Farmers From 10 Provinces Offer To Take Sanam Luang Pigeons

[george]

Farmers offer to take Sanam Luang pigeons

BANGKOK: -- Farmers from 10 provinces have offered to take the roughly 10,000 pigeons from Bangkok's Sanam Luang in order to sell the birds' eggs to restaurants, Deputy Bangkok Governor Theerachon Manomaipibul said yesterday.

After the original plan to move the pigeons to Ratchaburi, Prachin Buri and Bangkok's Soi Lat Phrao 101 met with opposition this past week, Bhum Jai Thai Party leading member Somsak Thepsuthin told Theerachon that farmers from provinces such as Chiang Mai, Buri Ram, Surin and Nakhon Panom wanted the pigeons for egg farming.

The city is therefore having the Friendship Association for Pigeon Racing publish pigeon-farming handbooks for them, he said.

The pigeons, which will be cleared of parasites and diseases, should be delivered to farmers within a month of them registering their interest.

-- The Nation 2010-02-07

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[londonthai]

half poisoned with lead from the traffic fumes, the pigeon's eggs will end up in the high end restaurants.

interesting to see statistics on cancer in 10, 20 or 30 years

[Garry9999]

Don't Pigeons just fly back home anyway?

[kevc]

Don't Pigeons just fly back home anyway?

You have to "Hant", them keep them in a cage for a couple of weeks then don't feed them when you let them out, every time you feed them you shake the feed tin they remember the sound and when you want them back in the cage shake the tin.

[smith491]

Don't Pigeons just fly back home anyway?

You have to "Hant", them keep them in a cage for a couple of weeks then don't feed them when you let them out, every time you feed them you shake the feed tin they remember the sound and when you want them back in the cage shake the tin.

Does anyone believe that these farmers are going to use them for eggs? Have you seen the size of pidgeon eggs? They are tiny! A case of a few pidgeon pies methinks!

[smith491]

Don't Pigeons just fly back home anyway?

You have to "Hant", them keep them in a cage for a couple of weeks then don't feed them when you let them out, every time you feed them you shake the feed tin they remember the sound and when you want them back in the cage shake the tin.

Does anyone believe that these farmers are going to use them for eggs? Have you seen the size of pidgeon eggs? They are tiny! A case of a few pidgeon pies methinks!

Allright, so I cant spell pigeon!

[Tonawatchee]

At least cholesterol wouldn't be a problem.

[toybits]

Quail eggs are even smaller and has lots of cholesterol.

Does anyone believe that these farmers are going to use them for eggs? Have you seen the size of pidgeon eggs? They are tiny! A case of a few pidgeon pies methinks!

[babuhavas]

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