In Turkey, beautiful warlike pigeons appeared called Takla in ancient times. The Turks used them to send and receive important letters. These days they are bred in many countries, including Russia. Pigeons have excellent flight characteristics, in the air they can perform the most unusual movements and upheavals.
Breeding history
The very first lively pigeons of this breed were brought from Central Asia to Turkey. In ancient times, Takla pigeons were kept at home for the transmission of urgent letters. The birds were perfectly oriented in the vicinity, after sending the message they always returned to their nests with an attached letter on their paws.
With constant training of Takla pigeons, Turkish residents noticed their beautiful summer style. The most beautiful and ambitious birds, who performed the best coups and somersaults in the air, were singled out among others and began to cross among themselves.
Then, birds from Turkey began to be sent to other countries. When the birds reached the Middle East they received their first description, this happened in 1055.
The first areas of distribution were the following regions:
- Siberia
- Kazakhstan
- China
- The Mediterranean
In Europe, these birds were in 1071.
Exterior and Views
Today, experts came to the following conclusion: Takly helped the following breeds be born:
- Iranian
- Iraqi
- Armenian
- Syrian
Takla pigeons are divided into 4 types in appearance:
- Mustachioed
- Chubata
- Nasolabial
- Two-chipped
In Turkey, where Takla is bred in almost every yard, it is divided into 5 types:
- Sivash
- Miro
- Boz
- Sabuni
- Eflaton
Many of them have a standard body, slim, not massive. As for the color of pigeons, different colors are leading. But most often you can find a gray-motley pigeon. The tail is almost always white, the same color and a hat.
The legs of this breed are shaggy, that is, with plumage, the forelocks are funny, but everyone cannot be picked up under one exterior. But these pigeons are not exhibition, their hobby is flights and somersaults. The most popular "elite" are considered white and milky-white birds, because they have the best both flying and fighting abilities.
Takla Feature
The main supplier and breeder of Takla live pigeons is Turkey, but they are popular all over the world. These pigeons have two positive features at once - they are beauty and flying, their somersaults are really very original and beautiful.
Pigeons fly up to 10 hours every day, but this needs to be fixed and improved with drills, which should happen from a very young age. Takla is smart, smart, they have a good memory, and they also learn easily and memorize tricks.
Features of the summer:
- Doves fly all daylight.
- In battles, pigeons enter the column several times in a row.
- Fighting cycles they can repeat up to 5 hours.
- Pigeons can rise up to 20 meters or more.
- The best fighters are pigeons, whose colors are faded.
Combat skills manifest themselves in different ways, and at a young age. Three months of training are enough for someone and they begin to beat when they are less than a year old, while others will need several years of hard training.
Poultry housing and care
The best option for the house is a special dovecote, where it will be free, light, ventilated and isolated. Takla care should be at the luxury level in conditions of comfort: this is a compliance with the schedule of various feeding, maintaining the living space in order. All this is necessary so that the bird does not get sick, is active and flies high, showing very beautiful and unusual tricks.
House dimensions, heat supply, ventilation
All breeds, including for Takla pigeons, are built free aviaries, because they need space not only in the air for a variety of tricks, but also indoors. One bird needs 50 square centimeters on the floor and a half meters in height.
The material of the enclosure can be any, the main thing is that it is durable. Between the rods there should not be a wide distance so that the bird could not stick its head in between them and not suffocate. The bottom should be covered by a common board. It is important to ensure that the paws are not wet.
The temperature in the winter time in the house should be from 5 to 7 degrees, and in the summer no more than 20 degrees. Birds do not tolerate heat well, so they do not require additional heating, but you need to create thermal insulation.
It is necessary to install ventilation in the house, it may just be an additional door to the net, which should open on hot days. To always get fresh air, above the floor, you can make several small windows in the grill. It will also be important to install hoods, thanks to which all unpleasant odors will go away.
Perches and Nests
It seems that perch is not such an important attribute, but it is not. If it is not properly fixed, a pigeon may develop spinal deformity. Such birds, even at a young age, are rejected, because they will not be able to fly perfectly and perform complex tricks.
