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As the table below shows, the major part of what we feed our pigeons consists of carbohydrates. A pigeon’s digestive system changes the carbohydrates of the maize, wheat and peas into animal proteins, which are then stored in the muscles and the liver of the bird in the form of glycogen. During the race the […]
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Additional Nutritional Considerations Loss of Nutrients The loss of nutrients in stored seed should be considered when ensuring optimal nutrition for your racing pigeons. Consider the fact that seed gets harvested once a year so, at some point, the available seeds can be a year or more old. As the seed ages, there is loss […]
Vitamins to Be Supplemented Vitamin B12 is low or even absent in most plant foods. The most popular and effective form of supplementation is with yeast, such as Baker’s or Brewer’s yeast. Another source is inactivated yeast supplements such as the Australian Pigeon Company’s ID Yeast. All yeast contains not only Vitamin B12 but also […]
The racing pigeon diet has evolved over time as research has revealed the specific nutritional requirements for optimal breeding and racing performance in the racing pigeon. No longer is the diet of 30 years ago, a diet of just peas and wheat, sufficient. Even a bird diet of multiple seeds will not provide the necessary […]
Training Pigeons – Pigeon Training and Nutrition Part 2 Nutrition for Humans: Untrained humans will burn their body fat first. Trained humans will burn a lot more carbohydrates. The story in training pigeons is completely different and I will come back to this later. If you want to train well, as a trained athlete you […]
Pigeon Training and Nutrition Part 1 If you want to run the marathon, you will have to train, otherwise you will not arrive at the finish line in time. This we can all understand and accept. To develop this ability, a plan is required, one that will lead to your goal. It will take many […]
Pigeon Racing and Nutrition of the Muscle Part 6 Toward the end of a very long or tough day, we see that he situation regarding the fuel supplies within the two types of muscle fibers has changed remarkably. If we look again at the red and white fibers, we see that the large white fibers […]
Pigeon Racing and Nutrition of the Muscle Part 5 It has been shown experimentally that within minutes after release, all of the glycogen reserves in the white fibers are completely exhausted, and for all practical purposes, their activity virtually stops for the moment, as a result of this depletion of fuel. In fact, these experiments […]
Pigeon Racing and Nutrition of the Muscle Part 4 As a reserve fuel for flight, fat has definite advantages over carbohydrate and protein. For example, one unit of fat liberates as much energy as equal amounts of carbohydrate and protein put together. One gram ( about 1/30th of an ounce) provides about 9,300 calories of […]
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