My Principles and my Beliefs
1)
The
pigeons must
execute
every command
of
the pigeon
keeper.
2)
Learn
their schedule easily and quickly and not give a hard time.
3)
Be
smart and not get lost.
4)
Be
resistant during
hard times and not change area easily.
If they
do
change, they should
have strength
and
courage to
find
their nest.
5)
During
flight they
should
be aware
of
hawks and
give
one another
the
message for
a
change of
flight.
6)
Fly
spectacularly
with open
tail
and angle
of
80 degrees to
their body,
spread
individually to
all
directions, do
not
rotate during
lift
off, dive
vertically
one by
one
without turning and create as much roar as possible.
7)
Be
able to
execute
their schedule
5 to
6 times per
day
8)
Should
not age prematurely. Some pigeons by the second year have
swollen noses and eyes, and their wings hang loose.
9)
Fly
well
at
young
age
and
perfect
their
behavior
during
the
1st
year.
10)
There
are pigeons
that
are spectacular
when they
are
young but
unfortunately
after changing
feathers
they cannot
fly
high again.
11)
The
team must
fly
spread but
at
the same
height
as possible.
12)
They
should be
able
to fly
up
at less
than
3 minutes during
calm weather (most people think that air lifts the birds up)
its then when even they heave ones can fly up..
13)
Dive
hierarchically.
In a good team some do the start, some follow at the middle and
some do the finishing. This
happens
almost
every
time.
14)
The
good pigeon
keepers’
do not fly two-by-two of three-by-three. Only keepers’ who have
“dunekia” fly that way. Unfortunately the naive only see
those two and think all of the keepers’ pigeons are like those
two.
15)
Unfortunately,
we, the Greek pigeon keepers do not have pure Greek pigeons,
which are called “vouta (dive)”. Most keepers’ have
bred
them with
the
Nikolawiev which are most spectacular
but lost from the dive which also is also a great pleasure.
16)
Since
there are no standards we cannot know which pigeons are best.
People who do not fly pigeons are able to come in contact with
naive people through affiliates.
17)
The
pigeon most of the time are landed. So
they
must be
pretty,
as possible
to
light blue with well build bodies and feather and head
proportions.
I
personally
love
pigeons
with
various
colorings.
18)
Pigeons
are a product of their qualities and not a sum. For
example
it is
not
10 for spectacle, 10 for spreading, 10 for
the dive and that sums up to 30. It
is
10x10x10=1000.
If
we have
a
zero (0) then
the product
is
zero (0), so
the pigeon
is
of no
value,
and it is better to have a decathlon athlete than 100m champion.
19)
And
an advice,
«He
who’s been around, knows».
It’s an honour for the keeper to be visited and enjoy the
flying of the birds with
friends or just simple visitors. I am
happy to
know
pigeon keepers
from
Tirnavo, Ampellona. Elassona,
Katerini
and
other
places.
20)
Some
people say that pigeons are only good when they are on the
ground and not when they fly.
21)
A
friend of
mine
repeats: «don’t fly the pigeons, one will
make a mistake, let the buyers use their imagination and build
them as they wish ».
22)
Unfortunately
in Veria
and
other areas a good pigeon keeper is the
one who can sell the birds at high prices and the one who can
fly the birds the best way.
23)
The
ignorant pigeon
keepers’ percent
is about 95%.
Those
are the
people
who rate
other
pigeon keepers
either
as good
or
bad because
they
anticipate gaining’s
(monetary or
birds). Most of the times give credit to
people with low quality birds while they blame others with
quality birds since they are afraid of them.
Friendly regards
Stathis
Contact
If anybody is interested in exchanging views on
anything that has to do with pigeons,
do not hesitate to
contact me. Tel.
(+30 23310) 72011, 72012 :
GSM. +30 6977 441 441 :
e-mail.
polimer@otenet.gr
