The Widowhood System – Keeping your Bird’s Motivated by Robert Mihaila The motivating system of trics To keep your widowers going full speed from the beginning of April till the end of July is a period of 16 weeks. To…
Racing Pigeons on Widowhood, Training and Feeding Explained
Racing Pigeons on Widowhood, Training and Feeding Explained by Robert Mihaila The loft-training system During the winter months my bird’s do not train at all, when its time to start training again I want to bring the flying condition back so we begin…
Pigeon Racing Systems; The Pros and Cons of Each
Old Birds Old bird systems are designed around motivation. Cocks and hens are motivated by their love for home (security, food, shelter), their nest box, their mate, their eggs, etc. Natural system This system allows for the birds to mate…
Widowhood and its methods – Questions and answers
Widowhood and its methods – Questions and answers (part 1) It seems to us the best way, to inform you of widowhood methods, in the form of questions and answers which will give a comlete and detailed study about this…
Widowhood – Tips to Remember
When racing the widowhood system, you may notice that the cocks appear to lose interest or the hens act as if they want to start mating with one another, switch the sexes. Allow the cocks to sit on the perches…
Racing Pigeons on the Widowhood System
Racing Pigeons on the Widowhood System As the new racing season begins, many fanciers are racing pigeons on the widowhood system. Here are a few tips and tricks you can use to rev up your race birds for racing success.…
Widowhood Explained – The System
Article provided by Frank McLaughlin of Mclaughlin Lofts Frank’s Widowhood System #1. The cocks should spend 30 minutes with hens the first few races before crating for the race. They are left with the hens for two hours after a…
Widowhood Explained
Article provided by Frank McLaughlin of McLaughlin Lofts Widowhood racing has been around for nearly 80 years or more. When traveling in Belgium a few years ago I watched a film made in the 1930’s for the World’s Fair. Racing…
*Video* Widowhood Celibacy Creates Motivation on Race Day.
Widowhood Celibacy Creates Motivation on Race Day. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mehe_acMdr8] Here is another great video from Dr. John Lamberton, in this video Dr. Lamberton shows us how widowhood celibacy creates motivation to fly home faster on race day. If you have been…
Double Widowhood Part 4
Double Widowhood Part 4 As stated before, my first priority is to separate the hens as quickly as possible and wean the youngsters to their own compartment. Once this is achieved then I can start to cut back on the…
