The duijvesteinhattem pigeon loft uses pump water. By using natural water there may be health benefits for the Marathon carrier pigeon breeders .

More often it has been seen that the better marathon racing lofts are using pump water or surface water.

Since March 2021, a hand pump has been installed where the drinking water for the pigeons is pumped.

The weekly bath of the breeders is also done with the pump water.

The drinking water pots are refreshed twice a day and cleaned by hand.

The drinking water pots are placed on an elevation so that flying dirt cannot easily fall into the water.

Especially in the summer period, the drinking water is a source of pathogenic germs.

But in the breeding loft we general strive to generate a strong immune system.

Perhaps the drinking water from the groundwater well can help with this, that is what we assume and use for this.

The drinking water is pumped from 6.5 meters.

Due to the sand filtration here in city Hattem, the pump water is of excellent quality.

A characteristic of Hattem’s water is that it contains little or no lime.

Geographically, Hattem is located in the valley that runs out to the river IJssel.

What flowed out to the lake the IJsselmeer.

This makes the groundwater flow, at six and a half meters, strong and therefore always fresh.