Pinwheel
28 posts
Dec 02, 2009
2:12 PM
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SO I just recently starting training my birds to trap and feed by shaking the can and playing music. So its only been three days, but during every feeding i play one song(same one) while they feed and shake the can. This afternoon I started up the song, and they actually perked up and started moving toward the trap, then when i started messing with the feed and can they started trapping in.
Last Edited by on Dec 02, 2009 2:18 PM
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Snake Doctor
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434 posts
Dec 02, 2009
2:39 PM
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I whistle "The Marines Hymn" and shake the feed can!
Works for me!
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"Semper Fi"
SD
Roy
Georgia
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Oldfart
GOLD MEMBER
1533 posts
Dec 02, 2009
3:01 PM
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Here Birdie,Birdie,Birdie.:)
I just rattle a can with a little popcorn in it.
Thom
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steve49
351 posts
Dec 02, 2009
3:04 PM
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Thom, i doubt you 'just' rattle a can, c'mon, if Roy can whistle the Marines hymn, you gotta top that! btw, i whistle as i feed, this way if they're really hungry, they can hear me while flying, and will land right away/much faster.
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Steve in Blue Point, NY
Last Edited by on Dec 02, 2009 3:05 PM
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Oldfart
GOLD MEMBER
1535 posts
Dec 02, 2009
3:13 PM
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Steve, You are right I shake the can like a Mariachi Band, along with a little hip action of course! :)
Thom
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fhtfire
2256 posts
Dec 02, 2009
3:15 PM
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I whistle and use a pigeon whistle....the pigeon whistle is good for bringing them down up high....they are at Foys pigeon supply for like 3.00
Paul
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Snake Doctor
GOLD MEMBER
435 posts
Dec 02, 2009
3:41 PM
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Thom! Cut that out, if I didn't know better I'd think you were Navy! LOL
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"Semper Fi"
SD
Roy
Georgia
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Oldfart
GOLD MEMBER
1537 posts
Dec 02, 2009
3:56 PM
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To all the sailors, remember which Jar Head,(SD) linked dancing and Navy together! :)
"Semper Fi"
Thom
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donnie james
810 posts
Dec 02, 2009
5:19 PM
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i just whistle and shake the food can
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Donny James
"Fly The Best And Cull The Rest"
"Saying One Thing;Doing Its Another"
"Keep Your Head Planted In The Sky And Wings Spanned Wide"
1996 Piedmont Roller Club Lifetime Achievement Recipient
Portsmouth Roller Club Participation Award System Recipient 1994 '96 '97 And 2000
2001 Limestone,Ohio Sportsman's Club Lifetime Member Recipient
2002Portsmouth Roller Club Certified Judge
2004Portsmouth Roller Club Lifetime Member Recipient
"Miss Portsmouth"NBRC/90/J311 Rusty Dun Check Self Hen First Bird To Get Certified In Portsmouth Roller Club History With A Score Of 53 Judge By Joe Roe The 1993 World Cup Winner And John Bender The 1994 World Cup Winner
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Scott
2667 posts
Dec 03, 2009
12:05 AM
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I bang my head on the side of the kitbox and sob , when that fails I use a cow bell
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Scott Campbell
" God Bless "
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pat66
435 posts
Dec 03, 2009
3:47 AM
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my girlfriend does when she opens the door and starts screaming at me, the birds know its time to trap! LOL the whole block can hear her,she makes everybody trap
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Pat
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Windjammer Loft
1013 posts
Dec 03, 2009
4:33 AM
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Since I've been a dog trainer longer then I have had my rollers. I use a "clicker" used in my dog training and shake a feed can...
Fly High and Roll On
Paul
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rookie from ct
GOLD MEMBER
177 posts
Dec 03, 2009
5:11 AM
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I whistle and shake the feed cam but the only thing about when you have more than one kit box out there they all get too exceided,I guess that I should have called birdie,birdie,birdie for the second kit and something else for the third. Hay Windjammer do your dogs come running when you click your birds. Dennis
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Windjammer Loft
1015 posts
Dec 03, 2009
8:58 AM
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Dennis..... I use the clicker as a reward responce. When the dogs does what Iam teaching them and they do it right. I click the clicker and reward them with a treat.
I use a "voice" command along with the clicker to get my dogs to "come" to me when I call them.
