17 апр. 2006 г. · Some that race young birds will not even breed from those birds that were stressed out . Some family lines of birds perform best as 3 year olds.

5 мая 2008 г. · I want to send a couple of young birds to a One Loft race in my state. I have some young birds that were banded approximately March 9th. They ...

6 апр. 2008 г. · Pigeons are often touted as having a 15-20 year lifespan on average. I think for the most part, this is a correct estimation of their lifespan ...

16 февр. 2011 г. · Normally you want to breed older birds to younger birds when they get up there in age. My oldest so far is an 04 cock who is a breeding machine!

Guys in Germany are racing old birds up to 7 years old. I think young birds should be up to 2 years old not 1. That would slow down the breeding its to ...

20 июл. 2004 г. · 30% of feral pigeon adults die before their first birthday; 50% before their second birthday; 70% before their third year; 80% before their fourth year.

3 дек. 2016 г. · Currently the ones I'm most interested in are 2015 birds, is this too old to think of taming them? I'm pretty sure they're in a loft right now.

11 сент. 2004 г. · Pigeons have the intelligence of a 12-year-old child and can maintain the directions in their head for about 6 to 8 months (this varies)

23 янв. 2009 г. · You could say I'm a beginner at keeping pigeons too. Summer of '09 will be my 8th year, and also my 16th birthday. So anyways I have a lot to ...

16 июл. 2003 г. · When the young birds in the nest have reached the age of 24 to 30 days old, I put them in the weaning pen. If the young are left too long in the ...