- May 17, 2014
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Hey all,
I was looking into starting my own "White 'Dove' Release" business where I lived. I have found a white pigeon breeder near me, so that's covered. I was wondering if there was anyone else out there that found this business successful and how they trained their birds to come home. I've seen the advice online is to feed them using the "15-20 minute method" (only leaving their food in the loft for 15 to 20 minutes). I have an extremely busy schedule and I only have time to be out with my birds about 15 minutes around 6:30 am. I currently have a lot of chickens, ducks, goats, fancy pigeons, etc, etc...so it wouldn't break me to feed birds for that long in the morning. I'm away from my house until about 4 in the afternoon on days I'm running on time. Is this would be an ok time to call my birds back after they have been flying all day? Also, I have lost many birds (chicken and pigeons alike) to the early morning predators, especially raccoons, that prowl around my house. Does anyone do it differently? Thank you!
I was looking into starting my own "White 'Dove' Release" business where I lived. I have found a white pigeon breeder near me, so that's covered. I was wondering if there was anyone else out there that found this business successful and how they trained their birds to come home. I've seen the advice online is to feed them using the "15-20 minute method" (only leaving their food in the loft for 15 to 20 minutes). I have an extremely busy schedule and I only have time to be out with my birds about 15 minutes around 6:30 am. I currently have a lot of chickens, ducks, goats, fancy pigeons, etc, etc...so it wouldn't break me to feed birds for that long in the morning. I'm away from my house until about 4 in the afternoon on days I'm running on time. Is this would be an ok time to call my birds back after they have been flying all day? Also, I have lost many birds (chicken and pigeons alike) to the early morning predators, especially raccoons, that prowl around my house. Does anyone do it differently? Thank you!
