Why Racing Pigeons Are So Expensive | So Expensive
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- Racing pigeons aren’t the typical bird you’ll find on the city streets. These pedigree birds can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. In March 2019, Armando the racing pigeon sold to a bidder in China for over $1.3 million. So what is it that makes racing pigeons so expensive?
Special thanks to the Royal Pigeon Racing Association
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Why Racing Pigeons Are So Expensive | So Expensive
Racing and Pigeon. Those are two words I thought I'd never hear together.
Justin Y. Cykkaa
Justin Y. Yo
I cant hear
The legend
STOP FOLLOWING ME
Pigeon: sells for $1.3 Million
Me: looks at my *150+* Pigeons
@Auto blipper good idea tho
I already sold my two pigeons for $20
@@18utkb i just cath colorful pidgeoms and sell them as if they were racing pidgeons
@@18utkb wait what ?
@@kumarthecowboy yea I have
My Grandmother has more than 200
But seriously, how do you deal with all the bird poop? It's gotta be disgusting and even disease prone like the pigeons all over downtown in mostly every city.
Gonna run to the park with a net to get rich quick. Wish me luck 😏
I guess I'll see you in the park
Good luck 😂
Gonna run to the sewer with a net to get rich-real-quick......
Anybody know if Rat Races are a thing?
Wish me luck? 😕
good luck
those are feral pigeons diffrent from homing or racing pigeons
Buissness Insider: You know what's expensive
Me: Ferrari?! Lamborghini?! Gucci? Loui Vuitton?
Buissness Insider: No pigeons
what are "no pigeons"?
Jesse Cohen are u dumb?
Lol thought of editing it too lazy😂
Hahaha
Dnjdjroeir
*Mike tyson wants to know your location*
I will never look at a NYC pigeon the same way
You can thank breeders for massive populations of feral pigeons they abandoned to urban areas. They breed hundreds just to get the one racing champion they can sell for a fortune.
@Jace Johnson Pigeons are considered to be one of the most intelligent birds on the planet and able to undertake tasks previously thought to be the sole preserve of humans and primates. ... The pigeon can also recognise all 26 letters of the English language as well as being able to conceptualise. Human ignorance of other species and what the science tells us is the dumbest and most dangerous problem here.
@@RobertGrillo r8
Y pensar que te has comido tantos en cuba
And London pigeon xd
Money laundering
Imagine the ransomers who stole somebody's pidgeon ring the guy and be like
*in dark deep voice*: "We have your pidgeon"
Hearing that someone held a pigeon hostage and asked for a ransom is something I never thought would ever happen
Joey from friends once held a duck hostage lol
There was a famous Irish racing horse that was kidnapped and never found. A racing mare, carrying Secretariat's foal, was also kidnapped. Thankfully she was found by a farming family and returned.
Pigeon : free they are literally outside
La de racer pigéon : 1.4mil$
"you love daddy, huh." This made me smile. What a great bond this man has to his birds.
It was cute, but I wasn't completely convinced that pecking = affection, lol.
At my dad’s peak he had about 1500 pigeons! Too bad he couldn’t sell any realy good ones, but he did win a lot of competitions
👍
Hope you ate them then atleast
@@Replicant-by1eh Hopefully not as that is a cruel thing to do
I had no idea that these types of birds are so expensive. I just thought you catch them or something and train them like a parakeet
Nice pic
Ryan Garcia ikr damn
They are pretty expensive but you can't just catch one since those are extremely inbred but what I use them for is hatching eggs like let's say I have Indian fantail eggs ill put them in her nest and she raised him but they do cost a buck or two
Omg. Pigeons will always return to their roost. So when the army took pigeons with them. Knowing they'll return home. To race pigeons they would all have to be released in a different place at the same distance and which one gets home first
defenitly not
Yes breeding pigeons is a high profit industry for some. How many pigeons out there were bred and abandoned to the streets just to get the one racing pigeon who is worth a small fortune to breeders? Then people blame pigeons for urban overpopulation because they don't know what these breeders are up to! This industry must be shut down.
Is no one going to talk about the cruelty behind this "sport"? No? Ok I guess I'll talk about it.
Pigeon racing, while seemingly harmless, is extremely cruel to pigeons and many birds die while racing. First, the birds are essentially kidnapped from their home lofts and driven miles away. Pigeons do have a fascinating ability to navigate and fly back to their home, not only because they have been bred to do so, but most racing pigeons are taken away from their lofts while they have mates or chicks. This urge to get back to their families is what pushes the pigeons to fly so fast. Most pigeon races occur over vast distances and treacherous territories; pigeons are raced across deserts, lakes, and suburban areas where the birds often are killed by hunters, predators, or simply die of exhaustion. The few birds which survive and "win" the race are bred with other, winning birds over and over again, further inbreeding the population
Sure, pigeons can be "so expensive" fir their speed, but how can people pride over breeding thousands of birds in order to take them away from their loved ones and drop them hundreds of miles away in order to bet on their lives? Pigeons are intelligent, social birds which feel love, hope and pain, and to me, this entire "sport" is just unnecessarily barbaric and cruel to pigeons.
