American racing pigeons,their breeding,incubation and fertility

AMERICAN RACING PIGEONS

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION FOR RACING PIGEONS,THEIR FERTILITY AND INCUBATION

Contact:

Harry Geurts

Box 33

3690 Zutendaal Belgium

+ 32 478 459853

artificialpigeon@gmail.com

FERTILITY OF RACING PIGEONS

SPERM COLLECTION OF THE COCK

INSEMINATION OF THE HENS

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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ARTIFICIAL-INSEMINATION AND SPERMBANK.

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION OF RACING-PIGEONS,
FREEZING OF PIGEON SPERM, FERTILITY TEST ON PIGEONS.SPECIALITY: ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION OF BIRDS IN GENERAL.(RACING-PIGEONS, HOUBARA BUSTARD, CRANES, PARROTS and OTHERS.ALSO CONSERVATION FOR BIRDS.Introduction.On the basis of many years’ experience in the field of artificially taking sperm from birds, Harry Geurts has now developed a technique in Belgium to do the same with pigeons. After a number of years’ study, this product is ready to be put into practice. This could mean a great breakthrough for pigeon racing and that for the following reasons:Previous testing of your cock-pigeons (male pigeons) on good sperm. You will then know well in advance if you can use the male pigeon in question for natural breed. The volume of the sperm shows if it is suitable for breeding cock-pigeons. The quality of the sperm can be tested as well, so that you will gain an insight in its fertility. We will show you the movement and quality of pigeon sperm on a monitor. Testing young male pigeons before putting them into a basket. You can often tell by the quality of the sperm if your birds are in a top condition or not.DEEPFREEZING / PIGEON SPERM BANKPreventative taking and – 198° deepfreezing of sperm should be carried out before putting your best pigeons into a basket. This in case of losing your bird for whatever reason. You can then always continue breeding with the deepfrozen sperm of your pigeon. The deepfrozen sperm has an unlimited life. Thus you actually have a good life insurance for you pedigree.

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PIGEON YOUNGSTERS BY ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATIO

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION OF FEMALE PIGEONS

The collected sperm can be divided into several portions, which in their turn can be artificially inseminated into the female pigeons. The number of female pigeons that can be inseminated at each sperm taking, depends on the quality of the sperm, which can be described from very bad to superb. In case of a minimal sperm production it is to be used for 1 female pigeon, increasing, in case of a superb quality, up to ten female pigeons.

This will enable you to build a dovecot consisting of top-rated pigeons, without damaging your best male pigeons. With artificial sperm taking from your top-rated male pigeons, they will do service as breeders for years longer.

SPERM BANK.

It will consist of a large range of top-rated male pigeons, from which you can choose from real top-class pigeons. Even if you have a top-class pigeon in your dovecot, it will certainly be eligible for making use of the sperm bank. Even the best female pigeons will be connected with the sperm bank, so that you can choose from all sorts of top-rated pigeons and can compose top-class pairs in a rather simple and luxurious way.

You can also have your own valuable female pigeons inseminated by sperm that is made available by the sperm bank to realize your own race. HAVING YOUR TOP-RATED MALE PIGEONS ‘ SPERM FROZEN NOW, WILL BE A GUARANTEE FOR YOUR TOP-RATED PIGEON BREEDING IN THE FUTURE.

GENE BANK

In addition to all this, there is a possibility to start a gene bank. The genetic characteristics of each pigeon will be stored in it, so that, as time goes by, it will enable us to get a good understanding of the perfect line breeding. All this is realized through DNA VERIFICATIONS, at the same time also for the purpose of preventing fraud and theft.

TECHNIQUES

Our massage techiques for pigeons are completely based on natural actions. These techniques are harmless and immune to stress for both male and female pigeon, as a result of many years of study. Stories that “young pigeons born of Artificial Insemination would not be fertile”, may be relegated to the realm of fancy, because conclusive proof to the contrary has already been provided more then once.

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Sperm bank. (deepfreezing of pigeon sperm)

Now that there is a possibility to conserve the sperm of top-rated male pigeons, or to freeze it, this will give you an opportunity to have sperm taken before selling your pigeon, and to preserve it for whatever purposes (e.g. sale or breeding).

You can then use it for your own or for a third party to inseminate female pigeons or to sell it at the price that you fix on the basis of the donor’s pedigree, at any time you require.

Note: Not all pigeon sperm is suitable for freezing. Each male pigeon will just be previously tested to see if its sperm can be kept in good quality. If this is not so, then you will always have the possibility to work with the fresh sperm of this bird.

Inseminating female pigeons.

