WELCOME

• Feeding
  

I'm still a big fan of feeding the pigeons as much as possible with real nature products. As from the market, as from own garden, these products (garlic, lime three tea, honey, beer yeast, flax seed, vegetables,..) can be given in winter period as in flight season.

The cereal mixture is adapted to the season (moulting period - breeding - sport).

During the flight season, I make an own mixture of four different trademarks.

Also the candy mixture, existing of fifteen different seeds, I prepare it by myself.

The whole year, the feeding is done in open shared feed boxes.

This stimulates the mutual appetite, especially during the flight season.

The same method also for the drink fontain, except by the arrival of the flying pigeons.

Everything is done simply and efficiently. The most important thing of having good pigeons, is too keep them healthy !

• Medical
  

In Spring (March) and Autumn (Octobre), a yearly check-up is done by a specialized veterinary and if necessary, some medication is applied.

A special investigation on Parathyfus is yearly done. Till now, I'm free from these symptoms, so no preventive or curative actions are needed.

Only a yearly obliged vaccination against paramixo for pigeons combined with Pox is done.

During the flight season, occasionally a vaccination against trichomonase or coccidiose -if needed - is done or depending of the results, a veterinary is consulted.

• System
  

Fully widow-ship is played with the older pigeons and the yearlings.

In the beginning of the season, all pigeons are hived in from the nest dish.

As soon as the 'Fond' flights start, the female will be showed.

When the flight pigeons arrive, they stay some wide time together till sunday evening.

The pigeons which stay home, are locked up in their box untill all female pigeons have left the cage.

Such a ritual is done each weekend, because all pigeons from all games are mixed together (same cages).