spade_drain
32 posts
Dec 02, 2005
6:41 PM
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yea i finally know why my birds keep hitting the roof i been doing some hard think and yea it finally hit me all along the problem was just there front of my eye but i didnt see it...."what an idiot"...well i now know that the reason my birds are hitting the roof and ground is because they're flying too low about 5-6 feet over the telephone pole....
any advice on how to make them fly higher thanx...
jef
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rollzilla
11 posts
Dec 02, 2005
7:01 PM
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If they are getting enough food try flying 5 at atime,put out 5 let them get acouple hundred feet up then release the next 5 and so on till they get the picture or take them about a mile away and release so they have to elavate to find there way home, also dont! fly in the wind there could also be a big cock keeping them down he should be easy to find with the 5 bird thing just dont let it be a habit its hard to break
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siddiqir
103 posts
Dec 07, 2005
12:38 PM
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I know some families (stain of rollers) fly really low. You have to play with feed. If nothing works then look for new family. I think this is genetic too (height). There are families of rollers which fly really high and fanciers have hard time getting them low or prefer height.
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jord
4 posts
Dec 08, 2005
10:42 AM
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try flying them with others to get them up
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J_Star
138 posts
Dec 08, 2005
10:56 AM
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Give them 50/50 Wheat/Milo and cut the rations slowlly day by day until they trap quick for you. usually a cup of feed for 10 birds would do it, but sometimes you need to cut it by a teaspoon per day to get the right measurement for that period of time.
Usually my birds do that when they under fed or a very hot day.
Jay
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spade_drain
33 posts
Dec 08, 2005
6:42 PM
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well thanx...guys i've tried ur advice i cut the feed back a litle and feed 50/50 wheat and milo they now trap faster and better but still have problems with flying higher but...let me c what happens later it thinks it'll have some difference into it...thanx
jef
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centralvalleylofts
22 posts
Dec 08, 2005
8:02 PM
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try some barley or millet this usually works but dont fly for 2 days before starting this extra feed in the mix try 1/3 cup millet 1/3 barley 1/3 wheat for a couple days then only everyother day until they are flying at a proper hight then go back to your mix. remember also if you keep your birds at the edge all the time this will ruin them also then you have to build them up. that means are they to boney and no muscle mass then feed them more protien. anyone can give you advice but it takes you yourself the handleler to know what condition your birds are in. this time of year also you know they need more food for energy this means oily seeds. the colder wheather takes more out them this means energy even if they dont fly it takes energy to keep warm. use common sence. just a though
yours inthe hobby Steve L.
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J_Star
142 posts
Dec 09, 2005
5:23 AM
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Rollers don't need allot of oily seeds no matter what time of the year. Oily seed will make them fly erratic and too much will make them bumpers. There is a time when you spike them with oily seed. In the winter, just add 10% - 15% of corn with the feed. They will gobble up the corn first this time of year while in the summer they wouldn't touch it.
When you switch your birds to a different method of feeding, you need to allow for about four to five days before you evaluate the outcome of that feeding method. Things just don't happen overnight. BTW, how old are those birds? And how long do they fly for you? Do you have some of the birds land too soon?
Jay
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