AFTER WEANING YBS

[phillips]

THE TIME OF YEAR HAS COME AGAIN FOR SOME MEMBERS TO BE WEANING THERE FIRST ROUND YBS

WHAT ADVICE CAN WE ALL GIVE NEW STARTERS IN THE SPORT AFTER WEANING TO PREVENT YBS GOING BACK ON THEMSELFS

THANKYOU JASON

[Guest]

Try to wean in groups, place straw bed on the section floor, leave small grain mix in open feeder and the top off the water vessel (even if they bathe in it, at least they found where the water is!!). Any problems following this just leave a couple of the YBs mums with them for a day or two.

[Guest j.bamling]

I always wean ybs when they have featherd underneath the wings some take longer then others aswell ? and i wean them at night time about 4.00 that way the ybs are nice and full and go threw the night with a good crop the next day i always feed for 2 weeks only maple peas nothing else , The main thing with ybs is watch them you should not have to hand feed any but occasionaly you might have to

i always spend lots of time with just weaned ybs and making sure once they are eating that they drink even if i have to dip them !!! i always have just water in for them at this stage ..

If anybody wants to see my ybs what have just been weaned have a look on my Thread    --- My 2008 Young Birds --- Thread

[Tony C]

I take them away midday and they don’t get fed until midday the following day. I sieve all the small seeds out of whatever breeding mix I’m using and feed them only on the larger grains for 2 or 3 days or until they are all eating and filling their crops. After this they go onto ordinary breeding mix afternoon feeding, I then start feeding mornings also, this feed consists of depurative/pellets/Homoform.

[Merlin]

I always wean ybs when they have featherd underneath the wings some take longer then others aswell ? and i wean them at night time about 4.00 that way the ybs are nice and full and go threw the night with a good crop the next day i always feed for 2 weeks only maple peas nothing else , The main thing with ybs is watch them you should not have to hand feed any but occasionaly you might have to

i always spend lots of time with just weaned ybs and making sure once they are eating that they drink even if i have to dip them !!! i always have just water in for them at this stage ..

If anybody wants to see my ybs what have just been weaned have a look on my Thread    --

 

-I am sure there are many different ways,it would be difficult to better the second last post above for all the reasons listed.

[jimmy white]

I always wean ybs when they have featherd underneath the wings some take longer then others aswell ? and i wean them at night time about 4.00 that way the ybs are nice and full and go threw the night with a good crop the next day i always feed for 2 weeks only maple peas nothing else , The main thing with ybs is watch them you should not have to hand feed any but occasionaly you might have to

i always spend lots of time with just weaned ybs and making sure once they are eating that they drink even if i have to dip them !!! i always have just water in for them at this stage ..

If anybody wants to see my ybs what have just been weaned have a look on my Thread    --

 

-I am sure there are many different ways,it would be difficult to better the second last post above for all the reasons listed.

 

i have found the best way is to feed in galley pots in the nest boxes,, the yb,s eat on their own much quicker,, but on seperating them would seperate on a full crop,, with the water dish in, without the top on,, theyll bathe in this right away  ;D but at least will know where the water dish is ,, then after cleaning up mess put some easy bed down , the following morning fill a dish with maples , they seem to eat these easier for some reason ,,after theve had a pick ,, fill the water dish with a watring can ,,let them hear it splash ,,,theyll soon clock on ,, when they begin to perch , clean everything out and scrape as often as poss