Pigeon Talk

[Serin]

Birds raised in a loft won't miss what they don't know.
There are plenty of breeds that don't have high energy needs too.

 

[backyard pigeons]

Birds raised in a loft won't miss what they don't know.
There are plenty of breeds that don't have high energy needs too.

Its in their instinct to fly, and come home. So keeping high energy breeds like homers, high flyers, tumblers, and rollers and not flying them is kinda mean I think. Though I haven't been flying much due to settling issues, but I am going to start doing daily very soon hopefully.

But low energy\oriental breeds don't need to be flown at all imo.

 

[biophiliac]

Its in their instinct to fly, and come home. So keeping high energy breeds like homers, high flyers, tumblers, and rollers and not flying them is kinda mean I think. Though I haven't been flying much due to settling issues, but I am going to start doing daily very soon hopefully.

But low energy\oriental breeds don't need to be flown at all imo.

In watching mine, I believe they enjoy their loft, their mates, their food, baths and aviary but the joy they display in free flight is so obviously a higher level of experience that I wouldn't want to deprive them. Besides, when I watch them flying I feel like they take a part of me with them. When I say "Who wants to fly-fly?" before opening the trap, they hustle out like kids to recess.

 

[backyard pigeons]

In watching mine, I believe they enjoy their loft, their mates, their food, baths and aviary but the joy they display in free flight is so obviously a higher level of experience that I wouldn't want to deprive them. Besides, when I watch them flying I feel like they take a part of me with them. When I say "Who wants to fly-fly?" before opening the trap, they hustle out like kids to recess.

That's a good idea! Who wants to fly fly! so they can all get out at the same time.

It sure is exhilarating when they return.

 

[Serin]

So keeping high energy breeds like homers, high flyers, tumblers, and rollers and not flying them is kinda mean I think.

Yeah homers are extremely high energy, they've been bred for high activity and are probably the worst house pet breed as a result, but ferals and most other breeds adapt well to a more confined setting especially if it's all they know.

When i got Olive they had a cage of homers and those birds seemed really crazy in confinement, lots of fighting and pecking while the owls all sat together without so much as a ruffled feather.

 

[CCUK]

In watching mine, I believe they enjoy their loft, their mates, their food, baths and aviary but the joy they display in free flight is so obviously a higher level of experience that I wouldn't want to deprive them. Besides, when I watch them flying I feel like they take a part of me with them. When I say "Who wants to fly-fly?" before opening the trap, they hustle out like kids to recess.

When you let them out to fly have you seen how they play? Mine will fly really close to one another and maybe even knock each other a little a then drop and come back round! They really enjoy it and definately seem to chase one another!

 

[cavemanrich]

CCUK,,,,,, any word from Lincoln?

 

[CCUK]

CCUK,,,,,, any word from Lincoln?

No. Nothing in the trap either. I'm beginning to think that this bird isn't particularly good. It originally went missing and didn't return for two weeks until I trapped it and the guy picked it up. It stayed with him for a couple of weeks and then it went missing again and turned up back here. Now I've lost it and it hasn't turned up anywhere. I think that it may be turning feral as it's definitely eating out and not returning anywhere. If it does return I won't feel confident of its reliability.

 

[cavemanrich]

No. Nothing in the trap either. I'm beginning to think that this bird isn't particularly good. It originally went missing and didn't return for two weeks until I trapped it and the guy picked it up. It stayed with him for a couple of weeks and then it went missing again and turned up back here. Now I've lost it and it hasn't turned up anywhere. I think that it may be turning feral as it's definitely eating out and not returning anywhere. If it does return I won't feel confident of its reliability.

Thats the way you need to look at the other musketeers that split on you. Especially since you do want to get some racing action. Its participation and not necessarily winning the big prize that does give enough satisfaction in early racing.
Once you get a good group with good homing skills,,,,,,,,,,,,,, then you try to choose the speediest ones.

 

[biophiliac]

When you let them out to fly have you seen how they play? Mine will fly really close to one another and maybe even knock each other a little a then drop and come back round! They really enjoy it and definately seem to chase one another!

Yes! And they like to buzz close to the treetops, in between the branches, and play with wind gusts.