think about most of our pigeon management and common parenting methods nowadays, and then accidentally saw such an article on "Qing Qi", although it is a kind of cultivation in the previous ultra-distance The way of selecting racing pigeons , but applying him to the breeding of pigeon breeds in the one loft does not feel at all contradictory. I hope it will be useful to everyone. The text is as follows:
Before the Spring Festival that year, I was invited to make a special trip to the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties—Nanjing to visit again Mr. Zhou Jianmin, the vice president of the Jianye District Pigeon Association. As soon as he stepped into Teacher Zhou's house, he narrated the pigeon scriptures without departing from the topic. First of all, I would like to congratulate the teacher for winning the super long distance for four consecutive years. At the same time, I will report to Teacher Zhou on the training and racing situation of the northern and southern pigeons in the past few years, and further seek for the pigeon experience.
Teacher Zhou listened to my experience of raising pigeons in recent years, and gave detailed answers to various questions I raised. I learned how to select, pair, refine, rejuvenate, rejuvenate, and raise pigeons in homing pigeon . My knowledge and experience in training, competition, daily management, pigeon disease prevention, feed supply, etc. have benefited me a lot. After returning, I will sort it out a bit, just for reference by the majority of pigeon fanciers.
1. The homing pigeons cannot be respected.
When I saw that Mr. Zhou gave all the super long-range homing pigeons over the years, whether they were champions, 15th, or 8th and 24th, let them fly, train, and feed the same as other shed pigeons. , Management, the same childbirth, no special care.
I know that these ultra-long-distance return of the arrogant people in the sky are pets that some people can't ask for thousands of yuan or even tens of thousands of yuan, so I asked inexplicably: "Doves worth thousands of yuan, tens of thousands of yuan are flying in the air every day. Fly away, can you rest assured? In case of a mistake, natural disasters and dove disasters, it will be too late to regret!"
Teacher Zhou smiled and said: "The nature of pigeons is to fly freely in the blue sky. We pigeon breeders use it skillfully. Their instincts, through direct cultivation for dozens of generations, have evolved into the Xiongguan Mandao that can break through thousands of miles of rivers and mountains today.Overcoming the miserable winds and hardships of all kinds of dangers, and struggling to return to the super far distance, if you want to maintain and carry forward their special function, you must continue to cultivate them in a targeted manner.
The law of history is to use advances, discards, and retreats. Is it possible to prevent them from continuing to fly training? Isn't that a waste pigeon that has lost the meaning of flying? So I not only let them stay home after flying back home Flying and training, but also let them continue to compete in the ultra-long distance when conditions permit.
My 2,000-kilometer 15 in 1991 won another 2,000-kilometer and 60 in 1992. I am going to send the 24 2,000-kilometer in 1994 to the 2,000-kilometer race in 1995. Even if it is lost, this is also the case. The hero died on the battlefield, and the creatures returned to nature..."
A word that made me feel alive, and immediately flashed in my mind the painful lesson of losing pigeons in the home flight training since the pigeons entered the winter.
In the autumn of 94, we Qiqihar 500 Kilometer "Love Cup" young pigeons are racing. I raced 11 pigeons in two pigeon clubs (city pigeon club and locomotive Qitie pigeon club) and returned 9 pigeons, and two of them were less than 10 days apart. Here, in two pigeon clubs two consecutive 500 kilometers home.
At that time, I wanted to explore the adaptability and flying potential of the ultra-long-range blood pigeons introduced from the south in the far northern Xinjiang. So I deliberately selected two young pigeons for 500 kilometers westward. They did not live up to my expectations of them. Both came home. Although they did not get a high ranking, they all came home the next day. The spirit is unfailing, not fast or slow, and stable. This is the general performance of the ultra-long-range pigeons in the short and medium distance.
So I am very happy, and I will take a high look at them, especially for the two pigeons homing away from the west for 500 kilometers. , I have great hopes, and regard them as the main seed players in the long-distance competition in the spring of 1995.
So they built a very spacious nest for them, artificially limited home flight training, and let them eat all day long. Even give them a small stove, feed peanuts, hemp seeds and other high-fat concentrates, and from time to time to feed vitamin C calcium tablets, multi-dimensional pills, etc., hoping to "raise pigeons for a thousand days, use pigeons for a while" What I did.
After my careful cooking, I saw that they were raised one by one,The brain is full of fat, full of energy, and mighty and majestic. I thought that as long as I spent this long and cold winter in northern Xinjiang like this, they would not fly if they flew 1,000 kilometers in the spring of 1995. If they flew amazingly, they would definitely win a good ranking for me. .
is really "unpredictable weather, pigeons will have good fortune". I did not expect that after the winter, I could not escape the attack of the falcon and lost every three to five. It also included the best and received my preferential treatment. The love cup returned 500 kilometers. The pigeons are placed 500 kilometers west of the home pigeons and the breeding pigeons wearing a personal name ring.
After listening to Mr. Zhou Jianmin's talk about "the homing pigeons cannot be respected and treated", I immediately realized the reason why the homing pigeons were lost one after another-because I looked at the homing pigeons and sent them differently. With great love, they are reluctant to let them fly in the cold weather every day, and they are also fed a large amount of high-fat fodder.
Its original intention is to raise their bodies, replenish their energy and wait for the spring competition, but it makes them develop the bad habit of eating and lazy flying. On the surface, they look like majestic shores, shiny and slippery. In essence, it greatly wears away the awareness of flying and the ability and skills of flying.
