I did want to express my opinion, or view on this portion. 99% chances,, those are lost, or runaways. If a pigeon keeper would want to get rid of a certain pigeon,,, 2 things are likely. Pigeon gets culled. Live poultry stores will purchase extra pigeons. Pigeon keeper removes permanent leg band , and then releases,,, hoping it will not return.there are at least 9 lost or dumped banded pigeons.
The 1% possibility,,, would be when a pigeon keeper no longer is walking on this earth,, and family disassembles loft.
RoostersAreAwesome,,, there are no penalties in your area for feeding ferals???
It was not a JOKE about Chicago being illegal to feed ferals. Of course the 3 years meme is just to express my point. The FINES ARE REAL..