Homing Pigeons As Pets. Homing pigeons are specially bred and trained pigeons that are descended from centuries’ old lines of proven homers. However, keepers accomplish this with training and breeding the pigeons in a proper manner.

However, keepers accomplish this with training and breeding the pigeons in a proper manner. When released, they can find their way back home from as far as 600 miles. To receive communications, these birds were taken in crates from their original home to another location.