you rounderbout lads

[mark proctor]

hello,,,how many of you just let your birds out only once a day??? i was thinking of only letting the hens out just the once cos im getting a bit peed of with doing it twice...whats happerning is... i let the hens out first,,push the cocks over,,when the hens have had say 45 mins i get them in the cocks side( breeding side),,but 9 times out of ten theres a hen missing ,,so i have to wait til she comes back so i can let my cocks out cos i dont wont them to see each other as yet,,,,so i was thinking of just letting both sets out in the morning...but on a night just letting the cocks out of there own section and back in there own section...the hens are that rank its unbeliveable,,thats why there already looking for other cocks in the area,,,and thats with there feed cut right down to zilch,,,there that rank when i call them down a couple of them when i talk to them go strait down soon as they ear my voice..( slappers lol),,,so what im saying will just the once be enough...thanks for reading...all the best lads,,,mark.. ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

[Guest Owen]

I tried roundabout once years ago. The hens nearly drove me daft. Some would be late to come back from exercise, while others would have to be forced to exercise. Then to cap it all, other people's cocks would turn up and try to mate with them near my loft. When that happened it took for ever to get them in. To cut a long story short, I have little time for hens after their YB year. I have to say, that mine are often outstanding as YBs and win races more often than the cocks. People like you deserve a medal for putting up with all the hassle. I certainly don't have the time or the inclination to bother with them. No, it's widowhood for me. I find the cocks to be easy to handle and a pleasure to to have arround.

People often tell me that I wast the hens. I don't see it that way because I always have really nice hens about me. I only keep the ones that race well as YBs and cut them down by selecting on that basis.  

[mark proctor]

cheers owen m8..

[mark proctor]

55 on line and 19 guests ,,,,and theres only me and owen who fly rounderbout... :( :( :( :( :(

[slim45]

hi there me  and my brother fly roundabout with success the last 5 years winning out of turn we feed depuritive sunday thru to wed morning then 50 50 wed evening to friday up to 200 miles then 50 50 sunday thru to wed morning then 100% wed evening thru to friday the most important thing is the feeding get it right whatch them go to much the hens pair up to little they dont fly round the loft last year we won the first 9 races and topped the fed nine times as well up to 400miles out of 11 races

[Guest]

Mark hens once cocks twice.

[mark proctor]

cheers slim45 ,,,cheers mick m8.... ;) ;) ;)

[kwango]

i fly roundabout i let hens out 9oclock untill 10 then cocks out untill 11 no problem with hens they race back and forth and come straight in i have control ov mine because of the feed in afternoon same thing 3 till 4 and 4 till5

[Guest cloudview]

ive learnt to let my hens last , this i find cuts the problem of one or two stupid hens that like to play me up , if they dont come in , they stop out for the night , they soon learn , give light feed in mid morning if poss, i let mine out about 6 pm, but never in morning

[mark proctor]

cheers lads...keep the good advice comming..... ;) ;)

[aye ready]

I train the cocks and work the hens around the loft,once a day till the 4th race

[mark proctor]

I train the cocks and work the hens around the loft,once a day till the 4th race

 

thats all i wanted to no m8...do you win much m8...cheers mark... ;) ;)

[aye ready]

get my fair share in a big club

[les]

first year for me on roundabout, im going to have hens out 1and a half hours in the morning then the cocks the same in the afternoon .ATB les.

[aye ready]

ps after my hens have been out and in. the cocks that were trained during the day are let out of the hens end as normal but are not forced to fly.I give them an open loft for half an hour to go in and out looking for the hens,it keeps them on their toes and relieves their boredom hope this helps.ps iwork till 6 so the birds have got to work round you not the other way round

[mark proctor]

ps after my hens have been out and in. the cocks that were trained during the day are let out of the hens end as normal but are not forced to fly.I give them an open loft for half an hour to go in and out looking for the hens,it keeps them on their toes and relieves their boredom hope this helps.ps iwork till 6 so the birds have got to work round you not the other way round

 

cheers m8.... ;)