Trapping

[Guest CS]

Which trapping system do you use ?

[Wiley]

i normally use open doors,but this year getting a new widowhood hen shed n its going to be like the sheds used on hyacinths website as i like the way they look and they use a trapping system.

[Guest]

8) Tried to post twice ! obs & ybs are open door , natural hens (for distance)are sputnik !                                                                         andy  ;D

[bluey]

Stall traps can't beat em.

 

Would be even quicker with ets  

[schouwman71]

love the open door system best,but would love to try the ets system out aswell.

[Guest CS]

I prefer the open doors for YBs and old birds best...  

[bluey]

It's not so much the system of trapping as the way they are brought up and trained.

At some lofts I've seen pigeons return and take minutes to trap and at others the pigeons run to the trap.

With stall traps no chance of the pigeon flying over your head or upset being chased around the loft.

[birdman55678]

Electronic is by far the best and can be used with most any entryway as long as the birds go over the pad.  Ed

[Guest]

http://www.redroselofts.com/trapping.htm

[birdman55678]

Linda that is a good article and Steve did a great job on it.  Was this the same setup you had when I was there.  Are you not using the round-a-bout anymore?  Later gal.  Ed

[Guest]

For reasons that get me mad to talk about it we had to abandon roundabout last year, now I think the problem is solved so we'll be trying roundabout in 2007

[birdman55678]

Well lets here about it or would you rather discuss it in person..  Hey I forgot to tell ya, I bought two Staff Van Reet cocks at the auction this week end from Frank, I also got one of his Super Crack Crusson Hens.  Ed

[Guest]

quite simple Ed, a nerd who lives below us got some pigeons who he left on open hole all day, these were mostly hens and it was impossible to fly the cocks, with these sat about the place all day. I polietly asked him if he would not let his birds out until mine were back in and he got very rude, saying this is the way he flew his birds in Hungary and he wasn't going to change for me, to cut a long story short the Coopers have done him in and he sold the rest of his birds

[Guest]

did yoiu know we're doing a 2 for one sale buy one get one free, Steve has done his usual trick and bred far too many birds, need the room before the 2007 breeding season

[birdman55678]

Well gal by giving his birds free loft he just invited every hawk in.  He actually done you a favor and saved some of your birds.. LOL.  Good story Linda.  Thanks. Ed

[Beanz]

Open door every time

[westy]

i use a bob trap as if im at school and the birds ent in then they will trap and its easyer during racing

[Guest CS]

OPEN DOORS for us  

[hillfamilyloft]

I use a board on a hinge, much like Redrose lofts uses. You just leave about a 5inch gap for the birds to drop into. I have not had a bird get out yet. I train the first round to the trap and they train the second and third round. The watch eatch other and they are in. I do put the birds through the trap when I introduce them to the fly loft. You can see them on Redrose loft page.

Randy

[hillfamilyloft]

Birdman, I have two Van Reet Cocks out of Mary and Vector. Have yet to test their young birds, but they are small and look really good. We did not fly youngbirds, but will put them to the test this spring. The young birds are crossed with my Vic Miller stuff.

Randy

[madmaxlofts]

i was using sputniks but installed stall traps best thing i ever did no catching frightening the birds and saves time ;D

[Guest slugmonkey]

I use electronic so the trap dosent  matter as much although many clubs are starting to regulate where pads ( antenne ) are placed A.U. rules say it has to be at least 1/2 inside loft and some clubs are starting to regulate the size of boards and openings into lofts as well as the number of pads used

[Pompey Mick]

I use open door and a bob-hole for the widowhoods and a sputnik for the Young Birds.

As a thought would Linda's trapping system be considered OK for use in Scotland, are the sensor pads deemed to be inside the lofts. In view of earlier posts on this subject there could be conflicting ideas.

[V1JSL]

 

ETS, Electronic pad inside the spootnick (sealed to the board) clockem in realy fast if they come !!

[jupiter_19630]

I use the landing board and hinged flap opened 6 inches. The sides are baffled to stop birds clinging to the dowells and and escaping.

Have never had one escape and birds trap with no hesitation.