RACING PIGEONS LONG DISTANCE 02

We sent 10 long distance racing pigeons to the National Flying Club (International) where they raced from Tarbes in Southern France back to their home in England which is a straight line distance of 529 miles. We timed 5 in race time, however the other 5 did also return home.

[@190108biljana]

Amazing , Congratulations

[@duteeh]

tamed angel bird... nice video... nice bonding between fancier and racing pigeons... they will come home for sure... and peanuts.... they love peanuts... the secret for fast trapping....

[@nidasalunga]

what a lovely looking pigeons,watching them is already a pleasure,,,,,,

[@superdoper911]

wow! How do you get the pigeons to be so close to its like you guys understanding each other but not talking. Do you have any squabs for sale?

[@mohamadchecmohamadchec2346]

أنا مصري وعندي نفس الأنواع دي أنا أحب واعشق الزاجل شكرآ علي الڤيديو الجميل الرائع جعلني أحب الزاجل اكثر رغم انه في مصر مستهان به لرخص ثمنه ولكن له عشاقه

[@DENNISWEINREICH]

VERY NICE AND HEALTHY PIGEONS... THEY LOOK ALOT LIKE MY OWN FAMILY.. YOU HAVE THEM TAMED DOWN NICE.. BIRDS LIKE THAT WILL WIN RACES.. GOOD LUCK IN THE FUTURE WITH THESE BEAUTIFUL PIGEONS..

[@youssefnirghi7245]

I'm also.have piegaent racing like your video because I think your story with this animal is very nice greating from Morocco

[@ekahiway]

thanks for postiong... nice vid, wish more people would post their 1st (10) to reach home in the same way.

[@annettegriffin1076]

Nice pigeons

[@nasirakbar4581]

Nice birds

[@zariqfarooq3563]

i m also racer in south africa and races also though here.l like so much racing pigeon.v.it is very very amaizing game.

[@AIMAR888888]

a lovely looking pigeons, nice thank you

[@bj20091000]

WOW, Do you hand raise the squabs? It's either that or ALOT of time spent with them love to see birds so at ease with their owner!

[@ParisLoOfficialTV]

they are such beauties ;) i love pigeons.

[@slawo2400]

poprostu klasa gołabki :)pozdrawiam z polski

[@corkg2011]

i am just a backyard fancier too who started back in the sport after a couple of years break. to start back up i purchased an entire loft of birds at a clearance sale. these had flown both inland and channel races for there previous owner with success. im just finding it a bit overwhelming trying to sort them out and trying to find the good ones from the bad as theres quite a few there, im trying to get all the advice i can as they are long distance birds and i used to fly sprint pigeons.thanks

[@erwinmahilum1601]

hello there!!! you got a nice pigeon hope to have that kind of breed someday....thanks.. erwin from...philippines

[@Andyontherocks]

A great team performance, well done.

[@meridklt]

No duteeh - I do NOT use peanuts at any time in my lofts. My birds are tame because I only ever breed from tame birds and the corn you see them eating is either maze or peas. Creating a bond from an early age with the birds gets them tame and fast trapping is achieved by training.

[@meridklt]

I race my own relaxed interpretation of widowhood/roundabout except for the 500 mile races where they are paired up for natural. Not that I think this is best, but just to make sure some hens don't pair up together, which they will do in the middle of summer.

[@adrianboulter1906]

birds look in cracking condition. 10 out of 10 all round

[@slawo2400]

jest mozliwosc nabycia paru sztuk ??

[@shinglehillclimber88]

i wish mine were that tame!

[@meridklt]

No, I do not hand rear them. But as I only breed 8 chicks each season, that in itself means each bird bird has more of my time. My system for getting them tame is firstly never, ever frighten them when they are in the loft and whilst they are in the nest bowel after their eyes are open, three times each day I lift the bowel out and stroke them for about a minute, but not picking them up. That way I have found when weaned into their own loft they are extremely tame.

[@meridklt]

Firstly I'm not suggesting I'm anything other than a small back yard fancier who likes to race for fun in all distances from sprint to long distance, and so not claiming to be an expert in any of the disciplines. I only breed/house 8 young birds each year and I try to give them just 2 races up to 110 miles, and then I stop them to mature into yearlings. Where again they are only raced in sprint races up to 180 miles and none will race long distance (500 plus miles) until 3 years of age.

[@meridklt]

Very rarely do they not come home and just like I sometimes have a hawk kill them in my garden, I'm sure that the hawks are the reason when missing from a race.

[@khalidtaml2160]

I like it thank you

[@titohoho3141]

ماشاء الله

[@kslicker]

Great video. Nice concept to go through the birds one by one. Very tame too.

[@homieboi22]

very nice pigeons :D

[@ieguy3]

As beautiful as they all were, I think I was most impressed by the red. A feral???? I can only presume it had some homer bloodlines in there if you got him back from a 500+ race! Wow! Hat's off to you, sir! BTW I noted you fly both sexes. Do you double widow or fly natural?

[@msilver1210]

Do any of your pigeons not come home after a race?

[@benjiecasacang8082]

very nice!

[@songs27039]

what do u do for the national races ? and what do u feed? thanks

[@meridklt]

Lots of time and patience which must start when they are squabs and they are also bred out of parents who have the same steady character. If you grab at youngster and frighten them, in the vast majority of case you can forget about them ever becoming tame as they will have no trust in you. I have no squabs for sale.

[@meridklt]

I do not keep any specific bloodlines, as breeding winner to winner is my first consideration and this subsequently means most well known bloodlines will be watered down in influence.

[@3022001]

eccezionale veramente !bravissimo.

[@Blue_Azure101]

hey, I was wondering, how do you train your pigeons to walk on your hands and pick food? mine are always so mean...

[@meridklt]

They are fed Gem Supplements Premium Corn the same as my sprinters. The have a hen/cock for 3 hours before basketing.

[@meridklt]

Don't understand your first question. I feed really good corn from Gem Supplements and if you Google the name they have a web site.

[@ramazankeklikbilefeld8073]

Wie haben sie es geschafft das die tauben aus der hand essen

[@meridklt]

Die Taube muss zuerst zahm werden, dann darfst du sie aufheben und nicht wegfliegen

[@meridklt]

cześć slowo2400. Nie mam gołębi na sprzedaż.

[@francisco6308]

AMOR

[@meridklt]

They will do this once they are tame and my method is on a previous answer below.

[@meridklt]

I use a 25kg commercial mix made up of different corns and seeds which is sold by Gem Supplements who you can search in Google, as links are not allowed here.

[@ramazankeklikbilefeld8073]

Wie werden die zahm denn

[@gavinosisonjr.1776]

If you raised a pigion be sure you can manage .

[@meridklt]

Do NOT purchase old birds because no one sells birds that are good producers. Only purchase young chicks. Do some research and purchase from a person who races pigeons successfully and regularly wins. If he is an honest man he will sell you fit and healthy chicks. Remember, you can buy the pigeon but not the man, which means it takes a good master and a good pigeon to win races, not just a good pigeon. .

[@meridklt]

My answer to a similar question can be found below.

[@corkg2011]

would you advise not racing young birds and let them develop into yearlings before their first race .would just like to say that the condition of your pigeons is exceptional.

[@dedikbahtiar2994]

top pigeon sir, give me one please sir jajajajajajaj

[@meridklt]

If you go to my web site and send me an email, I will reply explaining what I would do.

[@halhickton8101]

Good birds! Love tame pigeons.