Homing Pigeons Fly Home Using Mental Map (Source: RedOrbit) Homing pigeons fly off from an unknown place in unfamiliar territory and still manage to find their way home. Their ability to find their way home has always been fascinating to…
Understanding Breeding and Genetics Part 3 – “Pigeons win races, not names…”
Understanding Breeding and Genetics Part 3 – “Pigeons win races, not names…” As in life, there are never any dead certainties. With pigeons even less and to be realistic, one must only work on small success percentages. Any pair of…
Understanding Breeding and Genetics Part 2 – Selection
Selection Selection is at the basis of all breeding and the improvement of all animal species depends on it. Long before any animal breeder ever used his stockman’s eye to select certain individuals, natural selection had from the very first…
Understanding Breeding and Genetics Part 1
Understanding Breeding and Genetics Breeding good racing pigeons can be accomplished without any knowledge of genetics. Just think; how would the stockmen of years gone by, who did not have an inkling of genetics, have bred their livestock? Theirs was…
Factoring Genetics into Racing Pigeon Breeding
Factoring Genetics into Racing Pigeon Breeding Learning and understanding the genetics of racing pigeons is crucial to the successful breeding of the birds. There are genetic traits that you know desire and need to introduce to the gene pool of…
Factoring Genetics into Racing Pigeon Breeding
Factoring Genetics into Racing Pigeon Breeding Learning and understanding the genetics of racing pigeons is crucial to the successful breeding of the birds. There are genetic traits that you know desire and need to introduce to the gene pool of…
Secret #4: Look for Evidence of Homing and Navigation Qualities
Secret #4: Look for Evidence of Homing and Navigation Qualities Breed from birds that have the “Compass” or “Homing Instinct.” If a pigeon can’t home, how can you expect it to win? There is still no consensus on how a…
Secret #7: I Believe in Heredity
Secret #7: I Believe in Heredity I believe in the simple principle of genetics, “Heredity is handed down from one generation to the next.” No one can start with mediocre pigeons and castoffs from several different fanciers, and hope to…
