HEITZMAN SIONS

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Some of the dark red hens I breed like the one you see to the left have flown exceptionally well. Several have come back from 600 miles. A special few, 700 miles. From Ocala, Florida back to Richmond, Kentucky. An incedible long distance for a YOUNG BIRD. These particular dark red hens. I term, "my little red doves."

I love a good-looking racer which is smart and has that "athletic look." A bird which handles like a dream. I breed many such racers every year. Nothing pleases me more than to share that love with others. A person beginning in the sport or returning back. Someone searching for birds which will improve what they have. I have had racing pigeons for 68 years. So many wonderful experiences and stories. They have always been a blessing.

This blue bar cock sitting on two eggs about to hatch. Ready to peck or slap me with his wings. Protecting his babies even before they hatch. See in his eye that threatening look. I can't help but admire such birds.

Racing pigeons are smart. Look at this hen smile. Saying. "Spring is finally in the air."

21074 BLUE BAR OLD COCK. NO SWEAT SION. EYE SHOWN IN ABOVE PHOTO. HEAD SHOWN IN BELOW PHOTO. One of No Sweat's prized 2025 breeders. No Sweat will have a 2025 young bird out of 21074 entered in THE FLORIDA DERBY.

Thank you for visiting this site. I sincerely hope it is educational. If you are serious about seeing the finest Sions which have ever existed --- continue on to the end--- you are at the right place. All my life I have been committed to Sions. I have attempted to photograph many of my 2025 breeders for you. Give each of tehm a careful look. I love Sions. It is that simple. This site should help to prove that. They are incredible long distance racers. Gorgeous to boot. No other racing pigeons own such a rich history. Over the past 68 years I have developed my own family within them. Year upon year of selective breeding. THE NO SWEAT SIONS. "NO SWEAT" has been my pen name for over 50 years. If you have time. Also. Look at: NO SWEAT SIONS SUMMER 2024. Additionally: THE HEITZMAN STORY BY NO SWEAT.
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The photo below is of myself and my wife, Chesteen. We have been married since Noah built the ark. This photo was taken by me as were walking back from the Keeneland Thoroughbred Race Track on BlUEGRASS STAKES Day, April, 2025.

Earl Lowell "Robbie" / "No Sweat" Robbins, Jr., BA, MA anthropology, sociology, collegiate Long-distance swimmer, archaeologist, Best Selling Kentucky Author, Richmond, Kentucky, is that one solitary fancier alive in the world today. Which has devoted himself -- 68 straight years -- to keeping the old line of Sions pure. As true as they were since created by Paul Sion in France over 120 years ago. NO SWEAT remains steadfast in his experiences and knowledge. Understanding. Devoted. That keeping a great family together--solidly intact--through years of careful selective breeding--- is by far the smartest choice to make when working with racing pigeons. In 2025, he will be entering the two premiere races in North America: THE FLORIDA DERBY & THE HOOSIER. This is a loft which has won over 1,500 first places in every kind of competition. NO SWEAT today is recognized throughout the world as the singular Sion master. His name synonomous with Sions. His family of Sions are not only beautiful. But are also astounding long distance racers. Four different times he has had young birds return from 700 miles. This being long distance world records for young birds. No Sweat believes. The homing instinct itself. To be the most important quality a racing pigeon should own. In China his Sions defeated 3,000 enties at 1,000 KM. If you would like to learn more about No Sweat after reviewing this site.

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Lance has developed a "good eye" for the birds. For a special few this comes naturally. Others may go a lifetime and never know a good bird from one worth but little. Lance understands maintaining excellent health with a colony of racers which is vitally important. He has learned that a good fancier must possess an eye for detail. Carefully observing the smallest of matters with the birds and the lofts every day. The above photo shows Lance with two young birds bred in 2025 which are being entered into THE FLORIDA DERBY. Appropriately enough, the ble bar white flight cock has been named "LANCE." If this bird races as well as Lance has swam in competition---LOOK OUT!

The above photo is of Lance Robbins, my grandson. Soon to graduate from Eastern Kentucky University where he earned and maintained a full academic ride. Lance is an incredible swimmer and surfer as well as a certified diver which makes dives nearly every day much of the entire summer in southern Florida. He has been around my family of Sions for over 20 years. This past year he did all but everything a fancier has to do to keep my Sions especially healthy and happy. The two young birds you see him with are the "second round" of young birds bred by my blue hen named "SUMMERTIME" and her blue bar mate "THE MALTESE FALCON." These two February hatches will be entered in the best race in the USA this year, THE FLORIDA DERBY. That race attracts me as it appears a "clean race" which is honest, transparent and attractive to the best racing men from not only across North America but also from all over the world. THE NO SWEAT SION LOFTS welcome the very best of competiton. You see Lance with a white flight in the photo. I have named that bird after him "LANCE." I hope it races well when going up against thousands of the best. Note the incredible wing structure which "LANCE" owns. Typical of many of the NO SWEAT SIONS. They are at their best when racing longer distances. That is when the true quality of a great racing pigeon best shines.

I am careul in making decisions when I ship a young bird to a major race. This is myself and the 2025 YB BBWFL cock named "LANCE." Soon to be shipped to THE FLORIDA DERBY.

Probably few realize. No Sweat has photographed more Sions than anyone who has ever lived. Probably more Sions than any top 50 Sion fanciers combined who have ever lived. No Sweat takes REAL photos of his Sions. These are not photo-shop pictures which you always see in pigeon ads and also on pigeon auction websites. Fake stuff. Please take the time to look at all the photos of his 2025 Breeders. All of these photos were taken in the past few months by No Sweat. No Sweat entered the 2025 breeding season with 80 pair of Sions. As you may denote. A great many of those 160 Sions are depicted in these photos. The birds are not always standing like statues. Real pigeons do not spend their lives standing like statues. Real pigeons do all the things that real pigeons do. Few fanciers realize. Through photography of pigeons itself--a fancier can learn a great deal about pigeons. No Sweat hopes that you enjoy his photos. The photos are aimed at showing you the superior quality of racers which are signature of THE NO SWEAT SIONS. Of mention. Charles Heitzman loved No Sweat's pigeon photography. Those old photos you might see of Heitzman's Sions were likely taken by No Sweat. It was No Sweat who did most of Heitzman's pigeon photography beginning in the 1960's up until Heitzman's death.

"SNAKE" 2024-30763 BLUE BAR COCK. NO SWEAT SION. Of 1,000 young bird Sions which were bred by No Sweat in 2024, he ranks "SNAKE" as one of his best. Now, in 2025, a permanent breeder. SNAKE has an exceptional body, feather, wing and eye. Alpha personality. Simply A fantastic NO SWEAT SION. The next several photos will show you more of SNAKE. It is breeders such as SNAKE which are paving the future for the heart of the finest SIONS which can compete and win against the best in the world---TODAY.

This photo and the one below are that of my Blue Cock named "SNAKE" and his 2025 mate. I consider this mating one of my finest in 2025. A perfect "balancing act."

You could go all over the world. You could carefully inspect any and every loft claiming to own any of the "OLD 51" red cock blood. Heitzman's MOST famous red. Possibly. His most famous Sion. Period. If you did spend your life looking for that blood. You would eventually learn. Be extremely satisfied. KNOWING. That no place on earth has "OLD 51" more true. More solid. Than does THE NO SWEAT SION LOFTS. The OLD 51 blood resided in KENTUCKY. TODAY. It remains so.

