homing qustion

[james fillbrook]

will you be able to rehome a 1 year old pigeon at a new home thats a good

30 miles away if lock in for 6 weeks

[spirit wings]

Originally Posted by james fillbrook

will you be able to rehome a 1 year old pigeon at a new home thats a good
30 miles away if lock in for 6 weeks

not likley, if it has been flown at the pre owners.....how long you have been around here and did not know this!...it is risky to "rehome" homers that is why they call them homers.

[Lovebirds]

Originally Posted by james fillbrook

will you be able to rehome a 1 year old pigeon at a new home thats a good
30 miles away if lock in for 6 weeks

If the bird goes back home, are you able to go get it?

[james fillbrook]

i gave them to someone and they would like to fly them i was just checking twice

[Jay3]

Originally Posted by james fillbrook

i gave them to someone and they would like to fly them i was just checking twice

Homers home from hundreds of miles away, why wouldn't this one?

[Lovebirds]

Originally Posted by james fillbrook

i gave them to someone and they would like to fly them i was just checking twice

Well, then the question would be, if the bird showed back up at your house, would you call the new owner and let him come get it? and WOULD he come get it? I would expect that the bird WILL come back to you, especially since you're so close, and if he can't break it to his loft after a few times, then he needs to quit trying, IMO. But he needs to understand that if he tries this, he may have to make a few trips to retrieve the bird.
I gave a man some of my birds and he had them for about 7 months, then turned them loose and 2 of the 3 that were homed here to my loft, returned home from about 150 miles. I gave another guy some birds and one day, after almost 2 years, one of them escaped and showed up here and he's about 40 miles away.

[jang786]

today I rehomed a homer female

[Homer87]

Its possible, I use to buy 1 yr olds and loft fly and road toss, they settle in my place. If its a 2 yr old I don't think you can rehome......

[jang786]

Originally Posted by Homer87

Its possible, I use to buy 1 yr olds and loft fly and road toss, they settle in my place. If its a 2 yr old I don't think you can rehome......

homer that I rehomed today is a 04 hen

[ggoss1]

Nice work!!

[RodSD]

It is possible to rehome older bird like 2 years old. It is just risky. For example, I was the third owner of 1 pair of older birds. I was able to rehome them, but scared me the first time I turned them loose. They went somewhere right away and the cock flew/routed for 30 minutes getting farther and farther. I thought I lost them.

[spirit wings]

Originally Posted by jang786

today I rehomed a homer female

yes just TODAY and maybe she will be around the next day or a month or a year, I have heard stories of "rehoming" but alot of times they think they are successfull only for something to click in the birds head for some reason perhaps a week or even a year from then and they take off for home, but you usually don't hear from the folks that has happend with, you only hear they "rehomed" the bird, not the other part. these rehomed birds have a likley hood of flying the coop at any time, just don't always know when.

[Lovebirds]

Originally Posted by spirit wings

yes just TODAY and maybe she will be around the next day or a month or a year, I have heard stories of "rehoming" but alot of times they think they are successfull only for something to click in the birds head for some reason perhaps a week or even a year from then and they take off for home, but you usually don't hear from the folks that has happend with, you only hear they "rehomed" the bird, not the other part. these rehomed birds have a likley hood of flying the coop at any time, just don't always know when.

That's very true. I had a stray show up here back in 2003. The owner didn't want it back and I had a very small OB team (9 birds I think?), so I kept it. Let it mate up to a hen,...let them raise babies, trained it to trap into MY loft, loft flew it for a couple of months, took it on training tosses, etc......then one day, we took the birds 10 miles and released. Not only did that cock never come back here, neither did my hen (his mate)............so, it might work, it might not.........just never know.

[ggoss1]

Well....Here's my take on all of this....

I have several pairs of birds I purchased from a guy in Ramona. They were 1 year old. I know in my heart of hearts that if I were to let them out they COULD go away if they so desired. So....they stay locked up this year and are making me ALOT of babies that I KNOW won't go away because they don't know anything else. So after the breeding season is over...I will try the older birds SEPERATE from the babies. IF they don't return..well I know where they went and I will give the guy a call and tell him merry christmas.....BUT I have my babies to carry me on into infinity.

I figured that's just the way it goes.

[ezemaxima]

Originally Posted by spirit wings

yes just TODAY and maybe she will be around the next day or a month or a year, I have heard stories of "rehoming" but alot of times they think they are successfull only for something to click in the birds head for some reason perhaps a week or even a year from then and they take off for home, but you usually don't hear from the folks that has happend with, you only hear they "rehomed" the bird, not the other part. these rehomed birds have a likley hood of flying the coop at any time, just don't always know when.

That is true. I've rehomed many OLD BIRDS.. the oldest being an 04. The ones I've rehomed last year i have tossed as far as 50 miles as a group or sometimes even as a single. But this year I've had a cock that I thought I had rehomed. He actually escaped from the loft and disappear then returned a few days later. Since it returned I've been loft flying him. Then one day while loft flying with the flock... I've noticed him flying alone then never to return. I also had a hen do the same.. and she was setting on eggs....

I've have a few more prisoner birds but as much I want to get them rehomed I don't want to risk losing them. I'd rather breed a few clutches then maybe I'll take the risk...