I stress the fact that the racing and homing ability of a pigeon is a recessive trait, and so are most of the qualities that make a pigeon useful for breeding. If this wasn't the case, we would have many more champion racing pigeons. There are hundreds of thousands of pigeons hatched every year that are trash birds. Don't be a pigeon fancier who breeds hundreds of birds a year in the hope that one or two of them will turn out to be a winner. Know what you are breeding from and why you are bredding from them, and you won't have to breed hundreds of birds to get a winner.
Notes Use no drugs on youngbirds, use weakens natural immune system.
If you breed from birds that had illnesses as ybs, and you cured them from some malady, chances are the parents will pass this trait of getting sick on to their young. Young birds should cure themselves of illnesses. Survival of the fittest is the only way to develop a healthy and winning team of birds. Drug resistant strains of bacteria which affect birds and humans are on the rise due to the misuse of drugs. Use no drugs and only the strong will survive.