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Murray wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 7:30 am

Murray wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 10:56 pm Happy to report that things have settled down and the youngsters are doing great.
I know they had been hit by hawks a few times and were very nervous. They were just going out of the loft and takingoes againstg off in a panic.
I let some old pigeons out with them for a few days to try to give them some confidence. It appears to have worked, the last couple of days they are flying on their own, plus the old Diver who enjoys it, and they are ranging and returning, zooming around then off the other way, just what you want.
The stock birds are now on sort of alternate days exercise, I lost one and another had a narrow escape. They seem happy getting a fly every two or three days. It's really the best I can do for them.
Sadly I lost the Trillian Baby. Vanished.
I kept one youngster from her and the Roadrunner which just started flying. The rest went to other lofts. Beautiful hen, this is Maggie.
Maggie had her first real big fly this morning, after poking around for a week or so. She stayed with the team the whole time and was the first one in the trap when they landed !
Clever wee girl

Sometimes you get one that is just super, special, clever and smart. Maggie is one.
She has been flying with the youngsters for a month, at a guess, and flies an hour. When they drop she is always, always the first one in. Was never taught to be, she just is.
I don't handle young birds much, but I picked her up to look at her wing this morning. I don't think I have ever had a young bird with a faster wing.
Catherine took these pictures. She really doesn't know what she is looking at. And Maggie was scared and wriggling.
But what think ye of this, then?

Murray wrote: ↑Sun Mar 09, 2025 7:42 am The thunder clouds built up this afternoon, you could see it was coming. It's pouring rain and constant lightning. We've had more rain in the last hour than the last two months. Excellent!
The temperature dropped from 30 to 20 in the past hour. I went out to check the birds and put one flap up in the side closest to the weather. Some of them were lying in the sputnik enjoying the show! With the tin over the sputnik not much damp gets in.
Some of the youngsters were on their perches looking terrified. They've never seen rain before.
I got very wet. I had a jacket and a cap on, but my shorts got a bit damp too. Had to put a dry tee shirt on.

Murray wrote: ↑Mon Mar 10, 2025 12:44 am We had a good rain through the night, and today it's very warm sunny and humid. Very humid. My breathing is bad. Have to keep stopping. My lungs go much better when it's dry.