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<blockquote data-quote="3waycross" data-source="post: 645540" data-attributes="member: 6713"><p>They have a permanent band attached at birth. It used to be just Aluminium but now they have a bar code on them. In the old days(15 to 20 yrs ago) They would have a latex band attached to the other leg and it would be removed upon arrival, and dropped into a slot in a special clock which recorded the arrival time. Now they have a bar code reader attached to the entry traps on the pigeon loft and when the bird arrives it gets scanned and then the results are downloaded into a computer which computes the birds speed in Yards per minute. The bird that flys the fasted for the race course wins.</p><p></p><p>It's a great sport and a lot of fun for the family as you do it from home. I raced birds for 12 years and would do it again if I had anyone to fly against here. Believe it or not people world wide will pay as much as $100,00 for one pigeon for breeding stock for racing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3waycross, post: 645540, member: 6713"] They have a permanent band attached at birth. It used to be just Aluminium but now they have a bar code on them. In the old days(15 to 20 yrs ago) They would have a latex band attached to the other leg and it would be removed upon arrival, and dropped into a slot in a special clock which recorded the arrival time. Now they have a bar code reader attached to the entry traps on the pigeon loft and when the bird arrives it gets scanned and then the results are downloaded into a computer which computes the birds speed in Yards per minute. The bird that flys the fasted for the race course wins. It's a great sport and a lot of fun for the family as you do it from home. I raced birds for 12 years and would do it again if I had anyone to fly against here. Believe it or not people world wide will pay as much as $100,00 for one pigeon for breeding stock for racing. [/QUOTE]
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