Ornithosis In Racing Pigeons Health is the most fundamental and important topics in pigeon racing. It doesn’t matter how good a pigeon is or how well its fed an unhealthy pigeon will never be able to win a race. Occasionally,…
How to Prevent and Treat Salmonella In Racing Pigeons
How to Prevent and Treat Salmonella In Racing Pigeons HOW TO PREVENT Salmonella infections: Proper hygiene is the best way to keep Salmonella away from the loft. Don’t overcrowd! The disease has a greater chance of spreading in overcrowded conditions…
Salmonella in Racing Pigeons
Salmonella in Racing Pigeons Salmonella are gram negative bacteria that infect pigeons, other birds and even animals or humans. There are about 2000 species. Free-ranging birds can be sub-clinical carriers and so they simply are a reservoir of Salmonella. It…
*Video* One Eye Cold Treatment for Racing Pigeons
*Video* One Eye Cold Treatment for Racing Pigeons Here is another great video from Lavender Hill Lofts showing how they treat One Eye Colds in their racing pigeons. If you don’t have Tetracycline ointment to treat a one eye cold…
*Video* Parasite Prevention for your Racing Pigeons
*Video* Parasite Prevention for your Racing Pigeons Here is another great video from Lavender Hill Lofts. This video is about how to give Permethrin to prevent lice, mites and mosquito from biting your birds. So go ahead and watch the…
Racing Pigeon Dipping Feather Lice Treatment
Feather lice are an irritiating part of raisng Pigeons. The pictures above shows what they look like. Although not harmful to the birds, they do chew holes int he feathers of birds. When you hear someone talk about “pinholes” in…
Vaccinating a Racing Pigeon Subcutaneously
Vaccinating a Racing Pigeon Subcutaneously by Slobberknocker Lofts There are two ways to vaccinate a racing pigeon. One is subcutaneously in the back of the neck. To vaccinate this way, lay the racing pigeon across your lap, holding the bird…
Feather Lice on Pigeons
Great video from The Dovecote Loft on how to treat your pigeons for feather lice.
May In The Loft
During this time of year in the sport, our attention turns to the old birds, especially to their health care and to their motivation for racing. In this article we are going to talk about a few things that you may…
Panting in Racing Pigeons – When Is It Normal and When Is It Not, Part 2
Panting and Disease In studying the process of respiratory panting as a part of the disease process, we need to know that, compared to humans, a racing pigeons ability for the respiratory tract to heal after infection or injury is considerably reduced.…
