Training

[Guest pigeonboyno1]

do you think it is a good idea for a couple of old birds to train with the young birds to the help the young birds on their way home?

[gangster]

i like 2 thhrow a couple of old hens in with them for the 1st few tosses

[Guest]

i like 2 thhrow a couple of old hens in with them for the 1st few tosses

 

have done the same but found the old hens leave the y/b

and are home long before them

 

dave

[Guest pigeonboyno1]

well with training is it a good idea to get a good trapper and through it out and when the birds come back do they trap with the old bird and deos it work.

[pjc]

you should have them trapping well before you start training, taking old birds won't help them trap as the old birds will trap and leave the youngsters out!

What you need is the birds to leave the basket, get home and in the loft asap!

When you first start letting the birds out at home training starts then, controlling the food so that when you want them in they come straight in, once they get the habbit they will continue to trap well!

 

Phil

[Guest pigeonboyno1]

cheers mate

[Tony C]

I've never put old birds in with them, let them work it out for themselves.

[Guest anto]

have 2 agree with tony they have 2 find there own way

they soon learn

[George UK]

6 weeks flying around the loft i take em 10 miles if they dont come back i dont miss em

i would prefer to let 1 go every 5 mins but friends wont do it

i have had my youngsters gon for 6 hours

 

[grizzal]

i like 2 thhrow a couple of old hens in with them for the 1st few tosses

 

same as above, but you do find the hens are home before the ybs

[valteng]

nyahahaha.... me too... i bring some of my old birds for my YBs to have guide on their way home...

[mushroom]

The best way to get young birds to come straight home is via the corn tin. I do not mean by starving  them, but by discipline, teaching them that feeding time is related to the basket. You can do this from your garden when you begin to basket train and carry it on to your road work. They will get to know what is expected of them this way before you go on the road, then all they need to worry about is the way home.

[Guest IB]

Past couple of years I have trained yearling latebreds with OBs May to July, and then the same late breds went with the YBs July - August, when late bred moult usually stops them.

 

As for coming straight home: same years I have trained YBs in the evening, 7pm release. They don't wander off, and it's been bee-line for home everytime.

[Guest challengerlofts]

been trained the 6 yb's up to 65 miles, only got 3 left. after managed to escape from the predators/hawks up in the sky. in the ground, from the neighbours cat, no chance.

[lawrie]

i have no old birds just youngsters and all mine learnt how to trap there first time out. just shook the corn tin, 1 bird worked it out the rest followed.

[pigeonmansteve]

What I do befor I let my young birds out. They all know how to trap. When first time out they are very hungry. If they dont come in when I call them they dont eat. Then the next day they are the first ones in every time. Young birds needs to know how to trap first thing first if they are going to win.

[just ask me]

really i wouldent dream of it but then again some do and in this game many roads lead to rome but id like them to think for them selves