Baby Racing Pigeons l Racing Pigeons l Training l Mount Moreland

The baby racing pigeons that are housed at the Mount Moreland Lofts become racing pigeons once put through training. 

The baby racing pigeons need to interact with the racing pigeon fancier on a daily basis in order to be trained as proper racing pigeons.

Pigeons are not naturally disposed to be compatible as domesticated animals and therefore need constant training to not return to the “wild”. 

Racing pigeons view everyone other than their own kind suspiciously, and are naturally fearful. 

It takes a fancier a great deal of time, patience and dedication to win the trust of the baby racing pigeons.

As soon as baby racing pigeons are hatched, they go through a “Racing Pigeon School”, where they experience human interaction at the hands of the fancier. 

In order to be truly successful a fancier needs to win the trust of the baby racing pigeon and to dispel the fear they comes so naturally to them. The training needs to conducted immediately after hatching and the hatchlings need to be handled with the utmost care. 

Hatchlings need to be exposed to the fancier’s voice, touch and smell. Feeding times are usually signaled by a certain sound like a whistle, and fanciers usually use feed as a form of enticement.

The process of developing a baby racing pigeon into a racing pigeon differs from fancier to fancier. All fanciers are able to adopt a management style that not only suits them, but is effective for their purpose. Although the processes may differ greatly, it is important that the training occurs on a daily basis in order for constant reinforcement to occur.

As with most animals, the baby racing pigeon benefits greatly from the daily repetition.

Many fanciers aren’t consistent with the training of their baby racing pigeons,  and therefore encounter numerous difficulties. The notion of the baby racing pigeon starting their training from their first day, is something which has shown tremendous success among many fanciers, yet there are still those fanciers who choose not to take up this method.

The training of the baby racing pigeon is kept constant at the Mount Moreland Lofts which is a definitely a contributing factor to Mark Raubenheimer’s success.

Contact Mark on +27837901708 or raubenheimerl.m@telkomsa.net