There are many ways to breed racing pigeons.

The methods that we use in our loft are the result of over 40 years of animal breeding. We believe in them and have had outstanding success in a number of different species. While they certainly don’t represent the only way it can be done, the two references below describe in detail the breeding of racing pigeons as it is practiced in our loft.

This article first appeared as a series of four articles in the Racing Pigeon Digest from April 1994 through July 1994 (www.racingpigeondigest.com). It was later published in English and Dutch by Steven van Breeman in his excellent internet magazine “Winning” (www.winningmagazine.nl). Maurice Jamal later translated it into Spanish. It has been reformatted for the web as well as edited slightly to improve the clarity of certain sections.

A Genetic Breeding Program for Racing Pigeons

Ó 1994,1999 Dave Shewmaker

The second reference is a PDF (Acrobat) file that contains an outline of a seminar I gave in 2001 at a Salt Lake City, Utah futurity race. It is a quicker read than the article above and presents many of the same ideas, but in a different sequence and at a higher level.

Seminar at the 2001 Salt Lake City Classic

Ó 2001 Dave Shewmaker