Need Some Help To Work Out A System

[Guest mi5lyn]

need some help to work out a system for a old guy who finds it hard to catch his birds to hamper for racing/ training anyone got a ideas. of a easy one for him. thanks eugene dont want to leave them over night in the hamper all the time.

[Ian McKay]

need some help to work out a system for a old guy who finds it hard to catch his birds to hamper for racing/ training anyone got a ideas. of a easy one for him. thanks eugene dont want to leave them over night in the hamper all the time.

 

 

Get a v shaped fishing net (landing net)with an elastic front I have been using it for just over a year

 

Got the idea from a documentary on Geoff Capes he uses one to catch his budgies :emoticon-0136-giggle:

 

Try this link

 

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/ANGLERS-CORNER/Accessories-/_i.html?_nkw=Landing+net&submit=Search&_fsub=8&_sid=133798587

[pigeonchested]

I watched a video once about a dutch fancier who always fed his y/bs in the baskets with the front flap down. When he wanted to basket them for training or racing he sprinkled some seed in the baskets and closed the flaps. He basketed 60-70 y/bs in about a minute.

[blue pied]

make blinds to put over where the light and vents... it will be semi darkness and the pigeons will be very still!

[walterboswell59]

cut a hole in the loft the width of a basket so you can sit the basket against it and walk the birds into it or a plat form to bring basket level with sputnic

[Fly_caster]

cut a hole in the loft the width of a basket so you can sit the basket against it and walk the birds into it or a plat form to bring basket level with sputnic

 

That is the one ! When all the birds are loaded, he can then replace the ones he doesn't want back into their section. This way, the birds get used to the routine of being hampered and will eventually settle down.

 

ATB,

 

Steve