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Originally Posted by dgridley
How do racing pigeons differ from homing pigeons or messenger pigeons? Are they one and the same type of bird or do they use different strains?
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Homing pigeon/Messenger pigeons are exactly the same as racers, the only thing is the racers have been bred to increase the speed of said pigeons.
Pigeons, racers speed is measured in yards per minute, a couple of years ago, I know it was on the East Coast somewhere(senior moment) some pigeons were clocked at speeds of over 2,000 YPM. Thats cruising for something that weighs under a pound. The pigeon everyone thinks of is the passenger pigeon,(sometimes refered to as a carrier pigeon) which is one of the very few animals they know the exact time and place it went extinct 1914 Cincinnati Zoo, and man killed almost all of them.
