Pigeon Problems

[dan]

Just got a call from someone with pigeon problems in the barn. Ye HA!

Im going there with the shotgun and the trap and the dog of course to retrieve shot birds. Shooting may be a little rusty :emmbarassed:
Dan

[Jixer]

Wish I knew people with problems like that.:spoton:

[Maverick]

Sounds like a good practice day Dan. Have fun.

Mav......

[pameladallaire]

Too bad we can't shoot in the city limits. The pigeons, from the farm, are taking over my mourning dove feeder. :(

Pam

[Sharon]

That is the best way to get good flying pigeons for young dogs.
Getting pigeons is not hard but getting flight-conditioned pigeons is very difficult. A young dog MUST have strong flying pigeons that don't have to be shackled in any way.

Hint: Homers only come back to the pen /owner they were born in. Those homers you buy go back to the original pen.

I think I've had too much coffee to-night!:bf_new:

[Jixer]

Hint: Homers only come back to the pen /owner they were born in. Those homers you buy go back to the original pen.

I think I've had too much coffee to-night!:bf_new:

I get some homers sometimes when it is hard to find barn pigeons. For some reason I still get charged full price even though I explain that it should just be a rental charge!

[ChrisGSP]

I've got some homers right now that I bought at the woodstock auction and they seem to be coming back to my coop. I let them out a few at a time and let them fly around. The always come back to my coop. I've had them for a few weeks now. I was told if you leave them in the coop for 8-10 days they will come back there.
Altough, I let a few go a gold creek that I see have made ED's coop home???:laugh:

I'm going to start letting them go a little farther from my house next week to see what happens.

Chris

[Sharon]

Do keep us informed. I bought some BIG white pigeons last week . I can barely get my hands around them but they fly like a "bat out'a hell!"

[Huntingonthebrain]

This is interesting. The pigeons I purchased at the auction at Trails end might be homers as well... I am not sure. I purchased 3. One of them got away and now makes its home at my friends place just about 50 yards away from the place that I train the dog. It is clearly wild but it seems to be friendly enough and allows my friends to feed it etc. Now that I have had the other 2 a few weeks I wonder what they would do. I guess I could try letting one go. I have been tying a bottle to their foot or attaching a long piece of twine to the bird launcher. I am hesitant to let one go because I am a little short of cash to get another few at this point. Not a big enough priority budgetwise.

[Sharon]

I used to tie a cord with a slight weight on the end to my pigeons. One day the bird managed to fly out across a large pond to a tree on an island and was hanging there. Of course this was the time the birdwatchers arrived on the scene. :censored: I had to wade out to the island and retrieve my bird. I don't shackle them anymore.:angel:

[Spear]

My cousin keeps pigeons for the purpose of training and generally says that a month in the cage and good food will keep them coming home. Sounds like a month might be a long time. He also has a small opening that he opens to let them fly in and out of. At night he closes it to keep weasels and the like out.

[Sportdog]

We will put a 1 foot by 1 foot piece of cardboard on a string to the pigeons leg and works very well as the cardboard will create drag so the bird cannot go far.