Fly High and Roll On
Paul
Last Edited by on Dec 03, 2009 9:01 AM
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rottweiler
174 posts
Dec 03, 2009
12:07 PM
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i just shake a can and shout come on come on (and feel like a right clown if anybody is walking past the gate )
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the older i get the better i was
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toughrollers
307 posts
Dec 03, 2009
2:48 PM
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Hi Guys,
I shake the feed can and whistle and if that doesn't work I do the kangaroo dance "a hip and a hop" and that generally works. :)
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Oldfart
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1542 posts
Dec 03, 2009
3:17 PM
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Ralph, Are you carrying a small basket filled with colored eggs? Are you the fabled Easter Roo? :)
Thom
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Pinwheel
31 posts
Dec 03, 2009
3:30 PM
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To be perfectly honest, I was hoping one of you would say that you actually gave each of ur birds a cell phone and added them to ur plan, because, frankly, I just dial them up and put them on 10 way. Maybe its just me....
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donnie james
811 posts
Dec 03, 2009
5:18 PM
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i was reading everyone post when my dalmation was alive but he died of cancer a few years back i gave voice canmans and use hand signs as well and i would voice canmans and just use hand signing he would obey them and i thought he was a smart dog...........
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Donny James
"Fly The Best And Cull The Rest"
"Saying One Thing;Doing Its Another"
"Keep Your Head Planted In The Sky And Wings Spanned Wide"
1996 Piedmont Roller Club Lifetime Achievement Recipient
Portsmouth Roller Club Participation Award System Recipient 1994 '96 '97 And 2000
2001 Limestone,Ohio Sportsman's Club Lifetime Member Recipient
2002Portsmouth Roller Club Certified Judge
2004Portsmouth Roller Club Lifetime Member Recipient
"Miss Portsmouth"NBRC/90/J311 Rusty Dun Check Self Hen First Bird To Get Certified In Portsmouth Roller Club History With A Score Of 53 Judge By Joe Roe The 1993 World Cup Winner And John Bender The 1994 World Cup Winner
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fhtfire
2265 posts
Dec 03, 2009
10:20 PM
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TO be honest...sometimes I just yell you stupid sons a bitches..get down here....LOL!!...LOL!!! OR I yell...come down and get your neck adjustment you stiff bastard....LOL...or I just yell....how did I make them do that...LOL
ROck and ROLL
paul
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J_Star
2197 posts
Dec 04, 2009
6:52 AM
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The key is to fly your birds hungry, otherwise, nothing will work.
Jay
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Pinwheel
33 posts
Dec 04, 2009
8:43 AM
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J star, im with you, But since Im still just figuring out this whole portable thing, I apparently do not knnow what hungry is, cause I dont feed them for a 12 hours and they wont come down, give them over 24 hours and the night out in some strange place and oddly enough, they seem to recognize you..... should I stick to once daily feeding. Ill try that
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Square
763 posts
Dec 04, 2009
9:03 AM
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Well I kinda live in the middle of nowhere,,I do whistle forum, and talk toum, However when I need them down I bang the lid of my feedben,its Just a standard trashcan with a lid I keep all my feed in once I bang that a few times there all comming down...
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"Home of the Ghost Town Roller"
K.C.R.C
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J_Star
2199 posts
Dec 04, 2009
10:39 AM
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Try giving your birds less feed and only feed them once a day after you fly them. They need to be on a constant schedule. For every 10 birds give them 3/4 cup of feed. Use a measuring cup from your kitchen or purchase the measuring cups for $1 from “Dollar Store”. If the birds don’t come down when you rattle the feed can, cut the feed a little more. I use an instant coffee container as a feed can due to having a lid on the container and allow me to shake the can without spilling the feed. The birds will become accustomed to the sight of the can and they know it is feeding time.
Jay
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wannaroll
100 posts
Dec 04, 2009
12:30 PM
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Try whistling the theme song to the Andy Griffith Show, Shake the can like your mixing a good cocktail and keep the hip action going. This will also keep your kit birds from mating in their kitbox. LOL!
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Dave - Hesperia, CA.
(San Bernardino Mountain Spinners)
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Pinwheel
38 posts
Dec 04, 2009
3:13 PM
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Oh you...
The Andy Griffith Show might work, thanks for that.
I will try with the whole measuring bit... i simply can only fly once a week maybe twice, so I try and strictly feed on a once a day schedule in anticipation for flying.