On this device, pigeons will spend all their sleep and some time during the day. Perches cannot be round and thin, they should be made trihedral, the width of one pole should be such that the bird has the opportunity to sit down, spread its toes and hold on to it. This size ranges from 2.5 cm to 3.5, but these are not final indicators.
From time to time, poles need to be ground, painted, previously removing the old coat of paint. The steam box for pigeons should be in the following sizes: 80 by 50 by 40. A pair of nests should be placed in it, the diameter of which will be 25 and the depth of 8 cm.
Standards and installation of feeders, drinking bowls and bathrobes
An important condition is that no debris gets into the feeders and drinkers, and the size of the feeder depends on the number of pigeons in the house. In ordinary feeders there is a lid and twigs are vertically arranged.
As for drinking bowls, today you can see a lot of varieties. It is better to give preference to the pneumatic option, because they are the most convenient, the water is not polluted, because it is equipped with a lid, and the design itself is designed so that birds can not bathe in it. Both the feeder and the drinker must be periodically disinfected.
Bathing is an indispensable part of the life of birds, because thanks to bathing, immunity increases in birds, and in summer they do not suffer from heat. When they molt and the birds begin to bathe, they are relieved. Pigeons, swimming in the water, always remain beautiful and cheerful. Depending on how many birds are on the farm, individual bathing sizes are selected. The height should always be no more than 10 cm, and the edges curved.
Hygiene and litter
Carefully clean the birdhouse every 30 days, and if there are sick individuals, then once a week. Before disinfecting the room, the walls and poles must be cleaned and washed with clean warm water with soap and only after that disinfection is carried out.
A blowtorch is suitable for this procedure, since fire destroys all pathogenic microorganisms and parasites, even in crevices. The mixture should consist of 4% bleach, 1% formalin and 2% sodium.
The depth of the litter should be at least 5 cm, the material of which can be:
- straw;
- peat;
- needles;
- hay;
- branches
- bark;
- sand.
If sand is used as a litter, then it is often necessary to change it, and part of the dirty litter is removed from the plant litter, and a part of the new one is added.
Letok
Among the additional structures, Taklam build a summer house, which looks like this: a triangular frame, upholstered in mesh. 1 side of the taphole should be fixed for the aviary itself, and 2 to the window, from where the flock flies out just for a walk or for hard training. In the letka there is a saw cut, which peeks behind the frame, and the birds are landing on it, returning from the street.
For 1 light day, a war pigeon is able to fly 900 km, and the speed that it can reach a maximum of 70 km per hour.
Feeding and drinking
Before making a ration for birds, you should establish what their beak is. In purebred Taklovs, it is not long, that is, up to 15 mm, medium up to 25 mm and long from 25 mm. When feeding, this is an important parameter, because on this basis, the feed will be slightly different. Long-billed pigeons will have an inconvenience in eating small feeds, while short-billed pigeons, on the contrary, will be inconvenient to eat large grains.
The approximate diet for feeding pigeons with a long beak:
Feed | Summertime, in percent | Winter time, as a percentage |
Barley | 25 | 15 |
Wheat | 20 | 15 |
Peas | 10 | 15 |
Beans | 15 | 15 |
Corn | 10 | 15 |
Beans | 10 | 15 |
Hemp seed | 6 | 6 |
Flax-seed | 4 | 4 |
The approximate diet of pigeons with a long beak:
Feed | Summertime, in percent | Winter time, as a percentage |
Millet grain | 20 | 15 |
Crushed wheat | 15 | 15 |
Crushed Barley Grain | 20 | 15 |
Vika | 15 | 15 |
Small peas | 10 | 15 |
Small lentils | 10 | 10 |
Pigeons train both in winter and in summer, so they need squirrels year-round. When they reproduce, and this occurs in the spring, more energy is wasted than usual. For this reason, they are given even more protein foods. During molting, which begins in the summer, the amount of protein food decreases, and the oils increase.
In addition to the main nutrition, Takla also need additional baits.
