First opening of the loft

Well I attempted to let the birds out of the loft today for the first
time. I was paranoid I would lose some so I looked around and found
out that one can soap the wings a bit and it will prevent them flying
much. I waited till about 30 min from dark and then with them all on
the landing board outside of the trap but still caged in, I opened the
door and they all just trapped in except my one really brave one who is
the first to do anything. I guess I'll try again tomorrow, I'm
supposing they'll eventually start leaving the door area?? I've heard
that I should not run them out but be patient, but I expected at least
more than one to be adventurous. Should I make sure they can't trap in
until they've gone out the loft? Or just allow them to trap back in if
they are wanting to do that? Thanks a bunch.

~Mickey

Well like I said I didn't lose any and I am being patient, so I didn't
think I made any mistakes just being cautious. The reason for the wing
soaping was that I have some older ones who have not flown yet and I
was concerned they would fly and not get back in. My questions though
were whether I should block the trap for a bit so that they look around
instead of going in immediately for food, or maybe leave it open??
Thanks for the help.