Talk:Carrier pigeon

message: Whatever is stated in the article about carrier pigeon is true and it pertains to World War II. Almost all articles in "Google Search" on "carrier Pigeon" state the same, and gives predomominance to the purpose for which these birds were trained and their extraordinary abilities to carry messages to and fro. For the pigeon admirer who keeps pigeons as pets, he needs current information on the breed of Carrier pigeons, how to identify them, etc.
It is a show pigeon with a wattle. At the Moore Market at Chennai city in India, recently the bird dealer gave me a pair of tall wattled (cauliflower like) brown pigeons.They were long faced. The legs were long and the feet sturdy. The body was long and stayed at an upward inclination from the horizontal. The neck was long and it resulted in additional height to the bird. The total height was more than 15 inches and the birds were strikingly tall as compared to most other varieties. These pigeons are a treasured addition to the collection of fancy pigeons at my farm. These birds are fancy pigeons and I cannot think of allowing them to be flown to carry messages at the present time. The pair of birds cost me US$50 (fifty) in India. Another pair of shorter variety of Carrier Pigeons that I bought a couple of months earlier cost me US$85 (eightyfive). Perhaps Carrier pigeons would cost less in Great Britain where they are said to be bred for more than 100 years. They are available in different colours.     
[Another variety of tall pigeons, I have, is the Pouter. I merely mention this because of the similarity of height. I shall be interested to have discussions on fancy pigeons kept as a hobby by other readers, as I do.]
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Dear writer
I am a pigeon fancier from chennai, I would like to know more about your pigeons .
Please contact me, my e mail address is tanveer2202@yahoo.co.in
Note: I don't think Wikipedia likes email addresses being used. Tomwsulcer (talk) 12:27, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You are probably confusing carrier pigeons with passenger pigeons.  Athaler 17:33, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

text: And if you really want to get into pigeons, there are a great number of different breeds of them, some (Kings) bred for meat (actually it is the squabs that are butchered), some for their acrobatics (Tumblers), some for their good looks and fancy foot coverings (Duchess), etc. Even the common variety that nests wherever it can find a flat spot with some degree of overhead protection is quite an interesting bird. There are many color variations and many of them include some iridescent feathers that give striking accents of blue and green.P0M 04:31, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: 14 May 2003, Chennai, India.

message: This article is in need of fixing. My problem with it is the picture currently being used is of an ornamental "Fancy pigeon" breed called the English Carrier that was originally bred for its "carriage" or upright stance etc. This breed is not one that can be used to carry messages. The article is trying to combine the two. A picture is needed here of a pigeon (homing variety) with a message carrying capsule on its leg. Any reference to the show type English Carrier needs to be removed as there is a seperate article for that variety. Sting au 22:45, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, I made a few changes. Important to keep this article page on message carrying topic and not to confuse it with the fancy pigeon breed English Carrier which is a seperate article. Sting au 02:31, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

text: I changed the cite URL to a book review by UQ Press. For info that might be helpful for you try looking at Pigeon post.--Sting Buzz Me... 11:35, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Name confusion

message: Pigeons released somewhere will fly home.  I understand that.  If pigeons are used in a commercial or military context, are they bred at headquarters so they'll fly back there, or do they all fly from Russia or Italy all the way back to their home breeding grounds in England or the US?  That is to say, what are the methods used to connect the pigeon flying back somewhere to the needs of the organizations sending the messages, for which somewhere may not be a practical place to send the messages to. 
I have seen pictures of soldiers with dovecotes near the front.  Do they breed the pigeons there so they will only have to fly a few miles, and thus their messages can arrive in a timely fashion?  
I'm confused and this article doesn't answer any of my practical questions.Ortolan88 (talk) 20:07, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Nowadays the military doesn't bother with pigeons. Radios are much quicker! Yes in war time pigeon lofts were used near the front so messenger pigeons didn't need to fly too far. The greater the distance, the more difficult for the pigeon to get back to its home loft. Perhaps the Homing pigeon article may have more info for you? Or try Pigeon racing.--Sting Buzz Me... 13:35, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

text: The article could do with expansion. There is also war pigeon that could contain the info you are requesting? If you think you can expand any of the articles and have access to verifiable information then be bold and add it. I am planning to add info myself at some stage but need to do more research first.--Sting Buzz Me... 20:20, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Expansion? Oui! With my little anti-vandalism tool, I thought I was looking at a section of the article, not the whole article!! Piano non troppo (talk) 10:24, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh thank goodness you have an anti-vandalism tool! --Sting Buzz Me... 11:54, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: How were these pigeons employed in war or commerce?

message: carrier  pigeons are pritty.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.164.99.101 (talk) 17:20, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  WOW 

message: I tagged this article for "inappropriate tone," because the tone becomes informal, terse, and vague in the last four paragraphs (starting with "When a commander..."). This material seems to be quoted from a website whose appropriateness is questionable.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.186.54.39 (talk) 00:51, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tag for "Inappropriate Tone" 

message: :http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/mar/20/columbus-and-pigeons/
AntiqueReader (talk) 00:37, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Columbus & the Pigeons 

message: This article has been proposed for merging and redirection, with most of its material merging into Homing pigeon (to which it would redirect), a bit of it to Pigeon post, and the rest into War pigeon. See those articles' talk pages for the merge proposals.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  13:07, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge notice