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Change: Locked by Feb 3 2009, 8:48 PM EST for: because I can
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Jul 3 2007, 8:57 PM EDT
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Change: homing "racing" pigeons involves a rubber counter mark, a removable rubber ring with a unique serial number being placed on the birds leg before being sent
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Jul 3 2007, 8:46 PM EDT
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Change: One of the most popular systems is widowhood. This system uses motivation to try to give the bird a sense of urgency on race day.
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Jul 3 2007, 8:34 PM EDT
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Change: homing "racing" pigeons were pigeons bred for their homing ability, primarily to carry messages." Pigeon Posts" have been establish all over the world and while mainly used in the military, some are still in service today.In short, competing birds are taken from
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Jul 3 2007, 8:33 PM EDT
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Change: Homming pigeons have been domesticated for thousands of years. The predecessors of modern day Racing pigeons were pigeons bred for their homing ability, primarily to carry messages." Pigeon Posts" have been establish all over the world and while mainly used in the military, some are still in service today.In
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Jul 3 2007, 8:31 PM EDT
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Change: There were only format changes (bold, italics, etc.) in this version. See this version for details.
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Change: As pigeon racing takes place over great distances in the sky, instead of on a racetrack, there are many hazards that could befall a pigeon
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Jul 3 2007, 8:25 PM EDT
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Change: fitness. It does not, however, help them much in relation to finding their home from long distances away, a fundamental of pigeon racing.fitness.. As confident flyers, the young pigeons are taken on progressively longer 'training tosses',
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Jul 3 2007, 8:21 PM EDT
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Change: Renamed from Racing history by Jul 3 2007, 8:21 PM EDT for: Rename
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Jul 1 2007, 9:34 PM EDT
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Change: Some evidence has surfaced indicating that mobile phone towers may be interrupting the birds navigation. No published research has investigated this theory however. BreedingPigeons can breed at about six months of age. The hen lays two
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Jul 1 2007, 9:31 PM EDT
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Change: History Pigeons have been domesticated for thousands of years. The predecessors of modern day Racing pigeons were pigeons bred for their homing ability, primarily to carry messages." Pigeon Posts" have been establish all over the world and while mainly used in the military, some are still in service today. In
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Jul 1 2007, 9:30 PM EDT
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Change: After a few weeks of initial training and 'homing in', the young birds are allowed outside for the first time. This is usually before they
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Jul 1 2007, 9:29 PM EDT
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Change: Created by Jul 1 2007, 9:29 PM EDT for: no reason given
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