when / how to basket train?

[Guest]

i am hoping to put my ybs in the basket overnight . last year (when loft went up) put them in empty section . this year ,i am unsure ,what about in ther own section ? help ,guidance advice all appreciated. thanks in advance .               andy.

[RICKY]

I PUT THEM IN BASKET IN AFTERNOONNTHEN PUT IN LOFT WITH DRINKERS ON ALL NITE.. THEN TAKE THEM FOR  A TRAINING TOSS EARLY MORNING.. WHILE SKYS ARE QUIET

[Guest]

I PUT THEM IN BASKET IN AFTERNOONNTHEN PUT IN LOFT WITH DRINKERS ON ALL NITE.. THEN TAKE THEM FOR  A TRAINING TOSS EARLY MORNING.. WHILE SKYS ARE QUIET

thanks Ricky. is that in their own section ? i just want to get them used to basket first.      andy.

 

 

[Guest HighSpeedLofts]

why leave them in basket allnight

[Guest]

why leave them in basket allnight

 

thats what theyll be doing before liberation at race point .   dont do it now ,will panic on transporter .             andy.

[Guest HighSpeedLofts]

is it not better to get them used to the basket as in enjoying it for a few hours a day rather than being in it allnight and its good to train early morning but the hawks are up and about hunting  early morning

[Guest]

is it not better to get them used to the basket as in enjoying it for a few hours a day rather than being in it allnight and its good to train early morning but the hawks are up and about hunting  early morning

 

no                                                           andy.

[RICKY]

theyll learn to drink from the basket as they will have to in the transporter...  a good drink i=on the morning of race will make a big difference... thats a fact mate.....  all night in basket  twice a wk is what  i do... just to get the ybs ready for racing

[DAVIDL]

 

  as soon as i wean my ybs into their own section i have the basket in for them, they all huddle togeather in it and you can put a drinker on to learn them what it is and feed in the basket.....they get used to it and are not frightened by it...

 

[jimmy white]

my thoughts are basket train asap,, ive heard many fanciers say,, if they want water they will find it,, i dont beleive in these thoughts,[some will do without water for a long time] yb,s deheydrate very quickly, i think its a must they learn to have confidence in the basket and are able to drink freely

[Guest IB]

I find overnight is easiest done on the Friday night when I get home from OB racemarking. The basket is already out, racers are away and there's plenty time & space to work in. Mine usually get 4/5 overnights when they are fed & watered in basket.

[Guest TAMMY_1]

 

thats what theyll be doing before liberation at race point .   dont do it now ,will panic on transporter .             andy.

 

agree with you on that Andy, they need to spend some nights in a basket

[Guest shadow]

the more basket training you can give them the better to help relieve the stress of race day

[Novice]

I gave mine a full 48 hours in the basket this year hoping that they would all have taken a drink. The baskets were in their own section.

They were then liberated in my garden.

[ryesway]

ive been putting my young birds in the crates every saturday feed   and water them then turn them back in the loft about 8 pm they seem quite happy with this

[andrew gooch]

easiest way 4 u is 2 cut a flap in your loft place your basket external of your loft with water none in loft call them in the basket and feed and water when u then come 2 training and raceing u can basket 100 birds in about 30 seconds and thay will no all 4 corners of a basket/              

hope ive explaind this clearly cus its a top tip

[Guest Grasshopper Lofts]

i weaned mine straight into a basket on the floor in there section, i kept it in there for 2 weeks. I then used to remove there water half hour before there main  feed, feed them then basket them up with water attached to the baskets and just keep an eye on them after doing this a few times i was  happy they were all drinking whilst in  the basket i found sitting with them and splashing the water around  in the drinkers also helped. This is just how i did it.

[andrew gooch]

i weaned mine straight into a basket on the floor in there section, i kept it in there for 2 weeks. I then used to remove there water half hour before there main  feed, feed them then basket them up with water attached to the baskets and just keep an eye on them after doing this a few times i was  happy they were all drinking whilst in  the basket i found sitting with them and splashing the water around  in the drinkers also helped. This is just how i did it.

 

when u start 2 train them do u go in the loft catching and scaring your birds

[Guest Grasshopper Lofts]

 

when u start 2 train them do u go in the loft catching and scaring your birds

 

i do pick them of there perches yes they are tame enough to let me do so, i dont have a big team so i find this a good way to keep them tame and used to me.

[andrew gooch]

 

i do pick them of there perches yes they are tame enough to let me do so, i dont have a big team so i find this a good way to keep them tame and used to me.

 

fair comment dont like catching them my self so all my birds basket them selves much easier 4 the working man with little time 2 waste and thay get 2 now mr basket in sideout

[Guest Grasshopper Lofts]

 

fair comment dont like catching them my self so all my birds basket them selves much easier 4 the working man with little time 2 waste and thay get 2 now mr basket in sideout

 

I hear what your saying many roads lead to rome etc

 

all the best this year