Breeding Pigeons – Breeding Program for Success Part 1 Because of Taiwan’s unique style of racing and the various breeding seasons, fanciers must cull, select and prepare their breeders several times a year to ensure the greatest possible fertility of…
Breed From Leaders Part 3 – Breeding is a Numbers Game
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 #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…
Glemser Tip: Breed Your Birds Early
Glemser Tip: Breed Your Birds Early I get the birds to go down in mid November,those eggs are thrown away on the 25th of November. Reason being,when you first put your breeders together,some people don’t have seperate pens to mate…
Selecting a Quality Breeding Pair
Selecting a Quality Breeding Pair The chances of breeding a winner are increased when it is bred from a winner. We all realise, that even from the best breeding stock in the world, only a very small percentage of the…