Five to six female pigeons can be inseminated with a good sperm quality and volume (approximately 10 pure microlitres). These female pigeons, however, should be previously tested on condition and health. After being coupled to a half-full reservoir for approximately 3 days, they will be inseminated, which, if necessary, will be repeated on days 5 and 7. If you require more information about this, you can alway call us. (Belgium 089 714909/fax 089 731834)

IN GENERAL.

FERTILITY EXAMINATION.

The quantity and quality of pigeon sperm can be determined on the basis of a microscopic examination. These measured values are decisive for the fertility of a pigeon. A certificate of them can be delivered at a possible sale of the pigeons. This method can also be applied to male pigeons (cock-pigeons) that no longer fertilize. After all, our technique enables us, in case of alleged infertile male pigeons, to collect a normal quantity of sperm anyway. Many old male pigeons no longer have their own strength to ejaculate naturally, but they still do produce sperm. We stimulate this male pigeon in a natural way through our massage techniques to come to a sperm ejaculation. The hypothesis that many OLD MALE PIGEONS would no longer be fertile, will certainly not hold anymore in this case! You had better test such a bird before definitely writing it off. Much research and tests have proved that male pigeons in the age of 12 years and over, are able to provide offspring. This, however, on the basis of Artificial Insemination techniques as described above.

SPERM BANK FOR RACING PIGEONS

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ADVANTAGES OF ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION

It is also quite possible to obtain offspring from a valuable infertile male pigeon.

Very easy line breeding.

A large number of offspring can be bred at a very short period without damaging the breeding pigeons.

Through the sperm bank there are several options from top-rated male pigeons and first prize winners in all categories and all price ranges. You compose them yourself, if necessary.

The small pigeon flyer attains top-class pigeons in a relatively cheap way.

The pigeon remains in the pigeon flyer’s possession and can form a surplus value anyway, by involving it as cock-pigeon/sperm donor.

A good pigeon can still participate in competitive racing, whereas it can also be involved in breeding, without suffering the slightest damage.

As a result of DNA verifications, there is a 100% lineage guarantee, at the same time forming a protection against theft.

Having sperm taken from top-rated male pigeons in an artificial way 10 times a year, suffices to obtain the same result as with natural breeding.

The deepfrozen sperm of a top-class pigeon will give you certainty for years to breed offspring of a former top-class pigeon as yet, at whatever time!

Should you still have any questions as a result of this information, don’t hesitate to contact us without any obligations or charges.

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION OF RACING-PIGEONS AND OTHER BIRDS

Contact: Harry Geurts

E_Mail : artificialpigeon@gmail.com

harrygeurts@hotmail.be

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+32478459853

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The breeding base

Jos Thoné is a multidimensional pigeon player. He plays within the most different categories, with males and females, from 100 until 1000 km. You have to consider that different types of pigeons are needed for the different categories, for short, medium, long distances as well as for the extreme long distance.

Certainly, you won’t find a pigeon who flies the 100 as well as the 1000 km.

Jos’ pigeons can be classified into two main lineages.

On the one hand you find the short and medium distance pigeons who – it’s a proved fact - can adapt quite well to the German programme and on the other hand there are the pigeons for the long and the extreme long distance. It has to be mentioned that long distance pigeons definitely represent a minority in Jos’ lofts, concerning breeding as well as racing. Otherwise, Jos wouldn’t be able to cover the whole, broad racing range of 100 to 1000 km with his team.

In his masterpiece "Großmeister enthüllen", Victor Vansalen described Jos Thoné’s lineages in detail. That's why I'd like to quote him now: "Jos knocked at Leo Geris' door because of pigeons for the medium distance.

There, he got twow sisters of his popular "Zwarte". Twice, this bird has been national Ace Pigeon for the medium distance as well as Olympia Pigeon.

His lineage traces back to the Frans Stoces' kind from Winterslag. Jos paired two sisters of the "Zwarte" with the "Superman", a pure bred Janssen of De Baaker. It's quite a lot what Jos owes to his "Superman". He became the basic pigeon for medium distances.

Several other important pigeons came from Pierke Dreesen from Houthalen, from Pros Roosen and Ris Ceusters.

The last mentioned brought the Grondelaers' blood into Jos Thoné's lineage." From all these pigeons, Jos formed his lineage for medium distances. It doesn't have to be mentioned that there have been other pigeons who were added over the years: Jos is always in search of reinforcements, or rather of improvements.

You can take the details from the various pedigrees shown in this book later.

Apropos pedigrees: As a pigeon breeder it is your special task to deal intensely with the lineages of famous breeding aces, of national winners and Ace Pigeons.

Then, it becomes clearly apparent from which lineages the really successful pigeons derive and what outstanding descendants have been bred in their collateral lines.

You really have to analyse such a pedigree. Then you'll make out certain breeding lines and come to conclusions for your own breeding. Just think about how many intensely praised pigeon breeders disappeared from the scene very quickly. To gain a national victory or to set an Ace Pigeon once that doesn't always mean that the successful pigeon fancier really has got the ability to breed. Therefore, you have to look upon the so called nine days' wonders with the utmost caution.

