how do you teach a homing pigeon to come home??

Answer 1

This is going to be a long post. All pigeon owners have different opinions on the best way to train homing pigeons, and their are countless techniques. But heres the basics.

Make sure the pigeons are settled in their loft first. Give them a few weeks after moving in. It's best to feed your pigeons once or twice a day, only as much as they can consume in 10/20 minutes (depending on how often you feed them). To get your pigeon to come home, make sure it has a good home to come to. Having a mate makes pigeons want to come home. Treat your pigeons kindly and gently, keep their loft clean and well kept and make sure they have good food. Before you feed your pigeon each day, let it out of the cage to examine it's soroundings. Give it about an hour, then put the food in the cage so it will go back in to eat, then lock the cage up. Do this every day. After a few days, when you let the pigeon out it should fly around above the loft and get to know it's soroundings. If it does not do this within about a week, try getting it to fly by picking it up and throwing it into the air. When it seems like the pigeon is well aquainted with the sorouding area around the loft, it's time to start training flights.

If you are very cautious and dont want to lose your pigeon, you can take the pigeon a very short distance from home. I usually take mine at about 1 mile first in a different direction each time (north south east west) and toss them up into the air. Then gradually increase the distance each time your release them, from 1 mile, 3, 5, 10, 15. If they do not come home, start them from closer to home, such as 1/8 mi, then 1/4 mile, 1/2 mi, and so on. When you release the pigeons, it is okay for them to be a little hungry, that way they will want to come into the loft to eat. Just make sure theyre not starving or they wont have the nourishment to fly home. When the pigeons are flying short distances, you can fly them every day, but the more miles you add, you should give them a day or more break in between flights to rest their muscles. If they dont come home they are probably not pure homing pigeons or something has happened to the pigeon.

Answer 2

Now, I am going to treat this as a serious question. Put pigeon in pigeon loft. Keep it in, but make sure it is fed and watered. After about four days, take the bird outside in your hands. Lift it up and let it see all round. Do this for a couple of days, then you can release pigeon and keep fingers crossed. It should have a fly about, and then return to its home.

Answer 3

You don't need to teach them. Once they have been in your pigeon loft for a few weeks they will return home naturally.

Answer 4

i had a pigeon i raised from a baby when i was 12... she stayed at our house outdoors and lived for many years.

somone stole her once, and she returned home, on her own.. maybe it's a built in sonar or something?

take care.

Answer 5

There are a bunch of things you should know about dog training but we are going to discuss what I feel are some the most important. Keep in mind that these are only some of the things you should know. Go here http://OnlineDogTraining.enle.info/?7LRM

1. Repetition is the number 1 principle of dog training. Dogs just like humans learn by doing things over and over in order to get better.

2. Dog Training can and should be fun for both you and your new pet.

3. Training sessions should always be short but sweet. I never work a dog more than 15 minutes in a session to keep from losing the dog's attention. You should train you dog at least once a day but never more than three formal sessions a day.

4. Your goal should be that each training session is just a little bit better than the last one. You need to always strive to make the training better, slowly. I mention this because quite often I see people who do daily training sessions but the dog never gets better and it is not the dogs fault.

5. Having patients is very important in dog training. Losing your temper does not work with a canine it simply makes things worse.

6. Exercise is very important in the training process to get rid of all the dogs nervous energy.

7. Taking your pet for walks is very important because it develops serotonin which gives your dog a feeling of well being.

8. Always be sure to give your dog a bunch of praise in your training. It is your dog's paycheck for doing a great job.

9. Never hit your dog. I have heard people say I never hit my dog instead I roll up a magazine and swat it. It's the same thing... hitting is hitting.

10. After each training session be sure to do something that your dog will enjoy. Take it for a walk, throw the ball or maybe even rub its belly. Just do something that makes the dog look forward to the next training session.

These are things that I teach my dog training students as well as my dog training clients. I hope these things will give you something to think about when training your dog. Spend some time training your dog daily and you will both reap the benefits.

Answer 6

Mary m got it right
Im Also pigeon fancier

Answer 7

I'm a little mixed up with these pigeons??????????????

Which do you mean homing or carrier.

Answer 8

Cook it some of its favourite bird feed.

Answer 9

tell it cornation street in on soon,it wont go far!

Answer 10

Feed it very well.