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how many times do you let your young birds out a day i let ming out morning afternoon and tea time.

only once a day

twice a day, early morning then in for light feed and evening if they havn't been training then main feed.

depends if your training wee gaz,, early morning then trainer,[,if poss with weather] if no trainer ,,out again evening  

open hole all day

Early morning and evening, unless an evening trainer. Fed in both times.

They go training in the morning (first year ever done this) and also out in the late afternoon however to be honest they fly very little in the evening i use it more as a bathing opportunity for the birds

when i flew open hole then i had my best fed results,,,but had to stop because of cats etc...but now i let them out morn/night...light feed morn /main feed night...as pjc.

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when i flew open hole then i had my best fed results,,,but had to stop because of cats etc...but now i let them out morn/night...light feed morn /main feed night...as pjc.

I wanted to try that last season but other things got in the way of me racing so never did- I have very little cat bother and no hawk issues either so it would be ideal to do.

when i did fly open hole i had 3 birds in the fed 3 weeks running at one time...delighted with the system,,but as i said its deadly now with so many cats around.

i would love to try my birds on open hole the trouble is i live in a builtup area [alright a council estate which is like a warzone] my birds would in the end, land on the roof of one of the houses,so mine [whats left of them] go out late afternoon only

i live on a council estate, had a new family move in  next door no fuss from them over the birds but they have 3 cats..

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i live on a council estate, had a new family move in  next door no fuss from them over the birds but they have 3 cats..

the new guys next store to me are not great pigeon people, but my main problem are yobbos, i back on to a park and now have 2 x500 watt lights and a cctv camera fitted on the back wall just in case, i had trouble with them the summer before last,they assumed that pigeons means old guy ,then they found out it meant 15 stone guy in late 40s who served in 3 different armies[they have gone away now,bless them but they could always return] hence my birds are only out when i am there,a sad reflection on our times

Open hole normally leads to neighbour problems and while your not there you don't know what your birds are doing!
They do excercise more, up and down all day but can also go fielding, sit on roofs etc etc

i only fly open hole because i've not time to train. i reckon two excersize periods /day with trapping to corn tin and bit of training probably better..certainly for trapping...my 2nd bird sat out for 15 mins today.