lost birds

Hi All. Fairly new to this. Have 11 homers I got as chics back in September. Have been loft flying them several days a week, always come home except those lost to hawks. Took a 1 mile down the road today to do my first road drop. Took 5 birds, all paired with mates back in the loft. Released...

Please add your experience with young birds this year; I'm curious. I started YB season with about 27 birds, I have 8 left. The birds come from families that have flown well for years by other guys. They have won money for me and the handlers, got some top finishes at 500 and 600 mile races...

I hope this is the best forum for this. Is anyone in midwest north america missing a flock of pigeons? There has been a flock of ~40 domesticated pigeons in our alley on the northside of Chicago since the morning of 8/3/2015. Most of the birds are brilliant white with orange feet and healthy...

Hi all! I found your forum and hope you don't mind me posting to ask this question of you. I got so fed up today I got online and here I ended up. This is long, I apologize. I hope I don't ruffle any feathers with this question I'm about to ask. I might not be asking it right as I'm not sure...

2 pigeons came to our barn. They are banded but I am not able to catch them, they seem friendly but are scared. They are greyish with white caps. They have been here 4 days. I am afraid they will be eaten by something, as we are deep in the woods. Anybody want them? Columbia, CT

I had birds shipped to me over 50Hrs ago and no one in the postal service can tell me where they are they were gauranteed dellivery for noon yesterday and not only are they not here but they cant be located ( by me or the usps).. there should be a shipping service strictly for live shipping!

I have a friend called Edwin Soto and he called me sadly to say that it looks like a Raccoon or Bobcat got in his loft yesterday and is missing 19 birds, 9 of which are yellow tipplers and the rest are blues, blacks and mixed colors, he didnt find any died around the loft but did noticed...

Now I know what happens to my lost birds. I have been lied to for the last time by a Wildlife Rehabber, As this time the intern was the culprit, not sure if she was told to or what. You see I have been helping people get thier lost birds back that I happen to find at the rehab. I have met owners...

I let my young birds out for the first full day yesterday. After a week or so of letting them out at dusk for an hour or so and then calling them in. Well to make a long story short, 5 of my 8 young birds trapped themselves no problem yesterday afternoon while 3 of them did not come in. I...

:(After about three months of having some rollers and them having babies of a week to week and a half of weaning, I let them (one male and one female, not mates) out for the first time. They flow around the loft for about ten to fifteen minutes and then they took off. I check late last night and...

Just went and picked up a banded 09 bird from friend of mine. This is a pretty little blue check homer with a foy's band. Dick contacted Foy's but they didn't have contact info for him. Bird can't fly, not a problem, will just be a pet from now on. Had a call from group in Oklahoma, said they...