KiddenAround
313 posts
Dec 06, 2009
8:13 AM
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Suddenly, the "A" team doesn't want to come out of their kit box, doesn't want to fly. These are birds that were flying 30 minutes to an hour. What could be causing this? Parasites? A recent hawk problem? I wouldn't think it was feed, because nothing has changed.
Yesterday, they buzzed a tree like they wanted to land there. A hawk came out and went after them, but they went high and escaped. 20 minutes later, they came down, buzzed the tree again and the hawk pursued again, but they succeeded in out-flying him.
Has anyone ever tried letting them trap in and then flushing them out again to make them want to work longer?
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-- Laura
Professional Thrill Seeker
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Scott
2669 posts
Dec 06, 2009
8:29 AM
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Did the temp drop ?
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Scott Campbell
" God Bless "
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fhtfire
2272 posts
Dec 06, 2009
12:26 PM
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Laura,
I know with my birds especially my older birds or birds that have been flying along time....the only time that they dont blow out of the box when I open the door is because they KNOW that there is a hawk around. It has happened to me on more then one occasion where I opened the door and they all just sat there looking at me and I had to damn near beat them with the flag to get them out...and low and behold..as soon as they get up....or even after flying for awhile...here comes MR.BOP...
So....if I open the door and my birds that LOVE to fly just sit there...I close the door and either wait a couple hours and try again....or I dont fly for the day.....they know when there is a hawk around...
rock and ROLL
Paul
Last Edited by on Dec 06, 2009 12:27 PM
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donnie james
820 posts
Dec 06, 2009
1:07 PM
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laura,
it might be hawks if it was my birds i would lock them up for about week or so and let the hawk get hungry and leave the area................
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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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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
3492 posts
Dec 06, 2009
6:44 PM
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Paul and Donnie are right.last week I open my kitbox and 3 bird didn't want to come out sure enough soon as they circle the tree in my neighbors land boom a cooper grab one..I lock down for now..they know we just got to learn to listen to them.
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Ralph.
Pigeons are not our whole life, but they damn sure make our lives whole!" ~
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donnie james
825 posts
Dec 07, 2009
5:46 PM
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hay ralph i been luck so far with the hawks and that don't mean any thing and i tryed to fly them today well the folks are flying them for me do to an ulcer on my foot ain't heeled just yet another week or so i should be on my feet but any way went to fly today and we had about 5 inches of snow and going to get about 4 or 5 inches of snow in the next 24 hours so for the next few days i'm going to get ole pigeon tapes and watch them...............
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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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RodSD
376 posts
Dec 08, 2009
7:57 PM
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My guess would be hawk as well. That happened to me many times and when I forced them to fly sure enough a hawk swooped down from nowhere. Pigeons have excellent hearing.
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wannaroll
107 posts
Dec 08, 2009
11:28 PM
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pigeons may have excelent hearing but vision and their sense of smell is what saves them from BOP. I have one bird, if he doesn't wanna fly sure as Sh_t a cooper will show up every time. I pay attention to him now for sure.
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Dave - Hesperia, CA.
(San Bernardino Mountain Spinners)
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Windjammer Loft
1022 posts
Dec 09, 2009
7:13 AM
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Anytime my birds have an encounter with the hawks I usually give them 2 days rest. It seems to calm them down.
Fly High and Roll On
Paul
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KiddenAround
315 posts
Dec 10, 2009
6:57 PM
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I'm thinking you're all on the right track . . . yesterday morning, I walked to the barn and I have two Aussie pups . . . they flushed a predator out of the bushes, from the ground. A Cooper's hawk was in there, on the ground, and had eaten the head off of my beloved Bantam rooster. He flew up onto two different perches before sitting in a tree, about 8 feet from me, stared at me a moment and then he took off.
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-- Laura
Professional Thrill Seeker
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