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NA GEILL GO DEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sprint Specialist
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well for a start you went to a good man...are they babies
ni bhrisfidh said me mar ta an fonn saoirse, agus saoirse mhuintir na heireann i mo chroi tiochfaid ;a eigin nuair a bheidh an fonn saoirse seo le taispeaint ag daoine go leir heireann ansin t...
if they are babies, get them settled, coming to you for food and as soon as you feel they are settled, feeding well etc then just let them come out of there own accord, don't chase them or anything just let them find there own way out for a look around and then call them back in when your ready. Just take it slowly with them!
Agree 100%... or straight away(if they haven't seen outside their previous loft, and are pecking). Open door with a light bit of seed and grit down. Soon be walking in and out. Quickly learn to shoot back into the loft. This is the best way of giving them confindence. ALL pigeons, young or old quickly break when they have freedom, coupled with a safty net. Remember they have a built in sense of home, and know that they aren't there. So you have to make them happy. Why many young birds don't fly well to the new loft first season. Second season, after a nest etc. they accept the new loft. Sure some will go off from the top.... but then we all lose some that way most years. All that means is that they aren't happy with the system, your management etc. So what, most will, and that is the first basis needed, birds to adopt and like YOUR way. Good luck.
Sorry, I meant I don't agree. If any one thinks for a moment that a pigeon ever forget's where it was born, or it's not their first loft, then think again! They never forget, and the longer held prisoner the harder to settle or break. And also remember the quicker out and settled the better, and more likely to race AFTER THEY have accepted their new loft. Even these know that they are where they were born! They have to accept, and like and become contented.
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