pigeon loft: small building or room fitted out for housing and breeding racing pigeons
Swallowtail and pigeons, which are discussed in this article. Recently, various scientific studies dealing with particular aspects of the aerodynamics of flight have been published. The reader may be surprised that there is a...
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,...
I am and still feel young although I have been a pigeon fancier for 40 years. All these years of experience have taught me that there is only one system to keep a good...
When about fifteen years ago I dared to write that in the same competition all the pigeons flew at the same speed, my assertion was greeted with sarcasm and skepticism. Since then I must...
Producers and mayhem. I never agreed with the theory that it was not possible to put a pigeon with a broken wing and a damaged wishbone into production. Presumably, the fanciers claiming this imagined...
The pigeon species is a very malleable species (like the pig, dog, cat species) where curious, abnormal physical or physiological characteristics often appear. If a trait is incompatible with life (eg, due to lack...
In long distance competitions, when a morning release is made, it happens that only a few pigeons from the short points manage to return to their homes on the day of the release. This...
Beginner: I am not a champion, but neither am I a zero in pigeon racing (racing pigeons). I float between the two. I don’t know the disappointment of so many champions to see their...
Beginner: Rummaging through my archives, my attention was drawn to an old issue of the newspaper “De Duif” from 1973. Out of curiosity, I opened it and discovered a very interesting article by the...
Beginner: You have already taught me a lot of things, and yet I don’t always know what to do when my pigeons are not in good shape. Am I dumber than the others? Viktor:...
