Talk:Carrier pigeon
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14 May 2003, Chennai, India. Whatever is stated in the article about carrier pigeon is true and it pertains to World War II. Almost all articles in "Google Search" on "carrier Pigeon" state the same, and gives predomominance to the purpose for which these birds were trained and their extraordinary abilities to carry messages to and fro. For the pigeon admirer who keeps pigeons as pets, he needs current information on the breed of Carrier pigeons, how to identify them, etc.
It is a show pigeon with a wattle. At the Moore Market at Chennai city in India, recently the bird dealer gave me a pair of tall wattled (cauliflower like) brown pigeons.They were long faced. The legs were long and the feet sturdy. The body was long and stayed at an upward inclination from the horizontal. The neck was long and it resulted in additional height to the bird. The total height was more than 15 inches and the birds were strikingly tall as compared to most other varieties. These pigeons are a treasured addition to the collection of fancy pigeons at my farm. These birds are fancy pigeons and I cannot think of allowing them to be flown to carry messages at the present time. The pair of birds cost me US$50 (fifty) in India. Another pair of shorter variety of Carrier Pigeons that I bought a couple of months earlier cost me US$85 (eightyfive). Perhaps Carrier pigeons would cost less in Great Britain where they are said to be bred for more than 100 years. They are available in different colours.
[Another variety of tall pigeons, I have, is the Pouter. I merely mention this because of the similarity of height. I shall be interested to have discussions on fancy pigeons kept as a hobby by other readers, as I do.]
Dear writer
I am a pigeon fancier from chennai, I would like to know more about your pigeons .
Please contact me, my e mail address is tanveer2202@yahoo.co.in
I think you have a real carrier pigeon, which is a special breed of pigeon named for the way it carries its head. Whoever started this page confused things, I believe, since the ones that carry messages now are properly called homing pigeons. The bird pictured on the pigeon page is a homing pigeon -- probably not what you have. See external site (http://members.aol.com/duiven/highlight/carrier/carrier.htm) Patrick0Moran 05:34, 10 Sep 2003 (UTC)
