breaking birds

[crazy pigeon boy]

hi all

 

as some of you might know i moved my loft to a new location at the back of my house around 3 months ago i have opened the doors for the birds to have a look around every day the birds are now on eggs so i am going to lock the hens in the boxes and let the cocks out for the first time tomorrow any one have any tips on how to get the birds to come back to my new location not the old one that is around 3 miles away cheers  

[NANCYVIEWLOFTS]

if you put a rubber band round  the primary flights in 1 of the wings and let them out they will just walk about    after a week release 1 or 2 of the flights so they can fly to the loft roof keep letting out flights at regular intervals and by the time all are released they will have orientated themselves to the new loft

obviously if you want to race them be carefulwith the flights

[Wiley]

gd you got them on eggs, keep them hungry will help and also do not chase them out the lofts let them come out on own accord

[Guest cloudview]

put  birds  in  basket  agood   20 feet   in  front   of   loft   ,so if  and   when   they  do   start  coming back   at least   they  know  what   the   front   of   loft   looks like,  don,t  worry  if  they  are  missing   for   two   t    days  or more   they  will  turn  up  when  hunger  kicks  in       my  own  opinion  is   intelligent  birds  will   break  more   easily  than   stupid  one.s

[jimmy white]

birds should be ok , even if they go back to the old place , dont give them a bath for a fortnight , let them out hungry , have some seeds scattered round garden , let them see you filling the bath [splashing the water] , and throwing some canary seed and hemp around, once they get a pick outside [,even if they go after that ] theyll be back best of luck