what is the quickest way to tame an old bird

[Guest HEATHLOFTS]

what is the quickest way to tame an old bird?

if you had a loft full of un tame old birds how would you go about tameing them

just thinking becuase i have 2 pairs here that are untame and will be getting some more tomozs from a kind fellow that are un tame

:)mine seem to be more wild than anything   and i dont like to have wild untame birds in my loft  :)it just seems so un peacefull and then the birds get stressed out by me etc

any help will be great

regards

 

[Guest joshdonlan]

peanuts

[thomasd]

i cant help you there mate all my birds r mad i think out off 30 i have 1 tame but all my yb's r tame i hand feed them

[just ask me]

takes time mate the use of small seeds at dusk when the birds are settling down they are less likely to fly when it's getting dark i think the best way is to start when there young no good too you i know try to move slow around loft  and have a little pinch of seed in your pocket that u can give to a bird on his perch  

[Guest HEATHLOFTS]

peanuts

 

mine never seem to bother about peanuts i have tried even if there realiy hungrey  :-/

thanks anyways

[Guest lenwadebob]

what is the quickest way to tame an old bird?

if you had a loft full of un tame old birds how would you go about tameing them

just thinking becuase i have 2 pairs here that are untame and will be getting some more tomozs from a kind fellow that are un tame

:)mine seem to be more wild than anything   and i dont like to have wild untame birds in my loft  :)it just seems so un peacefull and then the birds get stressed out by me etc

any help will be great

regards

 

If you get stressed then how do you expect your birds to be tame  :-/ :-/

[Guest HEATHLOFTS]

takes time mate the use of small seeds at dusk when the birds are settling down they are less likely to fly when it's getting dark i think the best way is to start when there young no good too you i know try to move slow around loft  and have a little pinch of seed in your pocket that u can give to a bird on his perch  

 

thanks m8 i know y/bs would be differnt

i will try to move slower  

[Guest HEATHLOFTS]

 

If you get stressed then how do you expect your birds to be tame  :-/ :-/

 

i mean they are stressed because im in there  

[just ask me]

get a manikin that u see in a clothes shop stick it in the loft with a loft jacket on it for a week or two then take it out  and always wear a the jacket while out with the birds

[Guest HEATHLOFTS]

get a manikin that u see in a clothes shop stick it in the loft with a loft jacket on it for a week or two then take it out  and always wear a the jacket while out with the birds

 

good idea but i dont think i can get one i hang my loft coat up in there now so they get used to the colour

[just ask me]

 

good idea but i dont think i can get one i hang my loft coat up in there now so they get used to the colour

 

mmmmmm try e bay or places like that or even local scrapyards  

 

they do work  

 

 

[Fair Play]

Strange you say that about the jacket I always wear the same hat but changed it to a baseball type cap went into the loft birds went mad went out changed it back to old hat re-entered and no problem, strange things pigeons.

[just ask me]

creatures of habit dont like change  

[kirky]

peanuts works for me i hand feed them any new birds have to take them from my hand i let them get the taste of them by putting a few in there nest box then stop.

[THE FIFER]

when hungry hand feed them,

[dwh]

 

mine never seem to bother about peanuts i have tried even if there realiy hungrey  :-/

thanks anyways

 

crush them up till they get the taste for them

[adam owen]

feed them in there boxes lock them in there boxes two play fight wiv them ect it will come in time

[Guest Freebird]

De-sensitise them by doing everything. Different hats, clothes etc. The more they see the better and they will get used to it eventually. Then when they land on race day not much will spook them. Some birds you will never tame though, just like people it is in the breeding.

[Guest IB]

Same colour of 'loft clothes' is a must, I think.

 

Walk slowly amongst the birds, inside and outside the loft. Have them walk by you too.

 

Talk to them all the time, in my opinion its your voice that exerts best control them, they do what you want even when they don't want to, and are not hungry..

 

I also have false ceilings which limit the headroom, and small sections 5 foot x 5 foot, which basically stops birds flying inside the loft, they can't really fly by me when I'm in there with them. Deep perches that the birds retreat into when you approach, and a hand held up in front of the box stops them trying to leave.

 

Feed (and water) birds in their boxes.

[MikeMason]

Like others have said, peanuts.

[Guest HEATHLOFTS]

thanks guys

i will try peanuts agai

[MikeMason]

Once they get used to them after a few days. They'll be addicted to them. Both cocks and hens love them but the hens especially. I have about 8 hens who will land on my shoulder out of the sky wanting a peanut!

[Guest mick bowler]

Spending time with it, lots of it!

[clayton moore]

Ignore them when in the loft reat them as if they are invisable if they are on the ground walk through them.dont walk away from them.Feed them tasty tit bits like crushed peanuts Dont throw things down place things in such a way they are not shocked or frightened by you.Treat them as you would treat a nervous aunt Dont shock Dont frighten Dont be a bully to them in any way.

[Guest bakes]

peanuts

 

agree with josh a few peanuts everyday not to much just a tit bit i swear by them my birds ybs or oldbirds would do anythink for peanuts they all have 3 peanuts each waiting for them every time i let them out for exercise same on return from training you wont to see them come into sight land and run to trap as they no there tit bit waiting for them do the same with a tea spoon of homoform they love it specially when coming back from training

 

all the best.