One year I had four young birds all come back from 620 miles on the second day of toss. They were a silver cock I named HARD CORE. A blue check hen, named "LONG WINGS." A red velvet cock, "RESOLVE." And a blue bar pencil tick-eye hen, "CHATTANOOGA." I mated HARD CORE to LONGWINGS. I mated RESOLVE TO CHATTANOOGA. From these matings I bred different colors. Among the offspring, I bred several red checks. I mated a red check cock out of HARD CORE and LONGWINGS to a red check hen out of RESOLVE and CHATTANOOGA. These two babies had flown back from 500 miles. I named them "THE RED PAIR." From the RED PAIR I bred 32 babies. Many proved outstanding long distnce racers. Most went to Japan. With some of the babies I mated together. Full brother and siste. Insuring special long distance blood. Look at the photo to the left, See such h a mating I had in 2019. I share this information. So that you understand what you see. Looking at many of my reds which I have as 2025 breeders. The Red Pair is reliable, long distance blood. When selectively bred. Can produce specimens of greet beauty.

What is remarkable about The No Sweat Sions. Is. When you see or hold one. You actually hold the lives of three men. Paul Sion, Charles Heitzm,and NO SWEAT. Three different men who each devoted their lives to this one family of racing pigeons. When you hold a No Sweat Sion you hold time itself. 120 years. In all the sport there is no family of racers owning such a rich history. One having won as many races. NONE. The No Sweat Sions own all the best values of everything SION. These NO SWEAT SIONS are the finest Sions in the world today. These are not Sions resting on the past laurels of Sions in the past or the near past. These are the Sions of TODAY and the FUTURE. Welcoming and anxious to compete against the best in the world at any distance and over any terrain. Allow your eyes to judge for themselves. If you know one inch about a Sion then you will be in heaven.

The small red old hen you see to the left is the ugliest pigeon I own. She is also double line-bred to my noted "RED PAIR." The "RED PAIR" produced no less than 32 young birds. 20 which flew 500 or 600 miles as YOUNG BIRDS. The two reds consisting of the "Red Pair" both flew 500 miles as YOUNG BIRDS. Of note: A-L-L four parents of the "RED PAIR" flew 600 miles as YOUNG BIRDS. They were "HARD CORE" SILVER BAR MEALY COCK, "LONGWINGS" BLUE CHECK HEN, "RESOLVE" RED VELVET COCK &"CHATTANOOGA" BLUE BAR PENCIL TICK EYE HEN. *You can many photos and information about these four 600 mile young birds by exploring my website. The old hen above will "throw" a recessive red on ocassion. Seen in her nestbox directly behind her you is one of her recessive reds. This bloodline is pure Sion. They race incredibly well as YOUNG BIRDS at phenominal longer distances. Some of this blood comning back from 700 miloes as a Young Bird, Which is WORLD-RECORD stuff. One of the babies I bred from "THE RED PAIR" was a tiny blue check hen. I took her 50 miles first toss. Second toss one month later from 500 miles. She homed back early the second morning. Fifteen minutes later, her nestmate, another blue check, came as well.

AU-2011-KY-33 BLUE BAR TK. EYE HEN. "THE OCALA HEN" / "33." 700 MILE YOUNG BIRD. SION. BRED BY EARL LOWELL "ROBBIE" / "NO SWEAT" ROBBINS, JR. "33" WAS RELEASED IN OCALA, FLORIDA ON DECEMBER 28, 2011. RETURNING HOME JANUARY 7, 2012 TO RICHMOND, KENTUCKY. SHE WAS 10 MONTHS OLD. OF THE 50 YOUNG BIRDS RELEASED SHE WAS THE ONLY BIRD TO RETURN. 700 AIR MILES IS WORLD RECORD LONG DISTANCE FOR A YOUNG BIRD RACING PIGEON. "33" OWNS A DARK VIOLET EYE. SHE IS LINE-BRED TO PAUL SION'S BLUE BAR (ONE) WHITE FLIGHT COCK "LE-ROI." 33'S CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN HAVED PROVED TO BE OUTSTANDING LONG-DISTANCE RACERS. WINNING IN SOUTH AFRICA & VICTORIA FALLS. CONSISTENTLY DEFEATING THE BEST KNOWN RACERS IN THE WORLD. THIS BLOOD NOW RUNS THROUGHOUT THE NO SWEAT SION COLONY. YOU MAY STOP AND SAY TO YOURSELF. HECK. A BIRD TAKING TEN DAYS TO COME HOME FROM 700 MILES IS NO BIG THING. I RESPOND. PLEASE GO OUT TO YOUR LOFTS. GET ALL THE YOUNG BIRDS YOU OWN. RELEASE THEM FROM 700 AIR MILES. SEE HOW MANY COME BACK HOME. KNOW. I HAVE TAKEN GROUPS OF YOUNG BIRDS 700 AIR MILES FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES. EACH TIME. I GOT YOUNG BIRDS BACK. ONCE. GETTING FOUR YOUNG BIRDS BACK ON THE THIRD DAY. TAIL WIND AND PERFECT WEATHER THE ENTIRE TIME. GETTING YOUNG BIRDS BACK FROM 700 AIR MILES IS ONE OF THE GREATEST THRILLS. NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES THEM. CHARLES HEITZMAN AND I SAT ON THE STEPS OF HIS MAIN RACING LOFT ONE DAY A FEW YEARS BEFORE HE DIED. HEITZMAN TOLD ME. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE SUCCESS. THEN BREED FROM YOUNG BIRDS WHICH HAVE CAME BACK FROM 500 MILES. NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES. YOU SEE. YOU TRULY LEARN THE QUALITY OF A BIRD'S HOMING INSTINCT WHEN YOU DO THIS. DESPITE ANY RHETORIC TO THE CONTRARY. THE HOMING INSTINCT ITSELF. IS. BY FAR. THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO LOOK FOR IN SUPERIOR RACING PIGEONS. SO OFTEN. A BIRD TODAY. WHICH MIGHT GET LUCKY AND HAPPEN TO WIN A 300 MILE ONE LOFT RACE. CAN WIND UP MEANING VERY LITTLE. OR NOTHING AT ALL. SIMPLY LUCK. BUT WHEN A YOUNG BIRD RETURNS HOME FROM 700 MILES. YOU CAN GO TO SLEEP. KNOWING. LUCK HAD VERY LITTLE PLAY IN SUCH. YOU KNOW. THAT YOUNG BIRD IS SPECIAL.

A good life is all about balance. Especially so for a long distance racing pigeon. Of which the NO SWEAT SIONS are esteemed. As such I am giving you these four photos. Including this one to the left----and the next three which follow. Hoping to educate. Show you. What you want to look for. When selecting a breeder. In hopes of breeding long distance babies from him. This specimen is one of my 2024 yearling blue bar cocks. Note his stance. Allow your eyes to view how his wings relate to his body. Note what is known as "back cover." I am giving you photos at four different angles so that you may gain an idea of "balance." This being only from the standpoint of appearance. You must also handle the bird. Also study the balance the body. Regarding pectorial muscle development. Keel. Vents. The feel of the total weight of the bird. How the pigeon lays in your hands. Fanciers mention "balance." But rarely attempt to show and discuss this. I hope this helps. Remember it well. But. Balance is one matter. And important. Foremost--- the homing instinct itself. Without that. You can have all the balance in the world and it will mean nothing. Without a great homing instinct--which no fancier can see. That is why. Why I have specialized in long distance. It is long distance which reveals and explains everything if you are seeking great pigeons.

"TUFT" & her mate in 2025. I will have a young blue hen out of this pair racing in THE FLORIDA DERBY.

