Oldfart
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1082 posts
Jun 27, 2009
2:04 PM
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Hey All, I'm having some problems with the trees directly behind my kit box. I can't cut the trees so I'm thinking of moving my kit box slightly. The new location would be 15' forward 35' to the left, and rotate the box 90 degrees.
Now, my question, will it hinder the birds that have been homed to the old location? Input would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks, Thom
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Sunflower
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453 posts
Jun 27, 2009
3:14 PM
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Thom,
They will adapt pretty quickly. Last year I built a new loft next to the old one. At first they would land on the roof of the old loft but after about a week, they figured it out and only an occasional bird would land on the old one until I tore it down.
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Keep em Spinning
Joe
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Scott
2261 posts
Jun 27, 2009
3:15 PM
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Thom you could simply turn them another direction and it will screw up their little worlds, when I used to use standing kit boxes I could move them five ft and the team would sit on the breeder loft staring in dis belief at the spot where it was LOL
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Just my Opinion
Scott
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Oldfart
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1083 posts
Jun 27, 2009
3:29 PM
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Joe, Thanks, it has to be done but I wish I had thought of it earlier.:(
Scott, That is what I was afraid of. After the move, I'm going to let them find their way out onto the kit box and just sit if they will. Worse case scenario, I have a flat roof on my house and they are used to landing first on the house roof and then dropping to the kit box. I don't mind as long as it is just my roof but this is another reason for the move. It will make it easy to catch them after dark! lol
Thom
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Scott
2262 posts
Jun 27, 2009
3:31 PM
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Get em hungry and coax them over , it will be a pain but just what you have to do.
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Just my Opinion
Scott
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DeepSpinLofts
1431 posts
Jun 27, 2009
3:33 PM
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All my kitboxes are on wheels and I have moved them with me from 2 previous residences. I bought the wheels from Home Depot and screwed them to the bottom of a 4x4 stud post. Fortunate for me there are always large slabs of cement out back where-ever I live, this makes it easy to move the kitboxes around.
....well anyway
Young birds can easily home in on visionary objects they recognize quickly... especially their living quarters. It all depends on how smart they are and how well you have trained them.
Marcus
Deep Spin Lofts
Last Edited by on Jun 27, 2009 3:35 PM
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Oldfart
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1084 posts
Jun 27, 2009
3:46 PM
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Hungry it will be!
Marcus, I don't plan on changing anything but the location and they are trained to a feed can rattle. I can't whistle worth a darn! :)
Thom
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Scott
2264 posts
Jun 27, 2009
3:48 PM
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Thom, I switched to a cow bell a few years ago, even my 4 yr old grandson can call them in now lol
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Just my Opinion
Scott
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DeepSpinLofts
1432 posts
Jun 27, 2009
3:51 PM
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Thom... it sounds like you have very intelligent birds. That's a good thing. I strongly feel it's a necessity to have smart rollers in this business. The smarter they are... the more fun you can actually have with them. Just like children!
Marcus
Deep Spin Lofts
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Oldfart
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1085 posts
Jun 27, 2009
4:52 PM
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Scott,Cow bell! LOL, My neighbors think I'm crazy enough already! But I bet your birds can hear it from far up.
Marcus, I think the birds are smarter then I am. I released them the other night in dead calm. Twenty minutes later there was a storm rolling in fast. It was windy, and I could see rain coming up the river.
The kit was about 200' when I started calling them with the rattle. They dropped almost immediately to just over the loft made a few passes then landed. Three minutes later all were in the box looking for their tray. I gave them a small reward but made them wait for their supper! :) It made all the standing and rattling everyday worthwhile!
Thanks, guys!
Thom
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Scott
2265 posts
Jun 27, 2009
4:59 PM
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Thom, I can drop them from afar no doubt, vision this, I'm on a hill top ringing that puppy LOL
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Just my Opinion
Scott
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Oldfart
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1086 posts
Jun 27, 2009
5:14 PM
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Scott, I don't know which would look the oddest. You on a hill top, or me in my Jammie's! :)
Thom
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Sunflower
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454 posts
Jun 27, 2009
5:17 PM
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My vote is for the jammies!!LOL
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Keep em Spinning
Joe
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Oldfart
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1087 posts
Jun 27, 2009
5:22 PM
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Joe, It's not pretty but I have some very tolerant neighbors! They just shake their heads, laugh, wave, then run back into their house. I can only assume they lock the door!LOL
Thom
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Scott
2266 posts
Jun 27, 2009
5:24 PM
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Hey if I can stand on my hilltop in SpongeBob Boxers and flip flops ringing a cow bell while looking skyward I don't see an issue with you in your Jammies
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Just my Opinion
Scott
Last Edited by on Jun 27, 2009 5:25 PM
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Scott
2267 posts
Jun 27, 2009
6:12 PM
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Mine just say " Chicks Dig The Sponge" Your clover is my dry Annual wild oat and skunk weed,your Honey Bees is our ground dwelling meat bee's that takes little chuncks out of you and Thunder here means lightning, and this time of year lightning means Fire storms, yes right now I want to be your neighbor LOL
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Just my Opinion
Scott
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Oldfart
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1089 posts
Jun 27, 2009
6:27 PM
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As Rod Roddy would have said, "Come On Down"!
Thom
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DeepSpinLofts
1433 posts
Jun 27, 2009
10:25 PM
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Thom what family you working with to develop your own?
Is it:
McCully, Plona, Stephens, Hardesty, Oullette, Borges, Kiser, Perkins, Houghton, Grover, Evans, Smith, Espinoza, Scott, Cooper, Turner, Hilton, Higgins, Neible, Reed, Jaconette or Corderra????
Which one?
Marcus
Deep Spin Lofts
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Oldfart
GOLD MEMBER
1090 posts
Jun 28, 2009
3:43 AM
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Marcus, At this point in time, they are mine. I can't blame my foulups on anyone but myself! :) If I do something right, I'm taking the credit!
Thom
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bman
676 posts
Jun 28, 2009
4:50 AM
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Thom & Scott, I don't know if it is as bad as the PJ's and cow bell,but the neighbors wonder why when I am cutting the grass I stop every lap and stare up into the sky.lol
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Ron
Borderline lofts
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Oldfart
GOLD MEMBER
1091 posts
Jun 28, 2009
5:27 AM
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Ron, That's a lot of grass to cut! They probably think you are preying for rain! :)
Thom
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