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 Posted On: 07/26/2010  At: 2:44:17 PM
Any ideas on how to acquire pigeons for training?

ldame
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Posted - 07/27/2010 :  02:26:45 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hey Birddog;

Check craigslist--farm category--in your area. I see ads often. Also for game birds. If there are Amish in the area, check with them. I've bought birds from Amish at a swap market in Indiana.

Larry
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jayv
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Posted - 07/28/2010 :  08:05:55 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
We buy them from two sources. We're paying $3 for the wild pigeons and $4 for the cage raised pigeons. What is everyone else having to pay?

Found the sources on the internet under pigeons in the search engine. We have to travel 30 miles north for one and 40 miles south for the other.
Jay Harnish
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ldame
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Posted - 07/28/2010 :  08:39:47 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
That's about average for around here. Wild birds are harder to find than loft bred birds. Lots of fancy birds: homers, rollers, and paired birds. Way too expensive for training, although homers are good if you don't shoot them. The great thing with pigeons, once they are acclimated to their loft, you can train farther from home. Chances are the birds will beat you home.

Larry
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Steve Olson
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Posted - 07/28/2010 :  1:32:02 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I pay the neighbor kid $5 to catch them for me...keeps him off the street
Steve (aka SteveO)
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