2 doors for safety?

[primo]

how many of you have 2 doors to your mews, as an added safety measure so the bird will not fly out when you open the door.

Is this a common problem?

thank you,

i only have one door, will post pics when it is completed

joe

[frootdog]

My weathering yard buts right up to the mew so the door to the weathering yard acts as a second door.

[Yarak]

I think you would feel very bad if the bird got out of only one door. I had that happen. I was very lucky after 60 days I got a call and retraped her. Needless to say I now have 2 doors!
Yarak

[jfneumann57]

my first mews had 2 doors and my second had a door w/ a net cutain on the outside instead my 3rd/4th will prob have small common area outside the doors

[kenbro77]

On mine you have to go through an adjacent room before you go into the mews. Basically I built a mews and shop under same roof and the only way into the mews is through the shop. I believe from all I have heard you need some kind of second barrier.

[Weasel]

I have a work area inbetween the two mews that acts as a safety chamber. My first mew did not have one and it made it unerving to go in there when the bird was at weight.

[wes]

my way -- 2 Doors , I go though my weathering area first, I can see where the bird is before I open mews, real peace of mind, when she is down to weight.

I know someone who's bird comes meet him when he walks in his mews or weathering. He must have his glove on EVERY time he goes in his weathering. she has removed his hat a couple of times, He thinks it's kool that his bird wants to be with him.
He got into the habit of going in with food on his glove, bird's looking for tidbit everytime he goes in. Something I don't do or recommend !!


I freeloft and prefer my bird on her post when I go in, She must wait There to be picked up -- for daily cleaning and servicing the area.

[kenbro77]

wes said:

my way -- 2 Doors , I go though my weathering area first, I can see where the bird is before I open mews, real peace of mind, when she is down to weight.

I know someone who's bird comes meet him when he walks in his mews or weathering. He must have his glove on EVERY time he goes in his weathering. she has removed his hat a couple of times, He thinks it's kool that his bird wants to be with him.
He got into the habit of going in with food on his glove, bird's looking efor tidbit everytime he goes in. Something I don't do or recommend !!


I freeloft and prefer my bird on her post when I go in, She must wait Ther to be picked up -- for daily cleaning and servicing the area.

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I have heard of doing this and would like my bird to stay on perch also. That is why I put a pole perch in front of door so I can see her before I enter. Not to say she will be on that perch every time I go in mews. What I wanted to know was what was the best way to train her to stay there on the perch till I get her. I will be feeding her through a food chute so hopefully she will not have a reason to fly at me.

[wes]

Hi Ken,
I have pole in front of the widow close to the door, so I can see her before I enter.

Well here I go putting my neck on a line again,

I've seen guy's putting tidbits in there gaint hoods and closing the door so their birds would always return to the hoods if they flew off or guys had trouble calling their birds back, just open the hood and bird would come down to hood for a snack.
I've tryed and used two ways of getting my birds to go to a perch or pole when I enter the mews,
( 1 )CAUTION !!! was taken for her not to see me doing this --I would place a small tidbit on the pole and she would find it AFTER I'd leave the area, so she would go to pole looking for the tidbit, greedy like they are, she started going to pole soon I would enter.
( 2 ) The best results I found was from going in and placing her on the perch I want her on and a very short time, I go in and she flys to the pole without me putting her there, or just by me pointing to the pole and giving a command "PERCH" " STAY " with my hand out and open and if she don't I put her there, sort of Like training a dog

Someone, maybe Weasle or Yarak may know of a better technic of training for this, I hope they would share it.

[Weasel]

I know Gary Brewer uses a stump perch in his mews and he will not enter the mew until the bird has landed on that spot. Not sure how he trains the bird to do it though.

[kenbro77]

I know Manny does this also.
And thanks wes, that will help (I hope)