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Originally Posted by .45cultist
Pigeons will most likely be sought as a food instead of a message system. During the depression pigeons replaced the more valuable hen in a pot or two.
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Where I come from in Germay, pigeons were reared by many working class men as both: hobby and food supply until quite recently, i. e. at least the 1990s. Recreational rearing is still a thing with older blue collar type people, but the food aspect is largely gone. There were whole social clubs formed around pigeon rearing as many of these people had small plots of land which was used for vegetable growing, rearing pigeons and chicken as well as recreational gardening and of course parties.
Obviously, chicken were valuable for their eggs, so you didn't slaughter them very often. But a prized pigeon was worth a lot, too, so they weren't exactly a daily addition to menus.