Racing Pigeon training toss, return, and trapping.

[kd8fki]

Love the loft i just built mine would love to see yours in person not sure how far you are away from cincy

[TheZuNigga]

That's beautiful lol

[abluechipstock]

love your loft, i just got a bunch of white homers and plan on training them for white dove release

[scarfacethx]

Nice video. Thanks for posting it up.

[ttenni]

Other than their obvious color, are white racing pigeons any different than those with a more traditional pigeon coloration?

[MichaelCGatesMusic]

Nice birds! Beautiful home as well... Very nice.

[khamdoun]

@MichaelCGatesMusic I thought so too

[rochflux]

hi ihave a mesenger bird that im traing to come to my hand like falconers do

no luck yet but yes my pigen comes back to his cage from over 100 miles away

[loopper9]

thats fuckin awsome

[MrCarlr7]

i love your video mate,the location where you keep your pigeons looks great,do you get many problems with hawks as we do back here in england.

[ebmizer]

In the summer not so much of a hawk problem, the hawks have a larger and easier food source (mice mostly), but this time of year they take what they can get, and resort more to the birds. I have red tails and some other smaller hawk hanging around now, so no loft flying until spring, but I am road tossing and trapping as soon as they return.

[Rizrsniper]

How did you train them to come to the sound of nails in a tin?

[an2nybach]

nice one bro..added you in y.messenger

[kay6690]

hi, this is my first year in raising pigeons. It took me a while to finally get a good batch of eggs but i finally succeded in hatching two healthy babies. Even though they are tipplers I would still like to let them out, but im not sure how i would begin training them. I live in Michigan and its starting to get cold out so i want them to learn before next year so they know what to do. They are about 34-35 days old. I was just wondering how do you begin training them.

[bmastamoneycash]

not bad!...those guys can go more than a mile I'm sure...how much are you feeding them? Over a tablespoon each bird? They seemed to hesitate to trap but I guess that could be just cause they're young

[ebmizer]

As of today, Aug, 10, 2009, they are at 10 miles, working them around the face of the clock. I do not race the birds, so I do not worry about an instant trapping time, but I do have control of them. I feed my animals well, I feed them a balanced diet, the amount varies depending on when and how many times I am flying them that day.

[bmastamoneycash]

gotcha...well here in NY I gotta have the bids in and out...there is no hanging out for them (for most of the year)...in early spring I can get away with it but from about the end of may till' the following march or april they fly and then trap as fast as they can...especially my whites they attract the hawk a lot more so they more they hang out the more chance you have of the hawk seeing them...I got my whites out 180 miles...with the right training they are very smart!

[bmastamoneycash]

also i only fly once a day and remember to give them a day off here and there for rest...i've been flying for almost 10 years so i have a few tricks up my sleeve that help...first few years no hawks, now i have tons!...i also have a lot of different breeds and strains of pigeons so if you do have any questions or want some advice just send me a message...if not, good luck with what you have they are a lot of fun!

[ebmizer]

Whenever I feed them, I shake the can, over time they become conditioned to know that the shaking can noise means feeding time. Some people use whistles,or their voices for the same purpose.

[dealfinderforu]

Nice looking birds, I don't like releasing my birds next to High lines, when they come out of the basket, sometimes they will fly into the wires. Do you race or do wedding releases

[ebmizer]

In this area of rural Ohio, most telephone and power lines are above ground, the lines you see are the same lines that are 100 feet from the loft. My thought is they must learn to fly arount the lines, as they will encounter them in their flights wherever they go, and so far no problems at all. I try to release them away from substations where many power lines are present, but power lines along the roads and their flight paths are unavoiadable.

[VOVKARFRC]

nice