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Our birds are a family flock! These birds are 35+ years of breeding and blending strains of birds which have been developed
by not only myself but pigeon flyer's from the Mid-west US where in this area the birds are tested extremely well (Three 500's &
one 600 w/ 2 races per weekend). All breeding records are kept on computer. Detailed pedigrees and information is
furnished with the birds sold. Most all birds listed on this site are PROVEN breeders and/or PROVEN race birds with winning
performances of which most all are on 500 and 600-mile races.
Our motto is "If you want quality then breed for the distance"!

To the left is Champ "Paul"
Band # AU 99 ILL 0082 Paul has many diplomas including 1st Combine 500.
Nearly EVERY bird he has bred that were raced won the Combine on races 300
- 600-mile. His oldest son 0243 was 1st Combine day bird 623 mi.Son 6302 was
1st Combine 300. Son 4205 was 1st Combine 500-mi 2004. I clocked his twin
daughters every race they went to. This bird was a super race bird and now is a
SUPER breeder and my loft is FULL of his bloodline.
Click to enlarge picture.

This bird to the left is Paul's mate (previous to 2006)
AU 99 ILL 0058 BC Hen
Paul's first mate was her sister & they bred 0243 the 623-mile day bird Combine winner.
0058's Combine record is 5th 200, 3rd 150, 7th 600, 4th 600-miles on the day, and 1st Combine 400. She
has bred 4 Combine winners with Paul not to mention other diplomas won by their children! YBs off of her with
Paul are 1,000.00 each
The price on 0058 a super racer and breeder is NOT FOR SALE!
(only because she is 10 years old but she is has one baby this year and on eggs now)

To the right is AU 00 ILL 2011 (Miss Gold Star) BC hen 1st Combine 623-miles on the day
and the ONLY bird on the day in Race B in the entire Combine arriving about 3
minutes before 9 PM nearly dark. This beautiful performance bird is now in the breeding
loft. Super quality is what we have here.
The price for this beautiful champion is NOT FOR SALE!
Children out of her 1000.00 Grand Children 500.00
Her full sister (2010) has been sold!
UPDATE! 2010 bred the 600-mi Combine winner of 2006. She is IL 02 ILL 4203
(also she was 5th Combine 600-mi in 2005) Children out of 4203 at 500.00

Another Update! 2011's son 1679 was one of only five 600-mile day birds in the
Combine 2008 and the longest flying day bird of all of them. Only beaten by a loft
19-miles shorter. Also Combine bird of the year (check the AU NDB).

More Info about the Goldstar Racing Pigeons
Goldstar performance racing pigeons are the results of 35+ years of breeding by me and a half century (plus) breeding by Mr.
Gene Goldschmidt of St. Louis, Mo.   These birds have been tested and culled over the years to bring about a super pigeon
that not only performs but looks beautiful and feels terrific in your hand.   Most all Goldstars are tame gentle birds that have a
love for their loft that gives them the incentive to home from great distances over any terrain or weather anomaly.

Goldstar Lofts is NOT a pigeon selling store who only wants to move birds. We do not import or buy birds simply to sell for
income purposes.   At Goldstar Lofts we breed our own birds and race and test our birds constantly.   There is a huge
difference between the quality of a feather merchant and a racing loft.   One reason we must sell birds is that we almost
NEVER lose birds! Therefore we have and sell few birds as we can not keep them all. Note: we do reserve the right to refuse
sale of birds to certain areas of the country or certain lofts even.

When you buy our birds we highly recommend you either buy a kit of 6 (or more) young birds and race them and see the
performance and compare them to your other birds. Or buy one or more pair of Goldstars and breed them together which will
get you more pure Goldstars of which you should race some and keep others to breed back to into the bloodline. However, do
not breed brother to sister or Son to mother.   Also, everyone knows that not ALL babies that are hatched are winners or of
superior quality but the basket will help us cull those.   On the other hand we seldom lose birds in training or racing.   Pedigrees
will be furnished to aid in a breeding program and or call or email me for help anytime. Mating distantly related birds (of which
all come from winners or close relatives of them) is one way to acquire some quality racing pigeons.

NOTE: This is VERY important! We HIGHLY recommend you breed these Goldstar birds together thus producing
MORE straight PURE Goldstars. Breed them according to pedigree and make sure they are distantly related or at
least not too closely related. As you will see by the pedigrees most all the birds you get from us will be directly out
of 600-mile winners. The best pedigree you can hope for is when ALL 4 grandparents ARE 600-mile winners or
breeders of 600-mile winners. Even better is to have ALL 8 great grandparents with these kind of
accomplishments. Doing this you WILL produce quality racing pigeons (you have to because the genes are
there)!!!!!!! I can not tell you how many times people have crossed my birds with some fancy named Janssen or Houbin or
what ever bird and they get garbage as offspring. So then they think the Goldstar is bad because they paid less for it or
the pedigree is not as fancy. In almost any thing, if you put something bad with something good you will always get BAD.
The Goldstars are PROVEN PERFORMANCE racing pigeons that fly long hard races and WIN right here in the United States!
I have witnessed my own club members buy birds related to fancy named birds (like Golden this, and Super that, etc.) and
get a nice pedigree and a nice looking bird and pay hundreds (if not thousands) for them and the bird NEVER produces any
better than their own best birds have.

