Pigeons coming home

[k0n0ha-easy]

Hi everyone. I was just wondering how you would make your pigeons come straight back home. Because every time I let my pigeons fly, they always fly around for a couple of hours and then come back. I'm just asking because I was going to race my friends this weekend.

!!!!Thanks!!!!

-John-

[Lovebirds]

Originally Posted by k0n0ha-easy

Hi everyone. I was just wondering how you would make your pigeons come straight back home. Because every time I let my pigeons fly, they always fly around for a couple of hours and then come back. I'm just asking because I was going to race my friends this weekend.

!!!!Thanks!!!!

-John-

It really depends on how far you take them. The further from home they are, the quicker they'll come home. When my birds take a little longer to come home from say 15 or 20 miles, I don't worry about it. At least they're getting time on the wing. You get them out to about 40 or 50 miles and you'll see a big difference in the time it takes to get home.

[k0n0ha-easy]

Originally Posted by Lovebirds

It really depends on how far you take them. The further from home they are, the quicker they'll come home. When my birds take a little longer to come home from say 15 or 20 miles, I don't worry about it. At least they're getting time on the wing. You get them out to about 40 or 50 miles and you'll see a big difference in the time it takes to get home.

Oh, well were not racing our birds that far, its about like 1-3 miles only. Were just seeing how our babies are flying. Also, go COWBOYS

[MaryOfExeter]

Well, 1-3 miles is no sweat for a pigeon. They'll probably take their time playing before they head home, or even if they do come home fairly quick, they'll probably take a while to land. Especially if they've been flying good around the loft, they'll need to get that energy out.