In going along with the pigeon racing promotion theme in this weeks discussion of the week we would like to know,
How did you get involved in pigeon racing or pigeon keeping in general?
You see, if we could figure out what got you interested in pigeon racing or pigeons in general for that matter we might be able to duplicate that to get more people interested in the sport and hobby. What worked for you should work for others right?. You already know my story you can read it here (About Me), I didn’t know anything about pigeons but when I realized how interesting and amazing they were I was hooked.
So go ahead and post your comments I’m looking forward to reading them! and see what we can do to help promote this great hobby of ours.
Discussion of the week, How did you get involved with pigeons?
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keith marvin santillan start by emailing this guy , he has been in the pigeon hobby for many years and has started me in the right direction and is very helpful and am sure he can help you! gary yount He helps out those who are just gettng started and will sell you birds for a very cheap – Good Cost , He’s an awesome person ! Let me know how it all works out – Good Luck and I hope nothing but the best for you ! From America to You In Philippines – bicol area ” Peace ! “
ahm…i’m just 19 i’m just a starter in this racing pigeon hobby. back in my high school life. I breed also pigeon but native not knowing that theres racing pigeon thats going on my surrounding. for now i don’t race yet instead breeding so many racing pigeon i started with 10 racing pigeons now for 1year i have double the count. honestly racing my birds is not hobby but taking care of them is ultimate happiness.
being so interested in racing pigeons.. before i start breeding i almost created a book all about pigeons.. by just researching, the point is. i’m not creating a book. i just want to know how to take care of my birds well.. i just print what i researched and then read them repeatedly.
before i go further my name is Keith Marvin B. Santillan
from : Philippines – bicol area
Address : 9-L Rivera St. Albay, Legazpi City
some day i wish to have racing pigeon came from or originated from out of my country something like U.S,Germany,England and others.. i don’t no what to do.. for my wish to come true..
for now this Tuesday August 31, 2010 i’m continuously making my birds many as possible.
my cousion (living in Canada) come to INDIA & stay with us at my home. He has a fond of pets,especially pigeons. I also had a fond of pets. when ever he came to us , we buy pigeons,and leave when he gone back. But this time i didnot leave them but my pigeons got disease and most of them are died.only 2 are left. That was the worst moment of my life. I was unable to treat them because i don’t know how to save them.
but i studied a lot about them & i think i will become a good pigeon holder.
I am from PUNJAB & there was no pigeon racing ,but there is competition that which pigeon can stay in sky for longer time ,& that bird will be the winner.The least time of staying in sky is 6am to 6pm.(i.e.12 hrs)
We have 10 Homers — a Bit les Than what I had !
I was Raised On A Farm – so we had ” Wild Type ” Pigeons In The Barn — My Stepdad helped me catch some — Ate a Couple — I didn’t Dare , I liked them — at the age of 9 when I seen a creature who could Fly — I was Hooked I still to this day wish I had wings , wouldn’t that be fun ? So I started with wild Type wgich my stepdad let me keep for a bit and then he made me let them go — He said to many diseases — So I seen 1 da what was a Bunch ( Now I Know a Kit ) of Pigeons Flying closely together in The direction North — so i jumped on my bike and followed — straight to their coop ( which nowadays is called a Loft ) so I sat outside the coop just watching in awww … Then an Old Man came out – Looked grumpy so I almost rode off – he said ” Hey Lil One , Come Here ” I said Yeah …. He said you want to Hold one … I said Heck Yeah — so he brang me in his coop and inside he locked the birds in — He said I have somewhere around a 108 birds and am getting a bit old to be caring for them — will your parents allow you to take them — as he set one in my shaking hands — I said 4 sure , they said I could if I could find some — He packed and I helped a bit pack them in old burlap feed Bags until they wre all inside them — He then said I’ll give you a ride and thru my bike in his pickup along with the birds and let me hold that same bird the entire truck ride home – you should have seen My stepdads face and my mothers when we pulled up – they were shocked I had found some — 108 Black and white Homers — and My stepdad ended up knowing the gentleman so I didn’t have to say much — I already had a Huge coop inside the barn so I ran burlap bag after burlap bag out to the coop — I kept them for several years until I grew up and Moved out — I slowly gave them away to alot of differnt folks — I went on to have my own children and 20 sum years later am Now Teaching My own children and back to enjoying the Old Times and this Is why we named our Loft — The New ” Old Skool Loft ” Peace !
To be honest I’m not currently involved in pigeon racing. I would like to because the hobby fascinates me. The problem is I don’t know where to begin. I realize there is plenty of information available, but it can seem overwhelming and to complicated. If anyone has any advice or suggestions I certainly would appreciate it. Thanks
same here.
I raised chickens in my backyard for about 10 years. Also being a gardener, last year I finally got tired of the chickens destroying my yard so I was ready for a change. It was then that I discovered that the two brothers, who owned a cabinet shop next to our office, had been raising and racing pigeons their whole life. They had a loft there at the shop for their ‘extra’s’. I was struck by how beautiful they were and the fascination of their homing ability. I joined their club and they supplied me with 14 young birds. I converted my coop into a temporary loft. (real loft on the way, but money is tight so should be ready by next year) I live in a residential neighborhood with many trees. The first time I saw my birds flying in a group, circling the neighborhood and diving between the trees, I was hooked. It was so obvious that they were not flying for survival like a wild bird, they were flying because they enjoyed the hell out of flying. I wish I had started this years ago. I hope that maybe I can get some kids at my church interested.
When I was 10 years old. A friend of mine next door rose pigeons. He got so small loft not even children liked us could go in. 2 year later the loft was knock down because his father needed him to pay more attention to schooling. That was the starting of my pigeon adict.
hello,,like probally all pigeon guys i had homers when i was about 9 years old we would bring them out 7 to 10 miles on our bikes and pedel back home fast as we could to see if we could beat them home and no we never did and i remember we never let them loft fly when they were youngsters to go tripping or routing,i had a cube van box for a coop my dad cut a couple windows in and we used that as a landing board and all they ever did before we took them out was look out the window into the woods so i dont know how they ever made it home maybe they followed us on our bikes,,anyway at the age of 50 in 2001 i seen a man on the front cover of a newspaper in my area holding a pigeon and he talked about a club they had and i inquired about that and joined and i have been having fun ever since the day i joined the club,some sad days when the one you think will be back first but never shows up and one can only blame it on a hawk or wire or maybe a vehicle,i dont win all the time but i win my fair share & i keep learning different things about the birds each year,it seems each young bird batch is different,,as long as i have my health i will be scraping perchs hope all have a good young bird season
Hi
i am dinesh from India (south India) i am from poor family. i am 35 Years Old., i love pigeon last 17 years . but i don’t have own house but one of my friend have pigeon every day i will watch that . then we also join the club this year but we don’t have that-much racing pigeon. now we are collecting pigeon still now not yet but keep on trying . all tips is very useful to me….