Feed | What is the component | Why do i need |
Water | Pure water, milk, juicy grass, juicy vegetables. | Regulated body temperature, the establishment of the digestive system, hematopoiesis system and other internal organs. |
Carbohydrates | Grains, potatoes, root vegetables, fruits with vegetables. | Creating a normal amount of adipose tissue, increasing energy. |
Squirrels | Milk, dairy products, meat, fish and bone meal. | Improving energy, strengthening muscles, feathers, as well as eggs. |
Fats | Oil seeds, fish oil. | Generation of motor and thermal energy. |
Minerals | Shell rock, lime, gravel and chalk with sand. | The structure of the skeleton, eggs, as well as the normalization of the digestive tract. |
Vitamin A | Greens, carrots, hay, pumpkin, pine needles and cones, egg yolk. | Increased immunity, disease prevention, good egg production and successful incubation. |
Vitamin D | Legumes, sun, fish oil and specialized preparations. | Bone strengthening, metabolism, shell strength. |
Vitamin B | Yeast, cereals, milk. | Metabolism, blood circulation, good egg laying and full incubation, strengthening the nervous system, disease prevention. |
Vitamin C | Vegetables and fruits, greens. | Metabolism, strengthening the immune system, increased productivity. |
Vitamin E | Greens, bran, hay, eggs and milk. | Stimulation of the instinct of reproduction. |
Water pigeons consume about 60 ml per day, and nursing "mothers" and constantly training up to 80 ml per day. Depending on humidity, temperature, fluid demand may increase or decrease.
Breeding and fertility
Before deciding to breed pigeons, it is worth determining for what purposes this is done. This breed is not bred for meat. The main goal is beauty. These birds are very beautiful, and each pigeon has a different color. Birds are often trained for beautiful flights, flight and appearance - this is the skate of Takla pigeons.
One bird can bring 12 chicks per season, but you can’t feed them, because the mortality rate will drop significantly, and mating will increase.
During the molting period, it is necessary to limit oneself to protein food, otherwise the strength will decrease. At this time, any building material is removed from the enclosure, because the birds themselves can build nests from it.
Relationship with neighbors
Keeping Takla with other pigeons is unacceptable, they can not even be kept with the same breed, but having generic distinguishing features. That is, you should keep chubby and mustachioed apart, etc. Even during training, they should stay away from each other, this is necessary so that there is no accidental crossing of the breeds.
Training
Pigeons beautifully perform many tricks, coups in flight work out very easily. And in the “fight” trick, they click their wings, then the birds fly upright to a beautiful row. In addition to Takla, no other pigeons are able to repeat these tricks one by one.
An ordinary person will not be able to teach the chick tricks from childhood, so it is recommended to buy a grown and already taught bird. But you should know that for adult intelligent birds who can create great tricks, you will need to give a lot of money. The approximate price of 1 individual is from 100 to 150 dollars. When choosing a pigeon, you need to pay attention to the colors - beautiful, bright and variegated pigeons will not be very good flyers, but on the contrary, monophonic and not bright birds learn quickly and fly beautifully, creating somersaults.
Advantages and disadvantages of Takla
Takla pigeons have their advantages:
- good orientation in the area, they quickly find their way home;
- unpretentiousness in the maintenance, can eat monotonous and meager food for a long time;
- endurance, because they can fly for a long time and high.
Disadvantages:
- susceptibility to disease (read more about common diseases of pigeons here);
- exacting to leaving;
- are expensive;
- if the bird is not trained, it will turn into a simple flying dove.
Breed Reviews
Below are reviews of real people about Takla pigeons:
Evgeny Onishchenko, 32 years old. A couple of years ago I wanted to do takla breeding, when I saw the video in YouTube, I literally fell in love with them, but after weighing everything, I abandoned this idea. They need to spend a lot of time, which I do not have, moreover, leaving is also not easy. I refused them, but I think this breed of pigeons is interesting and not expensive.
Valeria, 47 years old, poultry breeder, trainer. I have been breeding tackles for over six years. The work is not easy. Daily training, bird care - take a lot of time and effort. But it is interesting to me, and plus brings some income.
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Turkish fighting pigeons Takla are the most beautiful representatives among birds. In addition, they have one more feature - long-range flight and beautiful upheavals in the air. In general, raising pigeons Takla is a profitable business, the main thing is to do it right.
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