i agree with all above,like you say if you dropped a bird on the day,99% it would have been sat waiting the next morn,now if you drop one on the the day,its very rarely there the next morn never to be seen again,I believe along the way we sacrifice the homing ability for speed,which in our quest for faster and faster pigeons we will carry on doing,this is one reason why so many youngsters are bred. only my thoughts.
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