T_ROCK
8 posts
Jul 03, 2006
6:35 PM
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I am Fairly new with this hobby. My breeders have raised thier young and I have been letting them out of the loft. All they do is fly on top of the loft then after awhile go back in to thier cage. I have no trained birds for them to learn from, and do not want to let my breeders out for fear I will lose them. What can I do to get them to start flying?
Thanks, Tim
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brian430
22 posts
Jul 03, 2006
7:18 PM
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hey Tim, like myself i am new to this also, thank god i have a great mentor. the old timer told me to be patient. let them out every day, and let them go up at their will. they will go up trust me.
now i hope your not feeding them too much, because that will cause them to get lazy, feed them once a day, about a tbs. per bird each, and don't feed them before they fly,
when i first started, i would get home from work, and they would be starving, i would put there feed tray on front, and give them a little at a time, and push them off, and they would fly off and come right back, because they were hungry. 
after they comfortable with me pushing them off the board they start to fly around little more every time, shake the feed can when you want them to land, show them your the boss.
hope this helps, if not these guys on this sight are awsome and someone will help... later
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Brian in Ludlow, MA
Last Edited by brian430 on Jul 03, 2006 7:19 PM
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T_ROCK
9 posts
Jul 03, 2006
7:54 PM
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Thanks alot Brian I was wondering if maybe they would when they were ready. I have been letting them out every day, so I will be patient and watch thier feed.
Thanks, Tim
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nicksiders
676 posts
Jul 03, 2006
8:00 PM
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How old are your young birds? Flag them up or if that ain't working throw a tennis ball or two at them if they are coming right down. Once they begin to fly they will generally increase thier flying time as they gain confidence and strength. Make sure you fly them often or they will get lazy on you and that you adjust their feed so they are not being over fed, but are still in good health. I have to think of them as athlets and train them as such. You fly them at the same time; feed them at the same time; and you continually make adjustments to the team.
It is scary to fly from home the first few times.
I have developed a training system for young birds that works for my family. If you're interested email me and I will try and give you same ideas that might help that I use from kind of a day one through day ten thing.
nsiders203@sbcglobal.net
Nick
Last Edited by nicksiders on Jul 03, 2006 11:32 PM
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Tony Chavarria
Site Publisher
679 posts
Jul 03, 2006
8:41 PM
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Hey Brian, good post. Hey Nick, send me some information too. LOL. My email is Support@Roller-Pigeon.Com
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FLY ON! Tony Chavarria
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fhtfire
515 posts
Jul 03, 2006
9:30 PM
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Hey,
Like everyone else said. When they get old enough and build the strength...they will fly..trust me. YOu don't expect you 2 year old to run a marathon...it is the same thing. You have to learn to walk before you can run. Just let them sit on the kit box until you see them start flapping there wings and lifting off and landing back on the roof. Then flag them up. I usually throw a nerf football at them. If they land on your house...throw a tennis ball until they land back on the kit box. Then leave them alone...so that they know that the kit box is a safe place to land. Let them trap and do it again the next day...do it everyday. SOon they will do a lap around the yard...then two and then...they will be on there own. It takes time..Just make sure that you are not over feeding...or they will sit there all day. Just give them time.
rock and ROLL
Paul
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Sourland
75 posts
Jul 04, 2006
4:43 PM
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Brian, neat set-up.
Geo.
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