Breeding and training of homing pigeons

Breeding, breeding and taming are three indispensable links in the breeding process of racing pigeons, just like three pillars are indispensable. So what are the breeding and training of homing pigeons? Let me show you the breeding and training of homing pigeons. But the following contents are for reference only!

Breeding and training of homing pigeons

In breeding, feeding and taming, the author thinks that breeding can't change the existing quality of breeding pigeons with human will; As long as you can provide delicious feed, comfortable environment and proper management for racing pigeons, you can fatten strong pigeons, which is recognized by pigeon lovers. The organic combination of training and breeding can reflect the breeding level of pigeon breeders themselves. Training science. Being able to integrate the will of pigeon breeders into pigeon racing is the embodiment of personality. In addition, the improvement of racing pigeon's wisdom and strong physique comes from training. It is for this reason that every pigeon lover has his own uniqueness in the training and flying of racing pigeons, and even keeps it secret.

Pigeon racing is like horse racing. It is the guarantee of winning that the rider and the horse are integrated and communicate with each other mentally, and so is pigeon racing training. As the saying goes? Jade can't be cut into pieces and trees can't be cut into pieces? In order to make racing pigeons reach the best condition in the competition, human factors are very important. A racing pigeon with excellent pedigree, even if it is plump and strong, can hardly achieve excellent results without strict training. The appearance of a champion pigeon is by no means the result of careful feeding and training by racing pigeon breeders.

The training purpose of racing pigeons is not only to train their physique and homing ability, but more importantly, to train their ability to reflect, adapt and be fickle to the external environment, so as to promote racing pigeons to maintain the best flight state in the competition season. For example, the adaptability of racing pigeons to crowded environments and the adaptability of fighting each other after being locked in cages; Adaptability to bumps during long-distance transportation; The ability to compete for food and water in flying cages; The ability to reflect the new environment at the release location. These abilities need to be improved from training, which is an important guarantee for racing pigeons to return to their nests quickly. If all these abilities are improved through training, why worry about the poor condition of racing pigeons? Otherwise, neglect of training will easily make racing pigeons nervous and at a loss once they participate in the competition, which will directly affect the homing speed of racing pigeons. The training of pigeon racing is something that every pigeon breeder can take seriously, and every pigeon breeder has his own set of training methods and measures.

Generally speaking, it can be divided into family training of young pigeons, family flying training at ordinary times and short-distance training before the game. Such as four-week training, orientation training, irregular short-distance training, family flight training twice a day, rainy weather adaptability training, rapid training in the shed, heavy exercise training and other training methods, so which one is effective? It is very necessary for racing pigeon breeders to formulate a set of training and flying methods according to their own conditions. Pigeon racing training should always be unremitting and should not be exposed to cold. Everything starts from the actual needs, step by step. In order to make racing pigeons gradually adjust to the best state and maintain the best flying ability.

Training method of carrier pigeons

1. For young pigeons born in spring and competing in autumn, after training at home for a certain period of time, according to the shedding situation of young pigeons, accurately infer the shedding sequence and time of each main wing feather, and then cut some main wing feathers in a planned and purposeful way. When cutting the main wing feathers, the upper part of the feathers should be cut off every other feather. The length of the feathers cut off depends on the age of the pigeon, and generally does not exceed half the length of this feather. The feathers suitable for shortening should mainly be the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh feathers of the main wing, and two feathers should be cut off. Wings should be cut symmetrically, and feathers of the same length should be cut at the same position. The younger the pigeons are, the less the feathers are cut off, which can protect the young pigeons from harm and keep the balance of the racing pigeons. Or cut off the small feathers on one side at the same position of the wings to ventilate some wings and reduce buoyancy, so as to achieve the purpose of training flight ability.

2. Conventional deworming should be carried out two months before racing pigeons, and then electrolyte balance solution or medical compound Ringer's solution should be added to drinking water to quickly restore the physique of racing pigeons. At the same time, the original big trough was changed into a smaller trough, so that racing pigeons could compete for food after flying training at home, and the feed put in the trough was one-half or one-third of usual. When racing pigeons compete for feed in the trough for foraging everywhere, they will be driven out of the shed for family flight training when adding feed again. After circling several times, they will enter the shed again to seize the favorable position in front of the trough and compete for feed. If they persist for a period of time, they can compete to enter the shed under the temptation of food, thus adjusting their fighting spirit and habit of entering the shed in time.

