basket training youingsters

[Guest]

whats everyones view on this .

[madmaxlofts]

i think it would be unfair to the pigeon not to basket train them

they need to know where the water is

it would be like not training them and just sending them to the 1st race

 

i think dehydration is a main cause ov any young pigeon going down

[sapper756]

I believe it to be a very important part of a youngsters education. I always give them a couple of days confined to the basket, fed and watered.

[Guest]

I've mixed feelings on this one. I've done it but down at the club on marking nights tried till I was blue in the face to get YBs to drink - yet to see it happening.

 

I get the impression its late on in their yearling season that they actually drink freely in the basket..

 

 

[jimmy white]

would say basket training very important indeed ,y  birds should be basketed regularly from day one [when separated ] in uncrowded conditions, given plenty confidence in the basket, to eat drink and be completely at ease, used to put coloured rings on and basket about 8 at a time in a big basket, and repeat this with the others, when it came to training time found they went through far less stress , being very quiet and still in basket

[THE FIFER]

u cant give them too much, also the drinkers on the baskets is very important.

[Guest TAMMY_1]

young birds spend plenty nights in a basket long before first race, and are usualy put in the basket when old birds are racing as they do not get out that day

[Guest Hjaltland]

Rightly or wrongly I wean y/b's in the basket until they are eating and drinking, so they are completly at ease with the basket and being handled - then on into the section.

[Guest]

I've done it but down at the club on marking nights tried till I was blue in the face to get YBs to drink - yet to see it happening.

 

 

Couldn't agree more with comments so far, but as I said above, we do it with one thing in mind, and that is to set the bird up as best we can for the race basket. I trained mine but even I couldn't get mine to drink [or anyone elses in 18 baskets x 28 birds] at the time it really matters, in the race basket.

 

So should we be water training in a different way? The post about 'training to find the water' says it all for me; mine during their life have to drink from a jar, 2 different types of drinker, a trough hung on the outside of the nest front; a trough hung on the outside of the basket; a trough hung inside a spare nest front placed somewhere in the loft; and I used to move this 'water' all around the loft so that they had to look for and find the water ... will be going back to that this year.

 

And although the thread is about YBs, should we stop training them? I try to water train at all ages, for example, when the birds are first paired up, there's a jar of water in with them; when they've settled down, that comes out and a trough of water is hung on the outside of the nest front for a day or two; and I repeat that the week before any race that has more than one night in the basket.

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

Couldn't agree more with comments so far, but as I said above, we do it with one thing in mind, and that is to set the bird up as best we can for the race basket. I trained mine but even I couldn't get mine to drink [or anyone elses in 18 baskets x 28 birds] at the time it really matters, in the race basket.

 

So should we be water training in a different way? The post about 'training to find the water' says it all for me; mine during their life have to drink from a jar, 2 different types of drinker, a trough hung on the outside of the nest front; a trough hung on the outside of the basket; a trough hung inside a spare nest front placed somewhere in the loft; and I used to move this 'water' all around the loft so that they had to look for and find the water ... will be going back to that this year.

 

And although the thread is about YBs, should we stop training them? I try to water train at all ages, for example, when the birds are first paired up, there's a jar of water in with them; when they've settled down, that comes out and a trough of water is hung on the outside of the nest front for a day or two; and I repeat that the week before any race that has more than one night in the basket.

 

the only thing you havnae gave them is a flask for going to the races wae

[Guest]

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

 

the only thing you havnae gave them is a flask for going to the races wae

 

 

[Guest]

Still didnt drink in race basket Tammy.  ;D

 

Any convoyers care to comment on their experiences with YBs drinking on the transporter?

[speedbird]

soon a they are weaned they are put in the basket for the first week or so untill all are perched up last year dad did the same & every time he put the basket in the loft & blown the whistle they would run in dead easy to basket your youngens

[westy]

well ive put my ybs in a basket for the day at the bootom of my garden with water in and i will let them out this afternoon from the bascket i will take vids n put em on youtube.

[Wiley]

personally i dont havent done for atleast 5 years now, i have the belief pigeons can smell the water,seen it many times before, and heard many times before about basket training, never has done my pigeons any harm

[harky]

basket training is a must for for young birds just imagine if we were not potty trained as weans there would be a helluva mess wouldnt there ;D ;D ;D

[Guest]

basket training is a must for for young birds just imagine if we were not potty trained as weans there would be a helluva mess wouldnt there ;D ;D ;D

 

well you found that out last friday didnt you  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[harky]

 

well you found that out last friday didnt you  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

ive still no learnt ma lesson propably do the night again an the wife all go mental got a habbit of pissing in cupboards when pissed

[Guest]

;D in youre new house too ? Angela must be fuming || :X :X :X    andy

[harky]

;D in youre new house too ? Angela must be fuming || :X :X :X    andy

 

ive no done it here yet andy but theres always a first time especially when am sitting here drinking lager and its still early yet ;D ;D ;D

[THE FIFER]

they need basket training from a young age,

[Guest CS]

Im trying Chris Balson's tip about Youngsters basket this year, Get old basket, put sawdust and straws in the basket, ope flap 24/7 in the young birds lofts til youngsters on the perches. it worked well for Chris Balson...

 

In the dark, my ybs are sleeping in the basket they'll feel more safer...

[Wiley]

Im trying Chris Balson's tip about Youngsters basket this year, Get old basket, put sawdust and straws in the basket, ope flap 24/7 in the young birds lofts til youngsters on the perches. it worked well for Chris Balson...

 

In the dark, my ybs are sleeping in the basket they'll feel more safer...

 

think the people your racing against would also love you doing this,pigeons will feel so safe wont leave the crate  :-/ :-/ :-/ ;D ;D ;D :-/ :-/

[Taylorsloft]

my young birds will be in the basket tomorrow. and they go in the basket every weekend then let out. it gives me a chance to have a good look at them

[westy]