Breed From Leaders Part 3 – Breeding is a Numbers Game Breeding is a numbers game. If we find a bird and his ancestries are full of leaders and champions, the chances greatly improve the possibility that its children will…
Breed from Leaders Part 2
Breed from Leaders Part 2 The difference between followers and leaders is not in the physical qualities of the birds, but the mental ability to “home”, and thus repeat week after week, a necessary qualification in racing. Champion lofts seem…
Breed from Leaders Part 1
Breed from Leaders Part 1 Like people, most of our racing pigeons become followers instead of leaders and independent thinkers. It is a very dangerous and fatal mistake for a fancier, and his breeding program for success in racing, to…
Secret #2: Quality over Quantity
Secret #2: Quality over Quantity DO NOT OVER CROWD YOUR LOFT (Racing or Breeding). Quantity offers only cost and wasted time. Quality is profitable and rewarding. Once you learn the advantage of quality above quantity, put it into practice. People…
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 #6: Breed for internal Qualities not External Appearance
Secret #6: Breed for internal Qualities not External Appearance Some fanciers have pigeons which seem to have everything one could desire in a bird’s appearance: wing, back, build, eyes, feather, etc. However, these pigeons have never earned the feed that…
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…
Healthy Pigeons Win Races Part 4 “A Realistic Health Program”
A Realistic Health Program Before Young Bird Races: Vaccinate for pox, PMV and paratyphoid 30 to 45 days before training starts. Before Breeding in the Winter: Vaccinate all old birds, breeders and young birds you are keeping for PMV and…
“Racing Pigeon School” Continued
“Racing Pigeon School” Continued Racing Pigeon School is a twelve month/365 day per year program. Racing Pigeon School begins each year on November 1st. Here are a few of the key dates each year for Racing Pigeon School: (These dates…
“Racing Pigeon School”
GENETIC TENDENCIES AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PREDISPOSITIONS If homing pigeons are not “in racing pigeon school,” then they are in the wild – even in a pigeon loft. If homing pigeons do not continually interact with fanciers on a daily basis (at…
