Tumbler that dosent tumble ??

[little sam]

Hi all i have a queston to ask about my tumbler,, is there a reason that it wont tumble or flip what ever you want to call it ,,  :-/ :-/

[Pete M]

Hi Sam    

 

 

              What breed of tumbler is it ?  

 

 

                                       Pete

[storm rollers]

hi sam it could be a show tumbler rather than a flying tumbler

[Guest bigda]

hi try feeding change say feed depurative or barley   for 2 weeks it might be over weight

[storm rollers]

hi bidga depurative is not a bad idea but i wouldnt use the barley

[jimmy_84]

sorry to but in on this thread but what is best to feed rollers i have just bought 8 of them i had racers before but have had a hawk strike a few weeks back so i found an advert with birmingham rollers for sale so i bought some for my son and a friend of mine is breeding me some racers for myself but the seem to only pick certain bit out of the mixed corn i am feeding them

[storm rollers]

hi jimmy if you are just flying them give them just weat but watch them when they are eating and make sure they are getting enough as some times they dont take to it very well

[jimmy_84]

the feed i am giving them now what i got in has maize wheat and some sort of pea in it the tumblers we had before used to eat it and flew fine only had these a day but when i fed them they left the maize but the chap i got them from said that is all he fed them so i am in a pickle over what to do will wheat on its own be enough for them and is there any way to tell cock from hen i can tell in racers but these i just cant tell there a mix of yearlings and this years young and i want to try pairing the yearlings up and get a round of young from them before they fly out

[storm rollers]

wheat is ok for flying them on but if you are planing on breeding off them give them young bird mix and the easy way to stop them leaving certain seeds is not to feed them till the feeders are empty

[jimmy_84]

wheat is ok for flying them on but if you are planing on breeding off them give them young bird mix and the easy way to stop them leaving certain seeds is not to feed them till the feeders are empty

 

ok thanx for advice i have young bird mix. does anybody know how to sex them so i can pair them up i need a block of nest boxes if anybody has a block of 4 for sale in manchester can you let me know i only have 3 boxes at the min which are made from old rabbit hutches

[storm rollers]

jimmy just put some nest bowls in with them and watch them you will soon no cocks from hens

[jimmy_84]

ok cheers pal do they need to be in boxes or just on the loft floor

[storm rollers]

personally i never put bowls on the floor the main reason the birds that nest in them are never left to settle by the other birds so boxes would be better

[Guest shadow]

go to the shops and get some crisp boxs and stack them on top of each other that will serve as a temporary measure

[little sam]

Hi all its not over weight and can fly upto an hour with the race birds ,, just wonderd if there was a definate reason no matter its well trained dropper at that   ;)

[jimmy_84]

Hi all its not over weight and can fly upto an hour with the race birds ,, just wonderd if there was a definate reason no matter its well trained dropper at that   ;)

 

do you only fly it with the racers as i had this problem in reverse last year i had 1 racer in with my tumblers any he would tumble with them and when i got more racers he wouldn't range with them not sayin that is your problem but that is something i would maybe look into