Pigeon theft!
Since an overwhelming number of rich racing pigeon fanciers have entered the sport over the last few years, cash prize money in SA has rocketed into the millions.
More about pigeon health
In the final part of THis series on pigeon health, I'd like to remind readers that it's an area that's not conclusive and there are always advancements. Diagnostics is a...
Keeping your pigeons healthy
Sick Racing Pigeons can't produce healthy offspring and sick pigeons in a loft put other lofts at risk of contamination. Keeping our pigeons healthy is everybody's business.
Racing pigeons selection guideline controversies – a study for beginners
This article is going to save you time and money. Beginners and struggling fanciers often don't get proper support with their pigeons. Even worse than getting little to no help,...
The speed of racing pigeons
In part one of this series we concluded that the winning pigeon of a race event can’t become the winner if it doesn’t have more speed.
The hat that inspired champion racing pigeons
Helping a friend retrieve a hat blown off by the wind 35 years ago led the late Bob Kinney to become a world-renowned racing-pigeon breeder and racer.
SA champ Tom Lock hands over his legacy
Tom Lock, veteran South African champion, did for the pigeon racing fraternity what Mohammed Ali accomplished for boxing and Gary Player did for golf.
Feng Shui for horses
Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese art of positioning the things around us so that we are in greater harmony with our environment.
The millions of the Sun City Million-dollar pigeon race
The twelfth Sun City Million-dollar Pigeon Race will take place on 2 February 2008.
Broiler eggs -mega hatchability
As many as 14 000 birds in one laying house, with one operator handling the eggs? Precisely measured amounts of feed, water and vaccine delivered automatically? Electronically controlled ventilation? Lloyd...
Danger signs that need expert attention
Even though many South Africans live in remote areas and it is difficult to get a vet, in some situations there is no alternative.
Pigeon racing back in the day
When I first took an interest in pigeon racing in 1968, the number of wealthy pigeon fanciers on South African soil could be counted on the fingers of one hand.
Wildlife’s healthy tick burdens
Parasites play an important part in natural ecosystems, and wildlife can bear their tick burdens and still stay healthy - if humans stop interfering. So says Professor Ivan Horak (left)...
Goat’s milk – tapping into global health demands
Powdered goat's milk is one of the world's biggest agricultural value-adding businesses because it is more digestible than cow's milk. Now former Zimbabwean farmer Jean Vos and his brother-in-law François...
Mystery of missing birds
Never before in the history of South African pigeon racing have as many birds been lost in training as now. Since May this year, large numbers of racing pigeons have...
Stress in endurance rides
Competitive long-distanc e riding tests the stamina of both horse and rider.
The Bradburys’ racing methods
Last week I wrote about the champion stock of Bradbury Lofts, and this week's article focuses on their racing methods.
HUNTING is not the culprit
Ron Thomson has written a refreshing and hard-hitting book to remind hunters, game ranchers and ordinary nature lovers where they fit into the bigger conservation picture. Roelof Bezuidenhout reviews a...
Heuningkrans Stud: a South African legacy
In only 32 years Smithfield Merino farmer Eddie Prinsloo has increased the ewe crop on Heuningkrans Stud from 500 to about 2 000, and in February this year at its...
Activists call for ban on pasture grasses
'Sansor notes that neither kikuyu nor rye grass could pose a threat [to biodiversity].
