Young birds

[captain panic]

> Please help - have had two attacks on young birds from sparrowhawk.  Since then they are extremely jumpy (understandable) but now they just won't fly - won't come out of the shed, I have to shoo them out, they whizz round in a circle about 10 feet off the ground at 90 miles an hour then after about 5 minutes they land on the shed roof venting like mad.  They have been "cleaned out" thorougly and injected.  Any suggestions would be gratefully received, while I still have some hair left to pull out!!!

[speedbird]

firstly never chase them out of the shed!!! as thats there safe place from things like hawks & not for geting you!! as when they come home from a race the shed is a safe haven they will start to come out in due time why not try & let some old birds out at the same time to encourage them theres no great rush to make them fly again let them build up there confidence again

[Guest TAMMY_1]

firstly never chase them out of the shed!!! as thats there safe place from things like hawks & not for geting you!! as when they come home from a race the shed is a safe haven they will start to come out in due time why not try & let some old birds out at the same time to encourage them theres no great rush to make them fly again let them build up there confidence again

 

GREAT ADVICE SIR

[captain panic]

Took advice on board, will try it tomorrow.

[Guest WINGS 04]

I WOULD NOT LET THEM OUT ON A SATURDAY JUST IN CASE THEY GO OF WITH SOME RACERS

[captain panic]

MY MISTAKE THEY DONT GO OUT ON A SATURDAY, WILL TRY SUNDAY.

[jimmy white]

i had exactly the same problem a few years ago, all i could do was , try my best to regain their confidence, open loft every day at the same time, and try and encourage them outside with a little red band ,and made sure i was there all the time, then tried the bath after a few days , they gradually got going buy it took about 3 weeks to get the jumpiness out of them, but each day they improved with a little t, l, c, so i wish you the best of luck  c,p,

[speedbird]

how you geting on with your ybs?

[ACE LOFTS]

alright mate great advise up there 1 more thing may i add is to get a canary or a gold finch mule and place it outside your shed "make sure its a cock" and when it sings the pigeons will know its safe and theres no sparrow hawks out there, that might help, i always have my mule outside the shed

[Guest]

had it with my old birds this year took them weeks and weeks to get over it. they were constantly on edge looking for the hawk.,

[superstar]

Try screwing some CD's on and around your loft, Not tightly down let them move a little in the wind, I know several people that suffered badly with sparrow hawk attacks, now they have no trouble at all. Seems the hawks cant stand the reflected light.