You will be surprised to find out that these birds are smart enough to adapt to your daily routine. If it is time to fly, you will see them sitting on the entrance of their lofts waiting for you. Instilling Good Habits while Young Like a child, the racing pigeons should also be disciplined. The best time to do it is when they are still young. Although less expensive than cross-breeding and a lot safer than in-breeding, this method may take a long time to establish the traits that you want in your pigeon. In-breeding is the riskiest but may also be the most successful method provided that you have really ideal pigeons. In this system, the mating happens between a parent pigeon and its child or between a brother and a sister pigeon. And it's best that you are guided by these when raising your birds. Overcrowding the loft is not the best strategy. According to many fanciers, every pigeon should be allotted with at least 1 square feet of space. This means that the space of the lofts will be dependent on the number of birds. Supply the birds with the right amount of food. All About Homing Pigeon Racing Homing pigeon racing is the kind of sport that is composed of a single starting gate but has at least a hundred finish lines. It is then referred to as the "uncontrolled competition". It is likewise considered an aerial race wherein there are thousands of competing birds yet there are no spectators. But the intensity of the action is more felt on the ground where fanciers and raisers of these birds await with bated breath if their winged creatures will be the first ones to cross the imagined finished line. And as soon the birds cross the designated borderline, fanciers and the enthusiasts would erupt in claps and cheers the loudest of course belong to the winning fancier. The first few days in their loft are often spent learning where they can source their food and how to eat. This is also the right time for these birds to be allowed outside and to wander so that they will be familiar with their surroundings. Expect these birds to start flying at 6 weeks, and they will start in small circles.