in discussions not only with pigeon breeders will fall even more often sighing and comment in relation to left earlier times better. And often enough debt is not because the dark present, but easy to exchange our difficulty in principle, old positive experiences with new positive opportunities. Our brain is working way it is.
However, concerning an issue in the pigeon sport seems the contrast between "the past" and "Today" to have a real background. It is the view of the absolute losses, especially of young pigeons (I mean is not only young animals but also year-olds) on flights in the course of a season. Older farmers report a frapierenden agreement stated that "previously" lost pigeons were significantly less, once seemed a "falling out" flights, as it now is probably the case. Although these days are noticeably shorter and the bankruptcy almost always on the first day ended, but they do meet these days seems to be less good than before.
If that is indeed the case (this also sets the last article of Schaerlaeckens ad in the magazine "The pigeon" close by 9/20/2009), could be what it was?
I am not of the "Modern skeptics" who beimessen.Die of modern technology like the mobile phone networks, a key role in this matter, electromagnetic radiation, as it is "spread" of these things is not only since the introduction of the mobile phone ubiquitous. Even the introduction of broadcasting in the 40s of last century, mainly with middle-and long-wave transmitters with very much higher field strengths, than it is now common and acceptable, provided them with an ever-present "burden" with human generated electromagnetic fields. In addition to analog-based wireless networks (such as CB radio), air traffic control and military surveillance by radar and the territorial coverage of households with electricity (for the power lines spread electromagnetic radiation). All this took place already, instead of a period in which the pigeons loss situation is to have been so better than today. I am thinking rather of ignorance and uncertainty about the effects of electromagnetic fields is an important reason for this is often referred to blame.
The changes in terms of weather and climate I see not suitable as a model of explanation. "Before we had nowhere near as good weather forecast models as today. Pigeons were often abandoned in poor weather conditions. This is now largely avoided through a specialized training for flight controllers and by very good weather forecast. So even if today is such that weather extremes have increased, we continue our rare birds from these extremes, as before, definitely!
are now "new" diseases, such as the young animal disease out into the field. And I also think that is just the youngsters disease is a significant risk in terms of loss of a young pigeon. But we must not forget on the other hand, complain that beatings with healthy pigeons on greater losses as before, "and that" before "the medical care of the pigeons was much worse. Often Koccidien, salmonella and worms were present in the stocks, with no reference to them as now usually treated properly. Also, the sanitary conditions in the transport (Kabi and train) far worse than today. And soaked "before" and almost no transport. Yet the losses were lower in young pigeons!
Why?
When we asked from the perspective of the deaf Tasks a comparison between "before" and today, we are in my opinion the answer a little closer:
through worse conditions in terms of the Gesundheitststatus the used pigeons, the supply of transport and the general weather situation in an abandoning formerly the arrivals of about a deaf-fare very rarely swarm arrivals. In addition, "early" distributed by the usual much higher number of breeders and the often widespread cooperation at the county association and district level Auflässe with significantly larger numbers and doves over an area were often larger. The bankruptcies are usually subjected to hours and even over a large part the pigeons came home alone in this.
Today's most often the young animal travel and the first zip Alttierflügen encountered situation that every RV aufläßt separate their birds from all other RVen to avoid crossing shoals and only in good weather conditions ( because to achieve this one goal each Auflassleiters is) will probably find the better the health situation of stocks and better care during transport is a major reason his argument why now "five-minute bankruptcy" and swarm arrivals of top pigeons more the rule than the exception .
And of course it's very good that we now than ever are sought to allow the animals a quick and safe return. The grievances in relation to sick birds, poor transport conditions are unclear or Auflässe weather conditions have been rectified to the law and are an enormous step forward in protecting our feathered favorites.
But this result has not only positive consequences!
"Before," had the most flights the pigeons made sooner or later to turn to find at least part way home alone. Today, large parts of the parties to complete all flights flying pigeons, without once regarding their own ability to orient been seriously considered to be. The research (there are the so be tight. "Swarm research) has shown that only roughly 5% of a swarm must specify a direction, and the rest trailing behind. And these results proved to be valid, regardless of whether the swarm of people, Robot Tern or animals has been formed, because the simple rules that the formation of a swarm are based are identical in each case: no communication between the participants themselves, always in motion and always remain in the vicinity of others.
It may be that, say, ten pigeons to fly home at once, of which only one has actually given the right direction!