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JBow
140 posts
Dec 04, 2009
9:47 PM
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young kits will learn to drop. Me i just say come on. over and over again. They do well most of the time but it just depends on the weather. My comp kits react well to.
Consistancy i guess. Jim Bowen
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wishiwon2
246 posts
Dec 04, 2009
11:06 PM
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I dont call to mine. I just stand there with a surprised look on my face, as if to say "What the ....", "You guys want to come back to this?"
Naw, I really dont call to them. I dont open the trap til they are all down (except the one or two knuckle heads), When I open the trap, they all bail inside. Any of them that dont get in, go hungry. Of course when Im first trap training I feed a lil bit at a time so nobody goes entirely without. But after a few days ... they learn it real fast. I do believe they form a little Pavlovian response to the bobs on the trap clinking. IMO its about how you fly them and the early habits they form. 99% of the time all mine are trapped in within 2 minutes. I try to never fly them with any food in their crop.
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Jon
If it were easy, everybody would do it
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KiddenAround
312 posts
Dec 05, 2009
3:33 PM
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I never even thought of calling them in. They just come in after they're through flying. They know breakfast is waiting.
Now this is one hilarious, entertaining thread! I'd sure like to see a video of Thom and Scott's methods!
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-- Laura
Professional Thrill Seeker
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Pinwheel
46 posts
Dec 05, 2009
3:38 PM
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More I think about it, im not sure they even come beacuse I call, i think they start landing becuase they want to. i doubt I could let them out and in 5 mins make them land??? any takers...
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Flying in someone else's backyard: Portable Kits
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pigeon pete
447 posts
Dec 06, 2009
7:13 AM
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When the're flying I sing the Status Quo
song.
Down Down Deeper and down, inerspersed with rolling and tumbling by Canned Heat. Then to trap them I whistle "No place like home".
Here is a thought, if you could train your birds that it is only safe to drop when a flag is flying.... the judge would always make you take it down before releasing the kit....... hmmmm
Pete.
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
3495 posts
Dec 06, 2009
7:25 PM
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Here is a thought, if you could train your birds that it is only safe to drop when a flag is flying.... the judge would always make you take it down before releasing the kit....... hmmmm
Pete.
Good one Pete..lol..
I have one kit I sing to and one that I whistle to when calling..I'm lucky the one I sing to doesn't leave me..lol..
p.s. got to keep them hungry or they will say who you :).......
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Ralph.
Pigeons are not our whole life, but they damn sure make our lives whole!" ~
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wannaroll
105 posts
Dec 08, 2009
1:46 PM
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Actually it's a real good idea to get them use to your voice or whistle. I was at CR250's house a few weeks ago, when he flew his birds Mr. Cooper came for a visit. He was relentless chasing the kit, he made about 6 runs at them as they tried to land. He came in right at dark and chased them back up really high. If they were not use to his whistle he could have lost the whole kit. They could not see a thing even with the yard lights on. They landed on the loft and on a horse shelter. We had to net 10 or so but we got them all in. Of course we had to have some beers after that. That says a lot for calling them in and getting them use to it.
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Dave - Hesperia, CA.
(San Bernardino Mountain Spinners)
Last Edited by on Dec 08, 2009 1:48 PM
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RodSD
374 posts
Dec 08, 2009
7:47 PM
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I just whistle, then utter the word "come." Any noise will do as long as they identity or associate that particular sound to feeding time. They can be retrained to associate different sounds as well. For example, I used to use a plastic whistle, but found it inconvenient so I ended up just whistling with my lip.
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gotspin7
2608 posts
Dec 10, 2009
5:33 AM
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I just smile and they come down, they know I am happy! LOL... I whistle and shake the feed can, it has always worked well for me. Good luck!
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Sal Ortiz
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harrison
1291 posts
Dec 10, 2009
9:48 AM
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Every time i feed my birds I rattle the tin and say come on then.
When breeding comes along and the young birds are starting to eat by them selfs they no that the tin rattling and come on is feed time
Then when they get moved into the kits I shake the tin and shought before feed time.
Doing this every day they no what it relates to.
Always let them out hungry and when your ready to let them in give them the tin and shought.
Once the birds are flying as a kit when there at the hight were they can here me I give them the signal and there in like a flash.
I dont give them any time sitting about on the roof they hit the roof and are straight in the kits.
If I had a nice big garden instead of a yard I would train them to hit the loft roof instead of the house roof first.
well thats me and my way.LOL
yours in roll harrison HULL UK
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