Fewer and fewer people breed homing pigeons these days. The reasons are often that people have less and less free time, less and less excess funds and, in general, the lack of motivation in young people speaks for itself.
The sport of pigeons was invented nearly two centuries ago, when the need for pigeons to deliver mail became less and less. The idea of the sport is to build and form more and more enthusiasts to develop and improve this wonderful hobby. The sport itself is to fly a distance from the launch point to the dovecote point in a certain time.
Participants in the competition are the pigeon fanciers from the club in which their pigeons compete. The pigeons compete both with the birds from the competing lofts and with the birds from the own loft of which they are a part.
Initially, the breed was created thanks to the selection of several breeds of high-flying pigeons, carriers, etc. , which corresponded to certain qualities, selected over time and improved, removing unnecessary ones. The homing pigeon has a pear-shaped body, well-defined musculature and bone structure, and wings in proportion to the body.
Since the birds in the initial selection were not selected with a certain color, the sporting pigeons are of a variety of colors. From pure white, red, blue, black, fawn, grizzly, black, etc.
Carrier pigeons are capable of flying from 100 to 1000 km distance, and each year the races become faster and faster.