Description
How do racing pigeons find their way home most quickly? What is the widowhood techniques? How do you produce a champion flyer? What kind of psychological conditioning should you give your Squab?
In this book, on Pigeon Racing, two experts share their knowledge with you in a step-by-step manual designed to make your loft the one that consistently brings in trophies.
Instructions are included for building a hygienic, ideally ventilated loft – one that fits into your particular locality and is equipped with the right type of perches. Chapter by chapter, you will learn how to vary your future champion’s diet according to the demands made on the bird by each season of its life-cycle, including the moult.
The vital difference is training your birds is complete successfully in young bird races, old-bird races, long and short-distance races are all masterfully presented with 120 photographs illustrating the winning techniques that will work for you too!
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Product Details
- Condition: Used – Good condition with minor wear
- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co. Inc. (1977)
- Language: English
- Illustrations: B&W photos and illustrations
- ISBN-10: 0806937203
- ISBN-13: 978-0806937205
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.5 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 460 g
Contents:
1. The Pigeon’s History 2. The Loft 3. Keeping the Loft Clean 4. The Pigeon 5. Feeding 6. The Breeding Season 7. The Moult 8. Colors 9. Teaching the Young Bird 10. Coopies 11. Young Bird Racing 12. The Club 13. Old Bird Racing 14. Winning Systems 15. Widowhood System 16. Eye-Sign 17. Diseases 18. The Off-Season 19. Pigeon Shows 20. Glossary of Most often used Terms 21. Suggested Reading 22. Index |
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