DARKNESS

[H.R.H.]

WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO PUT Y.B.'S ON DARKNESS,IF YOU INTEND TO HAVE THEM ON DARKNESS.THE MINUITE THEY'RE PUT IN YB LOFT OR AFTER A WEEK OR TWO?

[nogin]

WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO PUT Y.B.'S ON DARKNESS,IF YOU INTEND TO HAVE THEM ON DARKNESS.THE MINUITE THEY'RE PUT IN YB LOFT OR AFTER A WEEK OR TWO?

 

RIGHT AWAY M8  

[Guest bernard_grizzle_smith]

ohh tht good then i have lol they started malting bug time! lol

[pearse1888]

id leave it a while so the youngsters can eat and drink as much as they want

[Guest frank dooman]

i kept mine on nat for 2 weeks but that was because they were  bred early if you count back from the 21st june and give them 8 weeks thats fine some say only 6 weeks i dont think its enough mine get 10/12 weeks JMO

[dwh]

i kept mine on nat for 2 weeks but that was because they were  bred early if you count back from the 21st june and give them 8 weeks thats fine some say only 6 weeks i dont think its enough mine get 10/12 weeks JMO

 

WAS TOLD BY A GOOD FLYER FROM INLAND TO CHANNEL NATIONAL BUT AGREE WI YOUNG FRANK BIT SHORT

[aye ready]

weaned a lot of mine on monday straight on to dark just don't know if the loft is dark enough,newbie at this gemme

[Guest Owen]

March the 21st (The Spring Equanox) is the official day when the youngsters should be put onto darkness. This is the day when the day and night length are the same.

[Guest frank dooman]

doesnt need to be black martin ive allways said some fanciers are on the dark and dont even know it because of there lofts sory for calling you black martin ;) ;)

[aye ready]

doesnt need to be black martin ive allways said some fanciers are on the dark and dont even know it because of there lofts sory for calling you black martin ;) ;)

 

don't know if it's dark enough frank my youngsters seem to be able to eat and drink no bother when it's darkened

[Guest frank dooman]

thats ok martin some get carried away with the word dark and are falling all over the place when they go in to the loft no need for that

[dal2]

weaned a lot of mine on monday straight on to dark just don't know if the loft is dark enough,newbie at this gemme

 

Set the system to suit you. The loft should be dark enough but doesnae need to be pitch wae plenty ventilation. The length of time is open to opinion but 6 weeks min, again wot suits you. JMO

[aye ready]

will give it a try but there is plenty ventilation with the louvres on the front but that is where most of the light is coming in from cheers for the info (ok)

[fodencat]

Last year mine were put on the dark from the 1st of April till the 1st of June

[Guest lee duffy]

draken it enough that you can still read a newspaper

[Guest frank dooman]

will give it a try but there is plenty ventilation with the louvres on the front but that is where most of the light is coming in from cheers for the info (ok)

 

thats the same as me martin  

[Guest kevin b]

Ventilation is more important than pitch black,

You will always get a couple who will drop a flight but once you have them in a darkened loft they will hold the rest for most of the season.

 

Better to have healthy birds with a couple of dropped flights than sick birds with full wings IMO.

 

Kevin