Preventing pigeons from sitting on the roof

[ZK]

Hi guys,

 

Just wondering whether anyone has any tip or 'tricks' on how to prevent pigeons from sitting on the rooftops!!

 

My pigeons seem to be getting into this bad habit...

 

any suggestions?

 

Thanks,

ZK

[Guest bigda]

dont feed them,   much   if they on the roof  call them in   take them tosses the will soon get the idea   and get a lenght of copper pipe 3 foot  and a pale of  putty   and whack them with it if the  dont obey blowpipe style ;D ;D

[Guest]

very hard to deal with if you stay in a housing estate you have to try and teach them from young a tennis ball on a string will do but if they just move to the next roof try keeping them a bit short of food but that has its problems if you intend to fly the distance races. just dont give them peace keep hounding them best of luck i had it for years i know exactly what you are going through

[blaz]

i would not mind some of mine sitting on the roof right now

[ZK]

How about throwing afew water balloons? not right at them but close by them on the wall...

[Guest]

try anything to stop them the sooner the better

[superstar]

Catapult and some cherry tomatoes or small sprouts does the trick on neighbours houses along with a tight measure for a while they will soon learn if they arn't thick

[ZK]

Some interesting replies - could this scare the youngs away? i.e. throwing something at them?

[Guest bigda]

you have fed the young  to much

[ZK]

cool, guess it's time to keep them light!

[Guest bigda]

change the feed times so they are out  and dont have anything in them  they have to listen to you

you call the shots  no them

[Guest karl adams]

you must be feeding to much cut the cracker down learn them to a can or whisel let them know you are incharge the best way to gaffer them is in the feeding   [ just my view] ;)

[Guest gladdo]

totally agree with karl... buy a whistle and everytime you feeding them blow the whistle ... then starve them let them out when they get low ready to land blow your whistle put your corn in so its there as they trap and they soon know when they here whistke its feeding time ,.. if they dont come in first time no food for them ,,,, i bet when they come in and there s no food i bet you the next time the ones that did not trap will be first in the next time .... then they get used to it ,,, you soon get the measurement then for morning feed ...just my view aswell but i had same problem last year first time but it only happened one day and never had problem trapping before during the season so only telling whats worked for me mate ...mikey - dublin ...

[joe61]

:-/god why do people throw things at them.... those that tthrow things at their pigeons, let me ask you what did you win last year, how foolish can you be throwing things at them... ddo none of you who do this have any common sense. no wonder the sport is dying with idiots running it, as well as in it... fools

 

 

 

 

oh happy days

[Guest spin cycle]

:-/god why do people throw things at them.... those that tthrow things at their pigeons, let me ask you what did you win last year, how foolish can you be throwing things at them... ddo none of you who do this have any common sense. no wonder the sport is dying with idiots running it, as well as in it... fools

 

 

 

 

oh happy days

 

so the answer to stopping birds resting on the roof is....................................???????????

[joe61]

exercise them, and call them straight in afterwards.  they are creatures of habit so use that to your advantage..

 

 

 

 

 

oh happy days

[OLDYELLOW]

its all about control , control there feed and get the birds to associate you with food then feed the ybs a measured amount of food , they will soon become under control  

[phillips]

if pigeons want to sit all over house roofs then the feed is wrong dont get me wrong my birds hit the house but down within seconds

but as soon as they start racing some cocks have let me now they are ready by doing the strangest things like landing on houses but 10 or so houses away from mine acting strange

all i can say is if the birds want to sit on the house and are taking the p*ss out of you get em on barley for a wk and show you are boss

hope this helps

[superstar]

Some interesting replies - could this scare the youngs away? i.e. throwing something at them?

 

If your feeding is right and you have a bad habit pigeon that likes roof tops then you either try to stop him or bin him as he will draw all the others up to him before all the others draw him down to them. I have been higest prize winner round here many times with old and young birds and always thrown at my youngsters that touched a roof, no sooner they had landed then up went a clod! They soon get to know that the loft is a place of safety not a house roof. Roof sitters aint no good to no one get at um and nip it in the bud!

 

 

[retired]

:-/god why do people throw things at them.... those that tthrow things at their pigeons, let me ask you what did you win last year, how foolish can you be throwing things at them... ddo none of you who do this have any common sense. no wonder the sport is dying with idiots running it, as well as in it... fools

 

Agree Joe, i did it for a season back a few years back and then on the Saturday couldnt understand why they didnt want to trap for me but what works for one wont necessarily for another.

 

Ours drop to the roof but one whilstle and they are down its a habit we have now.

 

 

 

 

oh happy days

 

 

[Guest IB]

Lob a small brightly coloured rubber ball on the roof, won't harm bird or property. If they move further down the street, tell neighbours what you are doing and ask their permission to ball their roofs too. Neighbours especially don't like pigeons sitting on roofs, can easily claim they're causing a nuisance.

 

Should only need to do that a couple of times. I've found after that as soon the offenders see me with the ball, they know what's coming and take off themselves.

 

Make sure you only let youngsters out when hungry.

[Guest youngzimmy]

LET THEM OUT HUNGRY AND WHEN THEY HIT THE ROOF RATTLE YOUR CAN BLOW YOUR WHISTLE OR WHATEVER YOU DO BUT DO IT THE MINUITE THEY LAND ON THE ROOF IT IS ALL ABOUT CONTROL

[hotrod]

you got to teach them when very young first time on the roof chase them off second time do the same and so on they soon realise that their not allowed on the roof , my loft is in a bit with houses all round them and they drop right onto loft from exercise training or racing, as thats what their trained to do , and joe nearly 62 i throw tennis balls at them until they know how is the boss what i say goes , and they still win well for me and trap as if the landing board is on fire.A member of my old club used to say to me every time my birds home from a race they just perch on the roof (if you drove by any day of the week there they would be sitting on the roof )i said to him in my usual manner no bloody wonder they think thats their perch because the spend more time on the roof than they do in the loft ya eijit. UNDER CONTROL IS THE NAME OF THE GAME

[T_T]

My loft is some 24' from my house, and my pigeons do not land on the house.  You must control them through their stomach.  When my youngsters start flying, I let my old hens out with them who have been through the ropes before and they will teach the youngsters to drop directly from the sky onto or into the loft.  With the ETS, if ever I get a pigeon with someone else's, I can assure you, when the clocks are read, they'll be behind.

[Craig05]

Hi

i am very new to the pigeon game in the UK but used to race pigeons in South Africa and we had simelar problems with birds sitting on the roof as our lofts were in the back gardens rather than on an allotment.  Feeding the birds less to get them off the roof is going to make them not want to exercise around the loft and you would only probably get a few turns out of them and they will want to come back in for food as soon as they spot you in the garden.  what worked for us was feeding some sun flower seeds before letting them out (apparently also helps to break down fat) which gives the birds something in their crop to allow them to exercise normally.  By the time they finished exercising some of them still landed on the roof but came straight in when they heard the food tin.  The other option is to train them instead of exercising around the loft, but could get expensive.

 

be very carefull of starving pigeons to help get rid of bad habbits, it is something i dont beleive in and could knock them off form for a while.....