I agree I knew nothing about it until I found a lost homing pigeon out on my sidewalk yesterday morning. We caught it today and didn’t even think to look at the green or red band to find owners. The neighbor that was watching us said it’s been hanging around the sidewalk for a week now. I found a lady that rescues pigeons and had her come pick it up and give it a new home.
AnIMaL ABuSE
Shame to you
Today's fact: Pigeons are monogamous creatures (one couple mate for a lifetime). Couple of pigeons can produce up to 8 broods per year when the food is abundant.
Wrong fact
What’s wrong about it?
They're socially monogamous, but they do mate with other pidgeons.
Smart birds.
No they are not. If you have a pair and add another cock, they will fight (by hitting each other with their wings) and the winner owns the hen.
False
Welcome to my pigeons channel
I have one homing pigeon. My dad rescued him from a dangerous little spot at work and he was pretty much half dead. He brought him home and I took care of him. He had a brother but his brother didn’t make it past 3 months. I was sweeping out my pigeons coop today and he kept attacking the brush.
This reminds me of the video I made on how a racing pigeon beat a network company in a race of data transfer speed.
So they're pretty fast, yeah.
I had pegeons and one of my pigeon which I gave it to my friend. He released him at the time sun set think pigeon Won't Leave his place but he just drank water and flew away. He left that place almost 7pm and 8:30 pm night he was at my house. I still miss him.
I mean how, the ones i see, all they do is eat, dance and mate whole day
And poo
Same as people .
more than that. research dood.
@@ImNinjaSquirtles yea but atleast research on smoething
Because these aren’t regular pigeons they’re high end top of the line breeds worth thousands they aren’t your regular good for nothing sky rat you see eating bread in the street those can’t do a thing that these can I own about 40 high roller pigeons and I hate when ppl and new friends think they’re normal pigeons they see in the street they have nothing to do with each other
Pigeons are so cute and clever and I love their adorable lil' faces!
Puget
They also were used for their eyes... They were used to find lost at sea sailors
I never knew these existed still.
Everybody thinking they can grab a pigeon from their backyard and end up with a bird even worth $5.00 is insane. These birds are like race horses and have been breed to near perfection in some cases. People spend decades breeding off of champion birds. A wild pigeon couldn’t do half the stuff race pigeons do
true My Relative my grandmother's brother manage to Breed a pigeon That can fly from Sabah Malaysia back to Manila
Blute t-shirt guy is either an Italian mafia or some long lost brother of robert de Niro 😁
Idk man kinda looks like Jerry Seinfeld if he gave up...
The feeling of seeing your birds come back home.
Me, an intellectual: *catches a street pigeon and feeds it bread crumbs laced with coke and sells it for $1.4 million*
sells to whom ? 👍
Thats not how it works idiot
Will not work. Very obvious in the eye sign.
guess, you don't know how this works.
Jeez do none of you not understand a joke?
Anyone else remember the pigeon guy episode on Hey Arnold! I didn't know racing pigeons was a real thing till now.
Lmao I have a friend that called me that guy
A little known fact is that pigeon racing is a cruel hobby that often kills the birds used in such races.
Don't support this hobby! It's cruel and I am strongly against this "sport"!
As far as animal sports go I'd say pigeon racing is one of the least brutal. Generally the birds are not drugged, not laced, not injured by their keepers in an effort to keep them working, not trained to do anything stupid just for human amusement. A racing pigeon most of the time only faces threats that ANY wild bird would face ( IE predation and such ).
@@InkGraffiti Yeah, but how many birds do you think end up joining feral flocks? Not very many at all. Please read palomacy's article on why pigeon racing is bad for birds.
This is a terribly disappointing low for human beings. To STILL be exploiting other species and sentient beings for our own selfish entertainment is truly egregious.
I've always loved pigeons. It's sad but a lot of them are used in religious ceremonies too. 😢
@Shaikh Mustafa Salman I wish I did, I have a parakeet now, when I was younger my neighbors had some, we could pet them and hold them. They weren't afraid of humans.
@Shaikh Mustafa Salman no way!! Thats so awesome! I🤯🤗, I also have 2 cats and a puppy, so she I a big cage and I let fly around the house. I put the animals in a different room first
Weird flex but ok，
Would have been a tremendous service to have given and explanation of the race for pigeons with an animated or still diagram of what that is about. But nice article anyway.
