Devo1956 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:48 pm
While on a loft visit in Germany, we were chatting about Blue Tongue on the race birds, Leon brought up the subject of the size of the pigeon rings. He said the German rings were smaller than other European rings, the blue Tongue can be from blood circulation. and also the birds diet of too much protein., So the birds should be checked in his lofts. We did find a couple of birds with blue tongues.
The blue tongue can mean many different things from something simple such as wrong diet to more serious like bad circulation.
Should you feed high protein right through the week, the digestive system becomes sluggish and the breast may become blue in color with a blue tip on the tongue also. Try changing your pigeons diet and giving your birds a strong dose of garlic in the water to help correct this.
However, When tissues that are normally red turn blue, this is because there is less oxygen in these tissues. This can have several reasons. For example when the tip of the tongue of a pigeon is cold, there will be less blood circulation and the tip will appear blue. It doesn’t have to mean anything. If it’s associated with blue flesh it can be a problem certainly for birds that have to perform.
Again blue tongue can be caused by multiple factors like inadequate nutrition/supplementing, inadequate training, dehydration (shock in extreme cases), bad circulation etc…Try changing their diet, giving garlic and keeping a close eye on them to see if their health declines and if you have room in your loft quarantine them as a precaution until you are certain that they are healthy.
The German rings are exactly the SAME size as our GB rings. All members rings of the FCI in Europe are made by GEECA – Belgium, with the Inner ring diameter of 7,9 +/- 0,2 mm.
Devo1956 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:48 pm
While on a loft visit in Germany, we were chatting about Blue Tongue on the race birds, Leon brought up the subject of the size of the pigeon rings. He said the German rings were smaller than other European rings, the blue Tongue can be from blood circulation. and also the birds diet of too much protein., So the birds should be checked in his lofts. We did find a couple of birds with blue tongues.
The blue tongue can mean many different things from something simple such as wrong diet to more serious like bad circulation.
Should you feed high protein right through the week, the digestive system becomes sluggish and the breast may become blue in color with a blue tip on the tongue also. Try changing your pigeons diet and giving your birds a strong dose of garlic in the water to help correct this.
However, When tissues that are normally red turn blue, this is because there is less oxygen in these tissues. This can have several reasons. For example when the tip of the tongue of a pigeon is cold, there will be less blood circulation and the tip will appear blue. It doesn’t have to mean anything. If it’s associated with blue flesh it can be a problem certainly for birds that have to perform.
Again blue tongue can be caused by multiple factors like inadequate nutrition/supplementing, inadequate training, dehydration (shock in extreme cases), bad circulation etc…Try changing their diet, giving garlic and keeping a close eye on them to see if their health declines and if you have room in your loft quarantine them as a precaution until you are certain that they are healthy.
The German rings are exactly the SAME size as our GB rings. All members rings of the FCI in Europe are made by GEECA – Belgium, with the Inner ring diameter of 7,9 +/- 0,2 mm.
Thank you for the feedback King, Leon thought their rings were smaller.
