Benefits of Barley
Benefits of Barley for Racing Pigeons Cooling Grain Helps calm the pigeons and prevent overheating or hyperactivity. Controls Excitability Keeps birds settled during rest or early-week feeding. Improves Digestion High in fiber; supports gut health and stool consistency. Weight Control Low in fat and energy, good for lean conditioning without building fat. Good Recovery Feed […]
Dosages for pigeons
Thanks to Sam Saieva for these dosages of different products for pigeons Iodine: For breeding pairs- 10 drops per gallon of water once per week. Wormers: Piperazine- 1 oz for 1 Gallon of water for 1 day Tramisol- 1/4 teaspoon to 1 gallon of water for 1 day Telementis- 1 Pack to 1 gallon of […]
Canker
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Egg Bound
Taken from a chicken site but will help those egg bound pigeons also. Just be sure to reduce the size of the container. Just wanted to share a helpful tip. Have an egg bound hen….this is the best way we have come up with to help ours out. Warm water, cup of epsom salt […]
Merck Manual – Veterinary Manual for Ectoparasites
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Helpful Tips in Mating Pairs!
Avian Veterinarians
Avian Veterinarians California Richard T. Marshall, DVM 2056 Brook Mar Drive Eldorado Hills, CA 95762 Director, Research Laboratory Services Sutter Institute for Medical Research 5151 F Street Sacramento, CA 95819-3295 Phone 916-733-1785 Fax 916-733-1032 marshar@sutterhealth.org Niklos Weber DVM DABVP Whispering Pines Pet Clinic 14632 Skyway Magalia, CA 95954 530-873-1136 www.whisperingpinespc.com Michael R. Kelly DVM […]
What is Important
Nick Siders at the American Pigeon Museum What Is Important? Spending some time to contemplate the spin or roll of the Roller to decide what I appreciate most I found has changed over the years. As a youngster it was all in the depth. I didn’t care really what the bird looked like to get to […]
Breeding Systems Pros and Cons
Pros and Cons of: Inbreeding (mating of closely related individuals) Pro Produces uniform or predictable offspring. Hidden (recessive) genes show up and can be eliminated. Individuals will “breed true” and are “pure”. Doubles up the good genes Eliminates unwanted traits. Con Doubles up on faults and weakness Progressive loss of vigor and immune […]