Pigeon fanciers are flooded with sales pitches in the catalogs, advertisements and well-meaning advice from friends and mentors. Winning races, shows or simply keeping your flock healthy can be daunting when faced with so many decisions and options. And honestly, it's not all bad advice. But it can be daunting to sort through it all. I frequently get a question from potential customers that asks "What makes Kastle Pigeon different?" It's a legitimate question with both very clear and very nuanced answers. As a company, we are really quite different than most because of our size. We are small, which allows us to focus on a core group of products and to focus on customer service. We currently only sell our...
To celebrate the upcoming pigeon show in Blackpool, England, I've posted below a selection of fantastic images made last year by Getty Images photographer Christopher Furlong. This year's show which is on Jan. 21 and 22, will showcase more than 2,000 homing pigeons, 200 vendors and is the largest event of it's kind in Europe.
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The deputy veterinarian for the state of Kentucky, Bradley Keough, tells me that paramyxovirus (PMV) has been confirmed in a loft in Estill County (southeast of Lexington). The loft is under full quarantine right now. I asked about a connection to the (Louisville) National Young Bird Show and he said the man did not attend. Despite lacking a direct connection, the man in Estill County did say that he recently bought some pigeons from a gentleman at the Preston Court Days who spoke of going to the Louisville show. The LYBS occurs two weeks after Preston Court Days. No one knows who the man was. I don't know what breed of pigeons were purchased at Court Days. The deputy vet is interested in learning...
Pigeon Kings of Brooklyn from Narratively on Vimeo. Here is a very nicely done mini-doc on some roof-top flyers in Brooklyn. "Look up from the busy streets of New York City, and you might glimpse a flock of purebred pigeons swooping in circles around an abandoned tenement building in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Their aerial acrobatics are guided by their keeper, a streetwise Puerto Rican nicknamed 2Tone. On the other end of the borough, a man named Goodwin and his pal Super 13 tend their own pigeon coop and flock of 300 birds. Each man is trying to beat the other, to lure his birds away. It's about bragging rights but it's also about poetry, it's about religion. It's about finding that...
Tory and I are excited to see that our mug featuring her mandala pigeon art has been selected as one of the featured gifts in the 2017 RebatesZone.com Gift Guide.
We have set up a few items in our store featuring the artwork of Tory (my daughter). She will receive 100% of any proceeds to help buy art supplies, etc.
We hope to add more in the coming weeks!
-David
