Last night I finally got brave enough to open the racing pigeon loft and let my 2013 young birds out for the first time. Ideally this would be done early in the morning which would give the birds all day to trap. The area I live in has strong winds each morning so I decided to do this a couple of ...
I’ve had my young birds flying both in the AM and PM each day for several weeks. They are flying very well. They are almost all through the moult now and the birds that I pulled flights on have grown them back about 60%. These racing pigeons are looking spectacular. Two Saturdays ago I got up early to fly the birds and was hoping they were routing. I shot the following video and ended up disappointed that they didn’t route. ...
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There has been a lot going on in the past couple of weeks. My young birds are flying well and grouping well. The new racing pigeon forum is off to a good start. My last group of late hatch birds are almost ready to be weaned. It’s time to get the next to sections of my loft ready to split up my hens and cocks. I should have a few of these late hatch birds for sale soon. ...
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My young birds seem to be flying very well as a group. I was able to fly them both morning and evening all last week as I had time off from work. They really showed improvement over this time. They are not routing yet, although one morning they split into two groups and one of the groups disappeared for a while. I feel like that is a good sign. They are trapping quite well and are starting to know the ...
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Over the last week I continued to let my young birds out of the loft at least once each day. Through the weekend, I was able to let them out both in the morning and evening. Early in the week, many of the birds were reluctant to get up and fly. They spent a lot of time on top of the loft. Each day more of these racing pigeons increased in boldness and began to fly. These initial flights were ...
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I’ve been opening the loft the past few nights trying to get these 2012 Young Birds loft flying. I’ve started this year with about 62 Young Birds in the pigeon loft. As I’ve stated before, I really wish I had the new loft to a point where I could fly ...
I put in a lot of hours on the new Racing Pigeon Loft through the past weekend. Also made many trips to Home Depot for supplies. Finally the Young Bird Section is complete. There are a few small changes I may make over time, but for the most part I am very happy with the way it turned out. I can now begin work on the other two sections. One will be for widowhood flying ...
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Another week has passed by very quickly. My Racing Pigeons took a back seat to life again. I had really good intentions on getting my traps and aviaries built this week. Instead, I took the kids from Soccer Games, to Dance Practice, to Tee Ball Practice, then to Soccer Games etc…. Also had to deal with a death in the family and attend a funeral for my cousin. So there’s more excuses but I’ve got to get it done.
I really ...
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I’ve moved my second round of young birds into the loft during the last week. All of my pigeons seem to be doing really well and quite healthy. I’ve been quite lucky thus far and I have been able to keep good health in the loft. I attribute this partially to the use of Foy’s Pigeon Builder in the water 3 to 4 times a week. I am very happy with the results from this ...
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Solar Flares, Geomagnetic Storms, Solar Winds, Radio Atmospheric Disturbances and Electromagnetic Radiation are all interesting topics for the scientist, physicist, and astronomer. Should I as a Pigeon Racer and Fancier be concerned about such big scientific words? The answer is… possibly.
In addition to visual landmarks, it is believed that a pigeon relies on the Earth’s magnetic fields to navigate home. High levels of solar activity can distort the Earth’s magnetic fields and confuse a pigeon’s homing ability. There is a ...
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