yang501424
53 posts
Nov 28, 2007
8:17 AM
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How do you train your birds to enter trap door?
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golddigger39Mn
6 posts
Nov 28, 2007
8:27 AM
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golddigger39Mn Hi Yang,I put a wire cage over the trap hole with a opening in it and put 5 or 6 birds in it and they learn to go in.do it 3 or 4 times with all the birds ,they will learn how to get in . I use a drop trap that i make myself. it works better as they dont have the boops hanging down,itseems the wires toch there back and they dont like it and wont go in .
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Mount Airy Lofts
287 posts
Nov 28, 2007
9:06 AM
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By pushing them thru...
Thor
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Donny James
136 posts
Nov 28, 2007
3:18 PM
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at 1 st l leave it open and then as they get older i close it and push them though it a couple time before i fly them ................donny james
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Velo99
1430 posts
Nov 28, 2007
4:10 PM
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With yb`s I grab each one and push him thru the trap at least twice right after I put the feeder in the box. They get the idea pretty quick after a few days.
Old birds I am rehoming I just hold them loosely in front of the trap and they usually slip out of my hands and go thru.
If you go euro style with no trap you don`t have to trap train them. Just open the door and in they go.
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V99
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classicpony
555 posts
Nov 28, 2007
4:13 PM
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Yang,
I have a cage I made that I hang over the trap, then put the new birds in it after they have set in the kit for a few days.
I use it until the new bird traps quickly, then I know there will be now problem.
Jim
Illinois
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Windjammer Loft
53 posts
Nov 28, 2007
4:50 PM
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Yang...I hook-up a wire cage to the front of my kitbox with the trapp door open. I leave it that way for a few days. This way the birds go in and out and get use to going thru the opening. After a few days of this I lock them out for a few hours. I put down the traps and I whistle and shake the feed can. they soon learn to go thru them to get to the feed. Repeat 2 or 3 more times.
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Fly High and Roll On
Paul
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yang501424
54 posts
Nov 28, 2007
10:04 PM
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How would you train your birds with the whistle?
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Double R
165 posts
Nov 29, 2007
3:38 AM
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Start by whistling everytime you feed your older birds (Breeders), while the young are still in the nest. Next when you move the young to a kit box or weaning cage continue to whistle everytime you feed them. You can also shake a feed can with a few grains of feed in the bottom. Before long they learn when you whistle and shake the can of feed it's time to eat.
Robby
Last Edited by on Nov 29, 2007 3:41 AM
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mcroller
33 posts
Nov 29, 2007
10:29 AM
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good posts an good answer
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Mount Airy Lofts
289 posts
Nov 29, 2007
12:59 PM
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Be careful when using the standard traps like the one used by most Racing Homer fliers/via the photo you see above named Heavy Duty Traps. This size of trap can be excess by Hawks and other critters if not monitored. Even tho most guys use this standard size. Leaving a trap door open over night is very risky but done when an over fly occur.
Going 'English' style have been the choice of many fliers. I personally use both style.
The best method I have found is pushing them thru the traps very young during feeding time. Simply just pick one off during feeding and push them thru until you go the round. Repeat it twice or three times every day for a couple of days. Grabbing them while feeding seems to cause less stress and less fear. Not a good idea to install fear of owner in your birds.
Thor
P.S. My trap door has only 2 bobs. Just big enough to fit one bird. It is used occasionally when some birds fly longer then I could care for to wait.
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