Author: Tammy Gagne Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc. ISBN: 1612287220 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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Racing pigeons are also called homing pigeons because they can return home from almost anywhere. Find out what it’s like to race these pigeons, and how much care and training they need from you. Discover how long these colorful birds have been helping humans deliver messages, and find out about the pigeon war hero G.I. Joe. Do you have what it takes to become a pigeon fancier? Can you convince your parents that you do?
Author: Tammy Gagne Publisher: Mitchell Lane ISBN: 1545748705 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 42
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Racing pigeons are also called homing pigeons because they can return home from almost anywhere. Find out what its like to race these pigeons, and how much care and training they need from you. Discover how long these colorful birds have been helping humans deliver messages, and find out about the pigeon war hero G.I. Joe. Do you have what it takes to become a pigeon fancier? Can you convince your parents that you do?
Author: Lolly Brown Publisher: NRB :Publishing ISBN: 9781941070307 Category : Racing pigeons Languages : en Pages : 142
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"Pigeons and man enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship dating back to Ancient Egypt and beyond. The birds have served their human keepers as messengers, companions, and extraordinary athletes. They have delivered messages that turned the tide of financial affairs and diverted the course of war. Some birds have even been decorated for their battlefield heroism. Pigeon racing calls upon the birds' remarkable homing abilities, speed, and endurance. These impressive abilities are refined through selective breeding and progressive training programs that become a consuming pastime for pigeon 'fanciers.' Pigeon Racing offers a broad-based introduction to pigeon husbandry, health, breeding, and competition for the novice enthusiast ... The text includes information on loft design and outfitting, common health problems, and basic training. It explores race formats and administration and explains the intricacies of timing. The extensive glossary serves as an introduction to the pigeon-racing vernacular. Racing pigeons are not the feral birds you see perched on power lines and rooftops. They are marathon fliers, relying on their innate sense of direction and heart to achieve remarkable results."--Publisher's description.
Author: Dacian Busecan Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781502444455 Category : Pets Languages : en Pages : 56
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Pigeon Racing "Deep into Sport" Diseases and Treatmnet- 55 Pages Paperback Edition,Coloured Glossy Cover,Full Coloured Interior.The book contains the followinbg chapters :OrnithosisTrichomoniasis ( Canker)Paramyxovirus (PMV)New Castle diseaseCoccidiosisSalmonelosisAdeno-coli (Young birds sickness)E-ColiHexamitiasisMycoplasmosisWormsCoryzaExternal parasitesSmall poxIntoxicationFracturesDiarrhoeaOne eyed coldWheezing and SneezingDouble VaccinationDrops of blood on the floorCrop swollen with airPierced feathers
Author: Publisher: ISBN: 9781888617375 Category : Pigeons Languages : en Pages : 370
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A fictional account of what happens when the world's most valuable bird, a champion Belgian racing pigeon, escapes and becomes the pet of a group of inner-city children. They have no idea of the bird's value but raise babies from the bird that win a major race, against long odds. An educational and heartwarming story of how the pigeon sport, and pedigreed homing pigeons, functions. Based on the international awarding-winning filmmaker, and author's, more than 50 years of experience in the pigeon hobby.
Author: Dacian Busecan Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781511569194 Category : Languages : en Pages : 68
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Natural remedies have become increasingly popular lately in pigeon racing sport with more and more fanciers using them as an alternative to pigeons medicine .This book brings in front of the fancier over 27 Natural products that we can use as a treatment and prevention for so many diseases that our birds may encounter throughout their life ."Racing Pigeons Natural Remedies" is Must have book for any pigeon fancier in the look for obtaining perfect health with the help of 100 % natural products. All products presented have a complete description of their composition, beneficial effects, dosage, form of use, and black & white image.
Author: Jon Day Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 147363539X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 342
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A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 'Rich and joyous ...The book's quiet optimism about our ability to change, and to learn to love small things passionately, will stay with me for a long time' Helen Macdonald 'Big-hearted and quietly gripping' Guardian 'I love Jon Day's writing and his birds. A marvellous, soaring account' Olivia Laing '[A] beautiful book about unbeautiful birds' Observer 'This is nature writing at its best' Financial Times 'Awash with historical and literary detail, and moving moments ... Wonderful' Telegraph 'Every page of this beautifully written book brought me pleasure' Charlotte Higgins 'A vivid evocation of a remarkable species and a rich working-class tradition. It's also a charming defence of a much-maligned bird, which will make any reader look at our cooing, waddling, junk-food-loving feathered friends very differently in future' Daily Mail 'Endlessly interesting and dazzlingly erudite, this wonderful book will make a home for itself in your heart' Prospect As a boy, Jon Day was fascinated by pigeons, which he used to rescue from the streets of London. Twenty years later he moved away from the city centre to the suburbs to start a family. But in moving house, he began to lose a sense of what it meant to feel at home. Returning to his childhood obsession with the birds, he built a coop in his garden and joined a local pigeon racing club. Over the next few years, as he made a home with his young family in Leyton, he learned to train and race his pigeons, hoping that they might teach him to feel homed. Having lived closely with humans for tens of thousands of years, pigeons have become powerful symbols of peace and domesticity. But they are also much-maligned, and nowadays most people think of these birds, if they do so at all, as vermin. A book about the overlooked beauty of this species, and about what it means to dwell, Homing delves into the curious world of pigeon fancying, explores the scientific mysteries of animal homing, and traces the cultural, political and philosophical meanings of home. It is a book about the making of home and making for home: a book about why we return.
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