nicksiders
269 posts
Oct 31, 2005
12:28 PM
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I talk to my birds.
This may sound silly to many, but my birds respond to my voice. They get neverous when someone else approaches my loft or kit boxes and I can settle them with my voice.
Am I imagining things or has anyone else experience anything similar?
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J_Star
90 posts
Oct 31, 2005
12:47 PM
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My birds respond to my voice also. But it doesn't matter who walk out of the back door into the deck around their feeding time and they act wild letting the person know it is feeding time. Usually my birds are timmed and don't get disturbed when others around the loft not even when my dog is around.
Jay
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MCCORMICKLOFTS
226 posts
Oct 31, 2005
10:18 PM
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My birds seems to react to my voice. When they are frantic at feeding time, sometimes talking to them seems to make them chill out a bit. Same for trapping in. When the whistling doesn't work, talking to them (or cussing at them...lol) seems to work sometimes.
Pigeons are smarter than a lot of people think. They can recognize their owner, or the person that feeds them all of the time. Mine get edgy when someone they are not familiar with approaches the cages. Often they will even "hoot" in an alarmed fashion. If you really want to see your birds get edgy, have someone they haven't seen before come over wearing a bright red shirt. For some reason, pigeons don't like red or it alarms them.
Brian.
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tapp
34 posts
Oct 31, 2005
10:39 PM
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I find mine react like Brians. They grunt or hoot or whatever you call it when my wife goes by the sun cage to my breeders. The kit birds know voice. Like if there dilly dalling around the roof peeking over and not coming to the whistle with my mouth I cuss them in fun. and before you know it there traping in. They are vary smart.I have one that soon as he lands on the roof he instantly goes to the ground and makes me make him fly back up to roof. Then he always traps first. Its like a daily game to Him.I talk to mine all the time. so I'm sure your voice calms them Nick. ps Ill get somone to put on a red shirt and watch there reaction
Tapp
Last Edited by tapp on Oct 31, 2005 10:48 PM
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merced guy
7 posts
Nov 01, 2005
9:07 AM
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yep, red shirt, red flag will spook them more than any other color. what I do to keep my youngster off of trees is tie a red cloth to a pole and wave like a mad lunitic.
thong
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big al
161 posts
Nov 01, 2005
6:54 PM
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Guys here's what you do...
Play a song called "Ain't too proud to beg" by the Temptations and the birds will love you forever!! LOL!
They love the Motown Sound! :-) LOL!
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See you in the roll!
Big Al
"High Plains Spinner Loft"
Last Edited by big al on Nov 01, 2005 6:55 PM
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