3. Adapting to the environment of racing pigeon cages is the first hurdle for racing pigeons to participate in the competition. In a crowded and narrow space, the fighting between racing pigeons can easily damage the physical and mental state of racing pigeons. Therefore, it is essential to participate in cage training before the competition.

Specifically, cage training should be combined with short-distance training. Feeding should be stopped once before caging, and only clean drinking water containing compound Ringer's solution should be given. No matter how far the training distance is, the racing pigeons should be put into the cage the night before each training, so that it is easier to catch pigeons, and the racing pigeons can gradually adapt to the environment in the cage, reduce fear and stabilize their emotions. The next morning, when they were equipped with racing pigeons,

However, in the process of short-distance training and flying, it is necessary to control the food and water consumption of racing pigeons and not let them eat enough. This kind of training that imitates the racing process of racing pigeons can make racing pigeons eliminate their fears, have no strange feelings and compete for some food. So as to maintain the best mental state before the pigeon race.

4. The best way to induce the final sprint of racing pigeons is to train at close range many times before the game. One month before the competition, combined with the training and flying of the homing pigeon club, you should also take advantage of the gap between training and flying to conduct several private trainings within the range of100km, and then do another 50km of training and flying in the morning before gathering homing pigeons in the competition. Practice has proved that this can stimulate the competitive state of racing pigeons.

The training and flying of racing pigeons is a warm-up training before the competition, a necessary means to force racing pigeons to fly, and an effective way to find excellent racing pigeons and eliminate inferior racing pigeons. Only after strict training can racing pigeons be strong, their muscles can be developed and elastic, their wings can be strong and powerful, and only those who have undergone strict training and flying can succeed in the competition.

Management skills of carrier pigeons

1. Pigeon breeding should adhere to the principle of giving less for many times.

In recent years, the author has investigated the management of carrier pigeons in many public sheds, and the carrier pigeons should be kept on the principle of eating less and eating more. The advantages are:

First, it can stimulate the appetite of pigeons, so that the parent pigeons in the brooding period can get sufficient nutrition.

Second, it can prevent pigeons from being picky about food. Because of the lack of feed every time, pigeons are always fed as soon as possible to meet the demand, no matter what breed.

Third, it is conducive to reducing the waste of feed. The waste of pigeon house feed is a serious problem. In addition to the unreasonable structure of feed trough, the feed particles are too large and some feed pigeons don't like it, too much feed is also an important reason for this phenomenon. Because there is too much feed, pigeons peck around in the trough after they are full, but they can't swallow it when they want to eat it. When they eat the feed at their mouth, they spit it out and fall to the ground or feces.

Fourth, it can stimulate homing pigeons to increase their exercise. When adding feed, as soon as pigeons hear familiar sounds, the whole group becomes active and jumps. If you add too much feed at a time, the pigeons will eat it until the next day, when there is still a lot of feed in the trough, so the pigeons will not exercise so vigorously. If you only feed the pigeons 80% to 90% full at a time, you can eat all the feed within 30 minutes. In this way, pigeons will be as active as the first time when you feed them for the second time, and so on, which not only stimulates the appetite of pigeons, but also stimulates their exercise, thus enhancing their physique. Carrier pigeons are fed three times a day and supplemented twice, at 8: 00 a.m. and at 1 1 p.m., mainly at 3: 00 p.m., 5: 00 p.m. and 9: 00 p.m. The method of supplementing the feed is to pour the leftover feed of carrier pigeons into the trough with little or empty feed for carrier pigeons to eat, which not only supplements the feed, but also ensures that the feed in the trough is finished. Pigeons should be fed twice a day, once at 8:00 a.m. and once at 3:00 p.m., and the amount of feed added each time should not be too much, with an average of 10- 15g per pigeon.