Article by Rassie Erasmus
Article Published 04 September 2007

Hi All (Out of Ron)
Thought I’ll write a letter to brighten your day, or just may be help someone out there.

With the arrival of each newborn child, I've seen this device appear in the home; it looks like a little transistor radio. But there's really not much channel selection on this little radio. In fact, there's only one channel. It's tuned to Baby. When Mom has put the little angel to sleep, she goes into another room and she turns on what they call a baby monitor. With it, you can hear any unusual noise coming from the baby's room, and then you know baby needs you. My observation is that no matter what else is going on in the room, Mommy remains mentally tuned to that one channel; always listening for a sound from baby.

What I want to tell you today is about monitoring your Pigeons.

If you want to be a pigeon fancier with solid direction instead of confusion, well, that's not a bad idea. The problem is, there are so many voices on so many channels broadcasting into our ears, that too many times we miss the (voice) sign from our lovely birds. Oh, they’re speaking, but we're not hearing. So we're on our own on the wrong road.

There probably already have been too many times when they were calling you with a message and you missed it, because you weren't consciously listening. If you want to make regret-free, error-free decisions then you have to learn to listen to the cry of the baby "your Pigeons"

The indication of what they want and what they need can be seen in their behavior. If we look for example at gram negative bacteria such as Salmonella (paratyphus) Coli and Coccidosis, it is essential that they must get administration of mixed products containing trace elements, vitamins, amino acids and in addition arsanillic acid which promotes blood formation. I mention this because if you see that something is wrong, then it means that you missed the cry. This is then when we start to get help from others and try every little advice, Panic is the word I should use here. You become a Panic Mechanic and the more you mechanic, the more you make regret and error decisions. I wish I could just for one moment be with a Pigeon on his way home. Could it be a journey to no where? or is it a journey to a never ending story?

I have the idea that stray pigeons are not bad birds, I think that they are just not prepared to fly that extra mile, simply because they run out of power. Pigeon racing exacts extra efforts from them and we must pay special attention to the fact that a strict caring system must be followed day in and day out, and that the birds must have an irreproachable state of physical ability. Only when they are in an irreproachable state of health, can they fully show their true worth. Stay tuned to that one channel; always listening/looking for a unusual behavior from your birds. This is the channel to success.

Hope my 5 cents worth will prevent someone not to become a "Panic Mechanic".

Regards
Rassie Erasmus