force mated a couple pair of breeders
and will be doing more this next week.  By Valentines day breeding should be in full swing so I will be ahead of schedule this year.
The good weather is the main reason for this.  

YOUNG BIRD Racing Season 2011:
Our last race was 265-miles for us.  We got 3 on the drop in 4 hrs 23 minutes, then one every minute or two and within about 30-minutes all but 2
birds were home. On the 3rd race (220 for us) we had one in the top 10% and 5 more in the top 20% (we got 6 on the drop)  On the first 200 we
got 2 then they hit like rain drops for a while & took 3rd, 4th, 10th, 12th, 14th, and 15th, all in the top 10%.  We had 17 of the top 28 birds in the
race so not bad (over 50% on the sheet were Goldstars).   On our first race, a 150,  we took 4th, 5th, 8th, 13th, 14th and 16th (all were in the top
10%.  We had 12 birds of the 32 birds home in the top 20% of the club (better than anyone else). guys are out of birds, but not us, we just don't
lose many Goldstars!
Remember, one of the secrets of racing young birds is to control them with feed management. Fat pigeons do not race well so keep them
lean & in shape.  However, you must give them supplements (but do not OD them or it will take them down and out of competition).
Old bird races: On our last race series of the OB season on 6/24 was a two race deal with one being from Ok City (about 500-miles) and the other
from Shamrock, TX (630-mi).   We got 6-OK City day birds (twice as many as other club members).  By the way, got MORE DAY BIRDS than any other
loft.    Four of these 6 birds were in the top 10% of the Combine, or 20% of the birds clocked in the first 20 places in the Combine, were Goldstars.    
In the first 500 we flew there were only 5 day birds in our club, 18 in the Combine and we got two of them.  At 95 degrees they did fantastic
considering we are one of the furtherest lofts at 527-miles (9 out of 10 birds home and most were yearling's with limited experience!!!!)  We
ended up with 4 birds in the first 23 home in the Combine!  (so that is almost 20% of the birds in the entire combine were Goldstars!),
If you want to have FUN watching your birds score at the top of the sheet (especially on long hard races) you might try some of
these Goldstar birds!
These are pictures of my Goldstar young
birds from the race team in taken
8/21/2011.  (still in training & before any
races).

These are not only beautiful birds they
are superbly smart and very calm birds.  
Most all eat out of my hand and climb all
over me as I sit on the loft floor and feed
them every day about 5 PM for their
evening snack.

They do not get lost and they can fly ALL
DAY.  Excellent at 400-miles as young
birds (won Average speed and Champ
Loft with them in Young Bird 2010
racing) and they are great  at 500 &
600-miles as old birds.

Below is another from 2011 YB team.
Here is what you will find on this website.
1. Pictures of lofts inside and out plus pictures of our racing pigeons.  
2. Race records of our birds in club and Combine competition.  
3.  Hints and tips on health care of the birds, breeding, training and racing techniques.  
4.  History of the Goldstar birds and how they came about.  
5.  Testimonials of others who have had success with the Goldstar birds.  
6. Pigeons and other items available for sale.  
7.  Info on how to contact me plus links to the AU and the IF.  
Many have told me that this is one of the most informative pigeon sites on the Internet -
Thank you all for your positive comments about the site and the birds!