TRAINING MY PIGEONS PT.1

[@Person75357]

Respect for this dude for actively seeking help and advice when most people would've ignored others Can't wait to see where this channel goes

[@elmehdimikou4941]

Hey Blake, Mehdi here from Morocco From my 20 plus years raising racing pigeons i doubt they’ll come back if you release them they will always go back to the place they were raised no matter how far it is. My suggestion is use the pairs for breeding and let the young ones fly and the other thing is do not leave the water outside because if the water gets hot and they drink it they will get sick The roller pigeons are really fun to watch them flying. Bol to you brother

[@Timothee_Chalamet_CMBYN]

I have older birds trained to my loft, 3 of them to be exact but the person I got them from never let them flown out of the old loft which was a shed with a couple windows.

[@miadhasoonzadeh]

hi my name is Miad and I'm from Iran, so to train your pigeons 100% to come back home you must make sure that they put eggs and keep them for 2 month in the loft and then when the babys got big after a 2 week let them out. 1000000000000000% all of them will come back and I tried this way and it always works and I have never lost a pigeon with this way.

[@DaeDae876]

I’m America we have hawks I hate them hawks

[@Oppz94]

2 months lamfoo. false alarm

[@NE_Pigeons]

To train your pigeons to come back you need to condition them to a certain sound associated with food. Everytime you feed the birds you need to whistle or perhaps shake a tin can of feed to get their attention. Once they learn this then you start trap training (what you are doing in the video). What you want to do is then let the birds out into the cage, get the food ready inside the loft and shake the can or whistle - do whatever you have conditioned them to. The birds will learn how to trap on their own. Do this for about a week. Push the birds out into the cage and then call them in with feed. Once they get this down you want to let the birds out on their own. But be sure to keep the birds hungry. If you don't they may take off and not come back. Don't spoke or scare them. Leave the doors and traps open first day so they can go in and out on their own. Then once its feeding time calling them in. Good luck!

[@680ecks]

I'm glad to see you promote pigeons we need more people in the hobby , especially young people. When you feed you should use a specific whistle so if they end up in a place they can't see you put the feed in they will know you are feeling because of the specific whistle you make . I didn't let mine out I had all fancy pigeons but I whistle to feed so if one accidentally got out I could get them back in with feed call.

[@EvidentlyFire]

Hi Blake. Carl from London England here. I just got my first pigeon. I rescued one with pmv virus outside a mall. She has become a good friend. We watched your video with her sitting on my shoulder lol. Great upload.

[@Whatdoesthismean420]

In the first couple of weeks you should put their food in the attachment so the birds will want to come in and out. they know where they sleep and they’ll be training to come in and out when they eat that’s how I trained with my pigeons please like so Blake will see and so we can all help the coop improve!

[@Melonhead3d]

I think it'd be really cool to see you add more foraging options for them for enrichment!

[@sharonduvall7286]

Hi Blake! Looks like ur bird training is off to a great start! I love how much you think about things and try to find out as much info as u can about any new things you are doing ! I also love how you are so humble and admit when things dont go like u wanted and are always reaching out to others for advice! Your hard work and great attitude will make your ranch family go far! I love your channel!

[@johnbubbajohnson5630]

Cool video Blake. It looks like you are training them right. God bless you and your whole family....🙏❤🙏❤🙏😊🙂😀

[@mohamedsydney9885]

Hi Blake, if I had your loft I would put a temporary middle door 1.5meters inside the current loft entry door and completely half or divide the loft into two sections because you have pairs that will not home simply due to being not breed at yours. I would put those pairs into the lockdown breeding section till they have eggs and those eggs have hatched then you can have a free open loft. As for those who have been trained at yours you will have them in like the training section. You will need to at one stage divide your loft as they will get to a stage where they will breed uncontrollably so you will have to separate cocks and hens out of breeding season

[@mohamedsydney9885]

The most time consuming with racing pigeons is the loft needs to remain dropping free and medicating they are constantly septic to various diseases, even as simple as stress from facing the falcon daily. I have racing pigeons and have a small loft and keep only about 50-60 birds every time I toss my birds I will lose one or two so keep them working because if you over feed they will get lazy and the best thing is the breeders keep food in the loft for them as for your flying birds keep them hungry one ounce of feed per bird per day whoever does not trap simply doesn’t get food till next day until that particular bird traps well and fast

[@mohamedsydney9885]

You will need to make a special call for them so they know it’s food time and trapping time us pigeon guys mostly say “come on come on come on”

[@santoroaquatics5038]

17 comment awesome video today Blake! I love your pigeons and your pigeon coop. Can't wait to see them fly around keep it up you rock and happy Thursday 💯💪👍👍💪💯💯

[@michellemorningstar880]

Wow Blake Great Idea For Sure cannot wait to see them go and come thanks so much for the update..

