pigeon breeding
Raising fancy birds
Pigeon breeding is the practice of raising and selectively mating pigeons for specific traits—racing speed, homing ability, plumage patterns, or show standards.
Fanciers have bred pigeons for centuries, producing hundreds of distinct varieties from fantails to tumblers.
The hobby requires dedicated loft space and careful attention to bloodlines: He's been into pigeon breeding since he was a teenager.
- loftSpace beneath the roof
- nest boxesArtificial bird shelters
- poutersThose who sulk
- dovecoteStructure housing domesticated birds
- squabYoung pigeon as food
young birds · fantails · genotype · culling · heritability · crossbreeding · homing pigeons · rock dove · columbarium · mutation · brood · pairs · clutch · racing · show · tumbler · banding · homing
- animal breedingmating, gestation, crossbreeding, inbreeding, birth
- selective breedingartificial selection, crossbreeding, inbreeding, linebreeding, hybridization
- war pigeonswar pigeons, carrier pigeons, homing pigeons, messenger pigeons, G.I. Joe
- livestockcow, cows, cattle, bull, bulls
- pigeonsrock dove, homing pigeons, carrier pigeons, homer, carrier
pigeon breedingfalconry
Training raptors to hunt
hawking · eagle hunting · pigeon shooting · bird hunting · game bird shooting
pigeon breedingbird watching
Observing wild avians recreationally
birding · ornithology · wildlife conservation · bird photography