The Alttier journey of 2014 belongs to the past and also the young animals flights have ended the most RVen. Time to worry about it, makes sense as the stocks are brought by the moulting and winter time. The Managing Director of the company Röhnfried, Alfred Berger, even successful pigeon fanciers, answers the questions of Klaus mud in ski to this topic.

Pigeon market: How is your travel stock treated after the flights?

Alfred Berger: Directly following the trip my racers coming Once again on eggs. Sometimes I cut previously for a few days, but usually I leave together directly them after the final flight. If I "fail no boys", across breed the racers then incubate an another clutch. If I raise hatchlings for the trip depends on whether I exist requests for young people have. I prefer but eggs to give it, because you have then A lot less work. For 2014, I have no fixed inquiry after juveniles from my travel animals, so that they think twice about this year to breed. Because at least five of my perennial travel birds move to next year in the breeding loft, I can keep this year no Herbstjungen alone for reasons of space for my own needs. Spätjunge I give mostly to other breeders or swap even to get to other successful lines on the own breeding loft.

Pigeon market: How feeding during moulting?

Alfred Berger: Fed breeding and moulting mixed special by Mifuma with my top mix Mifuma mix power mix.. Directly after the last flight my racers receive 20% special, again about what I increase during the first week after the last flight on 50%. I feed these two mixes until the moult is completed. Usually I couples then yes also already back in and so this blend to the pairing will be fed just keep. Frequently, I feed several premium minerals during the moulting period. These are Very much diverse mineral mixtures, which I like and often fresh offer but also during the trip and breeding. Get my racing pigeons in the Mauser daily by products Avidress plus in the drinking water. In addition two / three times a week Hessechol in the Exchange with the Mauser help pigeon gold. Pigeon gold I feed due to the high content of methionine rather via feed. At least three times a week there Flash form. Thus I intends to speed up the moulting, what seems necessary in my old birds and later in my youngsters. Due to my light system my old pigeons threw often only a primary at the end of the old trip and the Mauser should be completed as far as possible until January. So I accelerate the Mauser with Flash form. What I also like to give for the Mauser via feed is the new Marsh gold in conjunction with our Medicinal herbs full mix. As I reach no flight pigeons because of the more give, I bring to a wide selection of herbs to the feed and thus in the animal. I think also the humic acids of bog gold help to cope with the Mauser.

Pigeon market: How is the free flight regulated during the moult and winter?

Alfred Berger: With the end of the trip, my racers have no free flight. However, may they swim every day in the Aviary and there they then regularly. From the Middle until the end of March, the old pigeons come back in the air. 2014, I had no major problems with the intervention in March and April. For this it started with me from mid-May to be really bad. The Hawk has brought almost every week at least a widower from stroke me. I could partially grant no flight at all the pigeons, because he was All the time in between. It's especially great when the pigeons from the race will come and receive it directly from the Hawk. Why should such a dove endeavor still motivated then to fly home quickly? Many pigeons are thus useless for the competition. I could put some of my widower even No more because they were Not at all more to the free flight out and returned from the training flight only hours later or the next day.

Pigeon market: How feeding during the winter?

Alfred Berger: I feed a diverse mix in the winter. This consists of the mixture as in the moulting period Breeding and moulting special top mix. Is the Mauser completed is approximately 20% travel and 5% shorn oats mixed with Paddy. Thus, the pigeons are not so fast fat and are usually in very good condition.

Pigeon market: During the winter to carry out any cures, such as roots and grains?

Alfred Berger: First and foremost I can't due to time constraints, to feed roots etc. on my pigeons. A pure barley feeding I can not really make friends with me. The last vegetables Spa 2013 was a carrot juice from the discounters, Which one I had fed drinking water.

Pigeon market: How can the phase of assessing be used optimally to medical care?

