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Panting During Racing Healthy racing pigeons racing on hot days will pant. This is completely normal and understandable now that you know that panting is the bird’s natural way of cooling itself. And, it is completely normal and natural for a resting…
Beginner’s Handbook Conclusion You now have been introduced to the sport of pigeons. We have shown you a few of the basics. We have also taken you through one entire year in the lives of your birds. It might very…
Training Your Birds After the birds have been outside for a proper amount of time, they should be called into the loft. This is done by whistling and shaking the feed can. Just as a lion tamer uses a whip…
Pigeon Life Cycle To help you understand what to expect from your pigeons, we will briefly follow them for one year. Because a year is a long time and many things can and will happen it will be impossible to…
Widowhood Celibacy Creates Motivation on Race Day. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mehe_acMdr8] Here is another great video from Dr. John Lamberton, in this video Dr. Lamberton shows us how widowhood celibacy creates motivation to fly home faster on race day. If you have been…
Panting in Healthy and Fit Birds Any healthy and fit racing pigeon that has to fly hard in a short time period will pant. Similar to a marathon runner panting after a sprint, birds pant to recover from the oxygen…
Balance of Grains and Vitamins Balance In addition to there being adequate levels of vitamins in the pigeon’s diet, it is important that they are not given in overdose. For example, overdose of vitamin A interferes with the absorption of…
Panting and Disease In studying the process of respiratory panting as a part of the disease process, we need to know that, compared to humans, a racing pigeons ability for the respiratory tract to heal after infection or injury is considerably reduced.…
Pigeon Egg Incubation After about 10 days from mating, the hen will lay her first egg. If it is not freezing outside, she will probably not sit on it all the time. She will skip a day, and then lay…
After the breeding season After your breeders have produced the youngsters to your race team, they should be stopped from raising any more young ones. Some fliers separate the pairs, while others take the real eggs away and let the…
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