Basket Training

[Guest Paulo]

Well my team has started to rake good and proper and are flying very very well so training will be here soon. Anybody got any decent tips for basket training do I need to get hold of a race pannier or will normal baskets do.

 

[Wiley]

normaly baskets will do, what i tend to do if im going to train them basket the night before leave them in the shed basketed, up with drinker on and on the road so they get used to that night in the basket

[Guest]

mine go into the crate as soon as they go into the y/bird loft

[Guest Greig the doo Drysdale]

feed them a normal no water untill they are all in the basket put a drinker on all sides of the training crate or basket and leave them in the loft over night I basket train mine after every old bird toss i do at night when the baskets are already out saves time.

[Guest]

i get mine in the basket 2 weeks before i start training about 5 at a time,

[Guest Paulo]

they are comfortable in the basket its just training them to eat and drink

[mac1]

im training my ybs in the basket,they were not drinking at first so what i did was feed them in the loft put them in the basket then put the drinkers on they soon get the hang of it mate

[Bluedoo]

Getting them to eat isn't a problem. Getting them to learn to go to the drinker is the hardest bit. I usually trickle the water in from about 18 inches so it makes a splashing noise, it attracts their attention and usually no problems after that. Once 1 or 2 start drinking the others soon follow. Hope this helps.

[frank-123]

after feeding i put my drinker on the basket and sprinkle some seeds into the drinker

they soon start to drink when they go for the seeds in the water

[Roland]

Well my team has started to rake good and proper and are flying very very well so training will be here soon. Anybody got any decent tips for basket training do I need to get hold of a race pannier or will normal baskets do.

 

Many the ole timers used race days for them to be feed and watered in te basket. Sees to make sense.

[Guest Paulo]

good idea roland can't let them out race day so mays well use it for basket trf ;D ;D

[Guest]

Just to add to that, what I do is basket them late on friday night especially if it is their first time as being near dark they don't go nuts in the crate like they do in the day. When I go in the loft in the morning they are all calm as you like. Then as they have not had food or water all night I first put the food in the basket drinkers and the usually have no trouble finding that and scoffing the lot. Then once they have eaten it all up they will be dying for a drink then I splash the water in the troughs from a height and they usually all go straight in for the water no probs.

 

Then what I do once I start training I basket them up at night and first light go training taking the troughs and water with me, and every time I take them they get a drink before I liberate. By the time racing comes my youngsters will be first to take a drink then fall asleep in the fed crates as they practically live in them lol!!

[jimmy white]

the main thing is ,,,dont overcrowd the basket , and theyll  less stressfull , weekends a good time to do this , i used to put 8 in at a time [put differant colour rubbers on ] , i would leave them without the drinker for a while ,after being fed , then let them hear the sound of running the water in to the drinkers, they would soon drink.