advise wanted please

[paul l]

hi my ybs ar out flying now doing ok took them 5 miles yesterday all home but they go sit on roof when come home or flying around hs they go on roof and cant get them down even with the shake of tin no go what can i do

 

 

                        as i wont win races or do well if they keep going on the poxy roof

[stevebelbin]

Keep them really hungry for the first few chucks, and throw a footy at them if they go on the roof, or they will do it off racing aswell!!!

[Guest Paulo]

hunger plus get a few tumblers and cut their wings and use them to entice your birds down to trap

[Wiley]

also sounds like your overfeeding mate

[Roland]

Best place for them... you will see and observe more there than anywhere. They will trap from race ok I'd wager.

When us natural flyers have birds out, regardless what misleading stories are said, most are in the garden or on a roof top. Learn thm to trap to the Whistle, feed can, rattle or whatever... Jmo.

[Guest Paulo]

just if your on an allotment don't you dare shake the feed tin if anybody else has their birds out or you'll get the blame for them not flying ;D ;D

[Guest]

thanks for posting that one paul. im having the same trouble. i have cut there food down and only have 4 who are being stubborn.  amanda ;D ;D ;D :K)

[ACE LOFTS]

let them out first then take them training coz your only going short they need more fly. and keep them hungry

[thunderboult]

have they been frightened off the loft by a cat or somebody waving something about close to the loft ,i've found before if a cat jumps on to the loft roof when they're out and frightens them off they're a bit suspect of it

[Guest Greig the doo Drysdale]

lock them out for the night an if they are not there th following morning they are no good if they are they will soon come in cause they will be hungary

[timbarra]

do not throw a football at them, what a stupid thing to advise, do not starve them either... and do not get any tumblers or dropper pigeons.. god how primative is the advice given by some people.

 

i agree with roland leave them they will come good and trap when it matters , train them 6 times from 5 miles then jump them to 20 miles for a further 6 tosses then 30 miles for a further 6 tosses , they will come good , they are like children when you call them in for their tea they always stay out longer and do not break the spirit of your birds. do not panic feed them little in the mornings and full feed when they come in.

 

hope it helps..

[Guest Paulo]

do not throw a football at them, what a stupid thing to advise, do not starve them either... and do not get any tumblers or dropper pigeons.. god how primative is the advice given by some people.

 

i agree with roland leave them they will come good and trap when it matters , train them 6 times from 5 miles then jump them to 20 miles for a further 6 tosses then 30 miles for a further 6 tosses , they will come good , they are like children when you call them in for their tea they always stay out longer and do not break the spirit of your birds. do not panic feed them little in the mornings and full feed when they come in.

 

hope it helps..

 

 

we bow to your superior knowledge.

[gangster]

I AGREE DONT THROW A BALL???????????  YOU NEED TO CONTROL THEM BUY THE FEED....THEY WILL COME UNDER CONTROL, MY MATE HAND FEEDS HIS BIRDS WITH PEANUTS IT HELPS IN THERE TRUST OF HIM AND THEY TRAP VERY WELL............

[Guest Paulo]

As for dropper pigeons I'd say 80% of fanciers use them in the NEHU including the top boys but of course they must all be wrong.

[stevebelbin]

do not throw a football at them, what a stupid thing to advise, do not starve them either... and do not get any tumblers or dropper pigeons.. god how primative is the advice given by some people.

 

i agree with roland leave them they will come good and trap when it matters , train them 6 times from 5 miles then jump them to 20 miles for a further 6 tosses then 30 miles for a further 6 tosses , they will come good , they are like children when you call them in for their tea they always stay out longer and do not break the spirit of your birds. do not panic feed them little in the mornings and full feed when they come in.

 

hope it helps..

 

Sorry GOD

 

It works for me, so why is it primative advise, and my birds always trap well of racing, they just know that the roof is off limits.........

 

 

[Guest Paulo]

he knows more than you Belbin know your place. You can't fly a kite in a strong wind

[stevebelbin]

A kite, good idea - that will get them off the roof lol lol lol  ;D ;D ;D

 

(you are right though, i bought a stunt kite, and tried to fly it in strong wind, and got into a tangle - b--tard thing lol)

[frank-123]

do not throw a football at them, what a stupid thing to advise, do not starve them either... and do not get any tumblers or dropper pigeons.. god how primative is the advice given by some people.

 

i agree with roland leave them they will come good and trap when it matters , train them 6 times from 5 miles then jump them to 20 miles for a further 6 tosses then 30 miles for a further 6 tosses , they will come good , they are like children when you call them in for their tea they always stay out longer and do not break the spirit of your birds. do not panic feed them little in the mornings and full feed when they come in.

 

hope it helps..

 

what works for one might not work for an other

give your opinion without mocking others timbarra

then paul will make the choice on who's opinion to follow

 

 

 

[barlbylofts]

not hungry anough mate cut the feed down a bit till you get it right. we all have that prob mate with ybs at first each year seem to be diferent some years they seem to eat more then others lol when you get them hunry anough they will fight to get in lol.

 

mark

barlbylofts

[barlbylofts]

ps i got one sitting on loft now the rest went in two hrs ago looks like that one wants the bin lol

[maverick]

hand feed the birds for a little while and let them come to trust YOU give a little tit bit from a coulored bag every time you ask them to trap once they get used to this as soon as they see the coulored bag they are down and in looking for there tit bit

[peterpau]

I never shut my birds out, never throw a ball, and they just don't sit on the roof. My young birds will fly over an hour or more twice a day every day Last year my son would let them out at 4.30 when he got home from school and I had a job to get them in before 7 o'clock. Not that I have any this year. To me it sounds like you have two problems. Overfed. easy solution feed twice a day then you can regulate the amount you feed much better. The nasty little bugger too many overlook is canker, classic symtoms are look great but just don't want to fly.  

[dooflyer]

half your corn couple handfulls in the morning for a couple days after training or flying this will make them easier to train as they will be looking for more food then put back on  to normalquoter of food and if it happens again leave with out food for 24hours.

this is how me & granfather use to train in the seventys it works sometimes you have to be curel to be kind.

hope this helps..

[Guest Vic]

Teasing mine with peanuts at the moment. Let a pigeon come to you, managed well, they all will. One hour flying morning and night, fed morning and night. Simple

 

[Guest Vic]

Feed 'em, as if you have a hole in your pocket. This is the secret. Now that is out!

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