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hi guys i know i have had threads on other subjects about my new birds that have been here and flown back and some stayed but i want them all to kit together and stay with me

Will banding there flight feathers for a while do them any harm while i watch them on my landing board so they know the way in and out and get used to my loft

And if so how many feathers do i band and for how long

Cheers Jimmy

I had to break my birds last year to new loft they where a team of youngbirds with three races left i broke them and carded in club and fed on the last two races.
How i did it was i had an old dog cage and just put the birds in there every day for a week then when feeding time was due i would carry the cage to the shed doors and call them in and open the dog cage.I only broke them so quickly because some idiot let all my birds out after a week and i only managed to keep my young bird team i lost all my stock birds.
The other thing to consider was i broke them to the same loft that had been moved to a new house a few hundred feet away.
If i had to do it again i would use the same method but it would be about a month before i let them out and then i would let them out 2 a day until they was all broke.Then when they was broke i would let em out everyday after a week they should fly as a batch.

Cheers ronnie

Amazing things pigeons.  This week, I took 2nd club from 288mls.  It was this pigeon's  second channel race this year.  The bird was bred in 2006, and since then, has been broken not once, but three times, to addresses at least 10 miles apart.  For some reason, I've never had much problem breaking birds. If they are happy and secure in their new home, they'll stay.  Moreso, I find the steadier, more intelligent pigeons seem to know what it is all about, and settle more readily.

Its quite usual for those with landing boards to fit a cage in front of the traps, which allows bird to go back and forward between loft and landing board, through the trap. As well as letting it see out and about, it gets the bird used to using the trap, and your call in, as you can call them in from the cage at feeding time.

both above posts make sense to me, i have broken pigeons in days and won from 500 + with the same bird.3 weeks later ..1st  i would say let the birds see where they are , second gain their confidence , and thirdly give them motivation ,,,i do believe intelligent birds will home quicker if not allowed in the old loft

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hi guys i know i have had threads on other subjects about my new birds that have been here and flown back and some stayed but i want them all to kit together and stay with me

Will banding there flight feathers for a while do them any harm while i watch them on my landing board so they know the way in and out and get used to my loft

And if so how many feathers do i band and for how long

Cheers Jimmy

hi jimmy if youve got some homing theres no reason , with a little patience the rest will be ok, i would be against banding their wings ,[i have did this b4 but never again] as i beleive this can damage them also frighten, and stress them , far better them homing on their own ,,,,good luck with them