Homing Pigeon How can a pigeon’s eyes tell the difference between good and bad?

(1) Eye color

Homing pigeons have eyes of various colors, which we commonly call eye sand. The eye sand is composed of many blood vessels under the eyes. The color is caused by the four blood vessels in the pigeon’s eyes. There are 100 million photoreceptor cells, which are composed of red sensitive pigment, blue sensitive pigment, yellow sensitive pigment and white sensitive pigment. Therefore, people classify pigeon eyes into three categories: peach blossom sand, chicken yellow sand, and cow sand. Some people think that pigeons with sand eyes are easy to fly on cloudy days, yellow eyes are easy to fly on sunny days, and pigeons with bull eyes are easy to breed. However, in various competitions, pigeons with sand eyes of various colors can achieve good results.

(2) Pigeon eyes and homing

Whether there is a close relationship between pigeon eyes and homing is a question debated by many people. Now, many people have pointed out (or even not concluded) that the strange phenomenon in the eyes of a certain pigeon is a rare good pigeon. Although some examples have been pointed out to prove it, I think it can only show one aspect and is not convincing. Indeed, the eyes of most returning or winning pigeons have characteristics such as uniform grains, bright colors, and clear layers. Especially among ultra-long-distance pigeons, the highly evolved eyes of pigeons are even more extraordinary. Some people say that homing pigeons fly by relying on their eyes to produce electric friction for orientation. We can usually observe that the flying height of passing pigeons is only a few tens of meters. Moreover, some people blindfolded the pigeons and let them fly, and they still returned home. This shows that the pigeon's eyes do not play a very important role in flight. I believe that the return of homing pigeons depends on many factors, including: the quality of the breeding pigeons, breeding techniques, feeding technology and management, acquired training and release time, terrain type, weather, etc. In short, if the above points are not met, it will be difficult for pigeons with good-looking eyes to return home. As for whether there is any correlation between pigeons' eyes opening and returning home, it remains to be further explored by experts.

(3) Eye divination

Observing pigeon eyes with the naked eye, we will find that there are haloes of various colors surrounding the pupil, which is the ocular divination. Mr. Bishabo of Victoria Bridge studied the eye marks of 53,000 excellent homing pigeons and divided the eye marks into 10 cognitive formulas. In his monograph, he talks about: Eye Logging can predict the possible ability of a racing pigeon. As far as I know, there is no other method that can provide the correct identification method than Eye Logging. For a long time, everyone is in a state of confusion about the Eye Logging theory. In a state of half-belief and half-doubt, what can the eyes see? I don't think anyone can answer it for sure yet. I think that all different types of eyes can produce excellent homing pigeons. What exactly is an eye? According to relevant information, the eyes are made up of tiny pieces of phosphorus. Its function is to adjust the position of the pupil and has nothing to do with the quality of the pigeon. Therefore, when we select, watch, and identify pigeons, we should mainly focus on racing results and bloodlines. However, there have always been many pigeon fanciers who firmly believe in the theory of eye marks. They use eye marks as the core breeding and achieve very good results. This may be because individuals look at this issue from different angles, and the views adopted by each are somewhat contradictory. ?

(4) Inner cable buckle

It is easy to distinguish the inner cable buckle from the naked eye. It is difficult to see the shape of the inner cable buckle clearly with the naked eye. You need to use a magnifying glass of more than ten times in sufficient light. When, it can be clearly seen that the inner line buckle and the eye mark have the same characteristics as surrounding the pupil, but the inner line buckle is inside the pupil, and the eye mark is at the periphery of the pupil. The structure of pigeon eyes is divided into layers from the outside to the inside: outer sand, inner sand, eye sand, inner thread button, and pupil. Everyone must distinguish them clearly. The inner wires are deducted in various colors and shapes. The color is mostly dark brown, and the shapes include: wavy, link, zigzag, dot, aperture, half circle, and full circumference. American expert Bill Sudaberg believes that pigeons can be divided into breeding pigeons, racing pigeons, and breeding and racing pigeons based on the inner buckle; breeding pigeons and knockout pigeons with different distances and speeds can also be distinguished according to their shapes. The use of internal buckles has been proven to be effective by many pigeon fanciers. I also believe that the role of internal buckles cannot be ignored. But don’t be blind.

(5) Broken eyes of pigeons

After many excellent racing pigeons return home, you can often see changes in their eye sand, and some of them will also have a black line. Broken threads are called stone lines by some (Shandong pigeon fancier Jin Fan talked about this issue in the third issue of "Ace Pigeon" in 1999). There is a female with raindrop yellow eyes in my shed donated by fancier Chen Lei from the elite pigeon loft in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. There are black broken lines on both sides of the eye sand. I thought the pigeon was sick at first. Later, I read in the book that pigeons with this characteristic are all Top grade, there is also a book saying that this is a disease.

With all kinds of doubts, I called pigeon fancier Chen Lei. Sure enough, this pigeon fancier had extraordinary knowledge. It turned out that this... >>