Did you know??

Did you know that my sweet husband buys, breeds and raises Pigeons? After all, what would be the use of training hunting dogs without birds to train with? LOL. He has a pen set aside just for kill birds. He uses his homing pigeons to train with for helping the dogs to learn to point.

There is a breeder here in Meridian that has created a special breed known as "frosts". They are the most beautiful pigeon we have seen. I don't have a picture of one, they aren't that easy to take pictures...

We love our pigeons and I thought it would be fun to post some interesting facts that I had no clue about! I hope you enjoy!


•Pigeon Intelligence:

◦The pigeon can recognize all 26 letters of the English language.

◦They can be taught relatively complex actions and response sequences, and can learn to make responses in different sequences.

◦In scientific tests pigeons have been found to be able to differentiate between photographs and even between two different human beings in a photograph.

◦A study conducted at Keio University in Japan demonstrated that pigeons could learn to distinguish between a Van Gogh and a Chagall paintings, based on multiple feature cues, such as color and pattern.

◦Pigeons can remember large numbers of individual images for a long time, for example hundreds of images for periods of several years.

• Life-saving Pigeons: The pigeon have far better eyesight than humans and even though they can see color in the same way that humans do, pigeons can also see ultra-violet - a part of the spectrum that humans cannot see. They can also learn relatively complex actions and response sequences and can be taught to make responses in different sequences. These sets of skills were utilized to save thousands of people lost at sea and during numerous rescue missions during times of war (World Wars I and II). Please click on this link for more info.


Pigeons and Doves are in the same family.. so pretty!