Darkness Ybs Dropping Flights

[thomasd]

hi all i have my darkness ybs on the dark for 2-3 weeks now they are early ybs i put my ybs on the darkness 5am to 8am i was check through my ybs and i see a few with 9 flights and 1-2 with first flight coming through the loft is no different from last year and ther was no problems will they contiue to drop or sould it be ok.

[Poppy Loft]

My first season so would also like some advise please. I have had birds on darkness for 3 weeks. They are dropping body feathers nicely, but I have one that has dropped two tail feathers, is this normal? Any advise on the system would be great thanks.

[thomasd]

body feather only ment to dropping cant see why they are dropping flights as yes say tail feathers not suppose to happen so im not really sure whats happening im sure someone will help us out

[Poppy Loft]

body feather only ment to dropping cant see why they are dropping flights as yes say tail feathers not suppose to happen so im not really sure whats happening im sure someone will help us out

 

Hope so mate! Only one out of 18 has dropped tail feathers.

[Tony C]

My first season so would also like some advise please. I have had birds on darkness for 3 weeks. They are dropping body feathers nicely, but I have one that has dropped two tail feathers, is this normal? Any advise on the system would be great thanks.

 

I've never encountered this before and would say its unusual.

[Poppy Loft]

I've never encountered this before and would say its unusual.

 

Bird handles well and is eating and drinking plenty, also flies out to aviary with the rest.

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

Two weeks ago there was only 12 hours of natual darkness before you put them onto enforced darkness. If your young birds were weaned for a few weeks before going onto the darkness then this is possibly why they have cast flights.

Have delibertly done this in the past as you don't have problems with trying to get traditional darkness pigeons through the moult. Downside is that by the time the 1st of September comes they can SOMETIMES be on there 8th and 9th flight which puts them past there best for the longer young bird races at the end of the season.

[kirky]

if thay were early bred thay should have been on dark when weaned, if you only put them on past 2-3 weeks thay will have already started the natural moult.

[PIGEON_MAN]

hi all i have my darkness ybs on the dark for 2-3 weeks now they are early ybs i put my ybs on the darkness 5am to 8am i was check through my ybs and i see a few with 9 flights and 1-2 with first flight coming through the loft is no different from last year and ther was no problems will they contiue to drop or sould it be ok.

Did you put them straight onto the darkness system as soon as they were weaned.

[maverick]

go into loft when darkened down and you will see if any light is coming in remember a nail hole in the front of the loft will show up as a large spot of light on the back wall

[thomasd]

Did not put them on stright away im going by what the mark caudwell system he pairs up end of november and puts his on the darkness start of march til 21 june i have been in the loft when dark its dark enough wher the birds can see drinker and ther boxes it worked fine last year

[andy Burgess]

Did not put them on stright away im going by what the mark caudwell system he pairs up end of november and puts his on the darkness start of march til 21 june i have been in the loft when dark its dark enough wher the birds can see drinker and ther boxes it worked fine last year

if not as suggested by others , and your system the same as previous years .are the young off new pairing ?? diffrent family or has the current rise in tempratures been taken into account ??

[novo10]

if not as suggested by others , and your system the same as previous years .are the young off new pairing ?? diffrent family or has the current rise in tempratures been taken into account ??

doesnt matter about temperature if on darkness know guy whos loft is like an oven doesnt affect his

[adam owen]

you can fool some not all of them

[airdrie2]

as said above there are some you cant fool

[Guest Tooshy Boy]