[@aquatics1nthatrpics51]

Hey. I'm glad your keeping the one with the crown. I'm from JAMAICA n wen I used to raise them, those were my fav. We called em top notch or kata pigeons. Some had really crazy crowns. They're really high flyers. Racers aren't really local here so those were the farthest flyers...

[@MyBackyardScience]

Interesting information about training pigeons.! 😀

[@bxjosue170]

BLAKE KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK PROUD OF YOU GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

[@pablosald1644]

This guy knows what he's doing. Been watching you since covid lockdown. Got me a red slider at the time.. now have 2, a yellow slider and a mississippi map turtle..keep the great content coming

[@gregrop4857]

You can use a needle nose pliers to bend, curl the cut wires around the other wires structurally, or just to make them safer

[@ilirjanuzi8696]

Temp cage around the one way door and keeping it open to let them fly in and out of there only. Great idea !!! 👍🏻👍🏻 Why don’t you build a temporary cage over the entire loft ? Im saying to build larger temp cage that covers the entire loft ( include the main front door where you would let them out and the front one way entrance where the birds will need to go through to get inside ) this way you leave the main door open and actually let birds figure it out now to use the two entrances .. and i suggest building the temp cage with the same aviary net you have just incase the birds dont hurt their heads on the metal wire

[@ralphritchie1482]

Are you putting needles from pine trees and straw out so they can make their nests?

[@kimcrawford5247]

I know nothing except you show interesting and fun content Blake! Keep it up! 😁❤️

[@zerolightness6674]

Lol my dad had homing pigeons that he raced. His loft was called double B, and in my home town there is a pigeon club where you bring your clock for timing. Racing pigeons is a fun hobby and you can make money too.

[@SaephanAdventures]

I love these pigeons series!! Keep it going Blake 🔥

[@xhmoode92x]

Big fan from Saudi Arabia you can put some sugar one of the water and you can put a flag or something colourful above the cage to make them recognise it as their home And for the new ones at least don't make them go out until they have some babies to force them to come back to their babies this is how we do it in our farm 😊😊❤️❤️

[@raoulbaijoo3.437]

Everything is on point but u need to get some blue bars and thing cuz the hawks does go after the white plenty cuz it like a attraction I live Trinidad and Tobago

[@readyalways1414]

Something I've never seen before BIG DOGGIE 💯👣

[@victorruiz1928]

About time i love ur birds nd whats going on with the fish pool

[@christyler708]

When my dad had pigeons he had a small Bell when he was feeding them,so when they returned from flying it helped entise them to there Loft.they get to no your voice or sounds around the loft like your dogs or a generator thats always running.

[@michaeldereys1382]

Keep up bro love it✌💚

[@TheAussiePetKeeper]

Dont think ill ever keep Racing Pigeons but this is going to help so many people work it out! Love the video mate!

[@yanjijay6752]

Also should make the outside cage a little sturdier , put the pigeons in a carrier cage bring them a mile or more away release & they'll fly back but Loft train them for a few months first

[@d.ad.1725]

I love all of your videos and I've watched every single one

[@bryankorzen9613]

Hey Blake! When’s the next update on the huge fish pond build?!?

[@andersalmstrom77]

When will we see more of the big fishroom build ?

[@eddiierivera8938]

Hey Blake!! Amazing video. Did you rehome The other pigeons that you where going to rehome. I’m new to racing pigeons as well. I would let them breed and have a couple of babies first before you let them out. Because they can leave and not come back if they are older birds

[@Mr.Joker0]

Love from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@ray_g0381]

Hawks like to roam around pigeon enclosures 😅 keep dat in mind

[@wessel3105]

This is so cool!!😍🕊

[@mattybyrne3299]

You should get some Danish suabians no have kept pigeons for years various breeds but only getting back into them now and finally sourced the breed I was looking for , Matt from Ireland

[@brandonjones8119]

In Scotland we fly pigeons a little different one out at a time male or female and they bring others home it’s a sport in Scotland

[@nabilashraf3972]

Hey, I’m in South Carolina United States ,I have a couple of pigeons. Looks like your doing everything right so far! Get more nest boxes

[@stacyhobbs5034]

Hi Blake lovely birds but I would have put them in baskets outside facing the loft so they see it from the outside on the floor and before u let them out pair them up on eggs and babies will help they will be easier to break them to ur new loft thats how me and my dad would do it but nothing is 100% keeping them all im from the UK

[@joanneganon7157]

You're a busy man 🙂! JO JO IN VT 💞💨❄️

[@tezzerking6939]

Blake on top

[@asantemayo1007]

What’s up with the mega tank Aka the Arapaima tank?

