I'm receiving alot of comments regarding one of my videos I have on U-Tube, ( Training Young Pigeons ( Valente & Evans Loft )3 ). I am getting comments like, quote " Those birds look very healthy and very tamed ". Well that almost says it all right there. Yes birds in this video are at their peak in racing competion. The health starts during the early months of winter, making sure the breeders are at their peak of health. I use very little medication, but I do medicate for the Canker parasite just before the breeding season. Together with the help of my good friends John Marles and Joe Ferreria's guidance, I basiclly followed these steps.
1. Improved the breeding loft, by reducing the amount of birds that is kept in the loft making sure they have at least 3.5 cubic feet of space for each bird.
2. Make nessessary renovations to improve the air quality, plenty of fresh air, never stale. having an open concept loft is best, in this video Training Young Pigeons (Valente & Evans Loft )5. The birds will show you that they are happy by being very active and always on the go. The only time they are still is while they are sleeping.
3. During the breeding time the loft should be dry as a desert. If these birds are fed with a good breeding mix, there should be no watery droppings. I'm on my third round of babies in the nest now and the loft has no odors from wet droppings that has being sitting since the loft has been renovated.
4. Now the babies are taken out of their nest loft and placed in the racing loft. Yes, you are the new foster mother and father, making sure each and everyone learns to eat, and drink. Now, these babies will only eat out of the palm of your hand, not from the wooden feeders. Teaching the babies to drink, I place a few Maples peas into the drinking water, and before you know it, they try to peck the peas, and start to drink.
Another comment quote " wow very Tame. I should hang out with my birds more so they get use to me. How do you do it? hand feeding when they are still young? "
This is how I do it. It takes alot of work, and I have always said, if I will spend a lot time with these birds, then I want them to really shine. So! I would need to have WORLD CLASS PIGEONS, to be on top of the race sheet week after week. That is what we did.