IF YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN A TRUE FAMILY OF RACING PIGEONS THEN YOU ARE IN FOR A TREAT. THESE ARE THE NO SWEAT SIONS. FAMOUS FOR LONG DISTANCE AND BEAUTY. PLEASE. TAKE TIME. TO LOOK AT MY LATEST YOU TUBE VIDEO. GO TO THE NET AND TYPE IN THESE EXACT WORDS: HEITZMAN SIONS NO SWEAT LOFTS JANUARY 31, 2025 YOU TUBE. After you do that please take the time to look at my website story: THE HEITZMAN STORY BY NO SWEAT. Also: NO SWEAT SIONS SUMMER 2024.

ONE OF THE GORGEOUS DARK REDS IN THE NO SWEAT SION FAMILY. MANY OF THE REDS ARE LINE-BRED BACK TO CHARLES HEITZMAN'S FAMOUS RED CHECK COCK "OLD 51." OLD 51 WENT BACK 32 TIMES IN HIS PEDIGREE TO HEITZMAN'S ORIGINAL PAUL SION PAIR. TWO RED CHECKS BANDED 1033 AND 1104. YOU CAN STILL SEE THE GREATNESS OF "OLD 51" IN MANY OF THE NO SWEAT REDS. "OLD 51" WAS THE MOST NOTED AND FAMOUS RACING PIGEON IN THE USA FOR OVER 25 YEARS. HEITZMAN USED "OLD 51"'S PICTURE IN HIS ADVERTISEMENTS, CALENDERS, CHRISTMAS CARDS, BREEDING BROCHURES---AS WELL AS IN HIS FAMOUS BOOK ON SIONS. "OLD 51" WAS BANDED: AU 51 KY 51051. THUS. HIS NAME. HEITZMAN MAINTAINED A BANDING SYSTEM. JUST BY LOOKING AT THE BAND. YOU COULD SEE. IN 1951. THIS WAS THE 51RST YOUNG BIRD HEITZMAN BRED THAT YEAR.

THE CLASSIC POWDER SILVER OLD COCK DEPICTED BELOW. TYPICAL NO SWEAT SION. MANY OF NO SWEAT'S SILVERS ARE DIRECTLY FRON THE BEST OF THE ORIGINAL PAUL SION BLOOD. PAUL SION'S "OLD GRIS FAMILY." PAUL SION AND CHARLES HEITZMAN LOVED SILVERS. MANY OF NO SWEAT'S SILVERS GO BACK TO TWO OUTSTANDING SILVERS WHICH NO SWEAT BRED: "HARD CORE" AU-2010-CENT-12439. A SMALL, SILVER MEALY COCK. BRED FROM A FULL BROTHER--SISTER MATING. FIRST OUT OF 145 BIRDS BACK FROM 615 MILES AS A YOUNG BIRD. AND "300." A BEAUTIFUL, POWDER SILER COCK OWNING LIGHT EYES. SIX TIMES 500 MILES AND FIVE TIMES 600 MILES, NORMALLY. WHEN HANDLING ONE OF NO SWEAT'S SILVERS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BIRD'S WING AND SEE THE COLOR OF GREY IN THE FEATHERS. YOU KNOW. THAT SILVER PROBABLY HAS "HARD CORE" IN ITS BLOOD. IF YOU HAVE A VERY LIGHT SILVER WITH LIGHT FEATHERS. YOU CAN GUESS. THAT SILVER LIKELY OWNS "300" IN ITS BLOOD.

JUST FOR A MOMENT. HAVE YOU EVER STOPPED. TO ASK YOURSELF? IF ALL THESE NEW AND GREAT CROSSES. IF THESE FANTASTIC PIGEONS YOU KEEP FALLING FOR? A NEW NAME APPEARS EVERY TEN SECONDS. IF THESE BIRDS. IF THEY WERE ACTUALLY. AND GENUINELY. ANY GOOD. WORTH A HOOT. THEN. THEN WHY IS IT? WHY IS IT SO GREAT MANY OF THEM CONTINUE TO BE LOST? WHY IS IT. WHY IS IT THAT HARDLY ANY OF THEM CAN FLY 300 MILES ON THE DAY? WHY IS IT? WHY IS IT THAT THESE SO-CALLED "SPEED BIRDS" IN TRUTH NEVER SET ANY SPEED RECORDS. WHY IS IT THESE CROSSED UP SPEEDSTERS AT BEST ARE VERY AVERAGE OR BELOW AVERAGE IN RACING? THESE CROSSED UP PIGEONS ARE NOT. I REPEAT. ARE NOT FLYING ANY FASTER. IN FACT. THEY ARE NOT FLYING AS WELL AS DID THE BIRDS FROM OLD ESTABLISHED SOLID FAMILIES. DO SOME HOMEWORK. CHECK THE SPEED RECORDS. LISTED IN THE BACK OF THE AMERICAN RACING PIGEON UNION YEARBOOK. CAREFULLY NOTE THE SPEEDS OF BIG RACES WITH THOUSANDS OF BIRDS. TRY TO USE YOUR BRAIN. NOT ONE YARD PER MINUTE FASTER. NOPE. HAVE YOU STOPPED TO THINK ABOUT ANY OF THIS STUFF? ARE YOU NOT INTELLIGENT TO REALIZE. THAT YOU ARE CONSTANTLY BEING BOMBARDED BY PROFESSIONAL PIGEON SALES CON ARTIST? "HONEST ABES." WHICH WILL TELL YOU ANYTHING. TELL YOU THAT INBREEDING IS BAD. WHEN THEY KNOW THAT IS NOT TRUE. TELL YOU. ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS HELP YOU. WHEN ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS SMILE. AND CAREFULLY TAKE YOUR MONEY AND PUT IT IN THEIR POCKET. THE ONLY THING FLYING FASTER. IS THE MONEY OUT OF YOUR POCKET. ALMOST ALWAYS. FOR SHORT RANGE PIGEONS. PIGEONS WHICH FOLLOW EACH OTHER. PIGEONS WHICH HAVE POOR HOMING INSTINCTS. PIGEONS WHICH WOULD FOLLOW A SPARROW. IF THE SPARROW CAME ALONG. HAVE YOU EVER STOPPED TO THINK ABOUT ANY OF THAT STUFF? AND THAT. FANCIERS. IS THE GARBAGE-STUFF. YOU HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO. AND HAVE BEEN FALLING FOR. FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES. IT IS NO WONDER. FINDING GENUINE GOOD RACING PIGEONS FROM A TRUE FAMILY THESE DAYS IS. RARE. RARE INDEED. YOU SHOULD KNOW. AN APPLE DOES NOT FALL FROM A TREE. THEN. IF YOU HAVE A CHAMPION? WHY? WHY ON GOD'S GOOD EARTH? WHY WOULD YOU BE SO DUMB TO RUIN A BLESSING WHEN IT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU? WHY WOULD YOU ALLOW A PIGEON HUCKSTER-FLIM-FLAM ARTIST. TO INFLUENCE AND DESTROY YOUR COMMON GOOD SENSE? ARE YOU THAT DESPERATE TO BELIVE SOMETHING? THAT SEEMS SO SIMPLE AND EASY? ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JOIN THE SUBLIME? ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CROSS PIGEONS? AND YOU TOO. CAN FOLLOW THE HERD. RIGHT OFF THE CLIFF.

This photo and next two are of one of my older silver bar cocks. 18189. "He is six years of age. Medium size. Excellent confirmation. A blend of "300" and "HARD CORE." Long distance blood. He is an excellent breeder and father. He owns what I call a "yellow eye." You will find this among some of my silvers. He is pure old line Sion. If you went back in time and visited Paul Sion in France you would have seen this bird.

