Once Or Twice

[geordie1234]

How many times per day does your youngbirds get out do you think its better having them in the sky for 2 hrs rather than 2x 1hr

[just ask me]

its not the length of time for me but when i see mine flying i like to see them working hard

 

so its more the type of work there doing then the length there in the sky

[geordie1234]

its not the length of time for me but when i see mine flying i like to see them working hard

 

so its more the type of work there doing then the length there in the sky

 

Good point

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

How many times per day does your youngbirds get out do you think its better having them in the sky for 2 hrs rather than 2x 1hr

LET THEM OUT AND FLY AS LONG AS THEY WANT WHEN THEY LAND GET THEM IN AS QUICK AS YOU CAN DONT WANT THEM SITTING ABOUT THE ROOFS.///

[geordie1234]

thats what ive been doing just now as soon as they stop get them down i flagged them for the first time today to keep them up for an hour and the wee buggers landed on a house roof a few doors doon once i had stopped lol wont be flagging again

[just ask me]

thats what ive been doing just now as soon as they stop get them down i flagged them for the first time today to keep them up for an hour and the wee buggers landed on a house roof a few doors doon once i had stopped lol wont be flagging again

 

 

that a bad habit mate you dont want them landing anywhere else

 

 

if you give them a tiny amount of corn half a hour before leaving them out they will fly for ages just a tiny amount of light corn less than a quarter of a ounce each

 

little tip

[billt]

To be honest George good birds are born good birds, you wont spoil them, rubbish will always be rubbish, you'll never make them a good bird, we all think we have our little methods of tweeking them but at the end of the day the good ones will be sitting on their perches whatever method you try

[geordie1234]

yip JAM terrible habit think i spooked them a bit flagging them so im no doing it anymore

 

Billt you make a very good point

[blaz]

my yb,s get out in morning with old birds .i somtimes shout them in about 3 or 4 for a feed .when all birds have had a feed birds can go out or stay in it is up to them.i then add more food to hoppers so as when birds come back in later their is food for them. yb,s and old birds are mixed .most yb,s find their own way to yb secsion on their own or just stay in the loft whare they hatched.i know it is not one of the systems like widowhood or round about it is the kinbebothard system . it works for me

[billt]

my yb,s get out in morning with old birds .i somtimes shout them in about 3 or 4 for a feed .when all birds have had a feed birds can go out or stay in it is up to them.i then add more food to hoppers so as when birds come back in later their is food for them. yb,s and old birds are mixed .most yb,s find their own way to yb secsion on their own or just stay in the loft whare they hatched.i know it is not one of the systems like widowhood or round about it is the kinbebothard system . it works for me

Sounds like happy birds to me

[geordie1234]

my yb,s get out in morning with old birds .i somtimes shout them in about 3 or 4 for a feed .when all birds have had a feed birds can go out or stay in it is up to them.i then add more food to hoppers so as when birds come back in later their is food for them. yb,s and old birds are mixed .most yb,s find their own way to yb secsion on their own or just stay in the loft whare they hatched.i know it is not one of the systems like widowhood or round about it is the kinbebothard system . it works for me

your neighbours must really like you not to moan about doos out all day lol i have one neighbour that stares at me or my doos until they are back in the loft lol she is a monster so the youngbirds inrny staying oot that long the noo :emoticon-0136-giggle: :emoticon-0136-giggle:

[Guest IB]

I try to put them out twice per day, 6am & 6pm approx., but I don't leave them out, so if I'm going away to clocks or marking stations in the evening, they're held in.

 

They're also at the stage that when I put them out, they climb high and disappear for 30/40 minutes, maybes coming back down after an hour. That's what I want and I hate it if they just birl about the chimneys IMO that's OK when they're just getting on the wing, but not 4 weeks before the 1st race. I never flag any of my birds.

 

They also get to potter about the garden for a while before I call them in. When the feeders go down in their section, they're already full, so anybody not coming in sharp comes in to very little - usually the barley the others have left.

