Trichomoniasis – Canker in pigeons

Sunday, February 1st, 2009 • Diseases and prevention • 11,610 views

Trichomoniasis (or canker, by its common name used by most fanciers) is the most common disease of the racing pigeons. It is said that most of the pigeons are infested with canker during their lives, but it rarely shows symptoms of the disease in mature birds.
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“Vasilica” from Italy – 19.913 Km

Sunday, February 1st, 2009 • 10.000 Km • 1,512 views

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175979-1992-M
Fancier: Bute Iulian
Location: Borgoricco, Padova
Country: Italy
Total: 19.913,426 km in 8 years
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“Musca” from Romania, 14.751 Km

Sunday, February 1st, 2009 • 10.000 Km • 671 views

musca
108449–2001-F
Fancier: Stan Mircea + Ilie Marian
Location: Timisoara
Country: Romania
Total: 14.751 Km in 6 years
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“Torak 23″ from Romania, 10.279 Km

Sunday, February 1st, 2009 • 10.000 Km • 650 views

torak23
320023-2004-M
Fancier: Stan Mircea + Ilie Marian
Location: Timisoara
Country: Romania
Total: 10.279 Km in 3 years
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“Rambo” from Romania – 10.267 Km

Sunday, February 1st, 2009 • 10.000 Km • 748 views

rambo
087602-97-M
Fancier: Preda Alin
Location: Ploiesti
Country: Romania
Total: 10.267 km in 5 years
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“Tarzan” from Romania – 16.208 Km

Sunday, February 1st, 2009 • 10.000 Km • 889 views

tarzan

087602-97-M
Fancier: Izvernar Gheorghe
Location: Timisoara
Country: Romania
Total: 16.208 Km in 7 years
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Is salt necessary in the loft?

Monday, January 19th, 2009 • Care • 1,807 views

salt

Is salt necessary in the loft? I hear many fanciers that they use salt and the pigeons love it. I’ve never used salt and my pigeons are fine. Why exactly is the salt necessary? We also know that the electrolytes might contain it too. The only reason I’m afraid to introduce it to my pigeons is that they might eat too much for the first time and I learnt that they can die if this happens.

Loft training. How long is enough?

Friday, January 16th, 2009 • Racing methods • 4,192 views

training-racing-pigeons

What’s better than drinking your morning coffee in a summer morning seeing your flock loft training like crazy? There are so many theories about how long the loft training should be…
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The fascination of RED

Friday, January 16th, 2009 • Breeding & genetics • 5,067 views

red pigeon

I am mad about red pigeons. FULL reds especially, more than red checkers. The funny thing is – I heard many fanciers saying that they are crazy about red pigeons too, they love the color. More than that, some of them want to create a full family of successful red pigeons. Are there strong families of reds nowadays? I’d love to learn about a fresh line of successful reds, like the famous Bricoux that were killing the long distance races many years ago and also looked gorgeous!

How far do you race the young birds?

Friday, January 16th, 2009 • Racing methods • 2,861 views

yb-yearlings

It all depends on the type of races the fancier is interested in. Some fanciers love the young bird races, others don’t even race the young birds a single race.
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