This photo. And the next few. Are of a RED CHECK HEN. A classic NO SWEAT SION. 30744. This is one of my older red hens. A very small bodied pigeon. More of a checker pattern than that of being a velvet pattern in color. She is bred from my greeat "RED PAIR." Both of her parents flew 500 miles as YOUNG BIRDS. A-L-L for of her grandparents flew 600 miles as YOUNG BIRDS: "HARD CORE," "LONGWINGS," "RESOLVE," & "CHATTANOOGA." 30744 is bred for long distance. Many of the young birds which I have gotten back from 600 and 700 miles were small hens. Much like her. Among my reds I have a wide variety of types of eyes. She has one of the more rare intricate "grey eyes" which you don't find in many of my reds. An eye which I feel she somewhat inherited from "HARD CORE." But his eye was basically much lighter, etc.

I ask. How many fanciers who claim to have Sions are actually entering them in the biggest races in the world TODAY? I can tell you. ONE. Why? Because all of these other self-claiming Sion experts--- know full well. If they dug into their pockets and spent $1,000 cash good money to enter a single bird. Then. They might as well take that same money shred it up and throw it off the highest bridge they can find. They know that. They truly and actually know all this. Yes. They do. These "Sion" birds they are advertising and hawking off to you in all their various "circus stuff" antics. These characters full well know. In their hearts. That these birds they have--they are worthless as serious racers. They are lucky if they can find their perch. They know that. Still. They will say anything to scam you into believing. " Heavens. Heck fire. Look there. A Sion." These charletons say their birds are descended down from pure stuff. They are from great pigeons bred down from many years ago. They are as "pure" as the driven snow. But what these con artist do not say is that they know. If you blow your money on their birds. For heaven's sake---Don't actually expect them to race well. Are you crazy? Just how dumb can you be? Do not waste your money in believing. Actually and truly believing. That anything you get from these characters would ever begin to fly. They will NOT say that. They are not about to tell you the truth. For all the obvious reasons. They are after your money. Plain and simple. Sell you something cheap. And in return. You wind up getting nothing. Amen. Brother Ben. Your education has been another exercise in a get rich dream gone sour.

CAREFULLY NOTE:
In 2025. The family of the NO SWEAT SIONS. YES. They will be entering into the two biggest and most prestigeous young bird races in America: THE FLORIDA DERBY and also THE HOOSIER. Why? Because these are actual racing birds. True racers. Racers of TODAY and the FUTURE. Excelling at longer distances. A family of Sions. Which. On any given day. Can race against the very best in all the world. At any distances. At any speeds. And WIN. That my dear fancier friends are THE NO SWEAT SIONS. Not all this other "stuff" you see while window shopping on the net.

The blue bar young hen you see to the left is a five month old hen bred from SUMMERTIME and THE MALTESE FALCON. She is nearly a clone of SUMMERTIME when SUMMERTIME was also this same age. Summertime flew ewxtremely well in SOUTH AFRICA as did her full sister in THE VICTORIA FALLS.

The pair of blue bars above will be breeding babies in 2025 which will be racing in THE FLORIDA DERBY and THE HOOSIER.

THE STRAWBERRY MEALY COCK DEPICTED BELOW IS LINE-BRED BACK TO PAUL SION'S MOST FAMOUS RACER "LE ROUSELETTE." ALSO A STRAWBERRY MEALY. WINNING 34 FIRST IN RACING. THEIR RESEMBLENCE OVER SO MANY YEARS IS REMARKABLE. ATTESTING TO THE CAREFUL BREEDINGS BY NO SWEAT AND THE STRENGTH OF THE SION GENES.

This photo of this mealy cock is the father of the strawberry mealy cock shown just above. You will see close similarities between them. But if you look closely you will also see slight differences. Owning an "eye" for slight differences is crucial in being excellent when smartly employing selective breeding over a span of 68 years. This is why THE NO SWEAT SIONS are of the quality they are today.

Being a serious author takes a great deal of time. passion and devotion. Physically and mentally. Being a fancier who uderstands genetics and desires to create a winning family of beautiful long distance racers also requires these things. You can have a simple camera and one man can take wonderful pictures with that camera while the next cannot begin to do so. You can hand a person a gun and one man may be able to hit something far away while the next man misses every shot. It is this way in life with so many things, especially with racing pigeons. I have always owned a love and passion for racing pigeons. Since the time of my being a very small boy I have been mesmorized by them. That passion has brought me to where I am today. They are much my life and dreams. Any bird bred by No Sweat has the No Sweat stamp. My books own my "voice." My Sions own "No Sweat."

WELCOME! Thank you for taking the time to visit. BLESSINGS. I hope you will enjoy exploring my HEITZMAN SIONS website.

I am a best selling Kentucky author. Authored eight books. Thousands of articles.

My first novel is titled THESE PRECIOUS DAYS BY NO SWEAT. My latest novel is "UNCLE MOSES AND ED HAWKINS BY NO SWEAT." Located on Amazon. My pigeon articles and stories have been appearing in pigeon journals all over the world for 60 years.

My pen name is "NO SWEAT." I am 74 years old. Just celebrated my 52nd wedding anniversary with Chesteen. Been together 60 years. Nancy our only child, an English teacher. Have two grandsons. We raised. Good as they come. Lance and Barrett. Lance has been helping with the birds since he was a baby.

I have had Sions going on 68 straight years. Won over 1,500 first places. All levels of competition.

I appreciate your interest and friendship. Sions have been my life. My name is synonomous with Sions. I have developed my own family. "THE NO SWEAT SIONS." Known for winning at superior long distnces. Also, beauty.

If you are interested in great racing pigeons you are at the right place. Particularly. Superior long distances. That is where you will find your finest racing pigeons. Birds with the strongest homing instincts.

Sions are the greatest pigeons linking the past to the future. No other racing pigeon owns such a rich and continuing history. SIONS helped to win World War One and Two. American and British soldiers landing on the Normandy Beach had SIONS helping them. Heitzman Sions helped China against Japan during WW2. Many of the Chinese today highly adore Heitzman Sions.

NO SWEAT Sions continue to win One Loft Races. Dependable. Racers owning earned reputations. Everyone has heard of Sions. Beautiful long distance racers which finish the tougher races.

Long distance racers. Where true quality surfaces. Winning races today over the world. NOT YESTERDAY. BUT TODAY. Racers paving the future.

In 2024. NO SWEAT SIONS won the largest one loft races in Denmark and Trinidad.

In the last five years. No Sweat SIONS were "BEST TEAM USA" in Victoria Falls, Africa. Beating every "big name" in America.

These Sions finished in the top 100 in South Africa every time they raced.

These Sions set long distance records in China. Winning over tough terrain at 700 KM and 1,000 KM.

Today. They are consistently winning in Japan.

These Heitzman Sions---a Heitzman Sion blue bar cock--won the greatest long distance race over open water. The Teneriffe Island Race.

Recently. Winning THE BIG APPLE Race in New York. Also a 3,500 entry concourse race in Maryland.

They finished 15th in the smash race prior to the HOOSIER fire. That being the last time they flew there.

A medical doctor in Pennsylvania told by his club memebers my Sions would not win. He won the first race he flew with a silver young cock . And continued to win.

A new fancier in 2024, outside St. Louis. Informed by his local "experts." My Sions would not win. He won their first four races.

I smile. Observing. In Indiana, Texas, Tennesee, and more. Watching "experts" eat their words.