[geordie1234]

I try to put them out twice per day, 6am & 6pm approx., but I don't leave them out, so if I'm going away to clocks or marking stations in the evening, they're held in.

 

They're also at the stage that when I put them out, they climb high and disappear for 30/40 minutes, maybes coming back down after an hour. That's what I want and I hate it if they just birl about the chimneys IMO that's OK when they're just getting on the wing, but not 4 weeks before the 1st race. I never flag any of my birds.

 

They also get to potter about the garden for a while before I call them in. When the feeders go down in their section, they're already full, so anybody not coming in sharp comes in to very little - usually the barley the others have left.

Great post mate

 

my birds have really jst started to get going in the last week or so half of them can do 45 mins the other half 25 i did flag them all but it just scared them! if after a few weeks they are still flying round the chimneys what would you do

[blaz]

your neighbours must really like you not to moan about doos out all day lol i have one neighbour that stares at me or my doos until they are back in the loft lol she is a monster so the youngbirds inrny staying oot that long the noo :emoticon-0136-giggle: :emoticon-0136-giggle:

 

my GOOD neighbours never say anything about birds being out. some days my good neighbours have been knowen to be out their back gardens shooting but that is another story :emoticon-0140-rofl:

[Guest IB]

Great post mate

 

my birds have really jst started to get going in the last week or so half of them can do 45 mins the other half 25 i did flag them all but it just scared them! if after a few weeks they are still flying round the chimneys what would you do

 

Think it's because you've got 2 teams of different ages, so they are at 2 different stages. If you can split them between 2 sections and get the ones that are ranging away on their own, do it. Give 1st team 5/10 minutes to disappear from sight, then let the 2nd team out to do their 20/30 minutes. They should all be back around the same time.

 

If the 1st team stop ranging for an hour, I think that's the time to start training them. When you start to train, bear in mind they've probably already covered 20/30 miles radius of your loft.

 

I think the 2nd team will catch up very quickly. If they are natural youngsters they will probably also be the ones you rely on to see you through the longer YB races, as the 1st team may be falling apart in the moult by then.

 

I also find YBs fly better on their own - no OBs. But time is limited for most, so at this time of year my YBs go out first, are given time to disappear, then OBs go out behind them.

[Guest kslicker]

I'm a novice. This is my first year racing. My YBs don't seem too keen on flying for even half hour straight now. They're too interested in mating and covering their eggs. Is this normal?

Also, they are not on darkness but were early bred. They seem to have enough food because they leave some barley behind at morning feed. I am considering flagging because I can't afford to bring them down the road a few times per week. Any advice greatly appreciated. Cheers

[dal2]

I'm a novice. This is my first year racing. My YBs don't seem too keen on flying for even half hour straight now. They're too interested in mating and covering their eggs. Is this normal?

Also, they are not on darkness but were early bred. They seem to have enough food because they leave some barley behind at morning feed. I am considering flagging because I can't afford to bring them down the road a few times per week. Any advice greatly appreciated. Cheers

 

Thro eggs oot and split them if poss!

[JohnQuinn]

I'm a novice. This is my first year racing. My YBs don't seem too keen on flying for even half hour straight now. They're too interested in mating and covering their eggs. Is this normal?

Also, they are not on darkness but were early bred. They seem to have enough food because they leave some barley behind at morning feed. I am considering flagging because I can't afford to bring them down the road a few times per week. Any advice greatly appreciated. Cheers

 

In your position i would separate the ck's and hens into different sections, if you can, and in a couple of weeks they will be flying a lot better.

 

For racing you can let them together for half an hour before basketing for the race on Friday night, this should motivate Some of them to put in a good effort on a Saturday. Remember you are only educating them in preparation for old bird racing next year, there are few medals for winning with Yb's.

[fletch]

its not the length of time for me but when i see mine flying i like to see them working hard

 

so its more the type of work there doing then the length there in the sky

 

 

 

 

 

spot on mate