vfr400boy 3,120 Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Thanks gnipper , what size pipe is it ? Think I will have a go , and wich wing feathers to you tape ? Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 5,948 Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Thanks gnipper , what size pipe is it ? Think I will have a go , and wich wing feathers to you tape ? Thanks It's a 45 degree bend off a soil pipe whatever diameter that is, 4 inch? I just tape the outside 5 flights or so too, they can get off the floor but can't fly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 5,948 Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,120 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Nice looking birds and nice set up , just seen my pair mating for the first time to day , how long till I get some eggs ? Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 5,948 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Everyone says 8 days but if like me your waiting on the bloody things it's normally weeks. I've got a pair of rollers and a pair of mags locked in breeding cages and they both layed their second eggs today so should have some chicks in 18 days. Knowing my luck they'll be clear eggs or the parents won't feed the chicks. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 5,948 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 (edited) I watched her lay the first. Edited February 23, 2014 by gnipper 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rake aboot 4,929 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 A bloke across the road from me keeps Tumblers, and I love em,, I even switch the telly off and sit and watch them for ages, doing their amazing acrobatics Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dpb82uk 138 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 i kep 4 lots as a kid and give up after i let the 4th lot out and thay f****d off like the 1st 2nd and 3rd never to return Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 5,948 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 i kep 4 lots as a kid and give up after i let the 4th lot out and thay f****d off like the 1st 2nd and 3rd never to return Did you train them to a feed call and did they know what their home looked like from outside? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dpb82uk 138 Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 yes did a feed call but they didnt know what their home looked like from outside i was only a young lad and me dad sed they wood cum back if a let them go they hung about for a hour or 2 then flew rouned the garden a few times then flew off probly back to where we got them from Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 5,948 Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 If I said I hadn't lost any I'd be lying mate but the best way to do it is tape their wings up so you don't get escapees then sit them on the shed in a wire cage so they can see their surroundings and kit box and take it all in and keep them on the "peckish" side so that when you whistle or rattle your tin etc they dive on their food dish. After a couple of weeks of that let them out un taped one at a time while the taped ones are on the roof and they won't go far. Once they've had a fly and come back they will come back the next time. Once you have some birds settled its miles easier introducing new birds. Don't over feed your flying birds or fly them in the morning if you fed them at night because if they aren't hungry you will end up with them getting in the habit of sitting on rooves and ignoring your call. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,120 Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Still not had an egg yet ? Must ov been 2 weeks sins I saw them mating ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Penda 3,218 Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 That's the mags. i had mags like this had them off a lad who had pigeon Lung best rollers I ever had Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,120 Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Still no eggs they have built a nest but no eggs have I got gay birds ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 5,948 Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 If they've built a nest they should lay, have you seen them treading? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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