Dod Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 When is the best time to let your ybs out for the first time i dont want to lose to many? im just looking ahead.
lawrie Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 before they can fly but fully feathered. sit them on the loft roof for 10 minutes a couple of times a week. be on the lookout for cats ect. then train them on the trap, placing each bird in the trap several times. make sure they eat on entering the trap. they learn to trap faster to get food. before you know it they will be flying and learning to kit.
Dod Posted December 9, 2009 Author Report Posted December 9, 2009 Im a new starter so any advice would be greatfull
Dod Posted December 9, 2009 Author Report Posted December 9, 2009 before they can fly but fully feathered. sit them on the loft roof for 10 minutes a couple of times a week. be on the lookout for cats ect. then train them on the trap, placing each bird in the trap several times. make sure they eat on entering the trap. they learn to trap faster to get food. before you know it they will be flying and learning to kit. Thanks
lawrie Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 once they kit, train them every day. its important that they trap fast.
Dod Posted December 9, 2009 Author Report Posted December 9, 2009 This is my first year at racing ive got my 12 pairs for breeding so im going to breed 40 ybs and go from there.
grizzal Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 As soon as we wean them the door is open so they can see outside,and when they start to get on the perches we put them through the sputnic each day [door has trap on it]
lawrie Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 you making teams or splitting hens from cocks?
greenlands Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 As soon as my young birds are feathered under the wing and put into their own section they are let out onto the loft front, weather permitting.DON'T let very young birds out on windy days,they may not have the strength to get back to the loft. Lindsay
Dod Posted December 9, 2009 Author Report Posted December 9, 2009 ive built my own loft what has 4 sections 1 for ybs,1 for the stock birds with avery,1 for my future racing cocks ,and 1 for hens.
Guest strapper Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 when you 1st start letting them out keep the youngbirds a little hungry..never! never! let them out with food in their crops..when they are coming out for the 1st few times,you wont have control over them. pigeons are like kids ..you only see them when their hungry. and thats what you have to try and balance out.
pjc Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 It depends on you loft set up! If your youngbirds have access to a flight then they will see there surroundings as soon as they are strong enough to get into the flight. If the front of the loft is closed in then as soon as you wean the youngsters put them in a basket each day and stand it outside to have a good look around. An old friend of mine used to have a table stood about 20ft infront of his loft with a wire cage fitted on top of it, the youngsters would spend most of the day out in the cage and when it was feed time he would whistle them, taking the one by one and posting them through the traps. After doing this for a few days all he had to do was whistle the birds open the cage and they went straight to the traps and in. This was done for a few days before the birds were allowed to fly out of the loft on there own.
lawrie Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 how bigs your setup in feet? sounds good mate.
Guest bakes Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 what i done mate when i first started up i got the youngbirds bought in or gifted to me i kept them in for a week letting them go back and from aviary what i did then was pick each bird up and put them through trap 5 times i think if i remember rightly then i let them out not starving but hungry put an bath out for them i open the doors up and walked away let them come and go when they wonted to in and out the loft then after a few days of doing this you will notice them getting more wingy flapping hovering from the lawn to the loft then they will get up fly to loft roof everytime they got up a shook the tin to keep them in the area of my garden and loft i then put trapping mix ie small seed onto the trap i was in the loft at this time so they would land onto landing board then drop in through the bobs i kept doing this everyday then they all got up flew around the house some flew to house roof some flew to neighbours roofs a shake of the tin they would fly back to the loft then when they was ready they let you no mate let them out they flew straight up into the air flew singled up for around 10 minutes then after a few days they all got up and flew in one big group wipping round home and in the distances when i noticed they was out of site for 1 hour doing this for at least a week i put them all into the basket up the road to 1 mile libbed them let them came back same nexty day if the weather was ok 1 mile then 2 days no training just loft flying exercise then jumped to 5 miles kept them there to they bet my mate back to the loft think they only had 2 tosses from there as they was coming good then jumped them to 10 miles they had 5 tosses from there i keep them at the same lib site until they beating my mate back then i jumped them to 15 same again to they was beating back and so on to the distnaces i wonted them trained to
blackdog Posted December 9, 2009 Report Posted December 9, 2009 soon as i wean them they stop in loft till next day then they are put out on the bink with the doors closed otherwise they would not come out but after this day you can leave the door open and they cant wait to come out
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