Weak flying birds
- Dlmino21
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Weak flying birds
I recently bought some quail to continue training my English Setter pup. Im having a hard time finding pigeons in my area. I got them home and they are very weak flyers. They wont flush and will only fly about 30 or 40 feet before they fall to the ground. Is there anything i can do with these guys for training or did i just buy myself a nice meal?
- SwitchGrassWPG
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Re: Weak flying birds
Typically, most pen raised quail aren't good flyers. Even worse when you purchase quail other than bobwhites. Want good flying training birds, try some chukar.
Re: Weak flying birds
I am just a few miles from you and I pigeons available most of the summer. I've sold well over 150 this year.
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It's not how many breaths you have taken but how many times it has been taken away!
Has anyone noticed common sense isn't very common anymore.
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It's not how many breaths you have taken but how many times it has been taken away!
Has anyone noticed common sense isn't very common anymore.
Re: Weak flying birds
Good tip. Get those pigeons , but remember you can't keep them in a crate for a week and expect them to fly.
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- Dlmino21
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Re: Weak flying birds
I appreciate the responses, and I am working on finding some hard flying pigeons. But in the meantime is there anything I can work on with the weak flying quail?
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Weak flying birds
You could work on dinner...sorry too easy
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Re: Weak flying birds
Sounds like you have found some good flying pigeons, contact ezzy!ezzy333 wrote:I am just a few miles from you and I pigeons available most of the summer. I've sold well over 150 this year.
Re: Weak flying birds
Those quail aren't ever gonna fly real good. Turn em loose, if they live very long they'll start flying better. Doubt they'll live more than a day or two.
Your just asking for trouble trying to use birds that can't fly well, unless your dog is well broke.
Your just asking for trouble trying to use birds that can't fly well, unless your dog is well broke.
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Re: Weak flying birds
Contact Ezzy and get some pigeons from him. If you want the quail to fly you have to give them room to fly. Put them in a large enough pen where they can fly. Then after a few days of them acclimating to being in that pen lift there food up about six inches and put it on a platform. This way they have to start jumping up to get to it. Make the platform big enough for them to get on and the feeder to be on. After they get use to the feeder being off the ground and they know where it is lift it another couple of inches. This way they have to start using their wings to get up and down. They will get stronger after about two weeks lift it a little higher. They will eventually fly better. Will they ever fly as good as the pigeons no but they will get strong enough to use with a couple of launchers.
If you don't want to put the time in put them on the dinner plate and get pigeons. Hope this helps.
If you don't want to put the time in put them on the dinner plate and get pigeons. Hope this helps.
I'd rather live on the side of a mountain, than wander through canyons of concrete and steel.
Re: Weak flying birds
LOL Too funny!GSPONPOINT32 wrote:You could work on dinner...sorry too easy
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Re: Weak flying birds
Build a call back pen. I'm told it works wonders for getting harder flying birds but I have no personal experience.
http://www.bobwhitequail.com/bobwhitequail1_003.htm
http://www.bobwhitequail.com/bobwhitequail1_003.htm