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It takes time to get home,

Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:47 am
by Devo1956
More Extreme Long Distance Racing Pigeons Records
On September 23, 2005 a total of 15 birds were released from Kashgar, Xinjiang, CHINA. A new world record has been broken by a blue Chinese bird named “Creation Invincible” CHN2003-11-007675. It took 83 days to cross the “Dead Desert”, a distance of 4308 km, breaking the old record for the longest distance of homing pigeons created by the American bird named “Blue Barron” in 1981, flying from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast, a distance of 4,072 km. The two year old blue cock with ring number “1979VDS38” raised by Kent, and the bloodline was Janssen X Bricoux. Only 2 pigeons were clocked from Kashgar flight, the first pigeon flew 3640 km in 38 days.

Birds like these only have one place in life, and that is home.

Re: It takes time to get home,

Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:31 am
by Andy
Whilst an incredible feet it’s hardly racing. Why you would even want to send pigeons that sort of distance is beyond me. They just homed after being taken away from their homes.

Re: It takes time to get home,

Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:41 am
by Devo1956
Andy wrote: Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:31 am Whilst an incredible feet it’s hardly racing. Why you would even want to send pigeons that sort of distance is beyond me. They just homed after being taken away from their homes.
Its all about Prestige, the same in auctions someone wants to buy the highest priced bird. they will never get anywhere the money they paid back in breeding. its all about Prestige.

Re: It takes time to get home,

Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2023 2:30 pm
by Buster121
Andy wrote: Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:31 am Whilst an incredible feet it’s hardly racing. Why you would even want to send pigeons that sort of distance is beyond me. They just homed after being taken away from their homes.
Tend to agree with this, although a feat in itself

Re: It takes time to get home,

Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2023 5:02 pm
by Andy
Devo1956 wrote: Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:41 am
Andy wrote: Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:31 am Whilst an incredible feet it’s hardly racing. Why you would even want to send pigeons that sort of distance is beyond me. They just homed after being taken away from their homes.
Its all about Prestige, the same in auctions someone wants to buy the highest priced bird. they will never get anywhere the money they paid back in breeding. its all about Prestige.
Yes mate you’re right.