First flight - Page 3

well had first flight of two of my supposed "rollers", and they do not roll..    the older one just took straight off after a half circle and was gone for maybe a couple days possibly due to storms, though the one squeaker was only gone the day and did make it back at dark, barely after he and my whatever the other squeaker id already had taken off somewere.

anyone here try or consider using remote Ariel toys to detour hawks from an area, like pros do?

I'm jealous, I only have a two week period that I can fly mine in!Usually its in august or sept. Rest of the year the coopers are fulltime residents. Makes it hard to sell your birds as great flyers when you can't fly them!lolThank goodness I like to watch them in their loft and large flight pen.

so one two occasions two of my four "rollers" each got out and flew right off for day of two with older one, and and just the day with squeaker (these dont do any acrobatics at all by the way..).  both times i sent my one out to try to bring them back and it didnt work..    anyway, arnt they supposed to fly around and amuse me with watching them staying close and doing tricks, as two look to at least have roller in them, though description was said to maybe be tumbler (bought them at the local flea market cause different looking than most homers and few birm rollers have there on occasion.    the one, whatever he is, will stick close and fly for hours, just soaring high and gliding low, and doing all sorts of maneuvers, even flipped at least a couple times.    possible the others even though two are still squeakers, are going straight back to their loft, as came home and not hungry at all (the squeakers)?

well i live in a decent sized set of identical complexes (that mine looks differant from all animals and plants and pond even etc), and they can only see from my balcony, up and out towards the wood line of the farms, and fields etc.  the "rollers" never been settled (dont seem as though they ever were flew until i got them and theyve been trying to learn by watching and starting to flap like mine does, though he flies circles around all four of them, and when first tried to work with them tossing up, they just fell like stones and stood there looking funny at me and then running around in open, and flipping when id corner), kept inside to be trained to calm to me and area sounds as neighbors love to make all sorts of party sounds, shooting, fireworks, dogs and machines constantly etc..    so the two "rollers" that got out, i sent the one hoping itd have greater homing instinct and was raised up to just flying from egg here, so would bring the new ones back and it does, so far, but now seeming the two are sick, the first to get out and older, sneezing, and the squeaker, fluffed, cold, and not eating.  my other kind was not wanting to fly for me this morn, but was over cast and he just would come immediately back and acting tired when would flush him.    also he wouldnt come down off the roof last night till real late after dark, even flushing to me when would clap, as he knows now he isnt supposed to roost/rest on the other apartments.    could being gone off way out of sight all day and with bad storms just have tired them out and making them not so active, or thinking they got into something as were not acting hungry just tired.    think at least one has wet poop now, or was just water dripping off them from rain, as their feet were ice cold last night.

id forgot something.. they taken off at exactly the same time in morn at eleven something, and came back at exactly seven something each of the two times..  any significance, maybe old owner's schedule for something?