They literally separate them from their mate, and let them panic-fly back to their mate. It's cruel honestly
In Pakistan we have pigeons who can fly all day long even at the temperature of 50 C + .
Yes but those highflyers are not racing pigeons
@@Buildbeautiful yup these are high flyers, have you ever tried a pair of racing pigeon and high flyer. Coz that will surely increase steamena.
My dad won first place one time with his racing pigeons!!!
Me: pigeons are the cheapest and most available pet
Business insider: Well yes, but actually no
Kidnapping & hold pigeon for ransom. Now I've seen everything.
Was looking for this comment. I wonder how the hostage negotiations went! 🤣
I raised pigeons as a kid,I learned a lot. For instance did you know there's a thing called pigeon pox. Horrible disease affects only the pigeons. The local 4-H club hooked me up with the medication I need to stop all the birds from dying and the birth defects their associated with
NICE VIDEO ...NICE PIGEONS JUST LIKE MINE 😄😄😄
John Wick - The King Of Pigeons
Pigeons is not so expensive here its only 5 dollars each you need only to train them
Money is ruining this sport
That's why I got out of it over 20 years ago, the fun was taken out by all of the greediness and not only with racing pigeons but with the rest of the pigeon breeds such as show pigeons and air performing pigeons, Everyone wants hundreds of dollars for each of their pigeons it's ridiculous. And also the feed doubling in price .
No no, they aren’t pigeon racers, we’re pigeon **FANCIERS**
It’s the most posh thing I’ve ever heard
They have a great deal of them in Cuba 🇨🇺
Even the gvnt supports and encourages the sport. They say that just in case they go to war they'll be able to have them for backup communication.
True and their good For decoys
Didn't know Joe Gato is a pigeon enthusiasts
I dunno why but I found this cruel. -_-
You guys should make a video of gamefowls
This reminds me of the time in my young life (20) when I had racing pigeons. Fond memories!!
Last year my nephew's pigeon was champion of Lahore ,Pakistan and this year 2nd ..
Bet it won't last against the drones hovering over your house now
@@propanzx924 ??????????
seems like a foto montague almost, that many pigeons in one container! 😁 seeing pigeons with new eyes every vid that I watch… In the past I thought they were.. well… pigeons! They seem to be so much more than that!!
I just found my own comment by chance!! 3 months after I left it! Its still the newest! I feel interconnected with myself! Nobody liked it so I just did! Share the love… !
Video suggestion...why is fuel so expensive in EU countries?
Compared to US...
I have one feral blue bar from the Bronx my MIL found as a baby. He’s just the sweetest most easy going pet. Like a cat. He did a mating dance for me! 😂 My sweet Henry.
buying a Racing Pigeons in my country will only cost you US$4.00
Racing pigeon is good, but diving pigeon (merpati kolong) is better. We flying the bird only 1km but the bidr flies high and the most beautiful thing is the DIVING SPEED to get in the ring.
This is disgusting. We should not be using animals for anything today. So many birds are bred and left to die on the streets, just for 1 racing pigeon. RACING PIGEONS IS NOT OK!
So racing pigeons on GTA might be more fun than shooting them then.
I loved racing pigeons but I gave it up because so many of the birds don't make it back that I felt it was unethical. I still have about 50 birds but they just fly around the house and hang out on the roof.
Whasapp me I am sale my birds
don't you just hate it when people say "persons" instead of "people"
Too bad this sport causes much pain and suffering for many of the birds. Some are very much loved and taken care of but many get lost or hurt along the way and are abandoned when they loose.
波蘭羅伯特·漢高鴿子的長距離問候
Bōlán luóbótè·hàn gāo gēzi de cháng jùlí wènhòu
It's cruel. Many birds never make it home. They die from starvation, dehydration or are killed by predators. How can you call it a sport? Visit a site called Palomacy to see how many of these pigeons (sick and injured) are available for adoption because of their irresponsible owners.
Ahhh poor you, what are you some kind of a liberal left-wing activist, these racing pigeons have been selectively bred for flying long distances they are trained and conditioned just like athletes, pigeon fanciers who race them have experience in checking the quality and condition of the birds before allowing them to be shipped off to a race I'm sure there are a few non-caring ones that would ship an unconditioned bird to a race, these birds have excellent homing instinct, these racing pigeons can come home from hundreds of miles and some not even be tired out like they only flew one lap around the coop. So don't cry about it, these pigeons love to fly it's in their bloodline.
@@michaeleverett2650 Imagine defending animal abuse. Eww.
