Basket Training.

[westy]

has anyone got any ideas in basket training and what to look out for ect and how to start it.

[Tony C]

Ideally you want to use the same type of crate/basket that your club use. The first couple of times you put them in there they will try to get out and take some time to settle. Don't have loose pigeons in the same loft/section when basket training them, they wont settle. By all means put a drinker on and feed them a bit of seed the first couple of times but don't expect them to drink straight away it'll take them a good few times in the basket for them to get used to it. If you've got y'bs of different ages put the younger ones in a basket on their own.

[westy]

thanks tony

[NANCYVIEWLOFTS]

we have found that young birds will eat straight away in the basket that is those nearest the feed trough the others have difficulty getting to it  so we take out those that have eaten until all have eaten drinking is another matter we feed them in the loft and leave them without water for half an hour then we basket them with the water trough on and they drink almost straight away

[westy]

thanks nancy

[Guest]

I always do as Nancyview, feed in the loft with the drinker taken out, then put them in the crates.

 

I do this for 3 to 4 evenings.

[Guest shadow]

I put all my young birds in baskets on a saturday and they are given a liight feed and the water is put on and they stay in them until the old birds are home from racing then the may be let uot depending on the weather or they are put back in the loft through the traps.

[westy]

thanks all

[speedbird]

when i first wean my ybs i put in a basket & they are fed in there untill all are percherd up now when i put the basket in they basket them them selves!!!

[jimmy white]

I USED TO BASKET TRAIN THEM AS YOUNG AS POSIBLE, FEED THEM,, WAIT A WHILE THEN POUR THE WATER FROM THE WATTERING CAN INTO THE DRINKERS, AND LET THEM HEAR IT SPLASH, FOUND THEY LEARNED VERY QUICKLY, AND WERE VERY CALM IN THE BASKET

[westy]

I USED TO BASKET TRAIN THEM AS YOUNG AS POSIBLE, FEED THEM,, WAIT A WHILE THEN POUR THE WATER FROM THE WATTERING CAN INTO THE DRINKERS, AND LET THEM HEAR IT SPLASH, FOUND THEY LEARNED VERY QUICKLY, AND WERE VERY CALM IN THE BASKET

 

how many do you  put into the basket at a time

[jimmy white]

IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE BASKET, BUT TRY TO KEEP IT HALF FULL

[westy]

IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE BASKET, BUT TRY TO KEEP IT HALF FULL

 

thanks doc

[Guest]

put drinker on basket half fill drinker with water then put handful of red band or similer in drinker with water, babies will pick at seed in drinker and find water done this for 25 years never had a problem, so easy