To distinguish a homing pigeon from others, apart from its pedigree, it mainly includes its head, neck, mouth, eyes, bones, muscles, feathers and comprehensive appearance.
1, head selection: the head should be slightly larger and have a certain brain capacity. The quality of homing pigeons and brain IQ are their material basis. A homing pigeon has only 2 grams of brain, so it must have an open head and a well-developed forehead and back top to be regarded as a "developed brain".
2. Selection of eye and eye sand: The eye sand of breeding pigeons must be bright and transparent, with distinct layers, sharp convergence of pupils, thick eye rings at the front and thin eye rings at the back, and the eyeballs should not protrude from the eye rings. The sand should be dry and clean, and the inner buckle should be thick and bright (the inner buckle is an important reference for eliminating young pigeons, and this method can only be used after having certain experience in selecting pigeons).
3. Choices of throats: Some pigeon breeders have never seen the throats of pigeons at all, because once you take a pigeon, you must check its health. Only from the throat can we know whether its internal organs are healthy or not. Healthy pigeons have pink throats and oval throats.
4, the engine of pigeon flight-muscle selection A good homing pigeon should have plump and developed muscles, and it should be both rigid and flexible. The back should be round and hard, and it should be elastic after pressure. From the back to the tail, it should be a circular whole, forming a big triangle with wide front and narrow back. The height of the keel should not be too thin or too thick. Too thin, insufficient muscle mass, no sprint and explosive force; If it is too thick, pigeons will have resistance when flying at high speed.
5. Selection of wool quality: A good homing pigeon has plump, soft and silky feathers, which should be thin and tightly wrapped around the whole body. As long as a pigeon has the above conditions, it means that they must be outstanding in other aspects, that is to say, it comes from a great family.
6. What kind of wing feathers are qualified? Wings can be divided into two states, static in theory and dynamic in practice. The wings are closest to the body and connected to the body with short bones, which are the wings of Jingtai. It is connected to the second wing like a ladder. The bigger this part, the slower the speed of the pigeon, so the smaller the static wing, the faster the pigeon will fly.
7. Choice of bone structure: The bone structure should be strong, neither too thin nor too heavy. The keel gradually tapers from front to back, forming a gap with the tail feather. A softer coccyx is by no means qualified, and the place where the back and tail meet should not be too narrow. In short, the back should be strong and have a certain strength.