Guest joshdonlan Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 Im seriously considering getting in some youngbirds to try and race this year. With only having 2 sections in my loft, i have been advised to use the roundabout system, and from what i have understood is: Cocks in 1 section, hens in the other. The hens are let out of their section to fly around home. Whilst the hens are out the cocks are moved over to the hens section. The hens trap back into the cocks section and are fed. Whilst they are feeding the cocks are let out. Whislt the cock are out , then hens are moved back to their section. The cocks trap back to their section and are fed. Before basketing both cocks and hens are mixed together in both sections. Have i understood this system correctly? Many thanks Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACK W F Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 thats the basics josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bakes Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 its a good syatem but time comsuming mate with letting on sex out get back in feed let other sex out back in feed as well as moving them around everyday you got to be able to tell the signs when an bird is going cold not keeping to the rutein remove the bird if i was you mate would race natural with your ybs as you only wont to nolidge them at that age to try to get a team together for oldbird raceing following season but all to your own mate. all the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walterbmasson Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 its a good syatem but time comsuming mate with letting on sex out get back in feed let other sex out back in feed as well as moving them around everyday you got to be able to tell the signs when an bird is going cold not keeping to the rutein remove the bird if i was you mate would race natural with your ybs as you only wont to nolidge them at that age to try to get a team together for oldbird raceing following season but all to your own mate. you dont handle no birds at round about if you are your making very hard work of it and need to go and see how it is done right dont handle nothing till in baskets cheers walter all the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cloudview Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 hi josh , your a good listener ,which is a good thing . the system described above is proper round about , but remember i said to you that my hens fly to the same section through the week , and only on race day are allowed into cocks section , i find it a lot simplar this way. also the bit about mixing sexes together was for the yb,s on fri afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stantheman Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 roundabout is a very good system for oldbirds and is easy to manage especially if you want to maximise use of all your birds, for youngsters i would fly them on the sliding door method basically seperate the sexes and fly them to their own section but open the door on marking night and let them run together done properly the ybs fly well on this method all best stan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joshdonlan Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 Thanks for the replys guys. Some good info has been sent. Like ive been told, the simpler the better and when you do think about things for a while, a lot of it seems like common sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joshdonlan Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 roundabout is a very good system for oldbirds and is easy to manage especially if you want to maximise use of all your birds, for youngsters i would fly them on the sliding door method basically seperate the sexes and fly them to their own section but open the door on marking night and let them run together done properly the ybs fly well on this method all best stan Thanks Stan. That seems like the perfect method for me for the youngbirds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stantheman Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 josh as its your first time racing i think it is the ideal system for you as its very simple and also there are other bits you can add to it to motivate the ybs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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