kopetsa
260 posts
Feb 17, 2008
2:40 PM
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Help, this hen zoomed pass me this morning out the door and I have no way for it to get back into the loft..see have never been trained before..she has been out for about 5 hours now and hasn't left yet..any suggestions on how to get her back?
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elopez
543 posts
Feb 17, 2008
2:46 PM
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Do you have any birds that are homed? any young? Young that are hungry and will not fly away? Throw some feed on the floor then you can try to get her. If this doesn't work, since she's been staying there for a while you may want to wait till it gets dark and grab her then.
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Efren Lopez
SGVS
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Electric-man
1149 posts
Feb 17, 2008
2:46 PM
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Wait till dark, shine a flashlight in its eyes for about 10 sec. and then pull the light away and it will be temporily blinded! Then just grab it or net it if you have a fish net!
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Val
"Site Moderator"
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kopetsa
261 posts
Feb 17, 2008
2:48 PM
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No birds that are homed..this bird is a mid to late 07 young bird..thanks for the info!
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PR_rollers
528 posts
Feb 17, 2008
3:02 PM
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yeah like Efren said wait until it gets dark and you really can get it, mean while see if you can get square box and put a stick to hold it up and tie a string to it or fishing wire,put some grain in the middle wait until he starts to eat pull the stick with the string attached to it and bamm you got your self a roller..one of my old tricks when i use to go catch commies in the park.. make sure you are far from it..so he don't see you..good luck
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Ralph....
Last Edited by on Feb 17, 2008 5:05 PM
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kopetsa
262 posts
Feb 17, 2008
3:10 PM
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lol...Thanks a lot!
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sundance
455 posts
Feb 17, 2008
5:01 PM
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Ralph, I cant tell you how many times I`ve had to go out after dark and climb on the roof to catch a young bird that hasnt learned to trap yet. I have a Butterfly net that works sometimes, but I never thought of the old box trap trick. Dang, And I grew up in the country and fashioned myself quite the good`ol boy. I think I just got slow headed by ya. LOL
You can bet I`ll use that trick this year sooner or later, just for fun if nothin else...LOL Thanks!
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Butch @
Sundance Roller Lofts
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PR_rollers
532 posts
Feb 17, 2008
5:50 PM
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lol U welcome Sundance just have fun..
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Ralph....
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tou_vang
231 posts
Feb 17, 2008
6:15 PM
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you could try a trap. tie a small 6 in stick to a string that is far enough for the bird to be able to come down and not get scared of you, then use a foster farms basket or cage, then stand the stick on the ground and lift one side of the basket and put on top of the stick, then put some feed in there. when it comes in then you pull the string and the bird is trapped in there.
i always do this when my new birds or my birds get out of the cage. it always works.
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Santandercol
2002 posts
Feb 17, 2008
7:36 PM
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Hey Kope,Time to get some traps built into your breeder loft and some kind of system of return of the birds from outside for any loft you may have,,,,eh?!Good luck.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
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Double R
253 posts
Feb 18, 2008
5:11 AM
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Kopetsa,
If your planning on flying your birds (or not) it might be a good idea to train them to trap into some kind of cage. That way in the future if one gets loose you'll have it trained to trap in. An easy way of doing this is to get 2 wire cages similar to the ones Tony sells. Cut a 4 inch by 5 inch hole in the top of one and bottom of the other that line up together. Stack the cages one on top of the other with a sheet of roll roofing or some kind of material between them. Put the birds in the top cage and feed in the bottom. They learn to drop through the hole to get the feed. Keep the cage in the same spot and when one gets loose you'll always have a easy way to catch it.
Robby
Last Edited by on Feb 18, 2008 5:14 AM
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kopetsa
265 posts
Feb 18, 2008
6:59 PM
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Hey guys he is a pretty tame bird, we managed to snag him off of the roof with just our hands; it was also in the Daylight too at about 4:30 p.m.!
Last Edited by on Feb 18, 2008 7:00 PM
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gabe454
266 posts
Feb 18, 2008
7:09 PM
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Is that your bird kopesta?
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