First time out.

[Tropicman]

today was the day our young birds were finally let out , so far around 14 are out , bit of a disaster as 9 decided to crack off and still havent returned , but they are circulling around the loft hopefully they will come down ill let you know how it goes !!

[blackdog]

they will be back mate if u can still see them

[adam owen]

they sound quite strong mate praps it be better av them out a bit earlyer next time just incase this happens

[Tropicman]

that was the plan but due to the weather we havent been able to let them out in the past week and a half and even today its a tad windy but they had to go out as they are getting rather strong on the wing , they have an aviary on the front of the loft so they know there surroundings well so hopefully we'll see what happens !

[adam owen]

are right the aivary will be a great help to them then they should be ok may be let some old birds out to go up and dwn and drag them back in all best u will be fine

[Guest lee duffy]

with young birds i leave traps/door open from when there weened never hassel them to go out side they will go out when they feel like it havint lost a youngbird yet i would never hold youngbirds in that are or should be flying around because you will always loose some

regards lee

[adam owen]

id love to do that but to many cats and hawks about to do that here

[kirky]

any more back yet,

[big blue bar]

i remember a guy tryed a new system with the young bird he kept them in till they had thrown there first flight themn let them out

[dwh]

i remember a guy tryed a new system with the young bird he kept them in till they had thrown there first flight themn let them out

 

BIT RISKY TO ME HOW DID TI GO ??)

[ALF]

 

BIT RISKY TO ME HOW DID TI GO ??)

 

THEY WERE FLIGHTLESS ;D ;D ;D

[dwh]

 

THEY WERE FLIGHTLESS ;D ;D ;D

 

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[big blue bar]

silly boy he lost about 9 when he dropped the trapps they took of and just kept flying

[pjc]

There are still older fanciers around who don't let them out until the eyes have changed.

[ALF]

There are still older fanciers around who don't let them out until the eyes have changed.

 

AND PLENTY OF THEM ASWELL

[Guest stb-]

 

AND PLENTY OF THEM ASWELL

 

AYE AND IT SCARES THE sh** OOT YE WHEN THEY DO GET OOT AND HIT THE HEAVANS .

 

50 YB DISSAPEAR AW DAY ,,YE SEE THE ODD UN TRUNDILING BACK AND FORTH BUT BY TEA TIME THERE NEARLY ALWAYS ALL BACK   ;)

[Tropicman]

well sorry i havent replied been busy at the lofts ! , we now have 3 missing out of 39 young uns only around 20 or so have been out we think , but 3 are still missing but we have spotted them around the area so hopefully they will find there way home , cheers guys !

[kev43]

There are still older fanciers around who don't let them out until the eyes have changed.

 

that what we did last year and nva lost a bird but they were in avairy from a week after they were weaned over till there eyes changed  

[kev43]

well sorry i havent replied been busy at the lofts ! , we now have 3 missing out of 39 young uns only around 20 or so have been out we think , but 3 are still missing but we have spotted them around the area so hopefully they will find there way home , cheers guys !

 

they will come bk m8 dnt worry u will b ok they shud b settled they just get excited wi them not been out in a while  

[Guest WINGS 04]

I put my first young birds out the day for the first time but Had them going in and out the trap

for about a week put 3 old hens out with them and they were only looking for the cks so they helped hold them on the loft first time I have done this and it worked very well

[Guest Davy Fleming]

Always let my old birds out with the youngsters for about a week then they go  on there own . If anything happens they are there to settle them pretty quickly

[Guest cloudview]

i always wean my yb,s in a crate inside the yb loft fed in there and water on , then bring crate outside facing loft so at least they know what loft looks like from the outside should they ever come first time and get scared by somthing , usually a blackbirds warning call

[billt]

There are still older fanciers around who don't let them out until the eyes have changed.

 

I did that one year in the 80's, went out like a bunch of whippets, 3 days before I had them all back, best kit of young birds I ever had, all raced the whole programme and won the Y/B Fed ave's , not recommending this to newbies