Shortly after the fall of traveling, I wrote this blog about one of my pups, which together with his siblings animal to the best young animals of my shock this year was one. be
But it was the two young animals on the impact that had removed most of them, designated by a pigeon breeder as physically beautiful too.
Both are missing in your back, cross the tails were placed on the fronds, and the muscles were very poorly developed (but very soft). And with these bodies they flew great, were in any weather and at any distance always among the first blow.
Now after the moult is almost complete, these two look a little better, though not really enough to claim a nice pigeon. And the tail still makes what he wants.
said in an interview with a club colleague a few weeks ago me that he would know a (very famous) doves know them well. And this pigeon experts would regularly identify at-known European RACKETS ahead very good pigeons only at their appearances. And he could predict with high certainty, who is any good, who does not. And so well that you could almost do without the travel cage for breeding test .
Well, this pigeon expert, I have also already heard and read. And much of what he says, for example, about the medical care of pigeons (he is an opponent of the drug craze even if he is a veterinarian yourself) I think is very true and important, and I am a quiet fan of this pigeon have become connoisseurs.
should But this man really as "doves Guru 'successful, you can easily find in pigeons on external characteristics, their inner values? That would indeed be something that is difficult to sum up my thesis in line that can not externals like wings, eyes drawings, muscle or spinal form close to the performance of a racing pigeon, but that the travel cage is the best indicator.
Or was the story of the club members only "half truth"?
I firmly believe that it (on any route) an ideal type is deaf, and that an ideal type, it is easier than a deviating type. But I do not think the physical ideal types to be crucial. But I think (providing health and shape) and the orientation of talent, the motivation to fly directly home and dove for the intelligence of a very significant factors that make up an ace. I also believe that the ideal pigeon body has not been defined unequivocally, here there are also today still top growers certainly have opposing views when it comes to this ideal (see the discussions over the length and depth of the sternum, or the discussion the shape of the Endschwingen and the discussion about the ideal Muskelapperat).
If we had a physically perfect pigeon, so were their qualities useless if the dove is stupid!
As a veterinarian, our "pigeon expert" first of all a very keen eye for the health status of their Dove, which can easily go beyond, what does a normal breeders. It will also probably have a special talent to see details concerning the muscle quality, dia not see other breeders. But I think there will probably be more like the difference of a masseur at a non-trained muscle expert, and not so much as the difference between a Anatomists to an ordinary man. Training condition, relaxation, excessive strain and all such things will remain hidden from him probably not.
But can we conclude from these talents, but so that we can determine the genetic value to external features. Or at least this special pigeon expert? I can very well imagine that he clearly sees more of a dove, or rather as an average breeder can, and maybe even see more than most top breeders can. "Look in the head," But he can not secure. I also believe that many of the things that he can judge appearance, the result of environmental influences, and therefore allow only partial conclusions on the potential inheritance.
And so I am sure that the miracle stories that are told about the qualities of this selection pigeons connoisseur, by some growers to appearances faith was added, sealed in order to support their theses. And I can even imagine that this pigeon expert himself and his abilities also different in that it classifies as miracles expressed.
Anyway. I remain firmly convinced that it is not purposeful to fix the Selktion of pigeons to externals such as eye drawings, body geometry and wing geometry. To Breeding assessment is to be preceded always count the trip basket. And then even sometimes a "ugly" in our eyes dove is very successful, one should not hesitate to test out in the breed!
For example, if the breeder of the desired spring shape Endschwingen indeed the decisive factor for the success of each pigeon, I doubt it. And I would like to conclude two, I think are impressive examples:
This picture shows the wings of "Birdy" the breeder Sudhoff van Beers. It was 1.As-Dove Sun City 2008th Birdy flew with the wings on all flights this very demanding one-loft races, the highest ever score achieved, and also provided on the tough final race over 500km with the 10th Place a top result from. But it has in the 7th and 8 Endschwinge major outbreaks! These springs were certainly affected by aerodynamic (even swinging her four Endschwingen not the same length or at the end to the outside). So if the form of Endschwingen is so very important, as we read in so many books and articles, and over again how Birdy was able to prevail against thousands of other young animals? And at the high rate funds this race is not expected that all other breeders have reported no top-pigeons.
Not Convinced? Well then there's this wing:
This pigeon has massive damage to the spring Endschwingen, the 7th Rocker is even canceled a third. And yet this pigeon flew one eighth of the breeder Waldow Price in the final race 500km from Sun City and a major prize home!
(Source of images: http://www.scmdpr.com/)
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