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 […]
Line Breeding For the Pigeon Fancier
Poultry Lice and Mites
Lice of Poultry ByAmy C. Murillo, PhD, University of California Riverside Reviewed ByDavid E. Swayne, DVM, PhD, DACVP, DACPV, Birdflu Veterinarian, LLC Reviewed/Revised Jan 2026 Avian lice (suborder Mallophaga) have a life cycle of approximately 3 weeks and normally feed on feathers or bits of dead skin. Lice can live for several months on the host but remain alive for only approximately […]
Effect of Heat and Humidity
EFFECT OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY DURING A RACE By Dr Colin Walker BSc, BVSc, MRCVS, MACVSc (Avian health) Pigeons do not have sweat glands and so cannot lose body heat through sweating. In birds, body heat is lost by evaporative cooling from the air sacs. When birds become hot, they start to pant. This increases air flow […]
Richard Para
My name is Donna LaBrie. My dad is Richard Parra. For as long as I can remember, my dad has been involved with pigeons: breeding, showing, trading working with others and telling the history of the NBRC. He took much pride with his birds. So much so that my siblings and I were taught to […]
Gregory Goods Kit Box
New kit box made by Gregory Goods with plenty ventilation but still varmint proof.
Videos of Rollers Flying
Bee Loft https://fb.watch/l7oinSJD-5/ _________________ Qwill Stenhouse https://www.facebook.com/100003490088273/videos/1430924644143118/ ________________ Sam Milan https://www.facebook.com/1468773649/videos/661753152435668/ _________________ Sam Milan https://www.facebook.com/1468773649/videos/155872157280884/___________________ Jason Herron https://www.facebook.com/1695193516/videos/733968741747061/ _____________________ Sam Milan https://www.facebook.com/1468773649/videos/6712481392129609/ _____________________ Kymberlyn Thrower https://www.facebook.com/1305043480/videos/785940336354153/ _____________________ Paul Pacino https://www.facebook.com/100008965541290/videos/789634865959355/ ________________________ Daniel Foster https://www.facebook.com/reel/2518944558259054 ________________________ Sam Milan https://www.facebook.com/reel/830685038426031 ________________________ Charyle N Oreena Magallanes https://www.facebook.com/100073147718653/videos/301692188958425/ ________________________ Charyle N Oreena Magallanes https://www.facebook.com/100073147718653/videos/230852169793539/ ________________________ Sam Milan https://www.facebook.com/reel/975691210344646 ____________________________ […]
The Ultimate Pigeon Loft Guide
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