Description

ZA 2025 CRU 4507 F is a mealy hen bred by Du Plessis & Deetlefs. Her pedigree combines documented club and union winners with bloodlines connected to ZA PWDU 9849 2020, recorded as a five-time winner and six-time SANPO Gold Medal winner in 2021.

The pedigree also records breeding achievements, previous sales and a connection to the Dirk Van Den Bulck Kittel family. The listed results belong to the identified parents and relatives, not necessarily to ZA 2025 CRU 4507 F herself.

Sire side — ZA 2024 J&B 734 M

The sire is recorded as a dual winner, with the following results listed in the pedigree:

• 1st Club – 1st Union
• 2nd Club – 2nd Union
• 2nd Club – 2nd Union
• 3rd Club – 3rd Union

Sire’s family — ZA 2018 ZA 81826 M

This Du Plessis & Deetlefs cock is recorded as sold for R36,000 and as a breeder of winners. His listed offspring include:

• Daughter 457/22 — winner and SANPO medal winner
• Daughter 3478/22 — winner and SANPO medal winner
• Daughter 456/22 — winner
• Daughter 422/22 — winner

The pedigree also states that four brothers bred winners. These records provide evidence of breeding performance within the sire’s family.

Further family records

ZA 2017 ZA 276636 M is recorded as a two-time winner and “super racer” that bred winners.

ZA 2022 J&B 655 F is recorded as sold for R21,000.

ZA 2014 MOUNT 219 M, from the Hooymans and Vandenabeele lines, is described as a Union winner and “super cock” that bred three winners.

Dam side — BE 2024 BE 3108104 F

The pedigree lists the dam as a Belgian-registered hen. It does not provide individual race results for her, so the relevant documented information comes from the maternal family.

Key ancestor — ZA 2020 PWDU 9849 M, “Turbo Kittel”

This is one of the most notable pigeons in the pedigree. The supplied pedigree records him as a five-time winner and a six-time SANPO Gold Medal winner in 2021, with medals listed for:

• Short Distance
• Middle Distance
• Overall

It also records a SANPO Silver Medal and Bronze Medal in 2021. His father is identified as ZA 2018 ZA 90692 M, from Alwyn Bester, and his mother as ZA 2020 ABL 167 F. The pedigree also links this pair to ZA PWDU 9060 2020, described as the second-best Middle Distance pigeon in PWDU, behind 9849.

Published pigeon auction and breeder records also identify ZA PWDU 9849/2020 as “Turbo Kittel,” associate him with the six SANPO Gold Medals, and connect his family to Dirk Van Den Bulck breeding lines.

Maternal family — ZA 2018 ZA 82478 F

This Du Plessis & Deetlefs hen is recorded as sold for R48,000, a two-time winner and the breeder of 14 winners. Her pedigree includes ZA 2014 ZA 09266 M, described as a Union winner and one of the best racers, and ZA 2011 ZA 48 F, described as a champion racer and breeder.

Additional breeding and racing records

• ZA 2021 CRU 1685 M: recorded as a brother of 9849 and an eight-time SANPO Medal winner.
• ZA 2021 ABL 312 F: listed under Alwyn Bester, with a sale-price entry written as “29 5000” in the pedigree. This is unclear and is not treated as a verified price.
• ZA 2018 ZA 90692 M: identified as sire to Turbo Kittel and to ZA PWDU 9060 2020.
• ZA 2014 ZA 19735 M and ZA 2016 ZA 10260 F: the latter is recorded as having won the Dinokeng main race in 2016, with further family references to combine winners and breeding winners.

The pedigree also includes Dirk Van Den Bulck ancestors. One is described as having a sire that is a full brother to Kittel and a dam that is a daughter of Kittel’s full brother. Listed results for this family include 5th of 1,052 at Vervins, 5th of 1,890 at Pithiviers, 30th of 6,699 in an NPO race over 527 km, 8th of 1,725 at Gien and 12th of 5,615 in an NPO race over 559 km.