breaking tumblers to your loft

[benstevens]

i have just started of with some tumblers and ive had them in now for the last 3 weeks but some of them are old birds

 

does any one no when i should let them out????

[bewted]

breed out of them first,then let them out on 2nd round of youngsters,should be ok then,but,let them out hungry,,,,,ted

[Cooleflyer]

Hey there,

I just got four tumblers myself.  They are all old birds.  I kept them in for two weeks, feeding them at a set time each evening and using a rattle to indicate feeding time.  Reduced their feed the day before I let them out.  I then let them out in the evening. Two failed to return that eve but turned up the following afternoon starving.  They haven't left since luckily.