how to stop roofers

[vanreets]

how can you stop pigeons from sitting on my roof all day :-/

[Guest Davy Fleming]

Do they sit and pick the moss when they are there ?????

[vanreets]

Do they sit and pick the moss when they are there ?????

 

sometimes but mostly just sit up there making a mess :-/ and p*ss of the next door

[Guest]

feed them less and when they land on the roof after exercise call them in

the last ones in miss out on a feed

they will be 1st in the next day

[vanreets]

feed them less and when they land on the roof after exercise call them in

the last ones in miss out on a feed

they will be 1st in the next day

 

ah ok i am too soft :-/

just jeepthem hungery

[Ulsterman]

mine pick at the moss although i scrapped most of it off my own roof but they just get it from next doors. what does it do to them. is it poisioness ?

[Guest]

dont keep them hungry just control thier feed to whatever your doing with them

if just exercising round the loft they wont need as much as if your raceing or training them

[vanreets]

i think its cooey stuys birds giving mine a habit :-/

[vanreets]

as they fly by tescos all the time

[Guest Davy Fleming]

If they are picking the moss in the slightest can assure you they have fungal probs so will need to get anti-fungal to get rid of it because you can shout all you want it will not make the slightest bit of difference THEY will come down when THEY are ready. Extremely frustrating but this will cure the problem as seen it many times.

[vanreets]

If they are picking the moss in the slightest can assure you they have fungal probs so will need to get anti-fungal to get rid of it because you can shout all you want it will not make the slightest bit of difference THEY will come down when THEY are ready. Extremely frustrating but this will cure the problem as seen it many times.

 

ok

[jonny]

pull the house down ,, lol

[Guest Davy Fleming]

jonny, cheaper buying some anti-fungal  mate      ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[blackdog]

this all starts when they are babys, if you dont keep them of the roofs then they get bad habits so once they are batching you will have to keep chasing them of the roofs mate, any that persist after a couple of times go in the bin, gota show them who the boss is

[terry mccarthy]

all u got to do it pelt them with water ballons a few times my birds wouldnt dare go near a roof

[vanreets]

all u got to do it pelt them with water ballons a few times my birds wouldnt dare go near a roof

 

umm good idea or a water gun you see where my loft is very close to my house they always land on the roof frist :-/

[jack]

feed them less and when they land on the roof after exercise call them in

the last ones in miss out on a feed

they will be 1st in the next day

 

this is the only way or clean your cutters

[Guest Owen]

You have got the completely wrong idea about racing pigeons. You must control your pigeons and not let them control you.

Without you realising it you have actually trained your birds to sit on the roof. It is no good loosing your temper or throwing things. You must out think them. And you must keep a calm disposition because no animal understands erratic behaviour. At the moment I doubt if you could win an arguement never mind a race. Your birds are not showing that they love their home or their master.

There are two things you will need to do. Feed a measured amount into a trough a bit at a time. Allow your birds 3 minutes to get their feed and 2 minutes to eat it. Then after the total of 5 minutes you pick it up. You are not aiming to starve them. They can have all they want but they have to behave properly. Use a clicker, whistle,  a voice, or a tin with some pebbles in it to give them the signal as to when you are about to feed them. Talk to them in a calm voice as you feed.

The other way is to wait until Spring and do the following. Pick a spot about 3 miles from your loft and take your birds there for a training toss. Someone has to be home to get them in. It is best if you can be the one to get them in. As they land give them a sprinkling of seed and small grain. Let them drink, and back into the basket.

Repeat the exercise for at least 5 or 6 times that day. Feed no more that day.

Repeat the exercise every day for at least 5 days. The birds should be leaving the basket and heading for home without a curve or hesitation. They ought to be trapping like rockets and looking to you for their feed.

You have a serious problem, in my book, so you have to be able to retrain your birds.

Once the retraining is done, you can feed pretty much how you like. And when you race, they should trap like lightening and if you've done it properly they will be trapping from 3 miles out. And that will give you winners.

By the way, after you have got them retrained you can train normally but, it is worth noting, that you will not gain anything by carrying out normal training before they understand what you want.

[oldguy]

I  had problems with my birds developing a habit of picking at the morter in a neighbours chimney, they eventually caused a large gap in a row of bricks.... i found using a catapult with rolled balls of wet newspaper to move them and they soon got the message

 

kev

[cowman]

as terry said water balloons i always let the birds sit the house roof for a week after being out the loft for the first time so that they get a better look around then use the water balloons the brighter the better then you will find they go streight to the loft rather than the roof if they do go onto the roof hit them again .

[nittin vi]

the man you want is Taylorlofts  he s got the answers

[Guest Greig the doo Drysdale]

I  had problems with my birds developing a habit of picking at the morter in a neighbours chimney, they eventually caused a large gap in a row of bricks.... i found using a catapult with rolled balls of wet newspaper to move them and they soon got the message

 

kev

 

did you have a good aim and fill the gap in the bricks with the wt paper lol

[Guest kev d]

vanreets , the best thing you can do is read OWEN  thread over and over again

and digest it the best thing ive read so far spot on .

[Guest chrisss]

vanreets , the best thing you can do is read OWEN  thread over and over again

and digest it the best thing ive read so far spot on .

 

yep its the best one so far to my mind [and it is just my point of view] your birds should come down when called, if they are hungry or not.it should be ingrained in them from a very early age

[Guest]

vanreets , the best thing you can do is read OWEN  thread over and over again

and digest it the best thing ive read so far spot on .

was  just going to quote Owen myself ,he has told you not only how to take them off the roof but (with the right stock) how to win races .                             andy.