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I got 8 young birds 3 weeks ago and have been trying my hand at training them. The first week, I just fed them and shook a can each time. 2nd week, I placed them in a settling cage and fed them each day using the can. They were all trapping in less than 5 seconds. Third week, I started opening the door and letting them free fly. Some didn't come out at first, but I left them alone and just let the others out for a short time before feeding and using the can. The skies were cloudy, but all birds came out on Tuesday and Wednesday and several took short flights up high. Thursday, they didn't fly, but on Friday, we had high bluebird skies when I let them out for their morning flight. Three of the 8 took to the skies and really put on a show for nearly 2 hours. The other 5 stayed near the coop even after I tried to flush them up into the other group a time or two. After about 1 1/2 hours, I finally fed the 5, hoping the others would come on in and eat. They never did. They were leaving the area for 4-5 minutes at a time, but they finally left and never returned. I saw one of the 3 on my roof later that day and I shook the feed can for him, but he finally just left and never returned. These we young birds that had never flown from their old coop. What do you think happened? I didn't feed them today and was planning on letting them out tomorrow morning. What should I do? Thanks, RF