Alfred Berger: Optimal medical care is wholly abandoning preventive medicines in the winter or during the rest phase. As long as my pigeons are healthy, no preventive drugs are administered. I but continuously reduce the risk of infection and improve the immune system by stimulating feed of addition to continuously. Which would conflict with any unnecessary "before preventive medication". Since I don't regularly clean can make in the winter, the pigeons deal automatically with germs and so also train the immune system. You should always observe his animals and investigate suspected best also vet. But not every small "ailment" must be treated Right away. If a veterinary finding shows an infection is also crucial, what have been demonstrated for germs. Positive chlamydia and salmonella findings must be treated Right away from my point of view, because this is also connected with an enormous amount of management as disinfection, etc. Of course, the rest period is ideally suited to carry out the necessary vaccinations. Again, Me too was last vaccinated against salmonella. The ideal time is always several weeks before the next breeding, since the parent animals give also a larger vaccination to their young.

Pigeon market: When you disconnect the breeders in the summer and when the racers?

Alfred Berger: The breeders are separated in the course of June or early July. The old racers usually in October. Look again to the coupling, Which one takes place usually in December. Currently I am considering whether I will make 2015 no winter breeding, because I reviewed my Winterjungen not properly on the fly and pull can get. My smaller boys who sit separately in the garden, take well over an hour and completely out of sight. Because I total would shrink the existence of something, I tend to currently for 2015 only “normal” Young animals to breed. However, I know that at the beginning of the young journey, when the Winterjungen then as in previous years, complete but her desired training stint, the successes animation me this early again to mate. The racers are allowed for several years in the phase of separation in the winter the days together which I am absent through appointments. That's less work for the feeding and the females are not so quickly pairs with each other. The aftermath of an early winter breeding is up to the renewed pairing in April but Very much long and so they do not come on "ideas". At the time of mating, I make sure that I have some air in your diary for A few days. The weather or the Moon constellation etc. are irrelevant in my considerations.

Pigeon market: How many pigeons to winters?

Alfred Berger: last fall, I've reduced my breeding loft 6 cells from 21 to 15. I'm still an another small compartment with four cells. I will build this autumn small individual the oldest breeding birds from the vintages of 2003 and 2004, so that they can breed in peace and without interference (third-party insemination). By newcomers and five former travel birds who now walk in the breeding loft, I am forced to take A few of the breeders out to. Currently, I integrate even A few new entrants from 2013 and 2014. On racers I plan with 36 pairs, and probably 2/3 year old will be. Pigeons, which badly molt, be selected, unless they have been Very much good performance shown. You have to go the causes of diseases or disorders of moulting on the ground! Otherwise there is a risk that subliminally infections creep. It's often just "minor details" such as such as endoparasites, which you can easily handle. Should even a pigeon have a wet eye, I'm Avisana in the eye, and in both nostrils. Thus, most of the time on the next day, the problem is resolved. Pigeons, which use watery droppings in the autumn or winter, get two or three days Pigeon happiness pills and already after the first application the droppings are usually tightly bound. This is a small tip from me, if you will.

Pigeon market: Mr. Berger, we thank you for the comprehensive answer to our questions and wish you all the best.

Selected travel results 2014 Alfred Berger:

Flight 2: Tarnów 160 km in the FG against 2743 doves 66/37 with 1a., 1B., 3a, 3B., 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 (17 birds on 93 as point).

Flight 3: Strasburg 273 km in the RV against 986 pigeons 65/35 with 4, 9, 21, 23, 24, 48, 50, 51a, 51B, 53.

Flight 7: Pasewalk 301 km in the RV against 617 pigeons 28/20 with 21,32,47,48,54,55,56,66,68.

Flight 8: Reuther town 226 km in the RV against 611 pigeons 30/17 with 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7a, 7B., 9, 13, (11 birds on 91 as point).

Flight 10: Pasewalk 301 km in the RegV 2720 pigeons 32/16 with 1, 9, 47, 69, 74.

Contact:

Diplom biologist Alfred Berger

Tel.: 49 (0) 4826 8610 – 0

info@roehnfried.de

Author Klaus mud in ski

Tel.: 49 (0) 4202 84424

Klaus.matschinski@t-online.de

Courtesy of: TaubenMarkt, Hans Brühl