I think a few days just wasn't long enough.
I'm sorry, but there's no one to be angry with but you.
I'm sorry, but there's no one to be angry with but you.
Raising homers is not easy. You just have to know when to release them and how to motivate them to stay in your loft. If you buy older birds, nothing is guaranteed. If you by squeakers, sometimes they just aren't smart enough or don't have that strong of natural instinct to find their way back home. There are lots of factors that come into effect on trying to fly and home the bird. Not everyone will stay and thats just the risk you take when you let them out.a few days ago, i bought five homers, beautiful blue bars from a different website (birdsforsale.org) AND I SPECIFICALLY ASKED IF THEY HAD BEEN RELEASED...
so the owner said no, they had not been released, and i believed him.
So today i released them, and eagerly awaited their return. with them, i also released another two of my hens.
SO...
the hens returned...
one blue bar returned...
and it's been several hourse since they did. the rest are gone.
Am angry and frustrated, i wasted good money on them. the next time i buy homers, i am going to keep them for several months before releasing, just in case.
Angry, angry, ANGRY!!!
Settling YB's may very well be an art form. If they were older then lets say 40 days old, those YB's would be what we call "strong on the wing" and great care must be taken, some people would "soap the wings"...cut the 9th and 10th flight feathers etc. In hind site, simply turning them loose after having them a few days, may not have been the best way to approach the matter. And if these were not YB's...well...that is a whole other issue. There have been threads and posts on this site dealing with such matters, and you may want to check them out, for "the next time".a few days ago, i bought five homers, beautiful blue bars from a different website (birdsforsale.org) AND I SPECIFICALLY ASKED IF THEY HAD BEEN RELEASED...
so the owner said no, they had not been released, and i believed him.
So today i released them, and eagerly awaited their return. with them, i also released another two of my hens.
SO...
the hens returned...
one blue bar returned...
and it's been several hourse since they did. the rest are gone.
Am angry and frustrated, i wasted good money on them. the next time i buy homers, i am going to keep them for several months before releasing, just in case.
Angry, angry, ANGRY!!!