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Specific, Show Quality,
Colors, etc, pigeons are at Higher Costs Shipping
charges apply to all orders, plus shipping Container cost.
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SMS
INC.
4067 Hardwick Street, Suite 354
Lakewood, California 90712
Pigeons
For Sale
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Pair of White
Racing Homers or a Utility
pigeon breed when 4 pairs of
show pigeons purchased. _________________________________________________________________ SMS
Lofts Inc. has various cooperative lofts throughout theUSwhich
provide and or ship pigeons to sale destination. Pigeons
are not shipped out of or into any restricted areas. Payments
must beReceived and Processedbefore
birds are shipped or delivered. Shipping may
change per USDA, local authorities, et al,instructions. Shipping costs, health certificates
costs,if
needed, shipping box cost or shipping
container costs and Handling costs may
be applicable for some shipments. NOTE:There
is noPicking
Up, Visiting the Lofts, Looking Around, Checking it
Out,
option(s) available.
Sample Picturesare
provided to show samples of various colors and forms of each pigeon
breed.
Call
is
firm Sale
Orders at (562) 235-1829.Sale Questions Click Contact
Us
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also.
Dear SMS Inc.
We have received the super quality healthy Fantails. I wanted to let
you know
we have been enjoying them; one of them hatched two babies.
Recently another pair hatched a baby just few days ago.
Wanted to thank you and let you know that soon we will order
some more
from you again.
Have a great week.
Martha
Dear
SMS Inc. I
will have to say the two yellow bar Show Kings are totally
unbelievable, the yellow bar with the little bit of blue to
it is
just AWESOME when
it comes to perfect shape!!!!!! The yellow bar with the cream is
exactly what I have been wanting, it
is beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!! I'll have to say the two
grizzles are great and the hen has great shape. Another
one that surprised me was the brown bar with a base of
very light blue, another perfect posture Show
King!!!!!!!!!!! Not
to forget the spread ash red, the stance to this King says it
all --- Show
King !!!! I'll
have to say this is my third order and I can honestly say you
have
given me some of the Best Show Kings that I will ever have. I guess
you could say the quality of Show Kings I got out
of a box are ready for a show. I
Thank You Very Much for all your help, information and quality of Show
Kings you have given me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank You! Rusty ______________________________________________________________________
Hello,
Lovely and healthy birds arrived yesterday.
Most pleased. Thank you, Judy
______________________________________________________________________
Dear
SMS Lofts, These
Birds are fantastic, they settled down after a few days and now in
their separate coops (as you
suggested) no more fights and they have gotten right down to
house-keeping if you
know what I mean!!!! (smile). Thanks
so much..... They will be treated SUPER SPECIAL HERE, Lonnie ______________________________________________________________________ Hi...We
received the 24 Pure White Young Racing Homers. They
look GREAT and they are doing well at our pens here. Especially
liked your custom designed shipping containers for the birds.
Your specially designed shipping containers ensure
that those white homers arrived safe, healthy, clean and stress
free. Will check back
with your Website again soon. Thanks,
Rich @ B&A/U ______________________________________________________ I'm
very happy with the quality of the 12 Pigeons you sent. They are pretty
and healthy American Show races. The best I have purchased so far that is
worth the money I paid for. I will
definitely be buying from you again and couldn't wait for them Thank you so
much. Manny __________________________________________ Your Birds
[Pigeons: Show Kings, Show Runts, Show Racers and Utility Pigeons] all
arrived safe and they are great looking birds Sincerely J. G. _______________________________________ Thank you for
the show kings and show runt pairs we bought. Such nice
colors and great healthy pigeons. We love them
and will buy more soon. Thanks, Han. ____________________________
Thanks so much
for your time spent with me on the birds I bought. It was surely
appreciated! The birds are absolutely beautiful, top
of the line! And I am
totally satisfied with my purchase of the Show Kings. Looking forward
to doing business with you in the near future and will recommend
you to my friends. Thanks again,
Bill _____________________________
Received the
pigeons this morning. They are all healthy and beautiful and doing real
well. Will
buy again. Thanks,
John ______________________________
Hello
Again, Just wanted to let you know I received the birds this morning. They
are fine birds in great Health and condition. I am well
pleased. I appreciate doing business with you and I'm
sure I will be ordering more at a Later
date. Thanks
Again, Chip _______________________________
Just
wanted to confirm that the birds arrived safely and in great condition
yesterday. I appreciate all your help in getting them to me in short
notice. Thank
you! Stephanie ______________________________
Hi, got
the birds this morning. They are really fine birds. They look
great! It looks like 3 cocks and 3 hens. I will buy
again soon. Thanks, Roy ______________________________
Hey, the
shipment of birds was Great. I
picked up the birds from the post office this morning and they are
doing real well. I'm very pleased with the
shipment. Thanks for
everything and I'll keep in touch and buy again. You have a good
one! Thanks, Jeff _________________________________
Hi there, The Giant Show
Runts arrived today. I am very pleased! Big, beautiful,
great condition and tame birds! Thanks for all
your help, Kevin ________________________________________
Dear SMS Lofts,
Thank you very
much for the white racing homer breeding pairs. We have been
raising them for 10 years or more now and thoe birds you sent are
great. We appreciate
all your help and the birds have arrived safely in great
health. Thank you for
your quick responses and quick answers . Sincerely,
David & Laura _________________________________
Hi, All 8 white
giant show runts arrived in perfect health and feather and
appear to be doing well. The
best seen. Thanks
again, Robert
SMS
INC.
