Breeding, which is how to select breeding pigeons, is a means of breeding. In order to produce good offspring, it is necessary to select varieties from all aspects. The selection of species should pay attention to the following requirements.
First, the choice of body shape
The size of the breeding pigeon should be suitable for flight: the head is streamlined, the top of the head should be flat, the neck should be thick, and the throat should be large; Shoulder width, chest should be full, abdomen tight (keel should be short, not too convex and too high, otherwise the resistance is too large when flying)
The wings are wide and powerful, the main wings are long and wide, the feathers should be thick, the feather shaft should be rough, the main feather spacing should be tight, the wings should be elastic, and the contraction should be fast; The posterior tail should preferably be small and tight, and only one tail feather (the so-called one-word tail) is seen when overlapping. In short, in terms of body shape, it should be wide and narrow, the shape should not be too large or too small, and the temperament should be fierce.
Professor Chen Wenguang, a military pigeon with a pigeon in the army
Second, the choice of quality
A good breeder should be able to breed young birds that are as good or even better than itself. Study this flock carefully in order to understand how to make their independent properties into relational ones.
We should know that it is usually physiological traits that are easier to inherit than psychological traits. Therefore, when selecting breeding pigeons, it should be considered that it is generally a good breed of pigeons among the pigeons with excellent quality. However, this is obviously not enough, and a good quality pigeon must not only show itself, but also the offspring bred by it must also show good characteristics.
That is, when we have a group of good pigeons from a "famous family"; Always try to produce a group of young birds that are exactly the same as them or more than they are. Therefore, in the selection of breeding pigeons, we must pay attention to the quality (performance), we must master the accurate homing, flight speed, distance, the ability to adapt to weather and human interference factors, and so on.
The selection of breeding pigeons should pay attention to the pedigree and breeding line. Because breeding pigeons of good pedigree always have special advantages in some aspect. When choosing, it is not only necessary to pay attention to the quality, characteristics and characteristics of the breeding pigeon itself, but also to investigate the situation of its predecessors, brothers and sisters, and finally determine the trade-off according to the records of many aspects, of which the flight record of more than 500 kilometers is one of the conditions for selection.
Third, the choice of eye sand
The eye sand of the breeding pigeon must be: bright color, clear layers, rapid and sharp pupil contraction and dilation, thick in front of the eye ring, thin after the eye ring, the eyeball can not protrude outside the eye ring, the sand layer should be to the end, dry (the experiment proves that the eye sand layer of the trained pigeon is dry), and the "pupil line mouth" is wide, whether it is a black line, a black brown line, a green line, a cloud-gray line and other "line openings".
Eye sand (iris) whether it is red sand, yellow sand, cloud peach red sand, earth red sand, etc. must meet the above requirements.
The breeder's eye sand can be combined with dark eye sand with light color, thick particles with fine particles, and trachoma with yellow eye. But eye sand should be kept, and the sand type has "multi-layered", "polychrome", "sandy type structure" to adapt to "all-weather" flight.
Eye sand is generally very exquisite, neither chaotic, nor too pure and single; It is necessary to give play to its characteristics according to the use environment, and it is also necessary to make a comprehensive match. In short, in order to improve the flight speed and the accuracy of homing, it is worth further exploration and study.
Fourth, the choice of age
The lifespan of a pigeon is generally fifteen to twenty years. If the breeding is properly managed, individual pigeons can live up to thirty years. The best age for breeding pigeons is 1 to 10 years, and the ideal age should be between 2 and 6 years.
At this time, the breeding pigeons are not only mature in form, but also fully mature in physiological functions. Due to the constant stimulation of environmental conditions (including training factors), the geneticity of offspring is enhanced by the "plasticity" of the environment.
Breeders generally have a greater influence on their offspring than cocks, as the young birds, from embryonic to young, are mostly in the mother's relationship, from the embryonic stage to the young chick stage. It is advisable for the breeding hens to be older than the breeding males. In short, yes
Breeding is made during the period of vigorous physique of the pigeon, and the breeding offspring are more ideal.
Excessive age and physical weakness will bring disadvantages to the "germplasm" of offspring, directly affecting training and long-distance flight.
The four basic feathers of the carrier pigeon
5. Selection of feathers for breeding pigeons
The color of military pigeons generally includes tile gray, light rain spots, deep rain spots, medium rain spots, black, red and so on. White, variegated colors are easy to expose and should not be used for military purposes.
Plumage is generally considered to be a mixed match. For example, black with gray can breed light rain spots, medium rain spots, and deep rain spots. However, a protective color suitable for regionality should also be considered.
Ruwa gray is suitable for ocean and island flight, black is suitable for forest areas, and red color is suitable for Gobi Desert areas.
The feather colour of the pigeon should be selected according to local conditions. In order to obtain other feather colors, it can be produced by hybridization.
For example
(1) Black tile ash can get light rain points, medium rain points, and deep rain points (black rain spots).
(2) Black pigeons with raindrops, black pigeons will appear, returning to Zuwa ash.
(3) Black pigeons with red, can get pure gray pigeons (shades of color), some black pigeons and tile gray pigeons.
(4) Tile ash with red pigeon, can get red wheel (commonly known as cloud gray).
(5) Tile ash with raindrops, can reduce tile gray.
(6) Red wheel (cloud ash) with black pigeons, can get pure gray pigeons.
(7) Raindrops with red pigeons can get red rain pigeons.
(8) Red rain spots with black pigeons can get pure gray pigeons.
(9) Black pigeons with white pigeons can get three kinds of pigeons: black, white and flower.
(10) White flower pigeons with other color pigeons can be separated from white pigeons.
Tile grey is the basic colour of the pigeon flock, and breeders of any feather colour breeder will breed tile grey pigeons.
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This article is from: "Correspondence Pigeon" by Chen Wenguang
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