My three pigeons are currently free 24/7
I've been getting them to eat just outside of their coop, they never willingly went into it, and still don't.
I plan to slowly move the food inside of the coop and then shut the door on them, but I wonder if this would frighten them and be ineffective? They also like to go eat one at a time, so I don't know if this idea will work very well. We used to try with two, but they quickly learned and ran out when they saw me coming to shut them inside.
I don't want to shut them in, I'm just concerned of how I'm going to catch them in an emergency (eg natural disaster, injured/sick bird).
I wonder if I could just get them all eating inside and not lock them up, if I needed to lock them up I could and they wouldn't realize? But again, they only eat one at a time so it wouldn't work..
Any suggestions?
@Birdbabe what do you think?
I've been getting them to eat just outside of their coop, they never willingly went into it, and still don't.
I plan to slowly move the food inside of the coop and then shut the door on them, but I wonder if this would frighten them and be ineffective? They also like to go eat one at a time, so I don't know if this idea will work very well. We used to try with two, but they quickly learned and ran out when they saw me coming to shut them inside.
I don't want to shut them in, I'm just concerned of how I'm going to catch them in an emergency (eg natural disaster, injured/sick bird).
I wonder if I could just get them all eating inside and not lock them up, if I needed to lock them up I could and they wouldn't realize? But again, they only eat one at a time so it wouldn't work..
Any suggestions?
@Birdbabe what do you think?