Not every new star on the pigeon sky keeps what a lot of sports fans do expect of him in heir euphoria.

At Jos Thoné's, everything is different. He became a loft manager at the lofts of his father-in-law. There he has been quite successful, he knew all the pigeons and, of course, their breeding potential as well. The analyses turned out to be quite easy for him. Jos knew

exactly, what pigeons, or rather what lineages he had to take from his father-in-law into his new lofts in the Kruisstraat. Concerning his base for long distance pigeons, he gave his opinion once: "For the long distance, I tapped completely different sources. The "Diego Armando Barcelona" (B 83-5060602) was my favourite pigeon at Peeters'. Between 1985 and 1988, he was maybe the best Barcelona-racer. From Peeters, I bought "Diego rmando's" brother, and I also seized his parents and placed them into my breeding base.

They became bull's-eyes." "Diego Armando's" father wears the ring with the number B 82-5248481. Up to 75%, he derives from pigeons of the brothers Kuypers, from Neer in the Netherlands. Within his lineage, you'll find the best pigeons the brothers Kuypers ever had. "Diego Armando's" mother, the B 82- 5248386, derives from the Dutch long distance nobility as well. Within her lineage, you'll find pigeons from Van-der-Wegen, of melidious names like "Oud Doffertje", "Lamme" and "De Barcelona".

What was it that Jos told us nicely: "They became bull's eyes". Within the pedigrees of the ong distanceaces Jos' opinion can be recognised as confirmed.

National winners, the good family, ahead-racers, Ace Pigeons as well as pigeons who achieved something outstanding for the breeding and can be counted to the total aces because of their successful descendants:

That's where you have to breed from and form a lineage of by yourself. But, stop, in reality, it isn't that easy. It's too bad. Especially the pigeons mentioned above are as rare as white ravens. Quite often, it's an overdominant bequeather who sets, or rather set the foundation for a whole lineage.

But there's still one fact we mustn't forget: It's not only the males who play an important role within bequeathing. In reality, most of the pigeon breeders set greater store by their males, especially when they play the system of widowership. It's the hens for whom they don't care too much within their system.

Actually, they mainly serve as a reception committee for the widowers. Their breeding value isn't thought about. Moreover, many juvenile pigeons aren't raised within their widower family. That's why only little information exists about their true value, or rather their breeding value.A totally different scene is shown in the lofts of breeders who play the system of total widowership.

Normally, the hens play a completely different role here. Much more attention is dedicated to them.

Because in this case quite often it happens that the females show the outstanding erformances normally only expected from the males. Suddenly, the breeder recognises the true value of his females. Now, they are paired in a completely different way. After some successful years of racing, they quickly get a seat in the breeding base. Normally, at that time, the problematical question of fertility is already current: A female is able to breed for how long? A female can lay eggs for how long? Here, we meet several limits set by our nature. The males are more suited for a long-lived breeding, that's for sure. And that's why they naturally form the majority within the overdominant bequeathers.

Maybe it's time now to mention some names of the past. For example, I think of the old "Klaren" of Desmet-Matthijs, of the "Schilderij" of Gommaire Verbruggen, of the "Kleinen" and the "Wittenbuik" of Gaby Vandenabeele and as well of the "231" of Engels & Sons. Surely, there's still a series of other pigeons worth to be classified into this category. Maybe, they didn't became as popular because, understandably, it takes years for a breeding ace to be recognised as an overdominant bequeather.

Racing pigeons and their special qualities can be recognised much earlier. But to make out breeding aces, overdominant bequeathers, takes much more time. What you need to have therefore is only one thing: Patience, sometimes a lot of patience. Only the one who is patient, who can breed, will be successful in the long run. It's the overdominant bequeather, the real breeding pigeon, who helps us shortening this period of time.

Within the dreams of every pigeon breeder, the leading role is played by the overdominant bequeather. It has been a pigeon like the "Kleine Dirk" of Gerard Koopman, the already mentioned "Wittenbuik" of Gaby Vandenabeele or the "231" of Engels & Sons - just to mention some of them - who made their breeders famous all over the world. They formatively influenced the whole descendants. Many breeders became successful because of the descendants of those pigeons. Such pigeons' quality has to be kept and strengthened, that means it has to be anchored within one's own lineage.

