First of all, the physique and intelligence of racing pigeons are fundamentally determined by breeds and genetic genes, and the breeding management of the day after tomorrow also occupies a certain weight. After the young pigeons leave the shed, their physical and intellectual development will be completed through flying at home and short-term training. Flying at home is the first step for young pigeons to exercise in the sky and identify and resist the wind, frost, rain and snow in nature. The accumulation of flying at home is also an instinctive activity driven by pigeons to speed up metabolism and improve their physical work ability. Or is flying home just a routine physical exercise and fitness activity within a certain range? Fiona Fang will not exceed 10 km, which is different from taking part in hundreds of kilometers in the future. Thousands of kilometers of races are different, and the higher requirements for environment and physical consumption, determination of flight direction and field viability are far from enough, so there must be a second project to exercise the pigeon's ability-short-distance training. This is a cliche that has long been put into practice, but it is completely inconsistent in understanding. A pigeon friend said, "I used to take part in the competition after two short trainings, but later I didn't have short trainings, and my performance in the competition was better." Some friends also think, "My pigeons have to undergo many trainings before the competition, and they perform well in short-distance prize-winning competitions. Short-term training is not enough."

Secondly, short-distance training is extremely important. If the first category belongs to skill training, then this time it is a kind of physical training, because muscle tissue can only be strong and powerful after intense stimulation practice, and can play its greatest role in the competition. The three functions of short training 1 short training are to train young pigeons to be familiar with the environment and enhance their ability to distinguish directions. Pigeons have the winning function of homing according to the magnetic field and the direction of the sun, but before they are fully developed, their ability to distinguish directions is weak. Taking young pigeons out for short-term training is very helpful to develop their intelligence. I once did an experiment, saying that it only took 50 days to leave the shell and let it fly 5 kilometers away from the shed. As a result, one flew back at noon the next day. The other one will be back in three days. Later, 80 days after birth, they went to the same place to train and fly, and both returned to their nests in less than an hour, indicating that the pigeon's age and intelligence grew synchronously. Short training, especially solo flight, pigeons take off independently, unlike home flight, which can follow the crowd. They must use their own minds to decide the direction of return in strange places, and they are unconstrained and unconstrained. This compulsive behavior can make young pigeons familiar with the environment and accumulate experience. Short-term training should be carried out by the return route, which can form the habit of pigeons going straight to their destination as soon as they come out of the cage. It is also of practical significance to return to the nest quickly in the competition, but it is also necessary to properly insert one or two releases in different directions to broaden the horizons of young pigeons. Short training is a means to improve physical fitness and force racing pigeons to fly. Taking pigeons to dozens or hundreds of kilometers again and again is an effective way to reflect their physical fitness, and it is also a preview of the extraordinary physical strength that pigeons will encounter when they participate in the competition. This training course can quickly improve the physical fitness of racing pigeons. In order to beat their opponents, athletes must keep training and arrange high-intensity training before the game. The same is true. If the first short-term training belongs to skill training, then this time it is a kind of physical training, because muscle tissue can only be strong and powerful after intense stimulation practice, and can play its greatest role in the competition.

Then, short training is an effective way to find good pigeons and eliminate bad pigeons. Pigeon breeders rely on experience to check the physique, shape, wings and sensitivity of their pigeons. After the conditions such as the brightness structure of the eye gauze, the quality of pigeons can generally be determined, but it is not certain that all pigeons participating in the competition are competitive. As the saying goes, "the test in the sky is the truest". Some pigeons look decent, but they compete for "embroidered pillows and a bag of grass". Through short training, we can find that some pigeons fly fast and arrive early, and other clumsy and incompetent pigeons can not go home and be eliminated.

This will help pigeon owners make a formal competition plan and provide reference for raising pigeons in the future, and throwing away low-energy pigeons will also save you the cost of participating in the competition.

Time and distance of short-term training,

Nowadays, it has become a common practice for qualified pigeon lovers to often take pigeons to short training. It is best to have more short-term training when their physical strength is weak, and the degree of mastery is the physical recovery of pigeons. At present, most homing pigeon enthusiasts train once every 7 days or so in the first 30 -40 days of each season, and * * * conduct short training for 3-6 times. Some people call the short training before the game a "warm-up match". The distance of the warm-up match is roughly 30 km-100 km. Take the spring race as an example. Except for the northern area, the temperature in the warm area in the south gradually rises after the Spring Festival, and pigeons are full of vitality after the winter break. At this time, warm-up activities are arranged from near to far, which is easy to establish a vigorous competitive state before pigeon racing, and the effect is relatively good.

Finally: Precautions in the warm-up match

1. It is particularly important to choose good weather in the warm-up match, especially in the early stage. Compared with flying home for the first time, pigeons will have a sense of panic when they fly home. Sunny days tell young pigeons the exact direction of flight. After running a few laps, it is not difficult to come back with a clean mind, and it is generally not easy to throw pigeons.

2. Stop in rainy days and shorten the training distance in cloudy days. Even if it rains in Mao Mao, it is not suitable for the warm-up match. When it rains, feathers will get wet, pigeons will fly heavier and even fall down. It's easy to fly when it's raining and you don't know where to go. At 199 1, I did an experiment. 18 pigeons were released in the drizzle 3 kilometers away from home. Pigeons fly less than 80 meters, and they can't determine the direction by circling on it. They can see dovecote at an altitude of 3 kilometers, but they can't find the target. It only takes one cigarette to fly home. After 40 minutes, I saw that all the pigeons in the shed were wet. They were all tired and depressed. It is 3 kilometers to 800 kilometers, and there are hundreds of kilometers left. In that weather, they will be forced to hide in the fields or on the roofs of farmhouses until the rain stops. But most pigeons were caught that day, and most of them became dishes on other people's tables. According to statistics, the homing rate of pigeons released in Chengdu on rainy days never exceeds 5%.

In the warm-up match, pigeons need to be protected from natural disasters. If a pigeon with excellent talent and potential to win the championship fails to show its talent due to human error, it will be a pity and your efforts will be wasted. This is not shocking at all. I don't know how many excellent racing pigeons have sung in thousands of kilometers. Therefore, it will be a responsible decision to transport the pigeons back to the place close to the starting point on cloudy or rainy days, or even pull them back to the original place for release, so as to prevent this tragedy from happening.

"1" Pigeons get sick or recover after illness, their physical strength drops, and their flying kilometers drop obviously. After flying for a few minutes, they fell into the shed to have a rest, so they can't take part in the warm-up match at this time.

"2" dovecote was attacked by cats, chickens and eagles. Within a week, pigeons were in shock and in a state of fear. By this time, the warm-up match has been played.

"3" Pigeons in the early stage of warm-up, due to various reasons, have not recovered, poor appetite, decreased muscle fullness, and unsatisfactory mental state. Don't reluctantly join the warm-up ranks.

There is a long interval after the "4" game, and a warm-up match should be added in the middle. When the future race is over, there will often be a long rest period from the next stop to the long-distance race. Although it is beneficial for pigeons to recover their physical strength, the competitive mood and good competitive state aroused by long-term rest will be weak. At this time, if you add tens of kilometers of warm-up activities, you can keep the racing pigeons at their peak. At this time, the flying performance of racing pigeons in the final is beneficial. Strengthening physical fitness requires short-term training. Flying on the same route for many times has the function of establishing conditioned reflex, stimulating the peak state and helping to fly out of the performance, as in any sport.