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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My father kept homing pigeons when I was a child, so it’s no big mystery. When my dad had a stroke in 1988 my wife and I moved to his farm where he had retired.This is where and why I began to keep pigeons.
It’s so neat to look up and see the small flock flying around the farm and know that those are our birds. Dad has passed on now,but I know that he would be pleased that I’m still trying to raise pigeons.I don’t have time or energy to race them,but it’s still gratifying to have and watch them grow. Sometimes critters get to them or they land on the wrong power line. But I keep on trying.
Andy Buchek
Ever since i was a kid i am lover of pets specially feathered animals and when i was in highschool my classmate who is a pigeon fancier bring a pair of birds and set it frees during our recess time and fly away and i ask him why? and he told me don’t worry pigeons can find its way home and when we arrived at their place the birds are already there inside the small loft. i was really amazed by their incredible homing ability and instinct, that is the time i got hooked in this magnificent and wonderful hobby. I started with two pairs of birds and a small loft and get along with new group a pigeon mania friends whose life is circled in the world of strong,fast and competitive racing pigeon.Even though i was not able to join and compete in any official club race, I toss my pigeons 20 km every weekends and its a wonderful feeling to see them comes back in loft. My love for pigeons was great that i wont last a single day without holding and looking each and everyone of it.I never out grew my love and interest for this hobby,but unfortunately i have to give up my hobby to heed the call of opportunnity working abroad,and now i am here working in a country were pigeon racing never knew, my only hobby now is to surf into internet about pigeon racing,training, breeding and to know how to become a champion in the pigeon sport, Hopefully when the right time comes i will somehow go back and fly with an enjoyable hobby of a lifetime. Thank you for the good information
hi chris
Im Hamed from iran and i have good pigeons race .i been for 15 years.ithinks we most have a big syndicate for all of the world bc in some cuntrys they dont have any syndicate for example i iran we dont have any syndicate for pigeons race i think we need a good international syndicate for pigeons racing and fanciars for identify adequate pigeons and fanciars in the world also expedition to the evry cuntrys i wish this vision .
best regards .
Hamed.
Hi Chris,
I am 62yo living in Australia and I’ve been racing for 10 years .
I had pet birds when I was 13 to14 y.o. living in the outer suburbs of Melbourne Australia.
This story is much the same as many others around the world but I believe we need to advertise with the help of professionals aiming at the general population but especially targeting retired people looking for something very interesting and challenging to do.
As I have posted before I think a national advertising fund should be set up so we can share our secret with the rest of the world.
Racing has become too expensive for most youngsters to take up but is ideal and most attractive to single males and retirees.
Clem
4H at age 12
i got involved in pigeons when i used to go with my grandad he used to help anouther person who could not finish work early so i used to keep him company sometimes i would go down the pub to help him carry the baskets if the other bloke could not do it,i used to run in the loft to get the ring for my grandad and sometimes we won and other times we never got anywhere,thats how i got in to it im thinking of getting some birds but aint to sure where to put the loft as garden is nearly full,
Well Chris and friends,
I was born in Ireland then lived in the north of England which I did not know till now was very big on pigeon racing. I met John, the other half of Irish Lofts through a geneology site on the internet and to cut a long story short came to America to visit and ended up staying and marrying my John.
John had had pigeons on and off since he was ten years old and mentioned to me that he would like to have them again, I was all for it and so my knowledge and subsequent love of pigeons was born.
Last year, my first year, I learned to feed, water, clean, band and care for these wonderful birds, I even hand reared a baby from six days old, she now has babies of her own. I am proud to say we earned three diplomas and I received a trophy for young bird 09, I like to think the young bird was me.
So I like to pass on what I have learned to new flyers and hope my enthusiasm and love of my babies, as I call them, communicate to new flyers how rewarding and enjoyable this sport/hobby can be if you are willing to put your heart and effort into it. Onwards and upwards!!
Lynn duffy, Irish Lofts.
I didn’t do to well in school. The school Principal advise my perants to get me a hobby. This will limmit my time to play around. So they got me 2 Piegeons 12 October 1974. Needless to say my school work did improve and I was since grade 5 always under the top 5 in my class. The pigeons kept me busy, with little bite of time for homework, that helped me to concentrate on my work. Thanks. Rudolph
I got into raising pigeons in Jr. high school. A close friend had some and it seemed “cool” to have some of my own. In High School I started racing with a local club. I have been out of the sport for many years but am getting back in this year. I think the thing that would bring more people into the sport is the affinity of a friend, so that means encouraging your friends to become aware of pigeon raising and in my case racing. I think that having some friends over to wait for your birds to come in from a race might spark some interest. When I had birds in high school I had some very tame ones and people who came over were captivated by these birds that would sit on their shoulder or in their hands. I guess being very helpful to new flyers/breeders and being someone that other people would like to be around would help a lot in recruiting. I will be joining the Beeville RPC and the folks I have met there have been outstandingly helpful and encouraging. That helps a lot.
i became interested in pigeons as a young teenager living in Portsmouth, RI. my neighbor raced “short distance” birds in Fall River,MA, and asked me to breed some of his best birds for racing. my dad then agreed and built this huge loft, and i developed some remarkable birds for him. now at age 67, i built my own loft, and enjoy caring for a much smaller number of birds. i have white kings,5 cocks, and 4 hens. its been 2 weeks since my loft was built, and i have a pair of eggs due to hatch at the end of the month. i plan to train them for release at weddings and funerals. i am the only one in my area doing this. i love the white king for its`friendly calm nature.