Breaking birds a mile away.

[andrecrock]

Hello everyone.i got a similar problem as josh donlan.I have just moved my loft from my father in-laws down to my place.It might not happen,but i kept 8 pair of racers back that wasn't sold.Is there any way to break these birds in time for the old bird season.The area woodint be a problem as were the new loft is,is in-line of flight.they will be in aviary every day.Will the cocks break easier than hens?Should i leave a little shed up were the old loft was?

 

Thank you in advance.

[Guest joshdonlan]

Keep them in the aviary, or let them rear a round, or at least pair and lay. Then let them out, but masking tape their wings for a day or to until they start enetering the loft themselves. There will be other advice also.

 

Good Luck, and dont get too stressed and be prepared to loose a few.

[Guest]

are they yearlings ?? if on the first nest this time they should be easier to break.i wouldnt put up a shed at the old place . just try it ,if succesful at breaking them ,get them out as much as is possible. all the best .   andy.

[benji]

I  was always told its easy to break a good one .  THERE  was a pigeon fancier moved 4 times about 10 mile radiues as the crow flies and the cock won to 4 different times

[pjc]

are they going to be moved in there original loft?

 

Take the birds and release them a few times from the new loft location, before you let them out make sure they are hungry and there is nowhere for them to go in at the old address, when you let them out they will go to the old location find there is nothing there for them and retrace there flight to where they were liberated, they will recognise the loft and come back in!

 

Back in the early 90's i moved 5m on the saturday, let birds out on the monday and took 3rd club on the wednesday!

[Guest bakes]

what i would do is get them down on eggs let them out on big youngsters let them go in the aviary for a while get someone at the old address were the loft was as if they go back there get them to nock them up a few nock up should home them to the new loft mates have done it this way havent had no problems

 

all the best.

[andrecrock]

Yea i am using the same loft with a few changes,thank you for all advice

[Guest stb-]

In 1993 i moved house half mile away  Moved lofts on the sat keept birds pretty hungry for 2 days opened loft doors and let them walk out onto the garden throwing feed for them in front of loft. They were quite happy to pick away on grass and walked back in when shouted .  Done same following day some went up on loft roof and had a good look about

 

then dropped down when called for feed . The 3rd day i opened doors in the morning and just let them do what they wanted.

 

They all eventually took to the skies  and a few came back in ,by the end of the day

 

most had been to the old house roof but came back themselfes for feeding.  The thurs and friday just left them open bowl and sent some to the race on the FRI.  On the sat they were 2nd and 3rd fed   7 days after moving them.  C ould be just lucky but they settled very easily.

[blackdog]

Yea i am using the same loft with a few changes,thank you for all advice

 

 

get them out as soon as pos, i moved my lofts in 93 as soon as everything was put back to normal i let them out, they kept going back to the original location which was a mile away as well all day back and forward, they were out all night but when i looked out of the window first thing they were all flying around the loft, i went out and shouted of them and they dropped in, i had to send them as trainers that week till my new measurements came through, what im saying is the birds new that it was there loft, the same one they were in at the other location, think about it, what did they do in the war, moving the loft about

 

[Andrew suckle]

a wish a could of done that with mine moved them 200 meters up the road and it took me up to a week to brake them and a lost 2

[Guest youngboy]

yes!! avairy great idea leave feed them little less then usuall enought that the minute u sake the tin of food/call/wislte they be rishin for the food!! then leave them out and they should go!! that wat i do when breakin birds!!

[Wizzer]

i moved 5 times in 7 seasons back in the 1990`s

broke 39 birds wthin 10 days in my existing property and managed to race 6 birds from one loft and 14 days later to another location and a different loft.

the main secret is that the birds have no where to enter at your old property.

The hen is always the best to break first.

Break the cock when driving the freshly broken hen hard.

 

It really is a doddle.

 

let me know if you need more info and good luck.