THISROLL
300 posts
Dec 27, 2008
5:30 PM
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i have birds that are flying out for the first time not comming home to there loft..i always pluck there feathers and it always worked before but this time it didn't..i lost 2 already.i hope she comes back tommorow.this is the first time this has happen to me.why is this?
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tou_vang
467 posts
Dec 27, 2008
5:54 PM
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what do you do after you pluck their feathers? do you let them take a look around their new home?
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
2223 posts
Dec 27, 2008
6:38 PM
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Tell us a little more how you train them beside just plucking them feathers I hope you get them back too..good luck..
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Ralph
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THISROLL
303 posts
Dec 27, 2008
7:22 PM
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WELL whenever i get new birds i always pluck there feathers..it has always work..i let them go roam outside when there feathers are not fully grown yet..to get them use to teh surroundings.. but this time i pluck 6 birds that i just got and now there feathers are grown back and i let them to see them fly and i lost a grizzle last week and now a rec red hen today..i think she is still in the neighborhood but i guess shes kinda lost. she does have a mate also..he find his way home ok when he flown the first time like 3 days ago..but when she took off today it looked like she know were she was going and the grizzle that i lost last week.. well i hope she comes back.. i know im not going to see the grizzle no more..you guys got any idea why???
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
2228 posts
Dec 27, 2008
7:28 PM
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That is weird because once a bird comes back he is stuck..a stucky we use to call it..unless these birds got some homer instinct in them that they book home..and you did you notice if there was any BOP around..
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Ralph
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THISROLL
306 posts
Dec 27, 2008
7:34 PM
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No there wasn;t any bops around .i was outside the whole time that my pigeons where out flying. but i gave up and close the doors when the red red hen didn't come back..i know its kinda strange.
PR_ROLLERS, i think LONGROLLER,has the same strain i have(Don Pennys) and he says that they have excellent homing abilitys..he say once a Don Penny bird flew 30miles from a lawn show back home..
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fontanabound
40 posts
Dec 27, 2008
7:44 PM
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thisroll, are there a lot of common pigeons around? sometime other stray pigeons could be a problem.
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
2229 posts
Dec 27, 2008
7:48 PM
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Go check the guys you got them from just out of curiosity to see if they went there,,can you do that?
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Ralph
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THISROLL
308 posts
Dec 28, 2008
5:35 AM
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yes there are a bunch of strays..when ever a group flys to go eat its like a airplane over me..
pr_rollers..well i could do that but he moved.
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Roll Down
41 posts
Dec 28, 2008
7:45 PM
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THISROLL:
Instead of plucking the flight feathers from your new birds ( which is painful to them, could cause infection and keeps them out of action for a long time, )you might want to consider just tying a piece of string around the last few flight feathers on ONE WING ONLY.
They will still be able to fly a little bit and you can break them by just removing the string after 10 days or so. ( Breaking no more than 1 or 2 at a time works best.)
Hope this helps you.
George D.
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TheGame
358 posts
Dec 28, 2008
8:04 PM
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Boo for plucking feathers!! lol common Vue I thought we told you that ;)
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
2239 posts
Dec 28, 2008
8:07 PM
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Do what my boy Val does he put liquid soap on their wings under and all and they can't fly.
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Ralph
Last Edited by on Dec 28, 2008 8:13 PM
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Norm_Knox
247 posts
Dec 28, 2008
8:50 PM
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Just tape the flight feathers man and they cant go anywhere ..
Norm
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RodSD
134 posts
Dec 28, 2008
11:05 PM
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Maybe the birds hate you! Plucking their feathers hurt them. I also believe that rollers have poor homing abilities so those are probably some reasons.
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city-side-lofts
271 posts
Dec 28, 2008
11:11 PM
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or you could do what I do is keep them in a wire cage and train them to your kit make sure they know how to get into your trap or how ever you bring them in and when you call them in if you do that make sure they are right there in the wire cage watching the whole process and make sure they are hungry as can be I hope this is some help to you
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