New fanciers should learn the truth about Sions. How fine they really are. Hearty. Beautiful. Mature quick. Live long.

The NO SWEAT SIONS have been coming back from 500 and 600 air miles year after year. They are based on the very best Sions which Charles Heitzman owned. I have devoted my life honoring Charles Heitzman and Paul Sion. These just happen to be THE REAL SIONS. These are the Sions which Heitzman devoted his life in maintaining. The same birds.

FOUR different years. These Sions came back from 700 air miles. From the middle of Florida to Richmond, Kentucky. Each time. World Record long distance racing for YOUNG BIRDS. Many of the breeders I own today. Have this 700 mile YOUNG BIRD blood. My good blue hen "SUMMERTIME" being one of them.

The NO SWEAT SIONS are based entirely on the Heitzman Sions. Charles Heitzman imported his Sions directly from Mons. Paul Sion in France. After Charles Heitzman died. I became their flag bearer. The flagship for Sions. Like VAN LOON. I believe in maintaining a solid family. Based on performance. Understanding. Line breeding. Appreciating a good thing when you have it. Working with the best. To make it better.

Sions have been winning at all distances over all terrains at all speeds for over 100 years. A racing history un-matched. Never a family of racing pigeons their equals. They are the future. I will enter THE FLORIDA DERBY as well as The Hoosier with my family Sions this year. Sions love great and honest competition.

Please take the time to inspect these recent photos. What you see. Are Sions I have now. Basis of what I will be breeding from in 2025. Superior quality.

Note. In 1971. I flew in the top ten futurity races in North America. I won three of those. Setting a money winning record in The Twin City Gold Band Futurity. In the other seven races. I finished in the top ten.That year. I was selected for WHO's WHO in England. That was over 50 years ago. I have improved every year since.

I maintain a family of racing pigeons. I may well be the only fancier in North America who does this. I remain "OLD SCHOOL." Pure old line Sions. Honest Sions. I take pride in being "on top" of every small matter. Careful selective breeding. Always improving. Understanding genetics. Aiming at the finset racer possible. Appreciating what I have. Knowing a good thing when I have it. You may hear some "expert" fancier claim he does not like families. Why? Becausae he does not have a family. He can't find a family. Not a true family. Unless he finds NO SWEAT. The reason families rarely exist? Becaue fanciers today. Do not want to put in the life time it takes to develop a great family of racing pigeons. Or. Possess the abilities. Today. Everything is "go go go." Don't blink. Fanciers will believe anything they hear. Rarely. Do they know. Or hear. What is true. So many fanciers sell "beautiful pedigrees." Instead of solid pigeons. Maybe. One day. They will have a one loft race just for pedigrees? Pigeons crossed every which way from sundown.

There are "big--shots-experts" in the pigeon world which will tell you anything. They are always "helping you." Exactly like used car salesmen. Politicians. Making endless videos every day --- always "helping you." Motive being--to help GET YOUR money into their pocket in one manner or the other. Claiming crosses are the best birds. Present you with their selected facts which they only want to show. ADVERTISE they have the best birds in the WORLD. If you take the time to research-study--you find---they don't have birds which finish in races. Same people telling you they handle and inspect and judge over a million pigeons a year. When there is only 500,000 minutes to a year. They know. Fanciers rarely check what they say. It goes on and on. Lance, my grandson, helps me with the birds all the time. He loves them. He said. He would like to be a success in the sport one day. I told him. It would never happen. That he was, too honest.

Can you stop to imagine. If in any one loft race any place in the world just happened to have one-half of its entries being NO SWEAT SIONS---what the results would be for every training toss and race therein? You see. Stuff like this is never thought of. Never mentioned. When I fly against 10,000 or 5,000 entries. My family of Sions are the only family to be entered. I race against all the crosses. Let that settle in your head just in numerical advantages and dis-advantges. Yet, you see the results. How this FAMILY of Sions somehow emerges despite the odds from all of those crosses. Odds well over 1,000 to one. Can you begin to imagine? If everything was "even-Stephen" on a level playing field? How much these Sions would prevail--totally dominate.

I am one of those old fanciers who has given his life to racing pigeons. I have heard and seen it all: Professional-slick advertisements. Photo-shop pigeons. ABE LINCOLN fact setters. Pretending Mr. "Nice guy" cons. Excited fanciers who know all the secrets. Fanciers on "the inside track." Tap dancers. Singers. Circus Acts. Fanciers standing on their heads and spitting out ten dollar gold coins to grab your attention. Gorgeous pedigrees framable. Move over Mona Lisa. You name it. Simply Incredible. Fanciers blind.

    I am always happy to speak with anyone about Sions. I can talk all day about Charles Heitzman. I honestly try to answer any question you own. I enjoy meeting and making new friends. I am best reached by emails. I always answer any email sent.

Those few of you still alive today which knew Charles Heitzman remember. He always ended his letters and advertisements with the slogan "FROM THE BEST COME THE BEST." And. As you have heard. "THE APPLE DOES NOT FALL FAR FROM THE TREE." There is a greart deal of wisdom in these sayings. No wonder. I believe in maintaining a family.

Inspect these recent photos of my 2025 breeders. Birds speak for themselves.

THANK YOU---BLESSINGS

Earl Lowell "Robbie" / "No Sweat" Robbins, Jr.
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In 2025. This pair will have babies racing in THE FLORIDA DERBY. Also THE HOOSIER.

The NO SWEAT LOFTS RACE IN THE BIGGEST RACES IN THE WORLD TODAY. THIS LOFT IS FAR FROM CONTENT ADVERTISING SIONS OF YESTERYEAR AND HISTORY. STUFF. THIS IS THE ONE SION LOFT WELCOMING THE BEST COMPETITION TO BE FOUND AT ANY DISTANCE THROUGHOUT HE WORLD. T-O-D-A-Y!

