Newbie 08
13 posts
Aug 15, 2008
1:47 PM
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I have homed 7 of my 17 birds. Yesterday I decide to fly 2 more in the kit that I have only had in the cage for 7 days figuring the two would fly with the 7 homed. Well when I let them out they flew with the kit and they flew for at least 30 minutes and very high. One of them was a great roller tight spin and depth of at least 20 feet. Problem is when the kit landed and and start to come in to the cage the two knew ones I added to the kit were no where to be found. Do you think they will come back?? One was a great bird.
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tou_vang
356 posts
Aug 15, 2008
2:35 PM
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i dont know much, but i had the same problem when i started a few years ago. i flew my birds the next day then the lost birds just flew out of a tree and flew with the kit. you could try that to see if it works.
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Newbie 08
14 posts
Aug 15, 2008
2:43 PM
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Thanks Tou Vang was going to do that. I'll be letting them out shortly when I get home from work. hope they are still in the area and may see my kit and join them to come home
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tou_vang
357 posts
Aug 15, 2008
4:23 PM
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good luck newbie.
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sippi
469 posts
Aug 15, 2008
4:51 PM
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Newbie if you are settling older birds they need much more than seven days. Otherwise you will risk losing more of them. I settle older birds at least three weeks and sometimes one or two will still take off and not come back.
sippi
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iride
25 posts
Aug 16, 2008
10:54 PM
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You will always 100% of the time lose your best birds!!
Thats just the law of Rollers and thats the way it works...
Mike
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Mike
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TheGame
147 posts
Aug 16, 2008
10:57 PM
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Yea if they are older birds you gotta keep em locked up longer than a week!!
All my birds are young and I let them out after a week and they all stay around :)
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Newbie 08
15 posts
Aug 19, 2008
3:09 PM
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I am one happy camper!!! I flew a 6 bird kit Friday afternoon when I got home from work hoping my 2 lost birds would see the kit and join. after the kit was flying for about 15 mins I notice 7 birds flying one of them spinning like crazy low and behold she was back. Soon as the kit landed and came in she came right in with them.The next morning I let them out to fly again and the second one I lost which was gone for 2 days joined the kit and was back I'm juiced LOL been flying them everyday since then.
Last Edited by on Aug 19, 2008 3:13 PM
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Mount Airy Lofts
765 posts
Aug 19, 2008
4:24 PM
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I'm glad it all worked out. Seems like the ones that get lost the first time out, all ways finds it's way back. The ones that didn't once lost, never will find their way back.
I have come to believe, there are followers and leaders. The leaders need not to follow others to find it's way back.
Thor
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It's all about the friends we make :)
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Newbie 08
16 posts
Aug 21, 2008
2:15 PM
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Right on Thor like that quote !
Last Edited by on Aug 21, 2008 2:15 PM
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