January 30, 2012
3 Key Nutrients for Pigeons
Nutrients Needed For Pigeon Racing
There are three major nutrients needfor healthy racing pigeon. They are: Fats, carbohydrates, andprotein. All three of these are essential for a pigeons health andshould be taken seriously to make sure they are getting the requiredamounts.
Protein is an amazing nutrient forbreeding pigeons. This is because protein helps build,maintain andrepair muscles and other tissues. This helps pigeons prepare forbreeding, improving the fertility and hatch-ability. Protein alsoallows the youngsters to have improved growth and increaseddevelopment of other areas. It has been proven that a 18% mix ofprotein in pigeon feed is the ideal amount, in pigeon racing. Anymorethan 18% doesn’t do any harm but doesn’t have any improvements.
Fats are essential for sustainedflight. And we are talking about good fats, not the kind that us,humans eat and make us obese. The fat that racing pigeons eat helpthem store energy, so for long distance races they don’t run out ofenergy half way. They can access this fat they have stored toprovided energy throughout the whole race. Fat slowly releases theenergy over a long period, in very small amounts.
Carbohydrates are great for shortbursts of energy. They are actually the simple and complex sugarsfound in pigeon feed. These sugars are not really stored in the bodylike fats are. Carbohydrates are for immediate energy, and for shortterm. In the first 10 minutes of flying, pigeons have burned up mostof their carbohydrates, so that is why it is important to have fatsin racing pigeon feed for long distance races. For short distancepigeon racing, carbohydrates is all that is needed to get them fromstart to finish so you don’t need to feed them as much fat, as itwill slow them down. This is why it is so important to know what yourfeeding your pigeons, and to train them properly. It is why mostpigeon fanciers never win races.
Of course there are many more nutrientsto know about and educate yourself about to gain an advantage in thesky with pigeons racing. But these 3 are key to have success. Withoutthem, it will be hard to go up against pigeons that are ready to gowith the proper amounts of carbohydrates and fats.
So don’t stop at this onearticle,continue reading, continue learning and you will become moreand more successful.
Good luck!
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