Long-distance pigeons are a model name for breeds or pigeons in carrier pigeons that can return to their home in long-distance racing. This corresponds to the race, as is the current conceptual starting point for the concept of distance in pigeon racing is generally 700 km, i.e. long-range pigeons must be stable in races above 700 km before they can be called long-range pigeons.
Appearance Characteristics Long sternum, forehead and nasal tumor, smooth and natural transition between the hindbrain, chin and neck, and streamlined appearance of the entire head and neck. Rhinoplasty has the characteristics of long, narrow, thin and tight, which is convenient for gas exchange and is beneficial to improving flight efficiency.
The long-range pigeon should be able to observe confidence, alertness and a slightly fierce look in its eyes.
The breasts are particularly plump and developed. The wings, seen from the front, are combined with the forebrain to form a rounded spherical shape.
The abdomen is tightened, and the abdominal laxity of the hen during the spawning period is due to physiological needs, in addition to the weakness of the abdomen of the pigeons with poor energy.
The bones are light. The feathers are tightly fitted and constantly produce powder on the surface of the feathers, with good rain resistance, and the back tail is tightened, the width of one feather. Round head, large feathers, thick and tough feather shaft, and elastic, secondary feathers grow, good wind.
Identification method
1. Ancestry. Raising pigeons is to pay attention to the bloodline, raising super long-range pigeons is even more so, there is no drop of blood of ultra-long-range pigeons, it is almost impossible to return to the nest for thousands of kilometers, even if there is, it is rare and short-lived, so the bloodline must be hard. Foreign blood pigeons in short distance races, winning the first prize has a great luck component, a pigeon preliminary first prize, the final is a mess, and even more simply do not return home, short-distance champions are often lost in the replay, this phenomenon is more common.
This is not the case with ultra-long-range pigeons, which are impossible to win without strength, because ultra-long-range pigeons generally put up close range many times, and the pigeons that participate in the three-thousand-kilometer race basically fly more than a thousand kilometers. These pigeons are quite stable and are not easy to lose. Although there are also reports of foreign blood flying super long-range, the proportion is still quite small compared with the national blood. Therefore, when fanciers consider the introduction of ultra-long-range pigeons, it is better to introduce the descendants of the national blood ultra-long-range, which is better.
2. Eyes. The eyes of the ultra-long-range pigeons are more exquisite than those of the short-distance pigeons, and the eye sand of the ultra-long-distance pigeons is thick, the pigment is deep, the eyes are thick, the bottom sand is thick, and the oil and gas are heavy. In short, it embodies the four words of "dry old oil".
3. The character of the pigeon. Ultra-long-range pigeons have a relatively wild personality, are not easy to catch, are very clever, can eat and stand hard work, and always maintain a high degree of vigilance against people, even the pigeon owner is no exception, which is also an important reason why pigeons do not easily enter other people's sheds. Many domestic ultra-long-range masters pay the most attention to this, because when pigeons are racing outside for dozens of days, they have to fight outside without falling into other people's sheds, and they have to deal with predators, so they need to have the above points to survive in the wild. And this pigeon is very stubborn, no matter where it is, its purpose is only one, that is, to fight to the death to go home, so many ultra-long-range famous people said: "Ultra-long-range pigeons have a very strange temper." "Of course there are also very docile, and there are always exceptions to everything.
4. Release performance. Those pigeons who come home for dozens of days, or even a month or two, when short distances, are the first choice for ultra-long distance racing, and many ultra-long-range pigeons have this performance when they put short distances, but only if the pigeons have not entered someone else's loft. When this pigeon returns, it is often better than when it is released, full of feet and mouth full of yellow mud, indicating that the pigeon has the ability to spend the night outside and find food, after a long time in the wild, the pigeon has accumulated experience, which is very beneficial to ultra-long-distance racing, and it is often this kind of pigeon that often creates miracles.
However, it is not that this pigeon is slow, there are some races when the speed is still quite fast, this pigeon is sometimes due to illness, bad weather, young pigeon age and other reasons caused by the late return of the pigeon, if you put a few more times, the pigeon will also have a good performance after familiar with the race line.