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Each unit of our 125gr Improver or AntiFungal costs about £20 and will treat up to 100 pigeons for 6 months against diseases and give great flying results.
Read our all our health & performance articles at Pigeon Vitality Contact our veterinarian & nutritionist team by letter or email for any query: mail@pigeonvitality.com Pigeon Vitality, Lundekroken 10, 3940 Porsgrunn Norway
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Read our all our health & performance articles at Pigeon Vitality Contact our veterinarian & nutritionist team by letter or email for any query: mail@pigeonvitality.com Pigeon Vitality, Lundekroken 10, 3940 Porsgrunn Norway
Contact our resellers if you want to use these patent protected products:
H. Beattie & Son 028 3884 0486; Derek Rooney 019 25 72 13 28; Taylors Choice 01270252530; Abbeyton Lofts 07799640711; B.Leefe & Sons Ltd 01653691411; BJF Feeds 01909770065; MedicAnimal LTD 02030580500; Gem Supplements LTD 01243531259; Cosworth Studs Feeds 01215561497; Boddy & Ridewood 01723585858; Andrew Hitchcock 07595394444; Graham Tysom South Ltd 01797227999; Graham Tysom North Ltd 01933317444; R.E. & E Smith 01915843773; P&J Lofts Friskney 01754820027.
Pigeon Vitality is looking for more distributors, please contact us
The content (content being images, text, sound and video files, programmes and scripts) of this website is copyright of Racing Pigeon Post and this article is Copyright © 2009 Pigeon Vitality. All rights expressly reserved.
All about reducing the laying of eggs by the racing pigeon
Excessive egg laying is a common condition in some periods for the racing pigeons, in particular if the temperature is right for it. Laying eggs is not a problem, but when a bird is not healthy enough to do so or when they lay an excessive amount of eggs they can become egg bound. When a bird is egg bound she will usually require hospitalization, medication and possibly surgery to remove the bothersome egg. It is important in these birds that we reduce the amount of eggs they lay in the future to prevent a reoccurrence. The main factors to consider are: diet, day length, behavior, nesting site and presence of eggs.
Diet
Seed availability in the wild is generally only high during breeding season, so an abundance of seeds in the diet is a stimulus to breed.
Providing a good quality, balanced diet with restricted seed will not only help to reduce laying, but provide better nutrition to keep her healthy and better prepared to lay eggs and fight disease. This together with our natural patent protected products Improver and AntiFungal will bring the natural balance of the pigeon to his optimum and get the best health possible.
Please refer to our diet sheets upon request.
Day Length
In the wild, birds generally breed in spring and summer, a time of increasing day length.
By covering the loft or the windows in the evening at about 6pm, their hormones that stimulate laying will be reduced. As well as reducing mating/egg laying behavior, this will help to ensure a good night rest for your pigeons, which is very important.
Presence of a mate
Pigeons do not need to mate in order to lay eggs. They do usually need to think that they have a partner.
A lot of the individual attention the pigeon fanciers will give to the pigeons can be interpreted by them as partner stimulation, and as such it needs to be minimized to the strict minimum.
We recommend that you dont cuddle or stroke your pigeons below the neck.
Training basic obedience and trick training is a great way to interact with your pigeons in a healthier manner.
Nesting Site
Pigeons are more likely to lay eggs if they have a nest. This may be a nest or box, newspaper or material at the bottom of a cage.
Do NOT provide any nesting material for a pigeon if you dont want her to lay.
Presence of eggs
If your pigeons does lay eggs, leave them in the cage for the normal incubation period - approximately 3 weeks for most strain.
The presence of eggs in a cage stimulates hormones in your bird which decreases to chances of more eggs.
Excessive egg laying is a common condition in some periods for the racing pigeons, in particular if the temperature is right for it. Laying eggs is not a problem, but when a bird is not healthy enough to do so or when they lay an excessive amount of eggs they can become egg bound. When a bird is egg bound she will usually require hospitalization, medication and possibly surgery to remove the bothersome egg. It is important in these birds that we reduce the amount of eggs they lay in the future to prevent a reoccurrence. The main factors to consider are: diet, day length, behavior, nesting site and presence of eggs.
Diet
Seed availability in the wild is generally only high during breeding season, so an abundance of seeds in the diet is a stimulus to breed.
Providing a good quality, balanced diet with restricted seed will not only help to reduce laying, but provide better nutrition to keep her healthy and better prepared to lay eggs and fight disease. This together with our natural patent protected products Improver and AntiFungal will bring the natural balance of the pigeon to his optimum and get the best health possible.
Please refer to our diet sheets upon request.
Day Length
In the wild, birds generally breed in spring and summer, a time of increasing day length.
By covering the loft or the windows in the evening at about 6pm, their hormones that stimulate laying will be reduced. As well as reducing mating/egg laying behavior, this will help to ensure a good night rest for your pigeons, which is very important.
Presence of a mate
Pigeons do not need to mate in order to lay eggs. They do usually need to think that they have a partner.
A lot of the individual attention the pigeon fanciers will give to the pigeons can be interpreted by them as partner stimulation, and as such it needs to be minimized to the strict minimum.
We recommend that you dont cuddle or stroke your pigeons below the neck.
Training basic obedience and trick training is a great way to interact with your pigeons in a healthier manner.
Nesting Site
Pigeons are more likely to lay eggs if they have a nest. This may be a nest or box, newspaper or material at the bottom of a cage.
Do NOT provide any nesting material for a pigeon if you dont want her to lay.
Presence of eggs
If your pigeons does lay eggs, leave them in the cage for the normal incubation period - approximately 3 weeks for most strain.
The presence of eggs in a cage stimulates hormones in your bird which decreases to chances of more eggs.