Training l Young Racing Pigeons l Racing l Mount Moreland Loft

The training program for the young racing pigeon begins at the loft, before entering the racing world. For the first few weeks of the baby pigeons life, he is fed a very high protein diet which is supplied its parents. After this, the young racing pigeon is weaned to learn how to take in its own food.

Once the young racing pigeon is able to start perching, its fat content needs to be reduced. This is done so that the birds do not put on too much weight, which is something that will hamper the training process greatly. The birds will become unresponsive to the training, lethargic and may moult too quickly. 

Once perching begins, it is advisable to add up to 40 percent of barley to their diet.

Once the young racing pigeon has dropped their first flight, the training tosses can begin. If the feeding process has been rigorously followed, the young pigeons should be ranging quite far from the area of their loft.

All young racing pigeons that have been treated this way, are accepting of training and have lots of energy to do so. Once they have completed their range, they will race back home in anticipation of a feed. Expert fanciers do not believe in starting the training of the young birds too early as they fear that the bird may suffer from training fatigue, and will not have enough energy for the actual pigeon racing season.

When training young racing pigeons, it is essential to get them used to the basket. They need to be taught how to come out of the basket, and training must also be performed on showing them how find their way back home using the shortest route. A very important criteria for the training of young pigeons, is that you start with birds that are exercising willingly for an hour around the loft. Should you opt for young birds that are being forced into flying for an hour, you can incur significant losses.

Young racing pigeons need to be healthy in order for training to be successful. Fanciers need to be on the lookout for worms and coccidiosis, and should rather not include any reluctant flyers in their team. Having your young racing pigeons fit and healthy will go a long way in ensuring your successes at the races.

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