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sinister357 sinister357 is offline
Posted 19th September 2009, 06:39 PM
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whats the difference between a homer and a racing pigeon?


??? i'm just wondering because i have both. would i be able to fly them together?


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Posted 19th September 2009, 06:43 PM
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Yes because they are both the same. It's just racing pigeons have been bred for generations based on race results, and 'plain homers' have just been kept and flown for fun. I have birds from my first homers that have done pretty good in races. And the man who owned and bred their parents did not race, just flew homers for fun. So they're all the same, it's just some can handle racing better than others. All racers are homers but not all homers can be racers
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Posted 19th September 2009, 09:56 PM
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Every racing pigeon is a homing pigeon. But not every homing pigeon is a racing pigeon. Just like Bill Gates is a human being. But not every human being is Bill Gates.
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Posted 20th September 2009, 03:20 AM
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yes like you said the racing pigeon is a homer because off its homing instinkt ,
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I'd say a racing pigeon is a bird that has been entered in a race. Homing is the breed, racing is the occupation.
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Posted 20th September 2009, 09:18 AM
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A Homer comes home ........A Racing pigeon comes home FASTER GEORGE
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