One last thing, keep in mind that the care taker of these birds, the loft manager, MUST care for them properly and
ultimate health is the other key in winning races.   We guarantee you will be pleased with the birds you receive
from us and you will be more than pleased with the results you get from them.   As with pigeon racing in general
BE PATIENT and give the birds time and a chance to prove themselves. We all have bad days, even the birds do.
Also, if you have too many birds DON'T buy or add any more until you get down to numbers you can work with,
take care of and keep healthy as possible. And DO NOT keep adding different birds to your loft. Work with the
family you have but cull then hard. Race them and don't be afraid to lose pigeons as the good ones will always
come home. And one more thing, remember, these are God's creatures and it is our responsibility to take care of
them.   Look out for them like they are part of your family, because they ARE!

This is Paul! Now retired to the breeding loft after winning many diplomas, including 5th and 10th on the 600, and a 500-mile
Combine First Place AND breeding 3 Combine winners while still on the race team.
A beautiful Cock of show quality who is a Super Breeder! Every singe raced bird bred out of Paul has been a diploma winner
with most winning club and/or combine races! This bird, Paul, Is now NOT FOR SALE!
Children out of Paul are $1,000.00, grandchildren 500.00
I have one baby out of Paul and 2011 (see info on 2011 the 600-mile day bird winner below) now (hatched 3/16/09)
and it's price is 2,000.00
Both Paul (0082) and Miss Gold Star (2011) Proven Winners and Proven Breeders of 600-Mile day bird Combine
winners!
These are Super Quality Racing Pigeons.

The Goldstar Birds

Here are some pictures and information on some of the birds in our lofts. Most pictures are thumbnails that enlarge the
picture when clicked on, then hit back to return to page.

Who is this "Paul" bird and what has he done? See Below!
As a YB Paul (AU 99 ILL 0082) he was 2nd Club 326-miles
As a Yearling he was 13th Combine 216-miles and 9th Combine 519-miles
As a 2 yr old he was 3rd club 11th Combine 128-miles
As a 3 yr old he was 1st club 5th Combine 128-miles and 10th Combine 623-miles
As a 4 yr old he was 1st club and Combine 519-miles and 5th Combine 623-miles
I stocked him after that but he was really on top and the first bird in the clock almost EVERY race as a 3 & 4 year old. But wait till you see
how well his offspring flew! I only bred one round or baby out of him while on the race team. This will take some time so check back.

His first son IF 00 ILL 0243 I call "Top Gold" was a nice BC tic Cock a little larger than his father.
As a yearling he was 1st to the loft on a 200 then 2nd Club 3rd Combine 261-miles.
As a 2 yr old he was 1st to the loft at 128-miles, 2nd at 300-miles and 2nd at 500-miles.
As a 3 yr old he was 1st to the loft at 128-miles, flew a 200 then a 500 okay, rested 5 weeks then was
First Club and Combine on the day from 623-miles (and there were only a few day birds)
As a 4 yr old he went to only 2 races. The first race was 500 miles and he was 1st to the loft the second race
was the 600-mile race and he was 5th Combine. (Since then he has been sold)
His second son IF 02 ILL 4205 I call "Paulson 2" was a nice BB tic Cock with a fantastic eye.
As a YB he went to 7 races including 2 300's and was very consistent.
As a yearling he went to a 100,300, and two 500's and again consistently there.
As a 2 yr old he went to a 300 and three weeks later a 500 winning FIRST Combine.
As a 3 yr old he went to a 300 then a 500 and was 3rd club 10th combine, then to the 600 where he was 2nd L.
(Since then he has been sold to Taiwan)
His Third son IF 03 ILL 6302 I call "Paul's #3" was a nice BC Cock with a great streamlined body.
As a yearling he was 3rd Comb 300 then First Combine 300 and then 2nd Combine 400.
The above winning him Combine Champion bird of the year!
As a 2 yr old he was 2nd in on a 300 then First bird on a 500 winning 10th combine.
(Since then he has been sold to Taiwan)
The above are all cocks but see what his daughters have done below!
His daughter AU 04 ILL 7409 named "Paul's Baby" She is a perfect size hen with great feather and body. Her twin sister 7408 is always
right there behind her and was 3rd club 126-miles.
As a young bird 7409 was 2nd Combine 160-miles and 3rd at 259-miles. In 2006 was 10th Combine 216-miles and 1st Club
8th Combine 500-miles. In 2007 was 1st club 244-miles and in 2008 was 3rd club 216-miles.

There are many more offspring that have won races and IF I ever get the time I will list some of them as well.

2011 (and sister 2010) foils the old theory that OLD breeders can't breed good or quality racing pigeons.
The parents of these birds were not youthful at all. Their father was a 1996 bird (4 years old at the time) and their mother
was a 1991 bird or 9 years old at the time. Forget that theory as I have other birds out of older breeders that produce
winners all the time. This strain lives long and produces youngsters at very old ages and they WIN!