McCormick Lofts

02/18/2025

Those crosses are coming out really weird 😂

02/11/2025

The first two 2025 young rollers just hit the kit box today. 9318x4119

02/07/2025

More info about using kitty litter.

02/06/2025

12 years old import c**k bird and still hitting twos! 👍🏻

02/04/2025

Thank you John Kelly and everyone involved for the nice awards from the 2024 NBRC NCF. 🙏🏻

01/20/2025

This past week, ultimately consummated in 2024, was one for the record books. I’m confident and incredibly proud of the fact this achievement has never been done and never will be matched. To earn my NWOETC Superior Master Breeder award (double master breeder points) and my NBRC Lifetime Achievement Master Flyer Award (double master flyer points) in the same year, I’m confident will never be matched by anyone, ever. And I’m am humbly proud of this huge accomplishment in the same year as winning my 3rd NBRC national championship, placing second in the WC, winning best baldhead West of England Tumbler at all four shows I participated in, including a grand and reserve championship in Wests, and winning the Pageant with my Old German Owls. It was a really great year that I’m exceptionally blessed to have experienced. I told my wife when she was taking this photo that she doesn’t realize how significant this moment is in the pigeon world. Thank you to everyone who has helped in their own way along this journey. 🙏🏻

01/19/2025

I want to thank the OGOC for allowing me the opportunity to judge the grand national. The quality of the pigeons shown was very high and as a judge I really enjoy when top shelf birds are that close in type and having to hunt for micro details to distinguish the placings. I try to discuss reasoning with the exhibitors so they can understand why I make the decisions, many of which cannot be seen from the crowd. Thanks again, I really enjoyed it.

01/18/2025

2025 NPA Grand National in OKC is a wrap. I was fortunate to win Best and Reserve champ Baldhead West of England Tumbler and was awarded Superior Master Breeder award for achieving the second level MB. Great show and great to see everyone.

01/18/2025

I’ve always liked Show Type Racing Homers. Incredible condition and feather quality and fantastic calm character. Looks like I’m in the STRH game now with this great pair that I’m bringing home from OKC by way of Florida.

01/17/2025

1, 2, 3,…say cheese!
Rare opportunity to get the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place 2024 NBRC National Championship Fly guys
And all three Lifetime Achievement Master Flyers in one photo today!
Brian McCormick
Kevin Monroe
Rick Mee

01/17/2025

Couple of roller flyers at the NPA Grand National Pigeon Show in OKC. 😎

01/05/2025

It’s extremely rare that I’ll mate two ash reds together, but this pairing seems so right. 303-20 C**k is off 9318x4119 and has flown in my comp kits for four years. 301-24 Hen is off 714x9315. 714 is a full brother to 303-20. She flew in my kit that won this last NCF and is a dandy fast spinner. I’ll pinch one or two rounds off them then get them back into the kits for spring.

01/04/2025

Race fuel. This past season I toyed with my fly mix a bit. It’s similar to what I used to feed the young bird race teams, due to the substantial use of depurative. Once the babies are up and kitting I switched over to this except for during the molt period. This is one part depurative, one part 8-way and one part red winter wheat with a dash of white Milo. White Milo is straight nitro energy drink fuel so you have to be real careful with it. It’s high octane, so just a pinch. If flying everyday they will get strong on this high carb mix so some changing up to straight peas and rest is necessary from time to time to recycle their condition point. I’ve been feeding this over the winter to see how the kit birds would hold body and they’ve been in exceptional condition and have been flying well over an hour.
Don’t be afraid to tinker with your feeds.
Since I know someone is going to ask, it’s: barley, wheat, oats, red and white Milo, safflower, black oil sunflower, a small amount of split peas and millet.

01/03/2025

First babies of 2025 joined the chat!

01/02/2025

The Scoop! Roller talk.

01/01/2025

12/31/2024

Happy New Year!

12/31/2024

I was going through some old photos and came across this video I took of when Scott sent me 15 of the 16 original 2013 banded McKinney imports which I got from him in 2019. (Excluding the West of England Tumbler of course). Several of these are the parents of the few offspring that, through breeding-proven, have become the foundation of the birds I fly today. Ironically, and much to my surprise still to this day, in the one year that I bred from them, I didn’t stock a single bird that I bred from the imports. Weird, but true. Two of the original 2013 c**k birds in this video I still have and both still fertile. The only ash red (221-13) in this group is the father to my foundation 9318-18 c**k bird.