The long way home

[Devo1956]

I was reading about this and thought i would share.


https://www.dutchnews.nl/2022/05/a-long ... -15-years/

[Andy]

A great story. I had one return after 4 years back in the early 90s.

[Buster121]

Wow that is something, the longest I have had one return from a race was 3 weeks, I did have one return after 18 months that was stolen when my loft got broken into

[Trev]

Thanks Dev, a nice little read that. As it suggests someone must have had the bird shut in somewhere but still an amazing story anyway. I've certainly had birds arrive after a year or so but I can't remember any that were much longer than that.

[Andy]

The one I had return after 4 years I think had been streeting. It had been lost off the loft and was quite tatty when it returned. Needles to say it wasn’t any good.

[Devo1956]

You wonder where the racing pigeons go, every day u see hundreds of pigeons. To be honest i have not seen any with rings on,

[Andy]

You wonder where the racing pigeons go, every day u see hundreds of pigeons. To be honest i have not seen any with rings on,

Do occasionally see the odd ones with rings on among the feral’s but not many. I think most of the missing racing pigeons are deceased for one reason or another.

[Trev]

You wonder where the racing pigeons go, every day u see hundreds of pigeons. To be honest i have not seen any with rings on,

I've often thought the same thing Dev, I've spent ages in town centres and parks trying to see the odd one with a ring on but I could probably count on one hand how many I've seen over the years. I guess the harsh reality of it is that very few domesticated pigeons actually survive.

[Devo1956]

You wonder where the racing pigeons go, every day u see hundreds of pigeons. To be honest i have not seen any with rings on,

I've often thought the same thing Dev, I've spent ages in town centres and parks trying to see the odd one with a ring on but I could probably count on one hand how many I've seen over the years. I guess the harsh reality of it is that very few domesticated pigeons actually survive.

Yes Trev, the birds that visit me daily, are all in good nick. i give them a mixture of fat balls, chopped brown seeded bread and some peanuts.

[Trev]

You wonder where the racing pigeons go, every day u see hundreds of pigeons. To be honest i have not seen any with rings on,

I've often thought the same thing Dev, I've spent ages in town centres and parks trying to see the odd one with a ring on but I could probably count on one hand how many I've seen over the years. I guess the harsh reality of it is that very few domesticated pigeons actually survive.

Yes Trev, the birds that visit me daily, are all in good nick. i give them a mixture of fat balls, chopped brown seeded bread and some peanuts.

They will be race ready soon mate Or oven ready lol