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Summary: Learn about the widowhood system and the problems it has in this free animal care video.
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Joseph Shung Chiang Lee Mr Joseph Shung Chiang Lee is a well know name in pigeon racing in India. As a fancier, he dominated the Indian sky for a decade. During this period, "Gradi... read more
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Questions & AnswersMy name is Joseph Shung Chiang Lee. After preparing the bird mostly about after 9 days or 10 days and for healthy birds after 7 or 8 days, they lay eggs. So you have to time and prepare the bird accordingly accordingly. So if your bird lays late then you may not be able to race that bird. So because of the complications so most of the Calcutta fans here, they prefer to use the natural system. But this system is used mostly in England and Belgium and they are very successful in this widowhood system. Because they have to sit down on the egg to hatch the egg, the homing instinct increase so they try to come back home like there is more urge to come back home. You know it is very complicated so if you don't train properly then you might not be able to send those pigeons to the races. That is why it is not practice in Calcutta. The homing instinct is already there in the homing pigeons. So whenever you release them from any point, they will always try to come back home. That is why they are called the homing pigeons. They got that homing instinct. Once they are released away from their home, they always try to come back home. The widowhood system strengthens the homing instinct; make it more stronger.
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The video is very informative. thanks Mr. Lee