[@FiredUpReptiles]

cool birds i like birds but i love reptiles 😊

[@chrismunro4385]

Rocky Ridge Kennel and Loft!! Checkout his channel on KZbin with all his birds, they Are Amazing!!

[@chrismunro4385]

Checkout his Saltines as well

[@icon_aaron3405]

Hi Blake, my uncle used to race pigeons, and he micro chiped them and tagged them, btw loving the vids

[@Alex20839]

I have 20 racing pigeons there are good birds and they breed really fast

[@jaymaccsfish6916]

Love the channel

[@marlonquinonesvilla2136]

I use to raise pigeons in cuba and now I raise pigeons in Miami

[@alexvang5126]

Love the birds,usually I use the metal dog cage for the outside of the trap door but the mesh works love the setup you have ❤

[@petermarsh7172]

These are homing pigeons, they are not racing pigeons. Racing birds are entirely different to fancy pigeons. These are fun videos to follow, I enjoy them but having raced pigeons in the UK with my dad from being four years old to now, nearly 50, there is a big difference. I like a lot of the fancy breeds of pigeon, tumblers, rollers and high flyers. They are very interactive birds that get set free daily and choose come back. Keep up the good work ;0)

[@Zwarte.poes2006]

4 minutes ago 😁

[@koledagostinis2417]

Love your vids keep up the good work btw I love the baby turtle pls make more vids of the water turtles

[@TheTreasure_HuntSpot]

This might be a very very long shot but if you can get ahold of Mike Tyson, he raises pigeons! He's very attached and knows A LOT about pigeons!!!!

[@ethanbadger3760]

Well Blake you definitely need to change some of the perches every once in awhile or they'll get bumblefoot bumblefoot is what a lump is on the bottom of their foot from sitting too long on the same perch and if you have that happens your burdens aren't gonna want to fly and they can cause a lot of discomfort to the bird

[@jordancampbell3148]

you should also watch some videos on KZbin on how people in Scotland fly there birds might give you some ideas

[@zerolightness6674]

When training the pigeons use a can with some feed in it and shake the can. This tells them to come back for food.

[@nicolalockhart2929]

Your the best

[@tylarstewart4512]

This is my 4th year raising racing pigeons, and like some other comments mentioned I do not recommend letting these birds out, sure one or two may come back but it is highly unlikely, I recommend using them as breeders and flying their babies, if you wish to have a few more send me a message and I can send you 4-5 really good birds this summer, out of some really good bloodlines!!

[@stevegoodwin4914]

Wheres the part 3 of building the large 6000g fishtank?

[@DAGGER_-xt7rh]

Blake aloha from hawaii I race pigeons here in Hawaii u have a perfect loft there’s 3 things I would do I would make a door from the loft to avariy that way what every birds you train for trap door you can keep lock up until u let them back into loft 2nd I would make a door to go inside avairy so u don’t have to jump through window and scare your birds and third I would raise up the landing board and put right by bobs that way birds would get hurt tryna go in that’s what I would do but doing good bro aloha 🤙🏼

[@jamirpetruccitalplacido6902]

Your doing great

[@AlexHayes-ru9kx]

Cool video!

[@jordancampbell3148]

and they can definetly fit through that they are smarter than you think

[@sandypineda7632]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@tylerlewis2828]

That is a good way to do it

[@AcuariosJV]

Saludos amigo 🤗

[@vanessamartin2186]

I don't raise or race pigeons so I can't help you out! lol But I enjoy watching your videos!! 🙂👍

[@frostbite1388]

Hey Blake your Emu was picking at your pidgeon Maybe u can like some plants? Idk maybe some things in there that pidgeons like

[@MichaelHodges-kj9uk]

Hey how hard is it to take care of all the animals I was wanting to do samthing like this but was always scared that it going to be hard

[@traveltoyouzoo4684]

I'm not Blake but I do have a lot of animals of different species, so I will weigh in. In my opinion, it all depends on how much time you have, how much money you can invest, how much space you have, and so much more before you get into having a lot of different pets. You are responsible for lives that depend entirely on you, so it's definitely something to really sit down and think about before making the plunge!

