speedbird Posted March 15, 2006 Report Posted March 15, 2006 what are members views on when to put young onto darkness & how many hours per day & up untill when?
jimmy white Posted March 15, 2006 Report Posted March 15, 2006 i used to put ybs on darkness, as soon as theire weaned, they wre darkened at 5 pm and lightened at 9 am i used to keep them on this , till the longest day, make sure the loft is well ventilated, and not overcrowded,,, hope this helps.
Guest Posted March 16, 2006 Report Posted March 16, 2006 I prefre to darken my young bird AFTER they have got a good hang on flying, my feeling is that if the go on darkness right away after weaning is is more difficult to get them flying good once the body moult sets in. My birds are darkened at 1 in the afternoon and I take the shutters back before I go to bed at night as I feel it is very important for the birds to see the sun rise, as all out races are liberated just after sun up in the morning.
andy Posted March 16, 2006 Report Posted March 16, 2006 I DARKEN DOWN AT 6PM & OPEN UP AT 7.30AM. AS LONG AS THE NIGHTS ARE LONGER THAN THE DAYS BY ABOUT 1 TO 1.5 HOURS, AS SOON AS THEY ARE WEANED, WHICH IS JUST STARTING NOW & OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. KEEP THEM ON UNTIL END OF MAY....
slatey Posted March 16, 2006 Report Posted March 16, 2006 Speedbird I darken mine at 5pm to 9am from now till longest day the week before we start leaving them 30 mins longer per day. For me darker the better but dont cut off the ventilation. tomo
sapper756 Posted March 16, 2006 Report Posted March 16, 2006 I darken down straight away, on weaning. I darken from 5pm till 8am as this suits my work pattern. Have had a great deal of success with my darkened youngsters.
Guest Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 All the above is OK, but does anyone who works and flys on there own have a good plan for darkness YBs. I work 8.30 to 5pm so the above would be impossible for me. I work 15miles aways from work so it would cost a fortune to drive home every dinnertime to open the loft up.
AlanWilkins Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 get a timer n light bulds fitted in the loft you can light up there or not makes life alot easier
jimmy white Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 hi sbelbin,i see its awkward for you, but you could use a time switch, as alan says you could set it to come on for say 11 am or therabouts, that would let you get the ybs out when you come home from work ,cleaned fed and watered then darkened again at about 7pm, remember the clocks will be changing shortly
Deano Posted March 22, 2006 Report Posted March 22, 2006 I work 8 till 4 30 so i darken them at 5 on a night until 7am.they will still go through the moult ok as long as theres more darkness hours than light.
Guest Posted March 22, 2006 Report Posted March 22, 2006 3 hours may make a difference, ours normally get 17 hours
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