DARKNESS

[paddy123]

when do i put my birds on the darkness system and take them of it and what times, just new to the sport thanks every one

[lightning fast]

when do i put my birds on the darkness system and take them of it and what times, just new to the sport thanks every one

 

I am putting mine on darkness at 3 in the afternoon and when it gets dark at night , i  am talking the covers off, so that they wake up to natrural daylight, but most people are light from 8 till 4-5 that will work

 

[paddy123]

 

I am putting mine on darkness at 3 in the afternoon and when it gets dark at night , i  am talking the covers off, so that they wake up to natrural daylight, but most people are light from 8 till 4-5 that will work

thanks for the info lightning

 

[blackdog]

21st march till till 21st june, 4pm till 8am

[thomasd]

i have yb's now in the moult now but its all small feathers do they drop thier flights i am doing darkness do i put them on darkness on the 21th of march till 21th of june will this be ok

[jimmy white]

i have yb's now in the moult now but its all small feathers do they drop thier flights i am doing darkness do i put them on darkness on the 21th of march till 21th of june will this be ok

 

the darkness system is to fool the birds its winter,[better on it now] where they will have a full body moult, but retain their nest flights,,,  

[thomasd]

they sill have there fights so it best now so they will keep them yea

[K J Young]

I put them on the dark the day they are shifted and take them of the dark on the 21st of june .

[thomasd]

will it be ok for me to put them on 2morrow till 21th of june will they drop flight or will i be ok

[jimmy white]

will it be ok for me to put them on 2morrow till 21th of june will they drop flight or will i be ok

 

if they havent dropped any flights, theres a good chance of them holding them,, but you do get the odd one throw a flight at times,, good luck

[thomasd]

thanks lads

[Wizzer]

when do i put my birds on the darkness system and take them of it and what times, just new to the sport thanks every one

 

Would`nt mess with that rubbish.

Keep them natural as you can.

 

March bred pigeons won 5 yb races last year average birdage 14 members 300 birds each week

[thomasd]

i breed early and the darkness is the only way to race yb's if u wanna do the whole rogram

[cheq hedgehog]

are u all darkness or do u have natural birds ybirds 2

[thomasd]

all darkness

[Guest pigeon82]

hello paddy pal im also from northern ireland i already have young birds on darkness system but speaking to others in my club the with the cold weather everyones birds are moulting like mad ybs i mean but i wont take them off darkness till end of june beginning of july now pal all the best. my birds get locked up between 5 and 6 in the evening and covers are taken down between 9-30 and 10 in the morning

[aye ready]

with me not getting home till after 6 at night and leaving for work at 7.30am then at night after work working the roundabout pigeons,then letting the youngsters out for an hour does anyone who operates the darkness system think it would be possible to darken the loft down say from 10pm at night till i come home at dinnertime the next day to open the lofts up,your thoughts would be appreciated

 

                                                                          martin

[kev43]

with me not getting home till after 6 at night and leaving for work at 7.30am then at night after work working the roundabout pigeons,then letting the youngsters out for an hour does anyone who operates the darkness system think it would be possible to darken the loft down say from 10pm at night till i come home at dinnertime the next day to open the lofts up,your thoughts would be appreciated

 

                                                                          martin

 

just work it out to suit ur work shift me personally only allow my yb,s 8 hrs daylight so upto u,,,mine will b darkened down from 3pm till 7am nxt mornin  

[Guest vander mungo]

when do i put my birds on the darkness system and take them of it and what times, just new to the sport thanks every one

 

sometimes better to shorten it and get them to cast a flight.come in to form sooner .not just for the last 2 races