[@yanjijay6752]

Love love pigeons you definitely should race them heard you can make a great amount of money racing them.

[@tadhg3010]

Hi the best thing to do is breed off the pigeons and let out the young one because if you let out the ones you Have there's a 95% that they will go back to where you got them hope's this helps

[@tariq3912]

Yo Blake! The trap door is too high. The bottom will always cause the birds to trap slowly.

[@BillyEarhart]

where did you get worepifeons

[@janetjedrzejczyk1903]

❤

[@Piegonvibess1]

👍

[@damionkennedy4792]

Pigeon how come back to the nest coop awesome 👏

[@raoulbaijoo3.437]

Just recently I let go my birds Grenada and when they reach home they bring one from California a pure white male

[@ramiagha5044]

Hi blake i think u need a few horses and some ostriches :D

[@sammyvargas3679]

👍👍👍💕👌

[@jasoncora3539]

You should invite Mike Tyson. He knows a lot about them

[@Chris36977]

Got to get a colorful flag so they can see it when they’re flying cause when they’re that high, everything looks the same

[@yourbirds4826]

Can cat enter from this door ?

[@JCAGLoftandAnimals]

I keep racing pigeons My profile picture is my best youngbird from 2022

[@JCAGLoftandAnimals]

Dude if you have any questions about racing pigeons let me know

[@lairdrogerdavidbeale6933]

Best way let your pigeons breed and here chicks them let them out because they will come back to there chicks i did this with my race pigeons

[@bevanmudge867]

That is a very good idea 👍😊

[@JCAGLoftandAnimals]

You should leave most of the bars down and only a couple up instead of just having it open cause They will figure out having it open in A-day

[@JCAGLoftandAnimals]

If you do it right it only take 2 weeks or less to teach them how to use the trap door

[@glendacarpenter5300]

check out you tuber Coghill farms, his 13 yr. old daughter raises all most every kind of bird around, she has all kinds of pigeons that you can name and trains them by herself and know what kind they are and what there like and for, she also has Victoria Crown pigeons, a pair that is soon to lay eggs, they have a camera on them, there great people

[@ricardocarvalho838]

Hey Blake that pigeon loft flap door is not a good one. i should not have the horizontal wire conecting all the vertical wires, each vertical wire should be independent for the bird to pass without any effort and to not mess their necks as they enter.

[@680ecks]

If you want to breed it is a big risk to let them out if you lose one of your colors . They are colored homers not racing homers so you have a chance you can get them to stay around your coop . If they where racing homers you can never let them out they would always return home . You can only release the baby's never the adults. Because yours where bread for color they may or may not have a strong homing ability .

[@briannalynn7132]

I was the 501zt like

[@davidvento5481]

This pigeon coop seems rather complicated. All the old Italian guys in NYC with pigeon coops on their roofs would simply open the door and they’d all fly out. Then they’d stand on their rooftop with a square flag (or several, usually red and white) and whichever way they’d wave the flag the birds would fly, en masse. When they lowered the flag the birds would all come back, period. They didn’t leave their pigeons flying around unattended and once they came back they just went in and stayed in, they showed no interest in going back out. I don’t understand the need for the “trap door.” They return home pretty much like they fly; as a flock not one at a time.

[@tonycropper4387]

If you're looking to race pigeons, you have the wrong birds saddles are more of a fancy type of homer for shows, and you're better off starting with young birds that haven't been homed to someone else's loft. There's a lot of work in racing pigeons and can get very expensive stick to just flying around the house for awhile to get to know what you're doing. You could let the owl out now and it'll come back you have it long enough

[@huzayfahahmed3199]

I use to Pakistani teddy’s high flyer i think you should check what they look like there really good and love from Ik

[@huzayfahahmed3199]

Uk*

[@danielvelez4001]

If I was u I would put a thin ply out there so they feel more comfortable and u could place food out there for now I have rollers and highflying tipplers

[@Marcelsvideocollection]

Put rings on their feet with the symbol B to represent that they are your birds 🐦

[@luxxaa1407]

You should get some Serbian high flyers

[@pimpanther]

it's a dying art here in nyc.

[@hanamichiredhairshanks4759]

In philippines just cut the feather of the pigeon and take them free in there cages after a week if the feathers grow they become meek there going to there cages