Whats it called Cumbernauld Posted July 11, 2009 Report Posted July 11, 2009 How old are your young birds before you start to Train them? Cheers Rab Smith
Guest Owen Posted July 11, 2009 Report Posted July 11, 2009 After they have been ranging for two to three weeks. Quite often if you don't catch them right they will fly away and you will loose them. By the way it is not a good idea to let wandering youngsters out before lunch.
wilkins Posted July 11, 2009 Report Posted July 11, 2009 do you think they need to rang much, i used to think they had to but now im not to sure , my latebreds last year never ranged first toss 10 miles and they came ok of the 5birds 2 of them have had 2 channel races to 330 miles this year , one being me first bird and then me second bird home ,
Guest Grasshopper Lofts Posted July 11, 2009 Report Posted July 11, 2009 After they have been ranging for two to three weeks. Quite often if you don't catch them right they will fly away and you will loose them. By the way it is not a good idea to let wandering youngsters out before lunch. i have experienced this first hand this year my y/b were flying great but lost one or two because i let them out in the afternoon i found there were flying so long they would see other birds and get in with them. A flyer in my club about 2 miles away kept getting a few of my birds go in with his had to collect them on a few occasions.
Guest Owen Posted July 11, 2009 Report Posted July 11, 2009 I know we are all differant and it would be a waste of time to lay down rules. A lot of things will affect the way youngsters behave, including their breeding. But feeding has a big part to play in how the birds react to exercise. Feeders of heavy grains such as beans and peas will have a differant response from feeders of lighter grains. It is just the same with ration feeders. Some Fanciers like to keep their birds slightly on the tooth so that they have the discilpine on the birds. This is because they like them to be good trappers. So there is no definate answer to the question you asked. In the end it is all a matter of judgement. If you think your birds are healthy and are flying with real purpose at exercise, train them regardless of age. On the other hand if your birds are lacking in energy and do not fly at home, you would be wasting time and money in training them. It is up to you to organise the training so that they learn something from it. It is not to have them fly home and carry on flying as if it is part of their everyday exercise. For me they have to come straight home and drop straight away. To me trapping is part of the training. But then that's me, and that approach would not suit everyone.
Guest pigeon82 Posted July 11, 2009 Report Posted July 11, 2009 as soon as they are up flying together i took mine off for a 5 miler i dropped 1 in training been training sincemarch april time
Tenny Posted July 12, 2009 Report Posted July 12, 2009 plenty of short tosses needed in the valley where i live. then once out of the valley go 10,15,20miles in jumps of 5 miles.
jimbhoy29 Posted July 12, 2009 Report Posted July 12, 2009 1st training toss today still 10 missing only 10 mile
cowman Posted July 12, 2009 Report Posted July 12, 2009 1st training toss today still 10 missing only 10 mile i gave mine (21) a 3 mile toss yesterday had 4 back today and 17 missing id say a bop went through them cos none back want to know me as usual .
ALF Posted July 12, 2009 Report Posted July 12, 2009 I'll be starting mine in the next few days but i dont like this time of year and there have been a few horror stories about some bad training tosses with the y/b's posted up on the few sites i look at:D :D
jimbhoy29 Posted July 12, 2009 Report Posted July 12, 2009 it puts a dampner on the season when it happens
Guest stb Posted July 12, 2009 Report Posted July 12, 2009 After they have been ranging for two to three weeks. Quite often if you don't catch them right they will fly away and you will loose them. By the way it is not a good idea to let wandering youngsters out before lunch. why is that ?? i let mine out at first light every morning and they go ranging for ages coming back and forward every 20 -30 mins. They fly great at this time of morning and is good to watch them
ALF Posted July 12, 2009 Report Posted July 12, 2009 it puts a dampner on the season when it happens I lost 13 in 1 toss last year and only had 1 of them reported but that's the doo game for you it certainly has it's up's and down's thats for sure...
jimbhoy29 Posted July 12, 2009 Report Posted July 12, 2009 i always lose my breeder/buyers just goes to show u im a good judge ;D ;D
jimbhoy29 Posted July 12, 2009 Report Posted July 12, 2009 1st training toss today still 10 missing only 10 mile 5 bk waiting on 5 1 riped open
jimbhoy29 Posted July 12, 2009 Report Posted July 12, 2009 5 bk waiting on 5 1 riped open another 1 back with no tail
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