punner 36 Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 iv been interested in pegeons for along time mainly rollers i love going to my freinds and watching his birds i have finaly sorted a little kit box out and my [bANNED TEXT] give me some birds he did,nt wnt.I kept them in for two weeks and today got itchy feet after hearing rollers have no homeing instinct anway the birds wer bacck at my freinds i picked them up and he has pulled 3 fleight feathers on the birds but i have to wait six weeks will that break them any advice much apreciated Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 (edited) iv been interested in pegeons for along time mainly rollers i love going to my freinds and watching his birds i have finaly sorted a little kit box out and my [bANNED TEXT] give me some birds he did,nt wnt.I kept them in for two weeks and today got itchy feet after hearing rollers have no homeing instinct anway the birds wer bacck at my freinds i picked them up and he has pulled 3 fleight feathers on the birds but i have to wait six weeks will that break them any advice much apreciated i would`nt have pulled the feathers ffs -- build some sort of flight avery so they can see out - starve em for a couple of days before you let them out .. other than that breed off the older birds in a seperate shed and stock the kit box with young birds ... Edited May 10, 2011 by the_stig Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest eastmids Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 already said. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DottyDoo 500 Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 breeding is a fool proof way to hant pigeons to a new yard 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rocky1 942 Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 starve them is the way forward when settling birds ,1 bit of corn in the shed or box and they should be allover it wings back ,play about with them with the corn do this for about a week you don,t want them flying just pottering them about another good way is droppers ,featherfeet tumblers it easy 2 settle rollers if you do it proberly ,tipplers thats another story Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 breeding is a fool proof way to hant pigeons to a new yard they`ll come back to eggs or young -- the feathers should start to come back in 2-3 weeks -- but wont help in breaking the birds better ways to do imo and a pointless operation .. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
punner 36 Posted May 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 iv been interested in pegeons for along time mainly rollers i love going to my freinds and watching his birds i have finaly sorted a little kit box out and my [bANNED TEXT] give me some birds he did,nt wnt.I kept them in for two weeks and today got itchy feet after hearing rollers have no homeing instinct anway the birds wer bacck at my freinds i picked them up and he has pulled 3 fleight feathers on the birds but i have to wait six weeks will that break them any advice much apreciated i would`nt have pulled the feathers ffs -- build some sort of flight avery so they can see out - starve em for a couple of days before you let them out .. other than that breed off the older birds in a seperate shed and stock the kit box with young birds ... i built a traning fleight on the front off my box mate so the birds could see the souroundings for the 2 week i kept them in. put them in the fleight before feeding to get them trapping in, as i said i would like help as no one round here will part with ther squeekers and just want advise to help me on my way(will pulling three fleight break them or is ther a better method) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DottyDoo 500 Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 iv been interested in pegeons for along time mainly rollers i love going to my freinds and watching his birds i have finaly sorted a little kit box out and my [bANNED TEXT] give me some birds he did,nt wnt.I kept them in for two weeks and today got itchy feet after hearing rollers have no homeing instinct anway the birds wer bacck at my freinds i picked them up and he has pulled 3 fleight feathers on the birds but i have to wait six weeks will that break them any advice much apreciated i would`nt have pulled the feathers ffs -- build some sort of flight avery so they can see out - starve em for a couple of days before you let them out .. other than that breed off the older birds in a seperate shed and stock the kit box with young birds ... i built a traning fleight on the front off my box mate so the birds could see the souroundings for the 2 week i kept them in. put them in the fleight before feeding to get them trapping in, as i said i would like help as no one round here will part with ther squeekers and just want advise to help me on my way(will pulling three fleight break them or is ther a better method) let them nest.......... they wont go far an will deffo come back Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 iv been interested in pegeons for along time mainly rollers i love going to my freinds and watching his birds i have finaly sorted a little kit box out and my [bANNED TEXT] give me some birds he did,nt wnt.I kept them in for two weeks and today got itchy feet after hearing rollers have no homeing instinct anway the birds wer bacck at my freinds i picked them up and he has pulled 3 fleight feathers on the birds but i have to wait six weeks will that break them any advice much apreciated i would`nt have pulled the feathers ffs -- build some sort of flight avery so they can see out - starve em for a couple of days before you let them out .. other than that breed off the older birds in a seperate shed and stock the kit box with young birds ... i built a traning fleight on the front off my box mate so the birds could see the souroundings for the 2 week i kept them in. put them in the fleight before feeding to get them trapping in, as i said i would like help as no one round here will part with ther squeekers and just want advise to help me on my way(will pulling three fleight break them or is ther a better method) let them nest.......... they wont go far an will deffo come back my next line Quote Link to post Share on other sites
