Jos Van den Bosch, who was a diamond dealer, lived in the small town of Berlaar. Many people do not know that Van den Bosch was the fancier from whom Huyskens van Riel and his friend Rene Stijnen bought a round of eggs. The babies that hatched from these eggs became the foundation of the famous Huyskens van Riel strain.  The Janssen brothers’ “Halve Fabry” was the great grandfather of world famous “Oude Merckx” B67-6282031, the mother of “Halve Fabry” (B59-1005026) was a hen  Mr. Fabry got from Jos Van den Bosch.  Golden couple of Karel Meulemans, the cock was a Van den Bosch. The grandmother of the Hofkens legendary “Driebander” was a Van den Bosch hen.

Here in the Choice loft, Van den Bosch crossed with our Hofkens base family produce extremely strong long distance racers. In other lofts they had proven that they crossed well with Janssen, Van Loon and other strains.