The muscles lying on both sides of the keel.

Accurate and honest valuable information collected in details such as breeding performance, important background wins of a family of birds.

An elevated seat or place used as roost by pigeons. V-perch is one good example.

Color of the iris.

Refers to a dense, watery, milk-like fluid which is passed from the parents to the young birds upon their first hatching, and continues for five to eight days. It is a soft easily digestible food.

Refers to flecks of white around the head or eyes of a bird. It would be described as a blue bar "pied" for example.

Stands for (Pinoy Flyers International), a fellowship of an elite e-group of professional Filipino Fanciers bonded together for a common cause of improving Pigeonsport and Futurities in the Philippine Islands while promoting friendship and brotherhood among its members spread across the country and around the world.

Name given to feathers that have not yet broken through the shaft.

If the area between the eye and wattle is narrow, it is said that the pigeon's face is " pinched ".

The chipping of the egg during hatching.

General feathering.

Wooden or glass eggs used to replace real eggs when hatching is undesirable. They are used a great deal in old bird flying.

To trim or dress the feathers with the beak.

The 10 large outer wing flights.

Pigeons obtained from another loft that cannot be released.

Normally, pigeons used as foster parents are called "pumpers".

Feeding of youngsters by the parents.

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Starting place of pigeon race.

A process in courtship when the hen is thoroughly aroused and is eager to tread with the cock.

Tool used for placing rubber ring on pigeon's leg for racing.

When young pigeons are first settled to their loft, they stay fairly close, or fly in somewhat tight circles around the loft area. Later, when they are stronger of wing and more secure, they fly go further distances, and sometimes leave the area of the loft for periods of time. This act is called "roaming," "tripping," "ranging," and "travelling."

Red Fox (english).

Specially printed marked rubber ring placed on bird's leg when entered for race.

A youngster that did not develop properly.

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The dead skin on the body which surrounds the breast-bone.

The 10 smaller flights, closest to the body.

Acclimatise birds to new loft or environment.

When the muscles along the breast-bone are not very staple and the body gives the feeling of sharpness, this is called being "shallow".

This term is used to discribe healthy feathers.

Any colored pigeon that has areas of white splashed about the head or body.

Tail with a gap in the middle.

A young pigeon from 1 to 30 days of age.

A young pigeon just learning to eat by itself.

A trap designed so that only one pigeon may enter the loft at a time; moreover, it has a locking device that keeps the bird in the stall until the countermark is removed.

Feathers on the legs or feet.

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A color-pattern or type that does not look like either parent, but which greatly resembles a distant relative.

One or two white feathers found on the head or face. On red birds these are generally black and found on the flights and the tail feathers.

Usually refers to liberating birds from short distances. Given example, when a fancier takes his pigeons in a crate to a 48km (30mile) toss as a training flight.

Refers to a device which allows a pigeon to only enter a loft, and not to leave.

The term given to young birds' activity when they leave the immediate area of the loft and fly for long periods of time before returning.

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