When faced with a fierce hawk and falcon's strong attack, they want to fly and get rid of quickly, but they have enough energy and lack of energy. Due to their weight and weight, they naturally become the first close combat targets of the cunning and ferocious hawk and falcon. Under the claws of the raptor, it becomes a victim of its food chain.
Woohoo! The original intention of loving pigeons leads to the consequences of harming the pigeons. This is really the opposite and counterproductive!
2. "Inferior stimulation" is good for pigeon homing"
In the afternoon, it is time to feed once a day. As soon as Mr. Zhou stepped onto the platform of the pigeon loft with the food bowl, dozens of pigeons rushed to the food trough and waited anxiously. A few feathers even flew up to the food bowl held by Teacher Zhou to grab a few bites first.
Teacher Zhou quickly sprinkled the feed into the trough, and all the pigeons rushed on like crazy. The trough was only more than one meter long and could not accommodate dozens of pigeons eating at the same time, so a fierce battle between you and me appeared.
divides all the brushes,The pigeons were densely lined up on both sides of the trough, and some pigeons couldn't squeeze it up, so they simply drilled their heads between the legs of other pigeons to grab a few bites, and turned the pigeons on their heads with force;
Some pigeons looked at the two sides of the trough and there was no gap at all, so they just stood on top of other pigeons and took the opportunity of other pigeons to look up and struggle to grab a few bites;
If you take advantage of it, you just use your force, peck with your mouth, beat with your wings, trying to scare away other pigeons and replace them, but the pigeons who occupy a place are indifferent to this, stand firm and stand still, trying to maintain their dominant position, and Turn your head back from time to time to fight back;
Some pigeons choked due to eating too hard, and at the moment when they raised their necks and hiccups, other pigeons took advantage of the vacancy to take it in and squeeze it out instead, and wait for it to pass the breath. Come, turn around and join the scramble again;
and the pigeons are really helpless, so they have to go around the pigeons rushing to pick up every scattered food... the whole feeding process is one In the pigeon battle, dozens of pigeons robbed a trough full of feed within a few minutes like a cloud.
Most of the pigeons’ crop swelled up and rushed to the sink, and some pigeons seemed to be half-full, reluctantly turning around the empty trough, and looked at their owner miserably. Hope that good food will fall from the sky.
Looking at this extremely tense scene, I said: "Mr. Zhou, would you not make the trough bigger and supply more feed?" Too harsh!)
Teacher Zhou smiled and said: "What I want is this effect. I feed like this, the purpose of which is to create a sense of "tension" and "urgency" for the pigeons.
Slow action, stupid response Yes, those who are weak will not be able to eat enough. Let them know that they must be sensitive, smart and strong if they want to be full, which means that they must learn to be vigorous. There are not many racks. Except for breeding pigeons, other pigeons have to fight fiercely in order to get a foothold. The purpose is to let them establish a sense of "tension" and "urgency" in terms of habitat. ".
Also, for the young pigeons who are generally ready to race, I don’t give them artificially. The purpose is to let them compete freely in the process of selecting and occupying a spouse, so that the strong and the wise can get the priority of the spouse, no matter it is Whatever close relatives, distant relatives, or hybrids, no matter what yellow eyes, trachoma, or blood eyes are, they are not allowed to breed anyway, just to satisfy their desire to compete. This is another "tension" and "urgency."
Again, in the prevention and treatment of pigeon disease, I take prevention more important than treatment, prevention before treatment, to prevent and cure.
Generally, pigeons don’t need medicine for minor problems. Instead, they put them in an isolation cage and let them heal on their own. Pigeons that can't help themselves can't compete either.
I asked again: "Then you are not afraid that the pigeons will not be able to withstand the above-mentioned urgency and tension, and will hurt them?" Teacher Zhou said: "In the entire management process of pigeon racing, I will Try to make them feel a sense of "tension" and "urgency". This is the measure and opportunity to choose the best and the inferior.
An important part of raising pigeons is to learn how to eliminate pigeons. It is better to eliminate pigeons that do not work early than to eliminate them later. I think that only in this way can we train and screen out excellent ultra-long-distance racing pigeons and make achievements in the harsh ultra-long-distance race schedule. The law of nature is the survival of the fittest and the reproduction of the strong! What I do is to "go with the flow."
Teacher Zhou's discussion of "Sense of Urgency" and "Sense of Tension" shocked me, and then awakened violently!
I remember reading an article about children’s growth not long ago. The article said: A large number of social surveys have shown that modern children are becoming weaker physically and mentally, often showing cowardice, withdrawn, selfishness and other psychological states. The reason is that physiologists, Psychologists and educators agree that what these children generally lack is "bad stimulation."
The so-called "inferior stimuli" are uncomfortable and unpleasant external stimuli, including hunger, fatigue, difficulties, etc. Appropriate hunger can correct the problems of picky eater and anorexia; appropriate fatigue can correct the problems of laziness and muscle weakness; appropriate difficulties can improve the ability and perseverance to solve problems and overcome difficulties.The article believes that "inferior stimulation" is necessary and beneficial for the healthy growth of children.
I think that both humans and pigeons belong to the realm of biology and are comparable in many aspects. Isn’t Ms. Zhou’s "tension" and "urgency" for racing pigeons just the same as giving children "inferior stimulation"? But they are all the same to achieve good results-giving the pigeon a "sense of urgency" and "tensile" can promote its victory home, and giving children a "bad stimulation" can encourage them to thrive and grow into useful talents.
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text|Meng Zhaorui
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