ABOUT US
ZACH and
KATE GARFIELD with children HAYDEN and MAC
Rocking G Lofts is owned and operated by Bud,
LaRee, Zach, and Kate Garfield and their children. Located
in Cedar City, Utah in the "gateway" to some of the most beautiful
country on earth and is the hub to many National Parks including
Zion and Bryce Canyon.
HISTORY
The Rocking G brand dates back to the early 1970s when the
Garfields owned and operated a small farm/ranch operation where
they raised purebred Suffolk and Columbia sheep and later went
on to raise Registered Quarter Horses.
Bud has always had a love for all types of animals and shared
that love with his children. The children were all raised on the
farm but in 1993 property values skyrocketed and it became less
feasible to raise livestock and grow crops and with the children
growing up and moving out of the house, the farm was sold.
Bud and LaRee moved to town and bought a little lot just outside
of town where they are able to have a few animals and since Bud
retired a few years ago, it has given him the perfect retreat to
relax and do the things he loves.
In the summer of 2002, Bud and one of his neighbors were having
a conversation and the topic turned to racing pigeons. It seems
this friend had flown birds with a club out of Beaver Utah (50
miles to the North) but he had gotten so busy that he had to get
out of the sport. He had given his birds to a fellow flyer and
there was this little blue check hen that just wouldn't settle to
the new loft and kept flying home. After taking the hen to the
new home a couple times just to have her show back up at the old
loft, he decided to keep her and see if he could find someone
who might want her that would keep her in the loft.
Well, it was more than Bud could resist and he offered to take
her so he picked her up and temporarily put her in the chicken
coop with a few laying hens he had at the time.
The intention was for Bud to just have a little flock of birds
to watch fly around the loft and with the family being
completely clueless of the way to find a mate for her but with a
Tyler being pretty savvy to the internet, they went on a hunt to
find a mate for the hen. It was quite a day when the online
pigeon auctions were discovered and a mate for the little hen
was soon found and bought for $75.00. Well, honestly the family
thought Bud had lost his mind paying $75.00 for a bird! When the
seller of the bird was contacted, he told Bud that it was as
cheap to mail two birds as one so another nice cockbird was
bought for another $75.00. ($75.00 birds, now those were the
days!) Now the search went out for another hen to go with the
other bird and the story continues
Just like the days on the farm, Bud has shared his interests
with his family and it didnt take long for his two sons Zach and
Tyler to get a huge interest in the birds, and as much as Bud
was going to be happy just having a small flock of birds to
enjoy flying around the loft, Zach and Tyler were more
interested in the competitive aspect of the sport.
Over the past couple years the Rocking G Loft has gone
from a loft where "just pigeons" are housed to home of some of
the most premier breeders and bloodlines in the sport.
LOCAL RPC
We are blessed to be a part of a club that is made up of some
honest, great flyers with some unbelievable birds, some of which
have been graciously passed along to us. We, like many people
getting into the sport spent a ton of unnecessary money in
finding what works and what doesn't. We would highly recommend
that a beginner seek birds from local flyers for your foundation
rather than piecing a loft full of "spare parts" together at
great expense. Your local birds are proven to your area and we
believe one can accelerate the process of competitiveness if you
accept gifts from fellow club members.
NEW FAMILY OF BIRDS
There are not too many of the original birds that were bought
still left in the loft. Due to heavy culling and becoming better
educated on quality, we have transformed the breeding program
and we now have basically two families of birds. We are the
proud owners of one of the most sought after family of HVR's. We
have been very lucky to have become friends with Ray and Ryan
Jones of Sandy Utah. The Jones Boys HVR's have won some of the
biggest One Loft compititions in the US. We have several of
their top older breeders in our loft as well as several other
breeders direct from them which are down from there foundation
pigeons. Our other main line is what we call our "Hit Pair"
line. Many of our top breeders are direct children of our "Hit
Pair". This pair continues each year breeding us top flying
birds in the One Loft and club settings. Not only have they done
well for us but are now doing well for several other lofts
throughout the US.
We have entered a few futurities over the past couple years and
plan on entering a few select races every year. We will also be
selling individuals and young bird kits and would invite anyone
who wants quality birds that are from proven families of winners
and breeders to contact us as we hope to be able to join with
folks around the pigeon racing world in providing quality birds
to share in making the greatest sport in the world, better!
Just like the days on the farm, we strive to breed the best with
the intent of making everything carrying the Rocking G name a
Champion!
