How To Race Yb'S On The Widowhood?

[chrisbonnie]

how's it going lads

 

this will only be my dads second season racing now

 

last year everything was just natural, so nothing fancy

 

but this year, we've been thinking of trying to race the youngsters on widowhood.

 

the only things im worried about is, i want to race both hens and cocks.

 

now, another thing, im finding it very awkward telling the hens from cocks apart when young, is there a way to tell besides the obvious mating rituals?

 

any help would be great lads.

[frosty]

wat boxes do u hav in youngbird loft hav u got two sections ???

[dal2]

wat boxes do u hav in youngbird loft hav u got two sections ???

 

Celibacy probs best wae younguns if you got two adjoining sections wae a sliding door in middle then yer made!!

[budgie]

Dont touch widowhood stick to darkness and keep them split from the day they leave the nest.

[chrisbonnie]

wat boxes do u hav in youngbird loft hav u got two sections ???

 

the new loft is getting built on thursday, and it'll have 4 sections, so i can seperate the yb's

 

we've made up some boxes, but if we're gonna go widowhood, ill have to make widowhood ones

 

whats celibacy btw? i know what it means obviously, but in terms of a racing system ,what is it?

[dal2]

the new loft is getting built on thursday, and it'll have 4 sections, so i can seperate the yb's

 

we've made up some boxes, but if we're gonna go widowhood, ill have to make widowhood ones

 

whats celibacy btw? i know what it means obviously, but in terms of a racing system ,what is it?

 

The cocks and hens are kept seperate always and never allowed out or in together. You can use the slidin door as your motivation on basket day either for all, bull system or jealousy?. Its the tops!!!

[frosty]

try n put your cocks on pipo boxs similar too widowhood and good for motivation iy used them for years with great sucsess

[chrisbonnie]

The cocks and hens are kept seperate always and never allowed out or in together. You can use the slidin door as your motivation on basket day either for all, bull system or jealousy?. Its the tops!!!

 

ok, i get you

 

but back to the original question

 

how do i tell the feathered buggers apart early on?

[dal2]

ok, i get you

 

but back to the original question

 

how do i tell the feathered buggers apart early on?

 

Difficult!!! Some will be obvious in the hand and head shape but others might not let you know until fully matured. The most will show up after a month or two you have before yer racin starts then you can split them.

[frosty]

you dont realy need too split them till afew weeks before racing should be able too tell then !!!

[robinthfc]

ok, i get you

 

but back to the original question

 

how do i tell the feathered buggers apart early on?

 

Sometimes you can try putting a couple yearling rank cocks, and they start cooing. That gets the young cocks going, and excites the young hens. Yearling in their old youngbird section can do the trick.

[novo10]

Dont touch widowhood stick to darkness and keep them split from the day they leave the nest.

budgie get on darkness and widowhood

[hawked again]

Copper pipe washer (olive) on a thread. Hold it over their backs. Cocks swing head to tail, hens in a circle. It’s about 90% accurate. Try it first on your old birds whose sex has been proven, it's 100% accurate on old birds.

[budgie]

budgie get on darkness and widowhood

 

 

Super Novo would love to give it a go.Need tae go for another loft and a team of Doos which are winning on the System?