How to introduce, keep and keep the breed must be an important knowledge of pigeon breeding, there are many pigeon tycoons have expressed their views on this, today we take a look at the sharing of Li Zhigang in the remote pigeon loft in Sichuan, China, he is good at cultivating long-distance pigeon breeds, for the breeding of long-distance pigeons, he has a deep understanding.
Loft environment
The restocking of pigeons basically requires the breeding pigeons to fly every generation
Li Zhigang: My racing pigeons used to be rarely transferred, because I like to restock, and I lose a lot of pigeons in the process, and the pigeon that can return to flight is quite good, and the pigeons that can return to fly over the long distance are also quite few. I have to start again every year, and there will be a lot of accidents in this process, and I will lose it due to bad state and other reasons. This kind of play is rarely tried by many people, and many of them are pigeon of the year that end the fight, either to breed, to sell or to kill. We will press these pigeons down and release them in the second, third, and fourth years, so that if we continue to play, it is impossible for the racing pigeons to share a lot, otherwise we will not have to play later, especially because the long distance like a thousand kilometers itself has a requirement for the age of the pigeons, so the racing pigeons are rarely transferred. In this way, the pigeon that flies back is more valuable as a breeder, and each way is played for five, ten, or twenty years, and we know the pedigree of it. It will be more interesting to bring these racing pigeons back to the old bloodlines, to pair them with each other, or between the performance pigeons and their close relatives, and to see through the stuff yourself. There are references, we know what the generation looks like, what results have been flew, these things are felt when you look at them, and they are completely different from us being exposed to new things, so the performance pigeons are still very important for us.
The European long distance masters value great results and it is already difficult for pigeons to fly down, so they combine them into their own bloodlines and pull them back. The inbred pigeons are very important, the performance pigeons are also very important, and the two complement each other so that the bloodline can be passed on and evolved, otherwise it will not be possible to play. If the two strains are indiscriminately crossed, eliminated or sold, and the blood is never carried on, then there is nothing to play with.
My requirement for a breeder is to fly every generation, as long as a very small number of breeders are older than they are, but I know their offspring very well, then it may be that when it is older, it will stay with close relatives and will not let it race again. Because his parents had a lot of good results in the breeding process, they were youngsters, equals, full equals or half equals, and I already knew what I knew about this pigeon.
Vandvigan
What are the individual requirements for a breeding pigeon?
Li Zhigang: The first is appearance, depending on whether the genetics are in place. The second is the brain. In the case of breeding, it is easy to use ace pigeons with close relatives of excellent individuals, pigeons that have flown for many years and have flown good results for at least two years. These pigeons can be brought back to the bloodlines of the old breeds, or they can be mixed with fresh bloodlines and bred for a generation to fly again, but they will eventually be pulled back, otherwise they will degenerate.
It takes a long time for fresh blood to pass the test of the competition, so you have to settle down. There may only be one or two races a year for 700-800 km and one for 1000 km a year. It can only be tested once or twice a year, and it has to be carefully analyzed whether the reason for this failure or success is unreasonable matching, accidents or other reasons. Whether this pair is matched next year or not, and how to match, there are a lot of decisions to be made and data to speak. There are some pairs that are immature and have been lost for a long time, which means that this pair is not good. There are a few pairs that are more mature, and they have bred a few pigeons that have reached 700km, and more than half of the descendants have come back, which is a successful pair. If it is a restocked pigeon that flies this year, can fly next year, and can fly the year after, then it is a very successful and excellent individual, and it is locked as the basis for the breeding of the next generation, and it will continue to be continued. So it's not that the pigeon can be used immediately after flying down, dozens of pigeons fly back every year, how do you use it? There is another way, add the distance and then test the pigeon, or wait for a year to release the same distance, this process is relatively long, ten, twenty or even thirty years in the actual combat to continue and develop. Because of the long distance, it is necessary to "try slowly".
In addition, I also have requirements for the condition of the breeding pigeons, and when I transfer the pigeons from the breeding loft, the two pigeons must be in good condition and will be matched immediately, and if they are not suitable, I will not let them be mated again. There are some pigeons that are very strange, pigeons like ours in the long distance pigeon breed, they have requirements for mates, such as feather color, etc., and there are also many pigeons that have a lot of personality and need to be observed to understand their characteristics.
Lightning Lao Xiong - the third generation of Lightning, the fourth generation of the White Belly
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Li Zhigang: You have to analyze the phenomenon of many ace pigeons in the short middle and long distance in Europe now, and slowly boil it down to more than a dozen lofts, that is, these dozen people bought these ace pigeons home, which is the result of their brains. It depends on which family the pigeon is born in, if it is born in a celebrity family, its status will be higher, and its fame will be greater. Born in a small fancier loft with no good name, maybe this pigeon is even better, but no one knows.
When it is highly professional, the pigeon owner will think carefully about what kind of races the pigeons will play in the future. You'll find that it's always the same guy who wins the ace pigeon. And they also have more pigeons than the average fancier, ranging from 50 pigeons to 200 pigeons. The average fancier may have quite good pigeons, but with only a few of them, it is very difficult to win an ace pigeon, just because his pigeons are bad.
For example, we often say "who flies the first prize, who flies the top ten", but we don't know if he released 5 or 50 pigeons. It is also possible for a fancier to send 100 pigeons and 3 to finish in the top 10, or a young fancier to send only 3 pigeons and all of them to finish in the top 100. These have to be analysed, and some very good young fanciers can be buried in the shorter middle distance, especially in the middle distance, and no one knows him. The local Belgians know very well who is better, but we only know the big names, and the big names know who is better than him. Some of the biggest names in Europe also buy pigeons from unknown fanciers, but they carry them forward in their own hands, for example, the invincible fanciers come from the bloodlines of unknown fanciers.