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16/09/2013 - Occasionally, we will select some very interesting questions and answers concerning a certain topic (disease, medicines, etc.) and publish them on our homepage. Today's topic is ornithosis.

30/07/2013 - Homing pigeons fly off from an unknown place in unfamiliar territory and still manage to find their way home. Their ability to find their way home has always been fascinating to us humans. Despite intensive research, it is not yet definitively clear where this unusual gift comes from.

27/05/2013 - The Queen of England celebrated her Diamond Jubilee to mark 60 years as the country’s monarch in June 2012. The Midlands National Flying Club organised a race from Fougeres in France to lay tribute to this great occasion. The decision was made by the Club’s committee to not only arrange the race but also to make a film of the event.

10/04/2013 - Before going into further detail about the system I use, I would first like to point out that my system is not necessarily a shining example. Keep in mind that Barcelona is the only important race on my calendar every season.

24/03/2013 - Some years, the weather is especially damp and perverse. These years, a good loft is required more than ever in order to achieve a series of successive results.

17/03/2013 - We think we should not only focus on the press, which reports extensively about plenty of sports, including pigeon racing. We should also provide information using modern media: television and of course the internet, which has loads of possibilities.

06/03/2013 - One of the basic principles of long distance racing is that you need a lot of patience. There are different long distance breeds that will only perform well as a yearling or at the age of two so it is essential that you allow your pigeons time to develop and to gain the necessary experience.

03/03/2013 - Fanciers are always seeking methods by which the pigeons may be urged to race home faster. One cannot hope to find a better method to assist in this matter than the pigeon's own natural instinct.

01/03/2013 - We would like to talk about something that is definitely not new. However, it can be very interesting to keep detailed records of all the pigeons that are housed in your loft.

01/03/2013 - From the chosen candidates I will eliminate until I have only two or three left which are both in top physical condition and also in the right nesting condition to create the required mental condition.

25/02/2013 - We can assume that a sprint race that takes place in hard weather is physically demanding for the pigeons. That is why it is advisable to use strong and well muscled pigeons if you want to gain good results in these sprint races.

19/02/2013 - Keeping your loft dry is one of the most important requirements for a successful career in pigeon racing.

14/02/2013 - Back in May of 2012, Peta released a “Sting” video about the racing pigeon sport, and from the very beginning, this video was full of misrepresentations and out right lies. However, in one part of the video, a club officer of one of the IF clubs in the NYC area (see legend below), actually stated on the video that the racing pigeon sport has a doping problem.

09/02/2013 - If you still have doubts about the usefulness of throat examination you should go and take a look at the pigeons in the loft of a very successful fancier and check their throats. After that you should also check the throats of less successful pigeons.

08/02/2013 - In the third and final part of this article, Pierre Dordin draws some conclusions from his study.

07/02/2013 - Occasionally, we will select some very interesting questions and answers concerning a certain topic (disease, medicin, etc.) and publish them on our homepage. Today's topic is pigeon herpes virus.

07/02/2013 - A good friend of Dordin was so kind to show me two of Dordin’s notebooks, which include reports, interpretations, commentaries etc. of the studies conducted in the races from Morcenx (8 July ’50), Angouleme (26 June ’51) and Libourne (5 July ’52).

05/02/2013 - In the middle of the previous century the pharmacist Pierre Dordin conducted a study into the influence of location, crosswind, deviation from the flight line, the disadvantage of short distance flights etc.

04/02/2013 - The training of a pigeon starts the moment it is weaned and has to fend for itself. Youngsters are weaned any time between 21 and 28 days of age.

04/02/2013 - During and shortly after the Second World War people in general and fanciers in particular were not really interested in pre-war theories, methods and systems used in pigeon racing; they had other priorities at that time.

03/02/2013 - Back to school at Kingsmead Technology College. We have had a very tough season with only a few weeks races getting to a mile a minute and with wet and cold days all year it was always going to be hard racing for our pigeons which are all yearlings.