How to tell whether a pigeon is a carrier pigeon?

1, the appearance of the two is very different. Pigeons are big, slow, inflexible, meaty and soft, and their flight time is not long and low, which makes them look clumsy. Carrier pigeons are smaller, more compact, fly high and take longer! Carrier pigeons generally stand in a triangle with a relatively short body length, while meat pigeons stand in a long, flat and full line.

You can tell from the weight. As the name implies, meat pigeons are used for eating, so the weight of meat pigeons is very heavy, about 1.5 kg. Carrier pigeons should keep flying for a long time and be light, so their weight is about 1 to1.2kg.

3. Nose type

Pigeon's nose feather powder is few and mostly a layer of faint feather powder, and its nose is pink. The nose of carrier pigeons is mostly heart-shaped, and the nasal powder is generally carrier pigeons at most, even if it is not carrier pigeons, it is carrier pigeon blood.

4. anklet

Regular people have anklets, which are the identity cards of homing pigeons. Pigeons have anklets on their feet You can know the details of pigeons by scanning the QR code. Pigeons are kept in cages without the symbol of anklets.