A note concerning the majority of my reds. Most of my reds are what I term as "clean reds." That is to say. Very few have any black markings upon them. This is the end result of many years of my selective breeding. As for well over twenty straight generations now. I have rarely bred the "black gene" pigeon ( blue bars, pencils, blue checks & black checks) with any "red gene" pigeons (red checks, silver bars, mealies). In short. I have not been mixing those color genes together. In so doing. I have almost erased any reds which will produce babies which will have black markings on them. What I do wind up getting now. On ocassion. Will be a recessive red. I may breed a red which may be of any various shades of red. Some being more purple-ish in color. Some being a bit almost "yellow-ish" in color. Some, even a shade of pink. And often. These reds will have some manner of diffused white colrations on them. Sometimes. A white tail, etc. Generally these reds which are recessive will have lighter colored eyes. I rarely if ever breed a recessive red which will have darker eyes. Often. I am asked. By some inquiring fancier. "Do you have any of those reds or silvers with the heavy black ticking or markings on them? Sions which Heitzman sometimes had." My answer is -- as I have earlier mentioned-explained. You see. Heitzman sold birds on a regular basis. Many young birds were sold every year. Hundreds. Heitzman would mate his birds on February 14 every year. And depending on the circumstances and also the specific pair he would raise 2 or 3 rounds from each pair before seperating them for the following year. Many fanciers would ask him for two or four babies. That was very common. Insisting. That the young birds they bought---- were "evenly divided" as males and females. As Heitzman did not want to make mistakes. He so often mated a black gene male which was either a blue bar, blue check or black check --- to a red gene female--- which was a red check or silver bar. Heitzman was well aware. Well educated. (He owned the largest pigeon libary in the world). Knowing. Any baby coming from such matings. Any and all. 100% of the time. Any baby the color of its black gene father would always be a HEN. And. Any young bird-baby from that mating which was the color of the mother would always be a COCK. This being the "opposite-color-sex-linked-gene law" true for all pigeons. Always accurate. In this. Heitzman could simply look at the color of a baby from such a mating and know accurately 100% of the time the exact sex of that baby. In doing this. Heitzman made no mistakes. When guarenteeing a customer a pair of birds which were a male and a female. What happend in all of this. What genetically was happening over so many years. As Heitzman practiced this methodology for 40 years. Was a long period of mixing the color genes together. As my dear old friend, CLYDE GALLOWAY, who was an authortity on the colors of pigeons--having written a popular book on the subject---said to me: "Robbie, mating pigeons is like mixing paints." He was simply referring to the colors. And in this. To some degree. He was correct. So. That is the why. The why. You saw those old Sions sometimes carrying those black markings. And those black markings were dominant once established. And why. Today. You rarely see any black markings among my own family of "NO SWEAT SIONS" in reds or silvers. They are "clean" of those black markings. Simply because. For the past 50 years. I have been breeding away from such. Keeping the reds together. Not introducing black genes to them. Not "mixing paints" togeher. I have my reasons why I do this. I have been breeding toward a diffusion, strengthening and darkening of red. A noted and distinct---- "more red" than anyone who has ever worked with Sions. There is discussion. That birds which are of the red gene do not have feathers as strong as those of the black gene. I have observed this popular belief---- yes to be accurate and true. The quality and strength of a feather is entirely a genetic trait based on so many things, including coloration. If you "work with" reds and silvers which have superior feathering. You can go to bed at nights. Knowing. The babies they will breed. Will also have the same strong feathering. In this. A fancier must always keep a keen-sharp eye. Pay attention. Examine. Careful observances. Breed intelligent-accordingly. From year to year. Otherwise. You can eventually lose "feather quaity" in any color. If you haphazardly breed. Paying little attention. From year to year. As to what is going on with your birds. You can lose all manner of qualities, including feather quality. The NO SWEAT SIONS which are reds take great pride in the quality of feathering they possess.

This pair of 2025 babies shown here I bred from two silver bars. As you will see. One of the babies happens to be a blue bar. Any time you mate two silver bars you will breed on pigeons of the bar pattern. If one of those happens to be a blue bar it will ALWAYS be a hen. Any time you mate two red gene pigeons together and they happen to produce a baby which is of the black gene--it will always be a HEN.

This double blue banded blue bar old hen is named "TUFT." As a baby her head was severly pecked by an invading cock. Thus causing the feather to grow as it has . She is one of the best bred hens I own in 2025 for consistency. Her babies have raced fantsstic. In the hand she is dead perfect.

This young blue hen I bred in April, 2025 will be entered in "THE FLORIDA DERBY." She was bred out of my great blue hen named "TUFT."

To the left is one of my gorgeous, long- distance blue bar NO SWEAT SION cocks. He is "TUFT'S" 2025 mate. One of their 2025 young birds will be racing in THE FLORIDA DERBY.

2025 YOUNG BIRDS. NO SWEAT SIONS. NOTE. This is what maintaining an excellent F-A-M-I-L-Y of the finest Sions in the world is all about. LONG DISTANCE RACERS. GORGEOUS. PURE OLD LINE PAUL SIONS.

The red hen above and the red hen below are closely related. Both red hens are linebred back to a pair of reds I called "THE RED PAIR." Often the young birds are not as "pretty" or "showy" as many of my reds. But certainly. The babies which are bred from these reds are EXTREMELY reliable and consistent in racing at all distances. Particularly at longer distances. My "TRD PAIR" can easily be seen and discussed on the internet. Just type in: "NO SWEAT SLICK RED PAIR." I have made sure to keep this blood running all throughout the blood in my reds. Much of this deriving from four birds. Two pair which I mated together. All of them 600 mile young birds which raced incredibly well. Particulary when you take into account they were YOUNG BIRDS. As you realize. 600 mile YOUNG BIRDS are EXTREMELY rare. These four birds which I am mentioning are "HARD CORE" Silver mealy cock which I mated to "LONGWINGS," a blue check hen. The other pair being "RESOLVE" a red cock which I mated to "CHATTANOOGA," a blue bar pencil hen. I took the babies from these two matings and mixed them together. Always keeping a close eye on the best ones which emerged. Just at a glance and not referring to pedigrees I can spot the birds which are red in color in my loft looking like direct babies which I bred from "THE RED PAIR." You can see that "type" in these two hens. Having much more of a "common look" in their faces. Generally, a more pronounced checker pattern. Instead of a vlevet-like color pattern. One bird I bred from THE SLICK RED PAIR was a tiny blue check hen. I tossed her 50 miles on her first toss. Second toss was a month later, 500 miles. My first bird home early the second day. Fifteen minutes later another small blue check hen came. Her nestmate. These are wonderful, old line true Sions going back to Heitzman's original red pair of Sions, 1033 and 1104. If you look at photos of 1033 and 1104. You will see these same type of reds.

A 2025 mealy young hen which will be entered in THE HOOSIER. Typical NO SWEAT SION.

WAR LADY & MORNING STAR'S first two babies in 2025. One is going to the FLORIDA DERBY. The other may wind up going to THE HOOSIER. Photo taken April 21, 2025.

"MORNING STAR" 2327. Mated to "WAR LADY" in 2025.

"MORNING STAR." 2327. SILVER BAR COCK. NO SWEAT SION. 2025 mate to "WAR LADY." Sitting on their first round of babies. Hatched April 15, 2025.

THE NO SWEAT LOFTS MAINTAIN THREE MAIN COLORS: BLUE BARS, SILVER BARS AND REDS. PERFORMANCE AT LONGER DISTANCES IS THE FIRST PRORITY. THEN, BEAUTY. THE NO SWEAT SIONS OWN CLOSED BACKS, TIGHT VENTS AND EXCELLENT BALANCE.

FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS THE NO SWEAT LOFTS HAVE BRED OUTSTANDING BRICK RED SIONS WINNING AT 600 MILES AND FARTHER. IN CHINA. THEY WON A 1,000 KM RACE 3,500 ENTRIES. NO SWEAT HAS HAD SEVERAL OF REDS COME BACK FROM 700 AIR MILES AS YOUNG BIRDS. WORLD-RECORD LONG DISTANCE FOR A YOUNG BIRD.

LANCE ROBBINS. NO SWEAT'S GRANDSON. HAS BEEN A GOD-SEND WORKING WITH THE NO SWEAT SIONS FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS. LANCE IS A RECOGNIZED SWIMMER, SCUBA DIVER, SURFER, SPELUNKER AND MORE. HE RECEIVED A "FULL ACADEMIC-MULTI SCHOLARSHIPS RIDE" THROUGHOUT COLLEGE. INSTEAD OF OWING MONEY WHEN HE GRADUATES. THE UNIVERSITY PAID HIM AN ADDITIONAL $10,000 TO ATTEND.

WHEN YOU SEE A TRUE FAMILY OF RACING PIGEONS YOU WILL SEE A SIMILARITY IN THEIR FACES. THEY WILL OWN THE BASIC SAME SIZE. HANDLE MUCH ALIKE. EVEN SAME DISPOSITIONS. THE NO SWEAT SION FAMILY MAY BE THE ONLY TRUE FAMILY OF RACERS TODAY IN NORTH AMERICA CREATED BY THE ORIGINAL FANCIER HIMSELF. REMARKABLY. THIS FAMILY CONSISTENTLY WINS MAJOR RACES ACROSS THE USA AND WORLD TODAY. PROOF OF THE VALUE OF A SOLID FAMILY MAINTAINED BY SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

Many of THE NO SWEAT SIONS tace back to the greatest Sion ever exported by Paul Sion. A blue white flight cock named, "LE-ROI." Lew Curtis and Charles Heitzman owned incredible success with racers bred down from Le-Roi. Particularly racing longer distances.

