Planning Ahead
Planning Ahead
I would like to introduce my 14 week old setter to birds in the very near future. To this point finding birds available in my area has been very difficult. If I'm able to find some I want to be ready. One small problem is that my home owners association doesn't allow pigeons. Therefore, homing pigeons are not an option. I'm looking for some ideas on how some of you have handled similar circumstances.
Where can I find a supply of birds? (pigeons & or quail) ( I have also checked local game preserves with no luck)
What are some ideas on housing the birds? (One poster indicated he kept his in the garage)
What are some things I may be overlooking , that I need to consider?
Thanks in advance,
setter50
Where can I find a supply of birds? (pigeons & or quail) ( I have also checked local game preserves with no luck)
What are some ideas on housing the birds? (One poster indicated he kept his in the garage)
What are some things I may be overlooking , that I need to consider?
Thanks in advance,
setter50
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Re: Planning Ahead
Contact a pest control company that does bird work and see if you can make arrangements to pick them up as you need them. Also, does your HOA forbid PET DOVES?
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Re: Planning Ahead
Maybe I could pass a homer as a morning dove? There is a thought?
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NOOOOOO! Mouring doves are native. What you are in the market for is blue bar European rock doves.setter50 wrote:Maybe I could pass a homer as a morning dove? There is a thought?
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
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or the blue speckle european rock dove.What you are in the market for is blue bar European rock doves.
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Re: Planning Ahead
There's several guys on here from NE Kansas and I know some of them have birds that might be for sale. Also I'm in st. joe mo so depending on how far NE kansas you are I can get you a guys name in North KC.
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hunterw/newhobby
I'm an hour from N KC. I passed on the homers in Gardner because they would only be used a time or two. I'd drive a hour or so to get some birds. I'd appriciate any leads if you can help.
setter50
I'm an hour from N KC. I passed on the homers in Gardner because they would only be used a time or two. I'd drive a hour or so to get some birds. I'd appriciate any leads if you can help.
setter50
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Re: Planning Ahead
Setter50 -
Couple of suggestions....
Locate a source of birds between where you live and where you train or somewhere close so you can pick up birds on friday evening for the upcoming weekend.
Perhaps you can contract with someone like that to have birds there for you. I have paid for birds in advance and made arrangements to pick up partial orders in advance. I bought a couple of crates, put my name on them and cycled though them, washing and sterilizing the crates in between. I bought and paid for 100 birds with the understanding that I would pick them up, ten or fifteen at a time and take the last birds by a certain date. The birds would be in a pre-arranged place, waiting for me when I swung by. I have gladly paid a premium for such an arrangement. The convenience was worth a lot to me.
I also rigged up a medium dog crate as a bird box. I put a raised wire mesh floor in the bottom and cut a hole in the back for hand access, covering the hole with a piece of Luan for a door. A waterer and a feeder and I have kept a dozen quail or a half dozen pigeons in that crate for as long as two weeks, in my garage.
I curently have a place for quail, but I have not set up a pigeon coop. Part of the reason for that is I have an Amish farmer who will keep pigeons for me. I pay him $2.50 a bird when I want some. They fly away and a good portion of them come back to the farm roost, so he can re-sell them. Since I don't have to feed, clean, house or otherwise mess with those filthy flying rats, that is just fine with me.
Perhaps you can make arrangements with a rural landowner for something like that.
RayG
Couple of suggestions....
Locate a source of birds between where you live and where you train or somewhere close so you can pick up birds on friday evening for the upcoming weekend.
Perhaps you can contract with someone like that to have birds there for you. I have paid for birds in advance and made arrangements to pick up partial orders in advance. I bought a couple of crates, put my name on them and cycled though them, washing and sterilizing the crates in between. I bought and paid for 100 birds with the understanding that I would pick them up, ten or fifteen at a time and take the last birds by a certain date. The birds would be in a pre-arranged place, waiting for me when I swung by. I have gladly paid a premium for such an arrangement. The convenience was worth a lot to me.
I also rigged up a medium dog crate as a bird box. I put a raised wire mesh floor in the bottom and cut a hole in the back for hand access, covering the hole with a piece of Luan for a door. A waterer and a feeder and I have kept a dozen quail or a half dozen pigeons in that crate for as long as two weeks, in my garage.
I curently have a place for quail, but I have not set up a pigeon coop. Part of the reason for that is I have an Amish farmer who will keep pigeons for me. I pay him $2.50 a bird when I want some. They fly away and a good portion of them come back to the farm roost, so he can re-sell them. Since I don't have to feed, clean, house or otherwise mess with those filthy flying rats, that is just fine with me.
Perhaps you can make arrangements with a rural landowner for something like that.
RayG
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Re: Planning Ahead
Try Everett Lawrence for a place to run dogs and birds. He lives and trains north of Kansas City - on the MO side though. Also, there are a few guys near Leavenworth, KS that work dogs and have birds. Contact them through the local Pheasants Forever chapter.
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Where are you at? I'm in Manhattan and have a couple of traps going...
Shoot me a PM. Have a buddy who I train with who has a setter as well.
Shoot me a PM. Have a buddy who I train with who has a setter as well.