Ping's Pigeons

  Pigeon Diseases Canker (Trichomoniasis) Cause : The most common pigeon disease found. It is usually transmitted through drinking water and through parents feeding there young. Symptoms : Infected birds show a reduction in activity, ruffled feathers, loss of weight, increased water intake, and diarrhea. Cheesy yellowish deposits can often be observed in the mouth or throat. In advanced stages a stringy mucous and putrid odor can be detected in the mouth. Young birds are most susceptible to Canker. Prevention  - Control stress with half dosage of Improver and AntiFungal, this will control the stress to 0 in the birds. Maintain regular feed and withering schedules Sanitize waterers regularly Isolate and observe any newly acquired birds for several weeks Administer an anti-canker drug or Improver on a regular basis throughout the year. Veterinary recommendations vary from once every three months to once a month. This will depend upon incidence and susceptibility in your own floc...

     My very first pigeon ever was a white pigeon given to me by my aunt. That's why it became my favorite color. Ang dami ng dumaan saking pure white na pangarera, palit ako ng palit kasi either namamatay o fly away mga nagiging anak. Until finally I realized mukang kontra pelo ako sa puti. Di talaga lumalagpas ng three months edad ng pure white magkakasakit o kaya mawawala. Sa tagal ko nag race wala pa ko nalilipad na puti, kahit training lang. Last year sa gigil ko I bought 3 pairs of pure white racing pigeons, pag eto kako wala pa nakalusot wala na talaga. Luckily nakabuhay ako isa (yep she's the one on the picture). I kept waiting for it to get sick or pag uwi ko ng office wala na sya baka fly away na. But she's still here. Excited ako sobra kasi siningsingan ko sya ng summer. Makakaranas na ko ng mag race ng pure white. Yun nga lang, di sya nagkasakit o nag fly away pero yung race mismo yung nawala. Di ba ang galing. White curse continues.....kelan mawawala ang sump...

     More than a month bago mag start yung training ng GWRPA nanakawan ako. I was hospitalize kasi sobrang sakit ng left side of my tummy which turned out I have gall stones. I was given a high dose of pain reliever that night and I felt OK kinabukasan na ng hapon. It turns out while I was in pain naiwan ko pala loft ko na bukas. Pag silip ko ng hapon halos nalimas ibon ko sa flyer ko. Naospital na ko nanakawan pa, double whammy.      Akala ko di ko na makikita ulit yung mga nanakaw na kalapati. After a month isa isa nakakabalik yung mga nawala. Mukang tinuturuan sila kasi maiikli yung pakpak nung bumalik. Ang dudungis nila, hawak yata araw araw. I kept wishing my white bar na young bird sa GWRPA sana makabalik. Tuwing umuuwi ako sa office sinisilip ko agad loft kung nakabalik na sya. Ayun nga isang araw nakita ko na lang nakabalik na nga sya, mukang pulubi, payat, maikli pakpak. Sabi ko me one month pa bago mag start derby pwede pa maka recover. ...

     I wasn't planning on joining this year medyo hectic ang schedule. Mas gusto ko sana magpahinga na lang sa bahay. It was gonna be held on Saturday, e Sunday me awarding ako dadaluhan sa Province din. But on the day of the show I decided what the heck, makasali na nga din. Nung umaga lang ako pumili ng ilalaban, Ayoko maglaban ng nanalo na sa show, gusto ko iba naman. I chose the Opal Bar first. Father nya yung nanalo last year Best in show din sa Off Color Category. Iniisip ko na kung makukuha din ba nya yung title. Kino-compare ko kasi sila mas gwapo pa din kasi yung tatay. Sa Barless naman I was choosing beteen the cock and the hen, I decided on the cock na lang. One more, gusto ko tatlo, yung young bird ko sa BFRC this year. Pero nagaalangan ako kasi loading ng gabi baka ma stress.      So to cut the long story short. My Opal Bar  won 1st Place Opal Bar Category and Best in Breed Off Color Racing Pigeon. Sobrang nakaka proud kasi na dupli...

     Can I just say, wala naman masama kung magturo ka. We have the power to discern. Di naman lahat ng ituturo sayo gagawin mo. Syempre piliin mo lang yung kaya mong gawin, yung hiyang ka. Although experience is still the best teacher. During my time nung nag uumpisa pa lang ako, wala namang available pa online na information about pigeons, walang google, youtube even facebook na isang type mo lang sa search lalabas na lahat about sa kalapati, Wala ka pa makikita, unlike today. Everything I learned mostly thru personal experience. Konti lang yung galing sa mentor kasi sa totoo lang mararamdaman mo naman na ayaw i share lahat. Everytime you lose, pag aralan mo bakit ka natalo. Very important na nililista mo kung ano ginagawa mo kasi believe me me makakalimutan kang details. Baka yung small details na yun yung answer sa hinahanap mo. I hope you get what I'm saying.       Let's say your racing ten pigeons, na cut off yung lima, that's the best time ...

     For five years i have been stuck with just a pair of barless, di ako makabuhay. Sobnrang selang nila. I've noticed na hangga't di nakakalagpas ng three month old mamamatay lang. What I did is everytime I produce squabs, I would put it in a separate cage malayo sa flying loft ko. Ayun, nabuhay na lahat. Now ang inaalam ko naman pano ko mailalaban sa race, should I put them sa flyer at around four months? para sure na buhay na. Di kaya too late na para turuan sa bagong kulungan?

     I admit I descriminate. Me mga breeders ako na di ginagamit kasi una pa lang wala na ko tiwala, di ko alam bakit ko sya na practice. Well I'm trying to change that. Sabi nga di mo malalaman yung capacity nung kalapati unless you race them. Sa hirap din naman ng race you tend to use your winning breeders over and over. Minsan parang nanghihinayang ka na gamitin yung iba. For fear of losing and waste of time. Sometimes I forego trying different pairs too para masubukan kung me i-improve pa. Although nawala na sa system ko yung katay katay pag di ko type. Although I miss doing that especially pag me nakikita akong kalapati na di ko type ichura, sometimes I ask myself bakit ko to binuhay. Its a little cruel pero I swear it works din. Yung piling pili lang bubuhayin saka ilalaban mo. Sa totoo lang ewan ko kung napapansin nyo din, yung mga nananalong kalapati maganda ichura di ba?