Hahaha pigeon you buy for millon dollar will go back to the owner so dont race em🤣🤣🤣
Lol my brothers $2000 Austrian pigeon almost got away because i left a door open
Imagine if everyone switched to pigeon messages instead of text messages.. 🤯
It would be so noisy around neighborhoods 😂😂
If you want to send a message with a pigeon, how the pigeon is supposed to know where he has to deliver the message? It's not like he is gonna read the recipient's name...
pigeons are trained to 'fly home' - so to have a messenger pigeon you'd have one of them from the area you want to send the message to and they will fly back to their coop (and relay the message)
Aliens have coded their brains with in-built GPS
This is NOT a sport. Racing pigeons die after they are attacked by hawks or get lost.
Fr I thought that said racist pigeons
BI is better than BO
poor birds
So the world's first drone was invented in 1907 by Julius Neubronner. You learn something new everyday!
Fly away skyline pigeon fly.
So expensive, because caring equals caring. Thanks to "Business Insider" You gave my bird hobby a chance. A very different feeling when it comes to caring for a bird.
so this is why spider man had to get those pigeons
I have so many questions:
1) How do they know where to go
2) Why do they come back and not fly away? (Consistent food I guess)
3) How do you race them? Is it short distance or always long distance?
It's not always food. I have racing pigeon (I don't race them ) and they go out when sun comes out and they're full of foods when they're back. A safe home is enough for them they're really loyal to you.
@@agusrt.sncinj thanks for the info - can you let me know about the other questions?
1. No one knows for sure how they know their way home. Some say they sense the magnet energy. The angle of the sun or by smell. It might be a combination.
My best guess is the magnet theory. Mainly because they circle around a bit before they head in one direction. Just like we have to do with our phones sometimes to get the GPS to work.
2. It's instinct.
3. They do both short and long distance. There is a famous race in England where they release the Birds in France and they fly over the English channel. It's around a 600 Mile race.
....my grandfather had pigeons during WWII and my dad raced them in NY. One of my brothers has a white dove release business in NY and another brother has a one Loft race in Louisiana.
Please make video about racing pigeon training
In Bangladesh the racing pigeons are only 10 dollars
The problem with the sport and hobby of Pigeon Racing is the greedy rich people turned it into a business when it used to basically be a sport and hobby to the middle class, lower middle class,and poor people, successful racing fanciers use to give away good quality Birds to other racing fanciers without greed, and quality pigeons could be bought for $5 $10 $20 $100 or whatever was affordable by the average person, The rich people have ruined the sport and hobby of Pigeon Racing for the average person.
"The problem with the sport and hobby of pigeon racing is that it's abusing animals for the entertainment of humans"
There, fixed it for you.
All I do, is just feed them on my daily basis...frescho cocomilk Malaysia google it..they will be there... waiting for me to open my shop..just to keep myself happy the least I can do by serving the nature with my leftovers of desicated coconuts...they love it.
Just get a pigeon on the street
Damn this people are crazy buying a pigeon for a million dollar wow thats so cool or crazy. In my place if they realise that mich pigeon they will shoot all of them an eat them heheh they wont care about the price
Thank you for specifying “expensive” for I am a pigeon
You are a chicken
I tought racing pigeons was only a thing in my country (Pakistan), and people have been racing pigeons here since the mughal era.
Nah their everywhere and it's growing in china Pigeons Used to be popular in Philippines Like every street has pigeons And sometimes we brag about the pigeons we bred Like who ever bred the best pigeon Could sell it For 10 x the price
Just like other animals they have unique sense of smell to identify one in a billion humans exactly. That's how cobras kill people.
i swear i read why racist pigeons are so expensive lol
Imagine the look on that guy’s face when his 1.4 million dollar pigeon inevitably struck an eighteen wheeler.
No wonder when you learn that people from 17th century use pigeons as national courier
cool
I neeed to go the Park right now.
But how do they know where to go?????
Edit:(I mean like HOW?????????)
They go home! Many people don't understand this. If you have a flock you want to race for example 500 miles, then you load them in your van, take them 500 miles away, let them go and see how long it takes them to get home. And when there is a race between several different breeders, the pigeons all fly to their own homes regardless, and then they compare the times to see who's won.
Tunde Virag I would never do that I just want to feed them they fly when ever they want never take them away just to see they can fly home that’s not nice
Because they're not real
Really great video explaining it all the most expensive pigeon was not far from where i live.
I'm clueless about this topic, however I'm interested in how this works. When the bird is released how does it know the course of the race? Also how in the heck does it go so far away and find its way back so easily?
Magnetic waves of the earth they can detect it
It's kind of funny how pigeons went from being the birds of the nobility to being super common animals then being sold at very high prices again. Granted, most pigeons aren't super specialized racing pigeons, but still.
That is slavery
Legit I saw some on Craigslist as a child for like 20$
xDDDDDDDDDDD (I saw it I did not buy it just a note)
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Because they race and if you could get a bird to race you every day you’d freak end of video
How do they always come back
That's the homing capability of a pigeons even scientist can't explain.