Dark Destroyers

[demolition man]

Your thoughts or advice please if i were to put my young on the dark race the first two youngbird races then lock them up for two weeks would this trigger the body moult

[Tony C]

I dont know for sure, purely guesswork here but I'd say no. If it were me I'd train them very hard leading up to the 2 week shut down then once on shut down feed up to 70% Barley, also miss a days feed a couple of times within them two weeks.

[adam owen]

Give them just barley. Tasker done it then wom nrcc

[andy Burgess]

Your thoughts or advice please if i were to put my young on the dark race the first two youngbird races then lock them up for two weeks would this trigger the body moult http://pigeon-chat.co.uk/images/smilies/icon_question.gif

theres a reason why you will be locking them up for 2 weeks ?? what is it Bern ? if you have somebody else looking after them as long as the doors are open daily for light and air i dont think it will make a great deal of difference .have you read about the "double darkness" system ,might be worth a shot

[Guest stb-]

not a full body moult but by resting and taking the strees of racing and flying off they will start to drop wind flights but not the covers till 4th flight :emoticon-0167-beer:

[Tony C]

I dont know for sure, purely guesswork here but I'd say no. If it were me I'd train them very hard leading up to the 2 week shut down then once on shut down feed up to 70% Barley, also miss a days feed a couple of times within them two weeks.

 

 

Perhaps taking them off the dark a week or two later than the norm.

[demolition man]

Thanks lads mrs book hoilday first one in 10 years so coundn't say no:: :emoticon-0140-rofl: :emoticon-0140-rofl:

[Tony C]

Thanks lads mrs book hoilday first one in 10 years so coundn't say no::

 

 

You could always tell her to send you a postcard

[Wiley]

Bern, talking from a similar experience they will be in pieces. But it could be down to how you feed them.

[demolition man]

Bern, talking from a similar experience they will be in pieces. But it could be down to how you feed them.

 

 

yes thats what i thought