At his pigeon stud in Hoogerheide, the breeding of the Jan Aarden pigeons is the most important goal. Machiel knows like nobody else that it is not easy at all to breed the Jan Aarden pigeons and keep them like they were in the 1960's. Of course over 40 years of experience is a big help to him and that's why he is succeeding in doing so. Many times wealthy fanciers have bidded fortunes for the Jan Aarden collection of Machiel Buijk but Machiel knows that his colony of Van Geel pigeons is the last and most unique Jan Aarden bastion in the world therefore he made up his mind to keep this strain for the future and in doing so the life-work of Marijn van Geel is preserved.To own this thoroughbred valuable strain is for Machiel of great importance. And many visitors from all over the world have visited the breeding lofts at Hoogerheide and were unanimous that a collection like this one is seldom found and of uncommon excellence.
strain has been and still is. In his career, Machiel won many important Provincial races, such as St. Vincent, Chateauroux, Tours, La Souterainne and Limoges. All these races have distances from 600 to 1000 kilometres (372miles to 621 miles) and every time the victory was won against thousands of pigeons of the best long distance fanciers of Holland. Also Machiel Buijk was crowned as Ist champion of the famous 'Zuidwesthoek', undoubtly the most prestigious province for long distance racing in Holland. Many lofts have achieved great success with pigeons obtained from the lofts of Machiel Buijk. Because of his business commitments Machiel does not have much time left for other things since he is working with pigeons every day, 7 days a week and 52 weeks a year, pigeons are his life.
jAN aARDEN
The Master who created one of the best Long distance strain in the world