24-30724 BLUE BAR HEN. NO SWEAT SION. 30724 was one of my favorite hens which I bred in 2024. Everything about her is perfect. She is a classic NO SWEAT SION bred for long distance. Physiclly and blood-line. In 2025, a permanent stock hen. She is also shown on the next four photos.

THE NO SWEAT LOFTS ARE LOCATED ON FIVE ACERS IN RICHMOND, KENTUCKY. LAND OWNING AN OPEN FIELD, CREEK AND WOODS. NO SWEAT IS ALLOWING THE ENTIRE AREA TO RETURN BACK TO NATURE. THE NO SWEAT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY. A SERENE AREA. FOREVER. FOR ALL PLANTS, BIRDS AND LIVING CREATURES.

THE PHOTO ABOVE IS AN "OPERATIONS ROOM." WHERE NO SWEAT WORKS WITH HIS SIONS. THE BIG PLASTIC BAGS ARE FULL OF PINE NEEDLES. USED FOR NESTING MATERIALS. THE WICKER BASKETS WERE ALL THE PROPERTY OF CHARLES HEITZMAN AT ONE TIME.

NO SWEAT AND HIS GRANDSON, LANCE. THE HARSH WINTER, JANUARY, 2025. TEPERATURES OFTEN DROPPING BELOW ZERO.

The photo above and also to the left are of the same yearling blue bar cock named "SWEET SUMMER SWEAT." Hatched October, 2024. He is bred from "SUMMERTIME" and "THE MALTESE FALCON." He is mated to his nestmate. I plan to enter their babies in either the Florida Derby or The Hoosier. Like VAN LOON. I smile when some know-it-all fancier deters from a family. As for line-breeding and inbreeding. Of course, that is by far the smartest way to breed. You always want to breed toward a great champion. Be as smart as you can to try to improve that great champion. Not destroy everything about it by crossing with some other family or god-knows-what cross of pigeons. There is absolutely NO scientific basis or long, true, record-keeping of anyone actually devoted to breeding pigeons----- whetein ---anything----- even remotely begins to show--------- that a family of pigeons is not the smartest way to work with birds. Yet, so much circus-stuff, used-car lot, sales-ploy rhetoric remains in the air. Horribly influencing an entire new generation of fanciers. The same fools whop wonder??? Why their crosses do no good in races.....

The photo above is that of my blue bar hen named "SUMMERTIME." Bred by NO SWEAT. A pure SION. Heavily line-bred to the famous Sion cock named "LE-ROI." SUMMERTIME was entered by me in SOUTH AFRICA at the height of the SOUTH AFRICA RACE program. That year there were nearly 10,000 entries from all over the world. The best. She finished 41rst on their last and most important long distance race. Almost the first bird home from all of the USA entries. Summertime is bred down from my line of long-distance Sions which have flown 700 air miles as a YOUNG BIRD. That happens to be WORLD-RECORD long distance for a YOUNG BIRD. A feat which I have accomplished four different times with a combination of 20 YOUNG BIRDS. SUMMERTIME had a full sister which flew in THE VICTORIA FALLS Race. Several different tosses and or races---that blue hen led every single bird from the USA. In one race, finishing 6th in the entire world. These are line-bred and in-bred Sions of which I have been breeding for 68 years. A true FAMILY of racing pigeons. The single best and most beautiful, long distance Sions and racing pigeons now in the entire world. Allow your eyes to judge for themselves. SUMMERTIME is now back home and a breeder for me in 2025. I have her mated to a blue bar cock with light violet eyes named "THE MALTESE FALCON."

"THE MALTESE FALCON"

"THE MALTESE FALCON." 2025. AT TWO YEARS OF AGE. "SUMMERTIME'S" 2024 & 20225 mate.

SUNNERTIME at 6 years of age.

This is the second round of babies out of SUMMERTIME and THE MALTESE FALCON in 2025. Both will be entered in the 2025 FLORIDA DERBY. This photo and the immediate one below are of the same two birds at different ages in their development.

AU2025KY25009 Blue Bar White Flight Cock. "LANCE." February 14, 2025 hatch. 2nd round baby bred from SUMMERTIME and THE MALTESE FALCON. Will be racing in THE FLORIDA DERBY. NO SWEAT SION. PHOTO TAKEN AT 6 WEEKS OF AGE.

AU2025KY25010BLUE BAR HEN. FEBRUARY 14, 2025 Hatch. 2nd Round baby bred from SUMMERTIME & THE MALTESE FALCON. WILL BE RACING IN THE FLORIDA DERBY. NO SWEAT SION. PHOTO TAKEN AT 6 WEEKS OF AGE.

PHOTO OF LANCE HOLDING TWO BABIES JUST BANDED IN 2025. PHOTO TAKEN APRIL 12, 2025. THE TWO BABIES HE IS HOLDING ARE OUT OF SUMMERTIME AND THE MALTESE FALCON. THEY ARE THE "THIRD ROUND" out of the same pair thus far for 2025. Band numbers: AU25KY25090 and AU25KY 091. To be entered in THE FLORIDA DERBY or THE HOOSIER. There is much discussion as to the advantages or disadvantages of entering older or younger birds into one loft races. Logic would dictate. Older birds. But that has proven not necessarily true. There is also discussion regarding the best time to mate pigeons. My mentor, Charles Heitzman, strongly believed in following nature in all matters pigeons. Particularly when to breed. He would mate his birds on February 14. Valentine's Day. This giving him spring and early summer in which to raise 2-3 rounds out of each pair. In my 68 years with racing pigeons. I have learned. Yes. It is better to breed as such. Even well into the summer. I have noted. Those babies which are happily reaised in the warmer months are able to enjoy life. More than those exposed to colder conditions. Enjoynment leads to happiness. Happy pigeons promote healthy pigeons. I believe. When constructing a loft. When working with pigeons. You must be "thinking pigeon." Be a pigeon. Create and do those things which make a pigeon happy. Make your loft taller than everyone else. That is what a pigeon wants. Build large aviaries. That is what a pigeon wants. Allow your pigeons to be happy. Not prisoners of your own design. Not do mokey-see-mokey-d stuff that all other fanciers do---- who never ponder such matters. Having exceptionally healthy birds will always place you at an advantage.

A 2024 late hatch out of SUMMERTIME and THE MALTESE FALCON. This hen is almost a clone of of her mother when her mother was this age.

