Trap Training

[Guest m.bollington]

can any one explain to me how to train my young birds to go through a trap as am starting up again i have never done this before and dont have a clue thanks

[THE FIFER]

can any one explain to me how to train my young birds to go through a trap as am starting up again i have never done this before and dont have a clue thanks

young birds out before able to fly will get used to them m8, have them hungry,

[OLDYELLOW]

I usually manually put them through a few times easiest way is to basket them up and put them through , or alternatively make a mini temporary cage so cant fly off and they have to go through the trap

[geordie1234]

when i was training the youngsters through a sputnik i put a board coming out level with the bottom of the sputnik then let them walk in and out and in that way for a week then took it away and when bringing them in i just put a wee bit of food on the landing board then inside they are no long in coming in when i done this

[Guest m.bollington]

cheers guys will try this i think it best if i basket them up and put them through manualy a few times and hopefully they click on

[cemetary]

I basket them, put them through a couple owe times for them to get the hang owe it, once they are in i put some seed in the sputnik, when they are out, i put food in the inside as well, there not long of getting the hang of it.

[Guest Owen]

Make sure that you have enough landing board space for all the birds to land at once. Small landing boards will force your birds to land in the wrong places and these bad habits will stick with them. If you have those awful sputnic traps you will need to extend the landing board so that it is suitable for the number of pigeons you expect to land at the same time. The best way to measure the success of your system is to watch the birds returning from a fly or a training toss. They should all land confidently together without circling.

Construct a landing board cum feeding platform inside the loft about 2 inches below the outside board. You should have bob wires fitted in the entry. This board should be about lower chest height for you to be comfortable. It should be hinged so that it is not in the way and have a lip around the outside to stop grain spilling onto the floor. When the youngsters are hungry scatter some small stuff onto the inside board and call them in to it. Sometimes it is a good idea to have some birds on the inside so that the outside birds can see them eating and encourage them in for you. It is important to get the birds used to being fed on this board with you standing near as they feed. This arrangement will help you to get the birds really tame and if you have to use those old fashioned clocks with rubber rings, you will find clocking very easy because the birds will be comfortable with you standing close to their feeding board and as long as you are careful not to scare them they will be easy to clock. This arrangement will enable you to clock your first birds just as fast as people with Electronic Clocks. And it is better than the so called Speed Traps because you can see which birds you are clocking, a great boon when you are competing for Spot and Nom prizes, and the birds will not be able to turn in the traps and go AWOL.

I hope this helps

[Wiley]

from day one with youngsters, they are fed and watered in the trap, they are placed in the trap to receive there feed and water in the trap daily before they can fly, this way they also do not become scared of your hands as they associate your hands with the feed and the water,and this helps a great deal with trapping. Regarding training to go through the trap i have a very large landing board roughly about 3ft by 6ft, and they are placed on the landing board from a young age before feeding, so they can see there grains in the trap.

[geordie1234]

great post but im looking for suggestions on how i could extend my landing as i hav a stal trap do you think i could open up and leave open with a bigger board on it? sorry for hijacking this thread

[gulkie]

great post but im looking for suggestions on how i could extend my landing as i hav a stal trap do you think i could open up and leave open with a bigger board on it? sorry for hijacking this thread

geo why don't you cut a piece of 1/2"plywood on top of your existing landing

board cut it round the stall trap a couple of braces on the loft to stop it

toppling over when the weight is on the front and make it so it can lift of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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