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Hi Anybody got any tips for letting young birds out for first time they are about 2 months old approx?

andrew

Hi Andrew,

I have the same problem due to bad weather and work,

What I have been doing with mine is making sure that they are really hungry, and just keep flicking the odd piece of corn or them to run after, started with about 5 minutes, now up to baout 15-20 minutes, when they start flaping about.
I then throw in a handfull of corn and up to now they all run back in to eat.
Takes time.

I had the same last year, got some older hens to look after them, once the older hens started flying about the YBS went with them.

If someone has a better tip then i will be pleaed to hear about it too.
Dave

let them out and hope they do not strike straight up after a few mins. feed them back in keep doing it for a few days try not to let anything startle them up

the biggest problem is learning them the way back in. A cage is the simplest way over the sputniks and put them out in the cage keep them hungry they will soon trap then simply remove the cage but keep them hungry as they alresdy know the way in job done . another way is the week of separation put two or three at a time on the landing board but stay beside them ,eventually they will trap fear of the sputnik is gone you will find this invaluable later on you only need to do  the second one once it also gives them an early look at their surroundings

tape up one wing for about a week and let them in and out on there own, then keep them hungry and take the tape off one of them or two of them at a time and they should stay,worked for me  

let them out and kick a football amongst them, they'll soon learn to fly!

i let mine out late evening they are nervouse and try to go back in do this3 or4 times they will be fine we ll mine are

open door! just let them pick around in the garden. They will find plenty to amuse them ... and have the loft door as a 'Safty zone to fly into. Light feed to your voice. Good luck.

i do as Roland is doing but still find that the odd 1 is just up & away 1 last week , 1 this week , yet its nest mate is fine looking around coming back down & in

Feed them half a feed open the doors at 6 in morning and let them do as they like, if they go back in so be it dont push them back out again. few days they all be flying and any that get up and go with any sense will be back.

fatten them up, they wont go far

Last few years i had ybs i used to take them away put my old westie or couple of birds that never went far in with them leave them in for couple days had wire doors on loft so they could see out t then open the doors and let them out to come and go  as they pleased never lost any that way in fact they become bit too laid back and had to get them flying   Made we wonder why all those years i used to put them outside in crates to look round

Quoted from pjc

let them out and kick a football amongst them, they'll soon learn to fly!

and lose them

let them out 3or4 at a time over a period of a number of days ,if they go you wont loose to many

Hi Andrew, i think it best to make sure there hungry and keep the time they are out to about 5-10 mins . i would do this for a couple  of days and then fingers crossed they wont just go up and away. good question though. its interesting to see what others do...........amanda

presumably you've posted this thread as a help to others as i'd of thought a fancier like you would've known how.

funny story here what my friend use to do was get an old rabbit run nd shot two birds underneath for 15 mins - 20 always mins and did thus for a few days im sure you will agree strange method but it always worked after a week or two of this they all flew to the run not the loft but the run and he never lost a bir i know its srange init ??