Pigeon coryza
Here is approaching the great heat of summer. Let’s first get it out of our minds that it’s the cold that causes coryza. In all domestic animals, the major epizootics (epidemics) of respiratory ailments are those...
Category: Science corner
Fields and racing pigeons
A few weeks ago, a fancier wrote to me “my pigeons rush to the field as soon as I give them freedom. Impossible to stop them, of course I give unlimited grit, pecking stone,...
Sterile female pigeons
It’s a broad concept. Indeed, this ranges from sterility “from the birth of a pigeon” to the sterility of old age, through relative sterility (the female lays very little), and sterility practiced by laying...
Racing pigeons in the aviary
The freedom of pigeons involves some risks. This is why more and more fanciers, when they have found the “dream pair” which gives good youngsters, hasten to put them in the aviary. This couple...
Letter from the readers n°19 – racing pigeons
A pigeon fancier who wishes to remain anonymous says he owns three garden dovecotes with good ventilation and few pigeons; example: 19 subjects on 4 m. x 2.10m. Despite this, his pigeons always have...
Letter from the readers n°20 – racing pigeons
Remi POLLEZ from Brakel asks us a question about the Lugol. What are the properties of this product. How is it used in pigeons? Lugol is an old disinfectant based on iodine, a powerful...
Medicines for pigeons
Albert Put from Alken wonders about advertisements of all kinds for pigeon medicines. Especially with regard to drugs for trichomoniasis and “head sickness” (so called). A treatment for 1 to 2 days, and this...
Letter from the readers n°21 – racing pigeons
Mrs. Mireille Brevers writes to us to announce the birth of a baby pigeon with a blue wing and another brown one! Never seen! How to explain this? Reply: This curious anomaly occurs from...
Letter from the readers n°22 – racing pigeons
Paul Vanfleteren from Ménin has to deal with a serious problem of ornithosis… “For several years, our pigeons have been suffering from ornithosis. In the early 80s, we noticed that our early youngsters were...
Letter from the readers n°23 – racing pigeons
A French fancier from the Franco-Belgian border has problems with pigeon plumages. These “widowers” have a “tie” (lost feathers in the crop). A Peruwelz pharmacist advised him to treat them with Acarol, a solution...
