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Comment on Health in the Loft; Your’s, Not the Pigeons. by admin

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:19:15 +0000

Hi Barnsley,

Thanks for sharing your story and your procedures. Your comments will help many fanciers.

Thanks and good health!
-Chris

Comment on Health in the Loft; Your’s, Not the Pigeons. by Barnsley Tyke

Barnsley Tyke — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:18:39 +0000

very good article. I have suffered with this problem for years and have been treat with steroids twice to cure severe symptoms. The answer is to think dust every time you attend the birds. I have a light simple mask round my neck for simple POP IN loft tasks. Any mask is better than none at all. For more intense visits into the lofts then I use a more expensive Quality mask. People think that because they have a mask that has a visor and it blows air down their face it is good. Wrong,a good mask has to be top of the range KITEMARK standard, which means the air is filtered to a high degree before it is inhaled. Imagine a mask with no filter blowing air down your face then it would be no use whatsoever. The biggest problems I have encountered is the Face seal of masks.If they do not fit smug and tight to your face and nose contours the air leaks out and air is also inhaled in bypassing the mask. This is what causes steaming up of glasses. Another main way of having problems out of the lofts, is dust accumulating on your HAIR
Always wash your face,hands,AND hair when you have finished. A fanciers wife was diagnosed with Pigeon Lung and she never visited pigeons. Over weeks of tests, it was found to be coming off her Husband’s pillow and hair.
The mask I use along with cap and smock is a Sundstrom made in Norway. The main filter is P3 standard and takes 99.8% of dust out.The face seal is from neoprene and creates a flexible tight seal to the nose and face, and does not rot or mis shape. Of interest dust masks of this type have BEE’s wax impregnated in the filter material, and this helps to extract the dust. When I train with birds in my car, my baskets have the nest box type floor grills in the bottom on 3 layers of newspaper. I change the newspaper weekly. This keeps the birds clean and there is no litter to fly airborne all over. I do not open my car windows because this creates more dust. I play the air from the Dash board vents onto my face. Hope this helps, and always think Cap, Smock, Mask. and enjoy your birds.
Pigeon Allergy against Feather Protein is one thing and the next stage is Pigeon Lung the next stage. I am a pigeon scribe and the fellow scribe with the Rabbit hutch type loft was Keith Mott. I believe he has now gone onto a more normal loft,designed to keep the dust down.

Comment on Pigeon Disease – The Eight Most Common Health Problems in Pigeons by admin

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:02:28 +0000

Hey Raghavendra,

Your symptom sounds like PMV, here are some links that I think can help you out,

Article: Paramyxovirus Basics
http://www.pigeonracingpigeon.com/2009/12/28/paramyxovirus-basics/

Video: Vaccinating Racing Pigeons with PMV
http://www.pigeonracingpigeon.com/2009/11/15/video-vaccinating-racing-pigeon-with-pmv-vaccine/

Hope it helps,
yours in the sport,
-Chris

Comment on Pigeon Disease – The Eight Most Common Health Problems in Pigeons by raghavendra

raghavendra — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:46:10 +0000

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Comment on Garlic; Some Facts for the Fancier by Murray McPhie

Murray McPhie — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:44:42 +0000

I absolutely believe in garlic for good health in the pigeons. It must be fresh, I buy locally grown garlic, not imported, bleached garlic. I keep it in a cool dark place and crush it before adding it to the water. I like to use garlic for two days a week, followed by apple cider vinegar for two days, then clear water for three days in a clean drinker. It seems to help every area of the pigeon’s life cycle, moulting, racing, breeding and resting.

Comment on What Do You Think is The Current State of Pigeon Racing? by raymond

raymond — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:31:42 +0000

Hi, good day to all, im from Manila Philippines, just for a thought, pigeon racing here in the Philippines are still growing, and to think of it, most of kids loves pigeon racing or breeding here.
What the fanciers can do is to coach those newly in the field, assist them and train them for better better towards to racing.
I just started again to breed , and join a club for the next game.
Ilove pigeons so much, most of the time that i dont have work were spending it with my birds.
It was a really great past time.

Comment on The Darkening System by Ravi

Ravi — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:49:02 +0000

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Comment on Young Bird Racing by striker14

striker14 — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:05:25 +0000

gud day!i’m n0t a flyer! But s0on i can b a gud flyer? Tnx 4dis site i g0t s0me idea h0w to be a g0od flyer s0on!!

Comment on Pigeon Racing Systems; The Pros and Cons of Each by Jason Heidlauf

Jason Heidlauf — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:02:26 +0000

im very new to the pigeon game and i let 4 birds out today for the first time and one was a mating pair and they stuck together like glue i got the hen in then the cock followed close behind oh this is there first time out on there own and weren’t sure about getting in and out of the loft so i will try flying the cock only and see how that works

Comment on Good Feather, Handling For Quality by Michael Spiegelberg

Michael Spiegelberg — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:28:52 +0000

What causes feathers to have an upward bend look to them – looks like the wing and flight feathers are bending upward and when I spread the wing they all have bends in the feathers – it 1st appeared with a bird I brang into My loft just to get back to health that looked unhealthy when i 1st got it – had these same bend in the feathers – I have given that bird away to a responsible owner but have noticed now that My birds at least a few of them are beginning to get this same look – They are stocked birds ( Not Flown )—- Thank You ~ Mike