WELL RONNIE WHEN I MOVED LOFTS ABOUT 4 YRS AGO I WAS IN THE FORTUNATE POSITION OF STILL HAVING A LOFT AT MY OLD ADDRESS SO IT WAS QUITE EASY FOR ME TO BREAK THE BIRDS.I TOOK MY OLD BIRD LOFT WITH ME AND PUT ALL THE BIRDS IN IT RIGHT AWAY(THIS WAS IN FEB) PUT A CAGE ON TOP OF THE LOFT FOR ABOUT A WEEK THEN LET THEM OUT A SECTION AT A TIME.1ST DAY NONE CAME BACK LEFT THEM TO SIT OUTSIDE AT THE YOUNG BIRD LOFT,NEXT DAY WENT DOWN AND BASKETED THEM AND BROUGHT THEM UP TO THE TO THE NEW PLACE FED THEM THEN THE FOLLOWING DAY LET THEM OUT AGAIN HAD TO REPEAT THE PROCESS A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT WITHIN ANOTHER WEEK ALL WERE BROKEN THEN JUST MOVED ON TO THE NEXT SECTION ;)AGAIN MOST WERE BROKEN WITHIN A FORTNIGHT....IT SURE DOES HELP PUTTING THEM IN THE SAME LOFT ;) ;)IF I WERE TO MOVE AGAIN I WOULD TAKE MY PRESENT LOFT WITH ME JUST TO BREAK THEM BUT WOULD PUT THEM OUT AS EARLY AS I COULD MAYBE EVEN THE NEXT DAY AND JUST REPEAT WHAT I HAD DONE PREVIOUSLY
ALF
PS... IKNOW YOU DONT HAVE A LOFT AT YOUR OLD ADDRESS BUT EVEN IF THERE IS A GARDEN SHED TO GET THEM IN I WOULD LET THEM OUT ASAP