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...
Tagged: coccidiosis
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°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°16 – carrier pigeon
Question: Francis Lenière from Boeschepe (Fr) has a one-year-old pigeon who still hadn’t laid an egg. She is in excellent health, mates normally, builds her nest but does not lay eggs. What to do?...
The sterility of pigeons
The sterility of pigeons is the inability to give viable offspring. We can therefore see that the problem is very broad and singularly goes beyond that of ‘the female who does not lay eggs’...
Everything looks good in winter for the pigeons
It is traditional for pigeon fanciers to consider winter as a time of rest, at least for racing pigeons (since early breeding has imposed itself on most of them). This athletic rest, coupled with...
Coccidiosis in pigeons
If trichomoniasis is a disease of pigeon fancier “civilization”, coccidiosis is one of humidity. There is no doubt that bad, humid and hot or simply lukewarm weather constitutes a very favorable condition for the...