ABOVE PHOTO. "SUMMERTIME." AU 2018 KY18160 BLUE BAR HEN. SUMMERTIME'S GRANDMOTHER IS 2011-33. "THE OCALA HEN." SHE IS SHOWN ON THIS WEBSITE UPDATE. THE OCALA HEN IS A DARK VIOLET EYE BLUE HEN. SHE WAS RELEASED WITH 50 YOUNG BIRDS IN OCALA FLORIDA. 700 MILES FROM NO SWEAT'S LOFTS. TEN DAYS LATER 33 WAS THE ONLY YOUNG BIRD TO COME HOME. AS IT TURNED OUT 33 BECAME AN OUTSTANDING BREEDER. SUMMERTIME FINISHED 41RST IN THE SOUTH AFRICA RACE AGAINST THE 10,000 ORIGINAL ENTRIES. HER FULL SISTER LED THE ENTIRE USA CONTINGENT-ENTRIES SEVERAL TIMES IN RELEASES AND RACES IN THE VICTORIA FALLS. SUMMERTIME WAS PURCHASED BACK AT GREAT COST FROM AFRICA AND TODAY IS ONE OF THE KEY BREEDERS FOR NO SWEAT IN 2025. THE DARK EYE BLUE HEN SHOWN BELOW IS A TYPICAL SION OF THIS LINAGE. NO SWEAT BRED HER IN 2024. HER SISTER WENT TO TAIWAN. SHE IS NOW ALSO A 2025 BREEDER. MANY FANCIERS REMARK ABOUT THE GREATNESS OF "THE BLACK-EYED SIONS." ACTUALLY. THEY ARE NOT TRUE BLACK COLORED EYES. SOME ARE VERY DARK VIOLET EYES SOMETIMES OWNING BITS OF DARK EMERLD GREEN IN THEM. AND SOMETIMES. THESE DARK-EYED SIONS ACTUALLY HAVE DARK-COLORED CHESTNUT EYES. HEITZMAN LOVED THAT EYE. ESPECIALLY FOR BREEDING.

LANCE HOLDING TWO 2025 EARLY HATCHES OUT OF SUMMERTIME AND THE MALTESE FALCON. AU-2025-KY-25000 and AU-25-KY-25001. BOTH BIRDS ARE NOW IN MIAMI. ENTERED IN THE FLORIDA DERBY. THE YOUNG COCK IS NAMED "CHANCO." HIS NESTMATE HEN IS NAMED "MISS CHESTEEN."

"THE MALTESE FALCON." BLUE BAR COCK. VERY LIGHT VIOLET EYES. AU 23 KY 23036. NO SWEAT SION. OF THE 1,200 YOUNG BIRDS NO SWEAT BRED IN 2023, HE VALUES THIS BLUE BAR AS THE BEST. HE NAMED HIM AFTER THE FAMOUS STATUE IN THE HUMPHREY BOGART MOVIE. HIS FATHER IS A BLUE BAR COCK NAMED "ELVIS." 2015-50998. THE MALTESE FALCON IS A PERFECT PIGEON. ALPHA PERONALITY. BECAUSE OF THE "BALANCING ACT" IMPORTANT IN SELECTING POTENTIAL BREEDERS. NO SWEAT WILL BE MATING THE MALTESE FALCON TO SUMMERTIME IN 2025. PLANS ARE. TWO OF THEIR BABIES WILL BE ENTERED IN THE FLORIDA DERBY.,

The photos above and below are of "THE MALTESE FALCON." In 2023, I bred 1,200 young bird Sions. Of those I judged THE MALTESE FALCON" to be the singularly best bird. He appears to be a big bird. But when you place him in your hand you hardly know that you have a pigeon at all. He is perfectly constructed and owns a wonderful light pearl-type violet eye. He is one of the most dominant pigeons I have ever owned. I should glue some feathers on him and enter him in the world's greatest chicken fight. I bred 14 young birds out of him in 2024. It is now the third week in March and he is sitting on his third round for this year in 2025.

"BOGART" Blue Bar Cock. Hatched October, 2024. Bred from "THE MALTESE FALCON" and "SUMMERTIME." Bogart is almost identical yo his father. At five months of age he is already mated. I plan to enter his babies in the HOOSIER. BOGART looks big in this photo. But he is not a big pigeon. Actually, medium in size. When you hold him--you feel almost no weight at all. As though you are holding cotton. He is perfectly built. Closed back. Tight vents.

THE CLASSY BLUE BAR ABOVE IS A DAUGHTER OUT OF MY CHAMPION LONG-DISTANCE SION NAMED "CHATTANOOGA." 2009-23007. CHATANOOGA'S NESTMATE FINISHED 13th in the AU CONVENTION RACE. AS A YOUNG BIRD CHATTANOOGA WAS RELEASED AT 200 MILES FROM CHATTANOOGA, TN. SHE WAS CAUGHT BY A COOPER HAWK IMMEDITELY UPON RELEASE. TWO DAYS LATER. HORRIBLY WOUNDED. SHE ARRIVED BACK TO THE NO SWEAT LOFTS. A YEAR LATER. SHE WAS RELEASED FROM 620 MILES. SHE CAME BACK HOME ON THE SECOND DAY. UN-RECOGNIZABLE. TOTALLY DRENCHED IN TAR AND OIL. AFTER THAT. SHE WAS RETIRED AS A PERMANENT BREEDER. MANY OF HER DIRECT BABIES AND GRANDCHILDREN HAVE WON AT 500 AND 600 MILES ACROSS THE USA. Also, in Japan and China. THEIR HOMING INSTINCTS AND HEART BEING CONTINUED. IN THE NO SWEAT LOFTS. SOMETIMES. IF YOU NOTE A DARKER COLORED BLUE BAR. IT WILL OFTEN TRACE BACK TO CHATTANOOGA.

NO SWEAT BELIEVES IN BREEDING AS PERFECT A PIGEON AS POSSIBLE. LEAVING NO ADVANTAGES FOR COMPETITION.

CHESTEEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN INTREGAL PART OF THE NO SWEAT SIONS. FOR SEVERAL YEARS SHE SERVED AS THE RACE SECRETARY FOR THE LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY RACING PIGEON CLUB. TWO TIME VALEDICTORIAN. RECEIVED HER MS DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY.

The blue bar hen to the left flew 500 miles as a YOUNG BIRD. So did 7 other full
siblings on the
same year.

Thank you for taking the time to look at some of my 2025 breeders. If you wish to contact me the best way is by email: [email protected] Those two blue checks in the photo behind me. One is of a young hen. I took her 50 miles on her first toss. Two weeks later I released her at 520 miles. She was home early on the second day. Her nestmate came about fifteen minutes later. I bred them from two red checks. "THE RED PAIR." They were bred from HARD CORE, LONGWINGS, RESOLVE and CHATTANOOGA. THREE were 600 mile YOUNG BIRDS. CHATTANOOGA WAS A YEARLING. The other photo is that of one of my greatest breeders ever. "PEG LEG." Unbanded. Blue check cock. His blood lives all throughout my lofts from nearly 60 years ago. Blessings. "NO SWEAT"
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No Sweat and Chesteen. April 10, 2025. Married 53 years. Went together for 7 years before marriage. Grade school and high school and college sweethearts. Chesteen was valedictorian of Ravenna Grade School and Valedictorian of Irvine High School. GIRLS STATE. Aacademic scholarships. She recieved her BS and MS in Chemistry. Became the first woman principal of a Middle School in eastern Kentucky. Retired after 37 years. Known for her smarts, red hair, good looks, big heart, charm and honesty. Chesteen has always been at No Sweat's side in all matters. They have one daughter, Nancy, MA English. An English teacher. And two grandsons, Lance and Barrett. 4.0 students. Active with No Sweat's pigeons and much more.

Any fancier can go out to the lofts on a pleasant day to enjoy the birds. I have been with racing pigeons nearly 70 years. Passionately still love them. This recent photo is of my grandson and I. Down at the creek below the lofts we broke through the thick ice with an axe. Then dipped five gallon buckets to get water. Which we carried back up the hill. My Sions had been eating snow up until then. They were happy to get the water. We were happy as well. In like anything you love. You deal with all the adversities it owns. As long as I breathe the strength of Sions will breathe as well.