Belgian Highflyer
The Belgian highflyer is a Belgian flying pigeon bred for height, steadiness, and loyalty to its home loft. It is part of the wider European highflyer tradition, where birds are valued for how they rise and remain in the air rather than for the rolling action of tumblers or the long-distance clocking of racing homers. Local strains may differ in color, head style, and how much performance is still tested.
A keeper who wants true highflyer behavior should ask whether the family is actively flown, because some lines are maintained mainly for exhibition. Youngsters are best trained from a settled loft, released in favorable weather, and flown with experienced birds only when they are ready. Conditioning is simple but disciplined: clean grain, minerals, fresh water, and enough exercise without exhausting the kit. In urban areas, hawks, wires, and complaints about free-flying pigeons can shape how the breed is managed.
Colors: Almond, Ash Red, Bar, Barless, Black, Blue, Brown, Checker, Dilute, Dun, Grizzle, Indigo, Mottle, Opal, Pied, Recessive Red, Red, Silver, Splash, Spread, White, Yellow