Especially the orientation ability of the pigeons but it is based have been proved on a whole bunch of strategies. There is the magnetic sense, the consideration of the sun, the memorization of "map" in the immediate vicinity of the shock, the use of the sense of smell possibly also plays a role infrasound, and perhaps even some unexplained. And so it is extremely likely, indeed almost certain that a larger number of genes for the expression of these different talents are responsible. If we do not consistently read at a genetic trait point, the distribution of the different values of these characteristics in a population according to the Hardy and Weinberg described As find (see also the following blog: population genetics for pigeons fathers (Part 12) )
Specifically, we will find it very, very few animals that have all or many genes of a desired property at the same time! In other words:
The elimination of the previous, very strong selection on the orientation ability of each individual pigeon (including all of its various strategies) , the number of pigeons with impaired orientation capacity in recent years increased dramatically.
terms of their orientation talent our pigeons are now actually significantly worse than even a few years!
grew through the increasingly more rapid arrival of the pigeons, however, the selection pressure in relation to the property to fly very fast. And both put together now is an ominous combination: Faster pigeons with a poor sense of direction not only fly more often. They are then even further away from the home and the chances to attain that ever again fall significantly. Precisely where I see a logical and reasonable explanation for the problem of increased loss of young pigeons. And even though some may sound too simple, is usually the simplest of logical answers to a question, the right one.
How can we counter this?
Well, a return to previous poor transport, health and Auflassbedingungen is of course absolutely no way! So we have to adjust the conditions of the flights in a different way so that swarm arrivals not characterize an entire season. The only way we get information on the orientation ability of each individual animal. Only on the basis of this information we can reliably select targeted for breeding. The appropriate way to this goal, in my view:
1) The larger the area is the need to distribute a quantity of pigeons, later abandoned, the stronger a swarm is pulled apart, or even completely loses his flock character. feed the abandonment of many RVen although a common direction but at different distances and are distributed in width, is therefore desirable. Auflässe isolated in small groups that offer fly into a small target area, however, little approaches to gain useful informaton for selecting the birds for breeding and should therefore be avoided.
A change in the RVen in relation to today's "small states" during the flights and Auflässen is therefore urgently required! Otherwise, the quality of pigeons is the future decline and the above-mentioned Loss widens problem may get even.
2) For the selection must remain a very strict attention to the orientation performance of our pigeons are laid. Results of this swarm of arrivals should be ignored for assessing the quality of orientation (so nice it also looks for example if the first five bankruptcies are achieved within a few seconds). Outstanding orientation services, such as the sole return for a "wrong wind" with a clear lead flown out top prize, the return of a major flight across the main field should be considered particularly.
3) flights with a flight time of over four hours (ie beyond 300 km) are characterized by much less large swarm of arrivals, as very short flights. If, therefore, not just short-run in a very large network with large Gemeinschaftsauflässen so that the target area is very large, short-haul flights are generally less reliable for the selection. This is probably the case in Germany.
In Belgium, however oftz.B. 10,000 deaf-four have been together in Noyon, and are then distributed to a wide area in Belgium. Winner of this series for creating this swarm of flies then no longer, as under such conditions (but only under such conditions), the high Number of successful operations an "accidental success" very unlikely. This must then actually belonging orientation talent exist.
4) For growing, we are only allowed to use pigeons which have their extraordinary talent orientation several times undoubtedly made in different situations to the test. A multiple 1st prize winners in the first flock of arrivals is purely on the basis of these results will not do so, he must have in relation to the orientation performance ways to do something! Here is a rethinking of the breeders gefragt.Die speed and the fit of a dove is very important. But the safe return should be top priority have, and we have lost our breeding focus. A breeding pair that a very fast Dove has brought, but also a greater number of lost animals is just not a good breeding pair!
5) The use of remote breeding very good racing pigeons and pigeons with well-sounding name, but without proof of the outstanding quality orientation (either itself or provided in direct relationship) should be avoided like the plague. Mediocrity is the good death.
6) Consider fämliär frequent losses as a kind of disease susceptibility, it is herauszuzüchten absolutely! Only then can the "good old days" to return. We are all asked our breeding efforts to intensify in this regard in order to avoid greater losses in future.
However, we should have never forgotten that we bear responsibility for all of our pigeons and not only to the allegedly good. To return reported missing pigeons, for example, always has to look after all farmers, even if one or the other to exclude these animals from breeding in the future is.
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