This can only be managed by a calculated lineage breeding. For Jos Thoné it's a matter of course to strengthen valuable genetic material. With a lot of expertise, he interweaved his very best breeding pigeons like the "Superman"- he was 1st Ace Pigeon for the medium distance in 1986- for the medium distance and "Diego Armando Barcelona" and "Poco" for the long distance into his lineage. His racing success still confirms in a very impressive way that he chose the right way. In a restful moment, have a look at the pedigrees of Jos Thoné's very best pigeons and follow his breeding ideas. Excuse me, what's the title of that book? Right: "The idea of Jos Thoné". After reading the following chapter think as well about the possibilities of artificial insemination. However, therefore you need outstanding pigeons as a foundation. Like in the loftsof Jos Thoné.

Artificial insemination

Artificial insemination for pigeons represents a subject which mostly couldn't be understood within the world of the sport of pigeon racing so far. Within the stockbreeding, for bigger animals like pigs, for horses as well as for cows, artificial insemination is an accepted instrument to get a reasonable number of descendants from outstanding bequeathers for a long time. Tell me a pigeon breeder who didn't hear something about inseminating technicians, at least once. In the vernacular, they are called "backpack-bulls" as well. It's their task to inseminate pigs, cows or horses artificially. Like this, time and expensive trips with the animals are saved for the farmers, or generally expressed, the breeders.

Artificial insemination, what kind of sense does it make for the sport of pigeon racing then? The calculation is quite easy: We just have to think a little bit about the regular breeding process. We don't want to mention the so called stud breeding which sometimes produces big problems because not everymale is suited therefore. I know excellently bequeathing males who can only be paired with one, at most two females within one breeding period. How many children can I get from this bird now? We assume the regular breeding succession. How many juvenile pigeons does the top level bequeather supply us? Let us be honest:

Maybe eight to ten. Surely not more. Within a period of four or five years, you'll get at most 40 to 50 youngsters, spread over quite a long period. What kind of possibilities do remain for the breeder? Concerning the total number of bred pigeons there are - in plain language - comparatively few pigeons who can be tested.

However, the fact is that comparatively few outstanding pigeons are left, also from an outstanding bequeather. As a consequence, you have to wait several years until another excellent pigeon raises again. With the help of artificial insemination, this period can be shortened quite well so that, maybe every year, one crack is born.

Jos Thoné quite famous for his open-mindedness towards news made up the possibilities offered by artificial insemination from the beginning and he took the risk with his "Sars". With a look at the greatness of this bird, he'll maybe raise quite a few cracks more. Of course, I don't want to fix an exact number. In several years, when the descendants of the "Sars" are grown up, we'll know if Jos' hopes have been fulfilled.

Actually, the following question hasn't been answered yet: How do I have to operate in the case of artificial insemination? Obviously, sperm is taken from the male, in this special case the "Sars" and, afterwards, several females are inseminated. First of all, it's a question of organisation. You have to dispose of a suited number of couples, the males of whom have to be sterilized. Of course, these males' mates have to represent excellent females. The concerning couples are paired and some time around the sixth, or rather eighth day after pairing you'll have to visit a veterinarian so that he performs the artificial insemination with the top level bird's sperm. It's quite a simple system if you have enough space and couples of nurses.

However, one point deserves special importance: The male whose sperm is taken has to be of extraordinary quality. Otherwise, you'll breed a sort full of inferior pigeons and you'll obtain the opposite of the originally wanted. On the other hand: If you really have a crack, like Jos Thoné's "Sars", that's really a fantastic solution. Besides, it's of course very important to have a veterinarian nearby who knows this business. And that's what I have to admit: There are still very few authorities on this field.

There's still one point left to be recognised within this business: The following breeding line. By using an outstanding male as sperm donor for the artificial inseminations you'll get a lot of half-siblings with whom the breeding has to be carried on at any time.

Aren't we after all confronted with one-sidedness from artificial insemination? Do we have to do without the possibility of breeding in different versions? I just want to tell you that, concerning the breeding, you're always in danger to face death, more or less. In several years, we'll get to know the experiences of Jos Thoné within this field. I'm sure he'll quickly have theright solution, also for that kind of problem. Jos is always some steps ahead of many breeders, concerning the thinking and especially the acting.

Breeding by artificial insemination still raises a lot of questions. Certainty can succeed not until the artificial bred pigeons stand the racing test.

Maybe you should also think about the time when there's no sperm left from the breeding crack. Then you'll have to be in search of a breeding male of a class of its own again.

By the way, the sperm produced by the breeding ace can be frozen, too. That’s how a sperm bank is generated.

Choosing this method, the sperm's quality, quantity and viability is inspected at first. At a temperature of -196°Celsius, the sperm - only if it is suitable - is frozen in fluid nitrogen then. In this way, the sperm of top level bequeathers can be preserved for years.

Concerning artificial insemination, Jos Thoné does have absolute confidence in the veterinarian Ferdi Vandersanden who works in Strodorp 41 in Belgian Lanaken under the company name BIFS.

American racing pigeons,their breeding,incubation and fertility

zaterdag 29 december 2012