punner 36 Posted May 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 iv been interested in pegeons for along time mainly rollers i love going to my freinds and watching his birds i have finaly sorted a little kit box out and my [bANNED TEXT] give me some birds he did,nt wnt.I kept them in for two weeks and today got itchy feet after hearing rollers have no homeing instinct anway the birds wer bacck at my freinds i picked them up and he has pulled 3 fleight feathers on the birds but i have to wait six weeks will that break them any advice much apreciated i would`nt have pulled the feathers ffs -- build some sort of flight avery so they can see out - starve em for a couple of days before you let them out .. other than that breed off the older birds in a seperate shed and stock the kit box with young birds ... i built a traning fleight on the front off my box mate so the birds could see the souroundings for the 2 week i kept them in. put them in the fleight before feeding to get them trapping in, as i said i would like help as no one round here will part with ther squeekers and just want advise to help me on my way(will pulling three fleight break them or is ther a better method) let them nest.......... they wont go far an will deffo come back thanks lads all the info is takein on board anyone got any more ideas rockys,s sounds good may have been feeding to much! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rocky1 942 Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 personally i would get a few tumblers feather feet ,do the same starve them and get them settled 2 your kit box ,if you had another shed 2 breed in get them in a let them pair up and you be flying your own young in no time ,its not easy settleing birds if their no other birds settled ,well with you pulling their flight feathers you proberly messed bout with the natural mould so they might take a while 2 fly proberly ,get them down on young thtsthe best thing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 iv been interested in pegeons for along time mainly rollers i love going to my freinds and watching his birds i have finaly sorted a little kit box out and my [bANNED TEXT] give me some birds he did,nt wnt.I kept them in for two weeks and today got itchy feet after hearing rollers have no homeing instinct anway the birds wer bacck at my freinds i picked them up and he has pulled 3 fleight feathers on the birds but i have to wait six weeks will that break them any advice much apreciated i would`nt have pulled the feathers ffs -- build some sort of flight avery so they can see out - starve em for a couple of days before you let them out .. other than that breed off the older birds in a seperate shed and stock the kit box with young birds ... i built a traning fleight on the front off my box mate so the birds could see the souroundings for the 2 week i kept them in. put them in the fleight before feeding to get them trapping in, as i said i would like help as no one round here will part with ther squeekers and just want advise to help me on my way(will pulling three fleight break them or is ther a better method) let them nest.......... they wont go far an will deffo come back thanks lads all the info is takein on board anyone got any more ideas rockys,s sounds good may have been feeding to much! when you feed em use a certain whistle that they get used to associating with feed time .... i used to rattle a tin of corn .. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
punner 36 Posted May 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 personally i would get a few tumblers feather feet ,do the same starve them and get them settled 2 your kit box ,if you had another shed 2 breed in get them in a let them pair up and you be flying your own young in no time ,its not easy settleing birds if their no other birds settled ,well with you pulling their flight feathers you proberly messed bout with the natural mould so they might take a while 2 fly proberly ,get them down on young thtsthe best thing thanks for the advise [bANNED TEXT] much apreciated i think they wer cocks so sounds like im best turning my box into a breeder box and getting couple hens. and breeding young as its a fresh box with no birds, i told him i wasnt sure about pulling the fleights!! will this not work? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rocky1 942 Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 yes get some hens in a breed your own ,see what happens birds moult in the seasons and they lose a flight and another grows in its place ,i use 2 trick my racers and dark them of ,so they thought it was winter with dark night but realy its summer so they would trought the moult quicker for raceing ,i would have 2 race team darkers and naturals ,i would use the darkers for the first half of the season then the natural for the last half you could do this with yours if you wanted ,but i would just get some hens in ,let me know how you get on,atb,gaz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
punner 36 Posted May 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 yes get some hens in a breed your own ,see what happens birds moult in the seasons and they lose a flight and another grows in its place ,i use 2 trick my racers and dark them of ,so they thought it was winter with dark night but realy its summer so they would trought the moult quicker for raceing ,i would have 2 race team darkers and naturals ,i would use the darkers for the first half of the season then the natural for the last half you could do this with yours if you wanted ,but i would just get some hens in ,let me know how you get on,atb,gaz thanks [bANNED TEXT] im going to get some hens and breed some keep u updated Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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