wings Posted January 22, 2012 Report Posted January 22, 2012 Hi i'm think of moving house I will be on the same easting or more or less but 2 miles to the east has any body got any ideas about braeking pigeons to a new loft? Regards
andy Burgess Posted January 22, 2012 Report Posted January 22, 2012 have read about a guy who took them all to new location and fed them there on the floor (hungry at the time) ,they obvously flew back to his loft , but werent fed at home end , repeated many times to the extent ,when let out at home would fly to new location to feed . if you could do this a week or 2 before moving loft to new location , then get them into a few days feeding at regular time , and let them out at new home , yes most will go back , but when no loft there quickly adjust to new location and come home to roost . good luck , if moving this is definetly a method i would try .
wings Posted January 22, 2012 Author Report Posted January 22, 2012 Sounds like a good thing to try. I wont be leaving the house i now live in for some time but will have the new property as soon as i can the loft will be going up at the new place so when that happens i will have to try thi.I have a few good birds at the moment and would hate not to be able to race them again and put thenm in the stock loft I believe they have a lot of good races in them yet, Thanks again for the info.
andy Burgess Posted January 22, 2012 Report Posted January 22, 2012 Sounds like a good thing to try. I wont be leaving the house i now live in for some time but will have the new property as soon as i can the loft will be going up at the new place so when that happens i will have to try thi.I have a few good birds at the moment and would hate not to be able to race them again and put thenm in the stock loft I believe they have a lot of good races in them yet, Thanks again for the info.your welcome , best of luck , and keep us posted .
wings Posted January 22, 2012 Author Report Posted January 22, 2012 AVIARY... its a must! I have decent sized avairy that will be going with me so will use more with them.
Wiley Posted January 22, 2012 Report Posted January 22, 2012 Always broke pigeons by pairing them up, however in my experience the better ones are the ones that only go back once
THE FIFER Posted January 22, 2012 Report Posted January 22, 2012 would be good if you still had a loft at the old address when breaking
Guest nikkimass35 Posted January 22, 2012 Report Posted January 22, 2012 I moved half a mile away last year. Kept the birds in about 10 days then let them out. They went straight back to old loft. I left the birds out all night. Next morning a few birds came back to new loft. Then i got my mum to open up there old loft, Then i went back and picked them up and fed them in new loft. Then i let the birds out again 2 days later and the birds went straight back, But to my surprise as the hours went bye more and more birds were coming back, by mid afternoon i had all my youngsters and yearlings back, i was missing 5 older cocks, i was in the garden and it was getting quite dark and these 5 cocks hit the roof. They spent all night on the roof but next morning they were on the sputnik waiting to get in. I then went on to race these cocks the following weekend. You might find the 1st couple of races the birds might come out the direction of the other loft its just habbit but after a couple of races they were coming dead on line, So just keep the birds hungary and dont feed them at old loft. I have done it, it took me 3 weeks from moving them to racing them. All the best
wings Posted January 22, 2012 Author Report Posted January 22, 2012 I moved half a mile away last year. Kept the birds in about 10 days then let them out. They went straight back to old loft. I left the birds out all night. Next morning a few birds came back to new loft. Then i got my mum to open up there old loft, Then i went back and picked them up and fed them in new loft. Then i let the birds out again 2 days later and the birds went straight back, But to my surprise as the hours went bye more and more birds were coming back, by mid afternoon i had all my youngsters and yearlings back, i was missing 5 older cocks, i was in the garden and it was getting quite dark and these 5 cocks hit the roof. They spent all night on the roof but next morning they were on the sputnik waiting to get in. I then went on to race these cocks the following weekend. You might find the 1st couple of races the birds might come out the direction of the other loft its just habbit but after a couple of races they were coming dead on line, So just keep the birds hungary and dont feed them at old loft. I have done it, it took me 3 weeks from moving them to racing them. All the best That sounds great, reading that has made me a bit happier about breaking them, It will be a few weeks before I move it it comes off but I will certainly keep you all informed as to how it goes. thanks all for the encouragement, Regards
Guest Tooshy Boy Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 LET US NO HOW YOU GET ON MATE.///
buster151 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 sorry for hijacking original post but whats easier to break hens or cocks
Guest Tooshy Boy Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 I THINK COCKS ONCE YOU GET THEM DRIVING THE HEN THEY WILL FOLLOW THEM ANY WHERE. BEST OF LUCK MATE.///
THE FIFER Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 make sure you have youngsters from any you want before letting them out, so you will have something off them, just in case
wings Posted January 24, 2012 Author Report Posted January 24, 2012 Good idea fifer may well do it if we do move, just trying to get the morgage sorted i'm hopeing to stay in the house i'm at now until the new house is done up if i have my way i will race all the old birds there for this season. and when all the young birds are ready to go out i will have set up a loft at the new location, if that all makes sence. Fifer the items we talked about earlier today are in the post and should be with you in the next couple of days.
THE FIFER Posted January 25, 2012 Report Posted January 25, 2012 Good idea fifer may well do it if we do move, just trying to get the morgage sorted i'm hopeing to stay in the house i'm at now until the new house is done up if i have my way i will race all the old birds there for this season. and when all the young birds are ready to go out i will have set up a loft at the new location, if that all makes sence. Fifer the items we talked about earlier today are in the post and should be with you in the next couple of days. cheers m8, much appreciated,
knoxjn Posted January 25, 2012 Report Posted January 25, 2012 if te old loft is still there take everything out of it no nest boxes drinkers etc make it as unfriendly as you can at the same time make the new loft welcoming never let them feed or drink at the old loft they soon get fed up and go where the comforts are
Guest Rangeview Posted January 27, 2012 Report Posted January 27, 2012 have read about a guy who took them all to new location and fed them there on the floor (hungry at the time) ,they obvously flew back to his loft , but werent fed at home end , repeated many times to the extent ,when let out at home would fly to new location to feed . if you could do this a week or 2 before moving loft to new location , then get them into a few days feeding at regular time , and let them out at new home , yes most will go back , but when no loft there quickly adjust to new location and come home to roost . good luck , if moving this is definetly a method i would try . Twas I! Water only at original loft - water in crates.Birds were taken in crates at the new location. Food put out where they could see it on the ground. Evening of 1st day when crates opened all off like a shot none eating. Day 2 a few ate. By day 4 birds when let out in the morning at original loft the birds were flying to the new location for food. 3 - 4 days later we moved the loft on a trailer and were met at the new location by the birds climing into the loft before it was unloaded. Missed racing that week The following week we were 3rd or 4th Fed. Ian A little patience and obviously easy access to the new location.
andy Burgess Posted January 27, 2012 Report Posted January 27, 2012 Twas I! Water only at original loft - water in crates.Birds were taken in crates at the new location. Food put out where they could see it on the ground. Evening of 1st day when crates opened all off like a shot none eating. Day 2 a few ate. By day 4 birds when let out in the morning at original loft the birds were flying to the new location for food. 3 - 4 days later we moved the loft on a trailer and were met at the new location by the birds climing into the loft before it was unloaded. Missed racing that week The following week we were 3rd or 4th Fed. Ian A little patience and obviously easy access to the new location."from the horse,s mouth" . .
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