White Racing Homers - White Racing Homers For Sale
Racing Pigeons
For Sale - Racing Homing Pigeons For Sale
One Loft Racing Pigeons -
A recent development in the sport of
pigeon racing is "one loft racing", where racing homers are raced
against each other under the same training regime, in an effort to test
the best birds rather than the best trainer.
Racing Pigeon Selection -
1 Select a pedigreed Racing Pigeon For Sale. It
is important that the information you receive about a pigeon is honest
and accurate.
2 Read about the wins and breeding performance of the pedigree you
selected.
3 Determine which breeding system you will use. There are three
breeding systems: cross-breed, line-breed and in-breed.
4 Interview other racing pigeon owners. Decide if you can meet the
challenges of cross-breeding. The largest challenge is the financial
cost associated with a bird that has had
no relationship with your bird for five generations.
5 Learn about line-breeding before make a decision. You will need to
avoid in-breeding so you must have the appropriate knowledge of birds.
Line-breeding is less risky and expensive than cross-breeding.
6 Consolidate the desirable genes of a pigeon family--allow next
generation breeding between the pigeons. This is in-breeding.
7 Make sure that culling is something you can do with your flock before
you begin. Not everyone can kill an animal.
The Racing Homing Pigeons are
a variety of domestic pigeons derived from
the Rock Pigeon (Columba livia
domestica) selectively bred to find its way home over
extremely long distances. The wild rock pigeon has an innate homing
ability, meaning that it will generally return to its own nest and its
own mate. This made it relatively easy to breed from the birds that
repeatedly found their way home over long distances. Flights as long as
1800 km (1,118 miles) have been recorded by birds in
competition pigeon racing. Their average flying speed over
moderate distances is around 80 km/h (50 mph),but
speeds of up to 125 km/h (75 mph) have been observed.
Pigeon
Racingis
the sport of releasing specially trained Racing Homing Pigeons, which
then return to their homes over a carefully measured distance. The time
it takes the animal to cover the specified distance is measured and the
birds rate of travel is calculated and compared with all of the other
pigeons in the race to determine which animal returned at the highest
speed.
Pigeon Racing requires a specific breed of pigeon bred for the sport,
the "Racing Homer". Competing pigeons are specially trained and
conditioned for races that vary in distance for approximately to 100 to
1000 km.
The winner of a pigeon race is the bird with the
highest velocity,measured in ypm/mpm, this calculation demands
the distance be divided in to yards, divide the yards by the number of
seconds it took the bird to return then multiply by 60. Therefore Races
can often be won and lost by seconds, and to measure this, many
different timing apparatus have been developed. The traditional timing
method involves rubber rings being placed into a specially designed
clock, whereas a newer development uses RFID tags to
record arrival time.
While there is no definite proof, there are compelling reasons to think
the sport of racing pigeons may go back as least as far as 220 AD or
possibly earlier. The sport achieved a great deal of popularity
in Belgium in the mid 19th century. The pigeon
fanciers of Belgium were so taken with the hobby that they began to
develop pigeons specially cultivated for fast flight and long endurance
called Voyageurs. From Belgium the modern version of the sport and
the Voyageurs which the Flemish fanciers developed
spread to most parts of the world. Once quite popular, the sport has
experienced a downturn in participants in some parts of the world in
recent years, possibly due to the rising cost of living, aging
fanciers, and a severe lack of public interest.