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Old 01-28-2022, 02:02 PM
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Default Does anyone in the Edmonton Area have barns with pigeons?

Hey guys. Need to catch some pigeons. I'm going to need a number of them, as I want to establish a loft with some homers, and have babies etc... From what I have heard, barn pigeons will mate and the young will become homers. If you have pigeon issues or know of someone who does, can you let me know. Thanks in advance.
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Old 01-28-2022, 04:32 PM
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check with Orkin they are a pest control outfit ,they were live trapping here a few yrs a go and had no issue with giving them away for Dog training etc
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check with Orkin they are a pest control outfit ,they were live trapping here a few yrs a go and had no issue with giving them away for Dog training etc
Thanks man. I will do just that.
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Old 01-28-2022, 06:05 PM
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Think about that. A pest control company gives pigeons (homers) away. I guess in a commercial application, no one can tell if the same pests reappear. Sounds like a good lead though? I was thinking 4H.
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Pigeons are disease ridden vermin like norway rats, any one I see gets in my rifle sights.
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Old 01-28-2022, 07:33 PM
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There's plenty of pigeons around Edmonton. How else would the Libs and Dippers survive up there?
Not too sure that you want any of them? Have you considered other options? Like rats?
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Pigeons are disease ridden vermin like norway rats, any one I see gets in my rifle sights.
You use a rifle on them ??? I use a .22 with shot shell
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You use a rifle on them ??? I use a .22 with shot shell
.22 50 grain wmr. Like watch them fly backwards in a heap of feathers.

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.22 wmr. Like watch them fly backwards in a heap of feathers.
English claim they are good eating, thankful I am ukrainian.
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English claim they are good eating, thankful I am ukrainian.
I’ve tried it… squab. Not sure if it was same type as Edmonton pigeons…don’t recall the taste but couldn’t of been bad. I ate it.
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Shot every one we ever had at our barns.
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Actually had a neighbor raising doves, cuteisht vermin I ever shot.
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We had some pigeon lovers that populated our farmlands with these pests. Absolutely detest them. Anyone who releases these should have 10 gravel truckloads of pigeon poop dumped on their doorstep.
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Old 01-28-2022, 09:51 PM
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We had some pigeon lovers that populated our farmlands with these pests. Absolutely detest them. Anyone who releases these should have 10 gravel truckloads of pigeon poop dumped on their doorstep.
We could be friends.
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Old 01-29-2022, 04:30 AM
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Maybe he gonna be a Pigeon Barn Captain..... knows all about them and how to cook em. You got your baked pigeon, bbq pigeon, boiled pigeon, pigeon kabobs, fried pigeon, creole pigeon, breaded pigeon, stuffed pigeon..........
Maybe he gonna race em, maybe train em to be carrier pigeons and send secret messages
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Hey guys. Need to catch some pigeons. I'm going to need a number of them, as I want to establish a loft with some homers, and have babies etc... From what I have heard, barn pigeons will mate and the young will become homers. If you have pigeon issues or know of someone who does, can you let me know. Thanks in advance.
You will need to keep wild Pigeons penned up.
After they have young then they will come back.
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We had some pigeon lovers that populated our farmlands with these pests. Absolutely detest them. Anyone who releases these should have 10 gravel truckloads of pigeon poop dumped on their doorstep.
They are not a friend to us farmers that’s for sure. Two positive things I got out of them though. They have made me a pretty good wing shooter, and the horses are not gun shy at all.

SN2 I know nothing about the homing part. Only thing I might suggest though is talk to you neighbors if you live in town, and prepare to like to clean, because they defecate all over everything, often.
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They are not a friend to us farmers that’s for sure. Two positive things I got out of them though. They have made me a pretty good wing shooter, and the horses are not gun shy at all.

SN2 I know nothing about the homing part. Only thing I might suggest though is talk to you neighbors if you live in town, and prepare to like to clean, because they defecate all over everything, often.
I wouldn't want to live next door to anyone raising pigeons, we had a pigeon problem in my neighborhood a few years ago, when hundreds moved into a partly finished home that sat for years with no garage door or inside doors. The pigeons had moved into the home, and it became a huge pigeon coop, and the neighbors homes, yards and sideways became a pigeon toilet. Finally, when the neighbors filed enough complaints with the city, and they were about to condemn it, the owner finished the home, and the problem disappeared.
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Guys, my buddy and I are building a coop and getting a few birds, so we can have steady access to birds for training pointing dogs. I am not at all a bird lover. This is not a hobby. And I'm smart enough that they will be at my buddy's place, not mine.

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Guys, my buddy and I are building a coop and getting a few birds, so we can have steady access to birds for training pointing dogs. I am not at all a bird lover. This is not a hobby. And I'm smart enough that they will be at my buddy's place, not mine.

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English claim they are good eating, thankful I am ukrainian.
Google Woodpigeon very good eating.
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The record bid for a racing pigeon was in the millions.
I’ve found 3 pigeon leg bands while metal detecting and you can contact the pigeon association to track down the pigeon owner. Fascinating hobby actually.

Pigeon is some of the yummiest meat there is and I’ll shoot them any time I get a chance.

Best way to catch them is in a barn at night with a long stick a garbage bag and a flash light.
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Pigeons are disease ridden vermin like norway rats, any one I see gets in my rifle sights.
Pigeons are no more vermin infested than any other game birds,and they are quite good to eat.
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The record bid for a racing pigeon was in the millions.
I’ve found 3 pigeon leg bands while metal detecting and you can contact the pigeon association to track down the pigeon owner. Fascinating hobby actually.

Pigeon is some of the yummiest meat there is and I’ll shoot them any time I get a chance.

Best way to catch them is in a barn at night with a long stick a garbage bag and a flash light.
You're not wrong. I've cooked them up along side Hungarian partridge and would be very hard pressed to pick which is the better meal.
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thanks man. I will do just that.
if that dont work out i may be able to point you to a different source.
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Pigeons are no more vermin infested than any other game birds,and they are quite good to eat.
Its the bird crap thats filthy, not the actual bird.
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Its the bird crap thats filthy, not the actual bird.
Pigeon crap is no different than any other,they arent vegetarians,lol.
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