Very interested in the whole carrier pigeon thing. I am a bird person, for one thing. How to establish a destination point? And how far away could it be?
The bird returns to its home loft. Once they accept their home you can let them fly and they will circle the loft for several minutes, just getting exercise. You make a little tune to whistle to them while they eat. This associates the whistle with food and home and you can call them back inside. Then you take them out shot distances and let them fly home. They learn the area. Then extend the distance of the flights. Mine came back from 250 miles. Some made it in a few days. Some took a couple weeks. Some not at all. It's a fun hobby.
I raised them as a kid. My best 'homers' were park pigeons I trapped with a box trap. They knew they had it good. Also had fantails and turbits.
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Mine are all feral too. I adore them and theyre absolutely brilliant
Very interested in the whole carrier pigeon thing. I am a bird person, for one thing. How to establish a destination point? And how far away could it be?
The bird returns to its home loft. Once they accept their home you can let them fly and they will circle the loft for several minutes, just getting exercise. You make a little tune to whistle to them while they eat. This associates the whistle with food and home and you can call them back inside. Then you take them out shot distances and let them fly home. They learn the area. Then extend the distance of the flights. Mine came back from 250 miles. Some made it in a few days. Some took a couple weeks. Some not at all. It's a fun hobby.