Weaning

[geordie1234]

Can you do harm leaving the youngsters in too long the reason being ive got a few i reckon ready to wean but i dont want to take them away too early and set them back

[dal2]

Have you got a pot in the nest? Are they eatin from it? if yes move them. Some move at 19-20 days, some never move!

[ALF]

Have you got a pot in the nest? Are they eatin from it? if yes move them. Some move at 19-20 days, some never move!

 

i like to see them eating aswell but just watch they dont jump oot the nest box and go into a lower wan and get scalped geo

[geordie1234]

got pots in yet havent seen any eating from it but they never sit in the bowl anymore really and always have a full stomach of grub im off tomorrow im going to sit in the loft and observe them to see if they are eating or been fed

[just ask me]

i like to move them 19 20 day old leaving them too late is not good for them i think

 

got pots in yet havent seen any eating from it but they never sit in the bowl anymore really and always have a full stomach of grub im off tomorrow im going to sit in the loft and observe them to see if they are eating or been fed

 

 

you be surprised how fast they learn to eat with no parents around

[geordie1234]

i like to move them 19 20 day old leaving them too late is not good for them i think

See i have herd this too but surely some pairs rear better than others thus making the youngster ready quicker

[just ask me]

if they could mate they still be feeding from there parents at 30 days old and the stock have to get a break as the next round comes around quick enough

[geordie1234]

if they could mate they still be feeding from there parents at 30 days old and the stock have to get a break as the next round comes around quick enough

Good point im going to take away a few tomorrow defo

[frank-123]

i look under the wings george if they are fully feathered then i move them

[yeboah]

I feed all stock in the nest from the day they lay until youngsters are weaned this way they never leave nest when being fed makes them all very tame ,youngsters pick up on this very quickly and come to eat with parents straight away at young age if they don't parents are to well fed hate seeing food left just gets soiled and a don't like no one crapping on mine ,seen me leaving young when they are able to fly back to there on nest not troubled with birds being scalped must be they are all contented ,never take them away to young as i find they are more prone to ailments but that's just me everyone to there on .

[geordie1234]

i look under the wings george if they are fully feathered then i move them

Thanks guys think ill have 4 or 5 to move tomorrow

[just ask me]

the more you can move at the one time the better when one starts picking there like sheep

[geordie1234]

the more you can move at the one time the better when one starts picking there like sheep

Lol

[Guest IB]

Mine have food & water in the box. They learn quick from their parents and are soon self-sufficient so no burden on the pair and therefore no big push to shift them.

 

Prefer to move them all at same time as 'newer' ones seem prone to being bullied by ones that have been put in the YB end first. That's why I keep my 1st & 2nd rounds seperate.

[Guest Freebird]

Geo, think the most important thing is they know how and where to get a drink. How many you breeding? Good luck.

[geordie1234]

Just moved 6 over this morning gave them all a dunk in the drinker so they know were it is also a put a basket in with some straw so they are all in lying down inside it

[geordie1234]

6 weaned today

[just ask me]

thy look the part they look well reared

[geordie1234]

thy look the part they look well reared

Let's hope so

[just ask me]

well they look like they got a good start and that counts for a lot

[geordie1234]

Thats the young ones weaned one day now i was nervous to see what happened as i didnt want to set any back or harm them but went in this afternoon too feed them and they were all fine squeking and eating away!!!!

[geordie1234]

my yound birds are eating and doing great! they have been away from the parents for about 5 days now so a want to get them walking about the loft the only problem is the cant fly up the the trap door i let them out any ideas? i see a lot of guys on the forum want the ybs out afte 3 days of weaning how is this possible if they cant fly

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

my yound birds are eating and doing great! they have been away from the parents for about 5 days now so a want to get them walking about the loft the only problem is the cant fly up the the trap door i let them out any ideas? i see a lot of guys on the forum want the ybs out afte 3 days of weaning how is this possible if they cant fly

 

Some folk sit them on the board in a cage or have an aviary attached to the loft they can put them in.

Some people even just sit them on the lander.

Depends what kinna board/trap you have as well??Or indeed if you want them out that early

[Guest BRYANBROCK]

my yound birds are eating and doing great! they have been away from the parents for about 5 days now so a want to get them walking about the loft the only problem is the cant fly up the the trap door i let them out any ideas? i see a lot of guys on the forum want the ybs out afte 3 days of weaning how is this possible if they cant fly

 

Personally i let them find there own way out youngsterS like sheep THEY FOLLOW THE LEADER once one goes they all go

 

my yound birds are eating and doing great! they have been away from the parents for about 5 days now so a want to get them walking about the loft the only problem is the cant fly up the the trap door i let them out any ideas? i see a lot of guys on the forum want the ybs out afte 3 days of weaning how is this possible if they cant fly

 

Personally i let them find there own way out youngsters like sheep THEY FOLLOW THE LEADER once one goes they all go

[geordie1234]

Thanks guys its a stall trall I have with a wee hatch to let them out under it when do you guys normally let them all out