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A Beginner's Guide

March 28th, 2012

A Typical Loft The average number of birds in a loft is around 60 pigeons. These include a team of old birds, a team of young birds and stock pigeons used for breeding. The Raci[...]

Getting Started

March 16th, 2012

"It is the sport with a single starting gate and a thousand finish lines." What is pigeon racing? Pigeon racing is a sport in which specially bred and trained pigeons are release[...]

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March 2nd, 2012

On the 28th March 1896 there was a meeting of 'pigeon keepers' at the White Swan, Call Lane, Leeds for the purpose of forming a Homing Union and this led to the formation of what w[...]

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