poacher
85 posts
Jul 19, 2008
12:44 PM
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how long do your birds fly? let my young birds out this morning. these birds are three month old. been flying them three weeks. just started kitting properly this last week. let them go at nine this morning and they did not come in while four thirty this afternoon. that was after twenty hours since feeding. seven and a half hours in the air.three have not returned. i thought mabye a hawk had been at them but usually after a hawk they come down seperate. but these came down together.hoping the other three return tomorrow
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W@yne
1495 posts
Jul 19, 2008
12:48 PM
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Bill you are severely overfeeding mate.
You need to control them birds with the feed can don't let them control you.
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W@yne UK
Patience Perseverance Perfection
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poacher
86 posts
Jul 19, 2008
12:54 PM
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wayne that was on half a tin of wheat
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W@yne
1496 posts
Jul 19, 2008
2:12 PM
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Bill half a tin for how many birds???
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W@yne UK
Patience Perseverance Perfection
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sundance
654 posts
Jul 19, 2008
5:45 PM
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Dum question... Whats a tin? LOL
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Butch @
Sundance Roller Lofts
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quickspin
766 posts
Jul 19, 2008
6:31 PM
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What kind of birds?
Feeding them pure wheat gets them too strong and they have no fat so they fly for a while. Sometimes you need to add some weight to them.
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SALAS LOFT
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cr250
69 posts
Jul 19, 2008
9:13 PM
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Put a 1/4 of milo and add some peas once in awile.3/4 wheat.It works for me.
Brian
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CVRC
319 posts
Jul 19, 2008
11:48 PM
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i have my wheat and milo mixed....i buy it already mixed
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Cristian Castro
CM Loft
CVR
WWW.COACHELLAVALLEYROLLERS.COM
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Windjammer Loft
353 posts
Jul 20, 2008
7:16 AM
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PUZZLED....how much is a 1/2 a tin???? I surely don't need a measuring devise like that...LOL.
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Fly High and Roll On
Paul
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W@yne
1498 posts
Jul 20, 2008
8:46 AM
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Bill
Ive never in 12 years having rollers fly for 7 n half hours and i would think it would be impossible for a 3 month old pigeon to fly this length of time.
I think what happened these pigeons landed on a roof or a nearby building leaving two pigeons there then came back later.
A baked bean tin feeds 20 pigeons, We in the UK use this as a rough guide when feeding tweaking the measure here and there when needed.
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Regards
W@yne UK
Patience Perseverance Perfection
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www.waynegrovesrollers.piczo.com
Last Edited by on Jul 20, 2008 8:51 AM
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Steve_uk
795 posts
Jul 20, 2008
10:28 AM
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Lmao nice Bill thats the tippler coming out of them.
Steve0...
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poacher
87 posts
Jul 21, 2008
1:12 PM
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the wind must have taken the birds. had to collect one from tebay tonight and thats 35 mile south of here
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