Pigeons Loft

During this time of year in the pigeon racing sport, my focus turns to old birds, especially to their healthcare and to their motivation for racing.

Coccidiosis and canker germs are big, significant health threats that our racing Pigeons Loft and advise you not to overlook your old pigeon racing Pigeons with respiratory antibiotics.

I would like to share with you a product that I get great results from for my breeding pairs and squeakers: Calcium/Vitamin D3 Syrup from the Australian Pigeon Company. It works particularly well when administered along with Pigeon Power. it helps with the overall strength of both the parents and the young. I mix this calcium supplement and Pigeon Power into water at the same time according to directions and give it to my breeders and to the babies they are raising. This is a great thing to do for your racing Pigeons.

What does it take to grow sturdy and capable racing Pigeons Loft, ensure that there is no such thing as a damp area which might change into the breeding place of fungus and bacteria, give your Pigeons Loft. This would be the place which your Pigeons Lofts that are too big and will be too expensive to purchase. While others are small and some are even simply made of scrap materials. For some folks, the loft generally is a small wooden box that is about the dimension of an orange crate.

Take notice that we're not debating on the size or the price of the loft. It is whether or not you feel it is good for your Pigeons Lofts you prefer. A factor to weigh is whether or not it is clean and dry and is safe from any possible predators.

The water, meals, and grit. If the pigeon racing pigeon racing Pigeons is indeed one thing to be engaged with. If you are really into this, you'll be able to learn all of these basics.

Respiratory disease and infections will hinder your racing Pigeons Loft flying Eye and nostril discharge Sneezing Swollen cere and sinus

Panting will not always mean there is illness but if it is a lower temperature, and you just did a short toss, that may be a sign of illness if they are panting after. Panting can occur when the temperature is high to rid of excess heat, be aware of that as well. Be sure to understand the difference between panting of unfit pigeon racing pigeon racing pigeon will not be able to fly much, if at all. This is because oxygen will not be delivered to other parts of the body as needed, causing other organs and systems to work harder, and eventually make the whole body tired. Muscle cramping will happen, which will not allow the pigeon to fly. Your racing pigeon will have no energy to do much of anything, so do not attempt any training.

You must feed your Pigeons plenty of water to flush out the infections, try and make sure they eat as well to boost their energy and give their body some nutrients. If water is given, and the pigeon is able to rest, the illness won't last too long. But in racing season, it may take a while for the pigeon to regain full strength to race at a top performance level, so action must be taken quickly to avoid missing any races.

Pigeons Lofts should also be covered to prevent pigeon nesting.

When Pigeons are hanging around at the edge of your roof, a relatively easy trick to deter them is to run a line of wire a few inches above the edge, as this will prevent them from landing. Unfortunately, running wire over roof edges can be difficult as there is nothing to which you can secure the wire. Chicken wire, or even barbed wire, can serve as an excellent alternative as it can usually be installed with ease.

Unfortunately, Pigeons are first and foremost drawn to food sources. If you have fruit trees or other natural sources of food on your property, it can be very difficult to get rid of these Pigeons. Therefore, you may have no other option than to seek professional advice. Indeed, it can be very difficult to permanently solve a pigeon problem, and professionals have more tools at their disposal when it comes to addressing bird infestations. If you cannot easily remove Pigeons from your property, it is likely time to contact a professional pest control service.

Many people accidentally create fear of gun fire in their hunting dogs by rushing their dog into exposure before they are ready. I have heard many horror stories of people who assume a puppy should be genetically programmed to like gun fire. They will shoot a shot gun over their puppy and then are surprised and disappointed when the pup startles and develops fear.

Introducing your dog to gun fire should come only after you have developed a great excitement and desire for a retrieve. Use a helper to throw marks for your dog out in a mowed field. Have them get your dog's attention with their movements and their voice at first. I always use a high and excited voice to yell "Hey, Hey Pup!" as I am twirling a training bumper around and waving my arms.

When the dog's handler calls for me to throw the bumper, I watch the dog carefully even as I am continuing with my movements and voice to make sure he is going to see the object go up in the air and then fall. The handler should restrain the dog until the bumper is high in the air at the top of the arc of the throw. Release the dog while saying his name in an excited way.

After a few days or weeks of creating excitement in the puppy or dog for the retrieve, I begin to not only use voice, but add in a duck call after the voice in getting the dog to look out at me for the retrieve. After a session or two with the duck call, I go to a field near a freeway. The noise of the freeway will mute the sound of the starter pistol I am going to use to introduce gun fire to the dog. Now I use voice to get the dog's attention and substitute the pop of the starter pistol for the duck call. I make sure that I am at least 50 yards away from the dog when I shoot the pistol.

After I have introduced the noise of the starter pistol near the freeway, I will move to a quieter field where the noise of the pistol will be more pronounced. After that is going well, I will introduce a much louder sound of a shotgun at a distance.

To introduce the dog to being shot over, I will plant some shackled birds in a field. When the dog finds a bird, it will fly up a few feet but the weight of the shackles will bring it down again. (Trained homing Pigeons Loft as well.) When the dog thrills to the bird flying up, I shoot a starter pistol so that he begins to associate a loud noise with birds flushing.

Finally, I will plant birds and shoot a shotgun over the dog. By taking it step by step and developing the dog slowly and surely, my dog will not only not be fearful, but actually be excited about the sound of gun fire.

One of the things I was told early on in my racing pigeon career was that prevention is better than cure, particularly when it comes to sickness in young birds.

Treating young birds once they have an illness is quite difficult because you have to make sure the disease doesn't spread and to do that you either have to quarantine those that are ill or treat the whole team because it is difficult to know which Pigeons Loft
- Keep the loft clean and dry
-Avoid stress on the Pigeons

And do all the other good things with the food and water and hopefully you'll have a sickness free year but one other thing to try which i have now done for the past 5 years is to treat the water when all of the first round youngsters are out of the nest.

Repeat the process when the second round youngsters join the initial batch as well. There are many products to use to treat them with so make sure you understand what it is you are trying to prevent, but don't wait until the problem happens.

I don't know whether i have just been lucky in the past 5 years because prior to my preventative strategy my young birds always seemed to contract one sort of illness or another, but since I started with the idea of early treating of the water, I have had no problems and my success rate with the young birds has increased dramatically.

My son John always was interested in Pigeons Loft with an outside run so the birds could have a small area outside so they could see the sky.

Of course human nature took it's course and the two pairs have had some beautiful babies. Naturally, he let these babies out of the pigeon racing.

I am sure you can understand the joy we felt, when, outside the pigeon racing, we all enjoy these moments.

Good fortune to all and great pigeon racing for the upcoming season

John Morton Vancouver British Columbia.