Double T Lofts

Double T Lofts is a father and son partnership in Midland, Texas. Tom, my father, has had pigeons since his younger brother brought home a couple of commons in 1961. Since his younger brother did not want to take care of these birds, my father took over, & enjoyed the birds. His father, my grandfather, then decided if they were going to have pigeon... s in their backyard, they would be racing pigeons. Thus, a passion for racing pigeons was born in my father, Tom. Success was achieved early in my father's racing career. In Tom's first year of racing, he won the last 300 mile YB race of the season in the Permian Basin Pigeon Club, at the age of 16. Tom would then continue to race the birds through high school and his first two years of college. However, when he went off to Texas Tech, he set the birds aside for 5 years, as he completed his studies in Chemical Engineering and married his wife and my mother, Dana. Tom resumed racing when he moved to Midland and went to work for Shell. Success again came quickly, as he won every race but one in the Young Bird season of '71 in the Midland Racing Pigeon Club. However, he was not in Midland very long. In the fall of '72, my parents moved to Kalkaska, MI, as Tom was transferred with Shell. My father only took 10-12 of his birds with him to Michigan, and he did not race them. It was in Michigan that my older brother, Tyler, was born in 1973. The following year, my parents were once again transferred with Shell to Houston, TX. It was in Houston that my father was able to get back to racing. In 1975, the Double T Lofts partnership was born. 1975 was the year that I was born in Houston, TX. Although, I was not flying birds the day I was born, it did not take very long. Around this same time, my father imported his first pigeons. He imported 8 Cattrysse from Stan Young in England. These Cattrysse raised a number of very good pigeons when crossed onto both Janssen and Ameels. In Houston, we had three 6' X 4' X 3' lofts (2 racing and one breeding), & we had a hen loft that was ...Read More