Light System

[shweet]

Has anybody on here ever tried the Light System or do you know anybody that flies it and if so how are the results ? I ask because the only information that I am able to find on the net comes from America.

[shweet]

Any help with this one would be greatly appreciated !

[greenlands]

I've never tried it ,but I have a poor quality video of the system ,yes American,I don't like the idea of pulling flights etc.I'll stick to either darkies or breeding early .

[Guest mick bowler]

Its a system that is mainly used in USA due to their late YB racing season, starts around september, you would have to breed very early and get them thru the moult to be any good over here, otherwise you will have birds on last couple flights. In USA they sometimes pull the last 2 or 3 flights if not thrown by end June.

[ovy1255]

tried lights this year with mixed results -at the present time my young birds are on their last flight just thrown =hope they will have full wing for our national and open race from lilers end of season.

[Guest gladdo]

yeah mick i seen that and they cut them before they pull them i think !!!!

 

mikey

[ribble]

I know of a bloke not to far from me who has tried it for the first time this year.

 

He is having a real good Y/B season, i will speak to him at the end of the season and ask his opinion if it's the new system or the new birds i put him onto.

[gulkie]

tried it some 10 years ago, I had a video of the Samson brothers

from the states .takes a lot of your time up . I managed to get them to their

2ND and last flight before the first race ,and all through the body moult,

you do have to pull every 2Nd tail feather and when half way up

pull what's left,also you have to breed early youngsters. Samson bro

had there young birds on widow hood and their results where outstanding.

hope this helps. PS if you don't pull the tail they keep it as yearlings

 

wullie g

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[novo10]

yeah mick i seen that and they cut them before they pull them i think !!!!

 

mikey

u dont need to pull flights out on the light system u can put darkies onit and stretch the day out with lights on when nights are shorting

[Guest mick bowler]

u dont need to pull flights out on the light system u can put darkies onit and stretch the day out with lights on when nights are shorting

 

 

I think you mean at the end of the season? The light system is the exact opposite to the dark. With the dark you want the birds to not moult any flights before racing season, and the light system you want them to moult them all!!

[novo10]

I think you mean at the end of the season? The light system is the exact opposite to the dark. With the dark you want the birds to not moult any flights before racing season, and the light system you want them to moult them all!!

when u take darkies of the dark u can then put them on the light system 2 mate ask the up north combine lads seen it for myself for the last 2 races

[Guest mick bowler]

when u take darkies of the dark u can then put them on the light system 2 mate ask the up north combine lads seen it for myself for the last 2 races

 

 

i think we are talking the light system to race them not to moult them!

[novo10]

i think we are talking the light system to race them not to moult them!

yes mate thats what i meant

[Wiley]

when u take darkies of the dark u can then put them on the light system 2 mate ask the up north combine lads seen it for myself for the last 2 races

I think you might be mistaken, the top darkness men, do not put there birds on 24hrs of light, they switch on the lights so the daylight stays constant

[ovy1255]

you dont have to pull the tail just adapt the system and they throw the tail themselves

[blue bar]

tried it worst yb season i had with ybs lost more than 12 in flyaways

[gulkie]

on the video I had, you don't pull flights its TAIL FEATHERS that are pulled

I believe that if I had bred early enough I could have got them through the moult

completely, I will try the system again. ;)someday.

[THE FIFER]

tried it some 10 years ago, I had a video of the Samson brothers

from the states .takes a lot of your time up . I managed to get them to their

2ND and last flight before the first race ,and all through the body moult,

you do have to pull every 2Nd tail feather and when half way up

pull what's left,also you have to breed early youngsters. Samson bro

had there young birds on widow hood and their results where outstanding.

hope this helps. PS if you don't pull the tail they keep it as yearlings

 

wullie g

 

 

 

 

 

 

learning every day I thought it was a new system, always learning,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Diamond dave]

Hi Shweet,

I have been experimenting with the light system for the last couple of years - I can't say that I have perfected it yet, on the contrary, I have made lots of mistakes - this year I have got it wrong by just 2 weeks for getting the birds ready for the national.

Whatever anyone tells you the system is easier than darkness but it does have some disadvantages. If you want to pm me I will let you know the pitfalls that I have come up against.

 

Best regards

 

D.D.

[gulkie]

Dave why don't you tell us all the pit falls you had, I sure would be

interested

[Guest pied 09]

me too