young ens

[snowy]

hi all,

just wondering hows everyones young ens going??

as in health, flying, etc,

basically everything in general with them?

not doing too bad so far, (westy is seeing to that)

lost one for one night on his first fly around, but returned the evening after with telephone number ring missing & let cut & bleeding, looking good now though.

thanks ;D

[peterpau]

Snowy your still too early for me pal, mine are due to hatch next week, apart from a pair that I imported last year. They have young just hatched.

BUY THAT BOOK BY THE VET.

[THE FIFER]

MINE IS OUT ON THE LOFT BUT NONE TAKING OFF YET

[Peckedhen]

Just weaning mine and I'll have to toughen up - hate listening to them squeaking for food and I've been told I MUST NOT put them bch with their parents!!! :

[Guest]

Start weaning ours off tomorrow (Sunday) Then the fun will start lol

[T_T]

Parted a few, nothing flying yet but a bit disappointed with how they look, being slim and sharp looking as opposed to the round and compact look I like.  I have tried a breeding mixture with Dried Babies Milk added but am going back to my own mix for this round of Beans, Barley and Pellets.

[westburylofts]

Have a few flying around

others will not be long now

 

Health wise  think this is the best team of yb's i have had,

but i think that every year.

 

they look the part now it is wait and see,

 

RAY

[Guest shadow]

16 flying out for about 20 mins 8 to wean off then I am finished breeding for this season.

[peterpau]

Nice one Rose I thought I was the last to breed. Our club sec rang this morning to ask how many young I have to vaccinate? Not hatched yet.

[AlanWilkins]

33 flyin 35-40 mins

25 just started to fip about

8 more to go in then thats it

[Diamond dave]

Have 15 thats been going out for nearly two weeks and 10 just taken away.  I say the same every year too - Ray.

Those that are going out have all done thier "maiden" flight and are starting to come in nicely to the corn tin.

 

SNOWY - I hope you havent made us all talk too soon!!!!!!!!!!!!

[speedbird]

have 45 flying round no more to add to that team

[Guest]

I got 7 early YBs of someone and they are flying, and 10 just put through last week and they are starting to do circles. I have been putting Trikanox in their water and its keeping their droppings perfect. I was limiting myself to 20, but it looks like I will be having more like 25!!

[Guest]

I'll have 65, good number for me to keep as we fly three races each Saturday

[Diamond dave]

Alan Wilkins,

 

I am interested to know whether or not you keep all your younguns together.

 

You say you have them at three different ages - do you let them all go out togethr

or are you keeping three teams?

[zetlandlad999]

Left my Y.B to late lost a couple early on, but the rest are starting toget things together.

[pigeonpete]

My ybs are starting to flip around! the january bred ones are flying around for 10 mins or so but dont look as good in feather as the later ones think it could have been the cold weather??

 

 

 

[AlanWilkins]

Dave the first team are all parted together there the stock eggs floated under the widows n the best widow cock young.

 

The second round are stock second round floated under the naturals and the third round that the stock reared them selves but theres 15 days tops between the oldest n youngest.

 

Keep them in 2 section till they are all flying strong then the partion doors opened up n flown as 1 team.

 

The longest day all the young for the first team and early special races come off the dark then the second team for the last races stay on for another 3 weeks then its back together gain.

 

Hope that answers ya question

[Guest]

I'm really interested in hearing from the other members on how old the babies are when you wean them

 

I am going for the 23 day mark at the moment as I have been told that their learning curve is very sharp at that age.  Mine are doing good eating and drinking like little pigs lol.

 

Found their way into the aviary and came back through the trap when I rang the dinner bell today.

[westy]

we have 4 flying for 30-60 mins

6 just making it to the loft roof

some in the nest

and some eggs.

all going fine apart from some losses.

[MsPigeon]

I'm really interested in hearing from the other members on how old the babies are when you wean them

 

I am going for the 23 day mark at the moment as I have been told that their learning curve is very sharp at that age.  Mine are doing good eating and drinking like little pigs lol.

 

Found their way into the aviary and came back through the trap when I rang the dinner bell today.

 

I like to wean my young when I see them eating one their own and flying up to the perch or at least have feathers under their wing. It varies from bird to bird but it is probably 21-27 days old.

I think you are right about the learning curve theory too. I know that when I have a couple age groups I am working with I sometimes slack up on one group and work with the other more on one aspect of training or another. For instance I may put the younger young birds in a crate to eat and drink while I let the older young birds fly around and use the trap. I have often seen that the younger ones more readily eat while in the crate and the older ones are more reluctant too. But it works out because when the younger ones go out the older ones teach them to trap and the younger ones when mixed in the crates teach the older ones to eat and drink in the crate.

 

They are fun! The OB's and their shenanigans are too!

Yours in the sport.

Carol

 

[Guest]

Carol and all

 

We weaned a few babies on sunday at about 21 days, we had to move them out of the racing loft (The OB racers have been sitting floated eggs) to split the cocks and hens ready for racing this weekend.

 

Bear in mind that these babies have never been down on the floor, like the ones in the breeding pens and have not had the chance to eat and drink on their own. I put the feed down this afternoon and rang the bell, the older ones started eating immediately and within a minute or two the babies we moved Sunday were eating and drinking with them.  While I cleaned out this morning I put them all out in the aviary with the trap closed. I opened the trap when the loft was ready and rang the bell they all came in for feeding even the really small ones after a short time with one exception, I went up to the house for some coffee and when I went back out this one had had gone in and was eating with the rest.

 

Yes I really believe that thier learning curve is very sharp at that age

[mealybar]

I like weaning at 26-28 days, especially if breeding early with the frosty cold nights.

[snowy]

once young birds are flying & homed  & leaving their feed after being fed of a night, about 2-3 oz lying on loft floor, apart from the odd greedy one or 2 still eating but all crops are full,? and young birds going awol, even the oldest & experienced one we bred, does this mean we are feeding to much??

all answers appreciated?

thanks

[jimmy white]

yes i would say , snowy, but if you feed a few handfulls of depurative first, then their mixture, they should fly well round the loft  and range, if they do this they will be hungry enough next day, [but dont leave any lying after their feed] just wait untill they start getting pernickety, then stop