Tips & Tricks : Racing

[Guest]

;) thanks Ryan , due to space cannot seperate the sexes but, may try the beetle in the egg trick   . grasshoppers a bit thin on the ground up here in the hills  ;D ;D                                                                  andy

[jimmy white]

;D thanks for the above tips , keep em coming , any relevant to youngbirds ????                                                                   andy

 

a young bird sitting two   babies  ,,, if it works?, put the eggs back after return from race , do the same the next week , sometimes this can be repeated a few times with the same yb,s

 

if its just perches you have in your yb section,, on a friday try a few ply boards against the wall,on the floor  maybe about 2ft long 1 ft high a few nest bowls with shavings or twigs in them , youll find all the young cocks and hens in and out them and actualy get a bit jealous of each other,, repeated every week ,they get the hang of it and it can make them keen ,after the race lift all boards and shavings etc till the next friday

[jimmy white]

one simple tip is ,,if you have a bird with a bent   flight feather, is to boil the kettle or pan , hold the fractured flight over the hot steam , hey presto , ;D watch it straighten out like magic ;D

[Guest slugmonkey]

On sprint I move race birds to another loft ealier in the day and feed and water there it makes it seem as though they been gone longer I picked this one up from Ganus

[Back garden fancier]

If racing young birds to the perch, on Friday have one less perch than there are pigeons. They'll fly home fast to get a perch!

[jimmy white]

said it b4  ;D aim for the 3 c,s ,,,contentment ,condition and control ,b4 any tricks or tips can be worked