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Just wondering if anyone can give me some information about keeping young birds on the darkness system?

 

Thanks in advance Craig

I put my first two rounds on darkness normally about 30 or 40 they are dark from 5 at night till 7 in the morning between Feb and end of July mate hope that helps

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As long as the darkness is longer then the light it will work, ours get around 9 hours light, but it would still work if it was 11.30 hours light. Have a look at thr secrets of champions series theyd explain it all in depth to you.

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Craig can only tell you how i do it------have good results to back up my method.

firstly the loft is 8ft x 6ft ------landing board full lenth of front, birds on this all day as cage on it and can go in and out of it---door on side of loft with internal mesh door.---loft not facing best way --direct north.

Landing board lifts up to block front of loft for darkness ---only vent in bottom of side door so i dont overcrowd them---- 30 or just ---just over.

young birds bred early ,old ones paired over christmas.

young birds weaned onto darkness ---- 14 hrs per day till 21st june then daylight as normal lights on till 11pm no timer just switch off,you will find they are roosting up in the boxes anyway.

train y/birds 12 to 14 weeks old----so get them up ,too much corn keeps them down on the floor ?

as long as they are flying get the basket out.

first toss for me is other side of house and half way up the football field they s hit themselves when they come out but see home as soon as they are up now this is basket training step up to suit.

this isnt gospel its what i do it works for me.

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I put my first two rounds on darkness normally about 30 or 40 they are dark from 5 at night till 7 in the morning between Feb and end of July mate hope that helps

 

That's risky Frank

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Craig can only tell you how i do it------have good results to back up my method.

firstly the loft is 8ft x 6ft ------landing board full lenth of front, birds on this all day as cage on it and can go in and out of it---door on side of loft with internal mesh door.---loft not facing best way --direct north.

Landing board lifts up to block front of loft for darkness ---only vent in bottom of side door so i dont overcrowd them---- 30 or just ---just over.

young birds bred early ,old ones paired over christmas.

young birds weaned onto darkness ---- 14 hrs per day till 21st june then daylight as normal lights on till 11pm no timer just switch off,you will find they are roosting up in the boxes anyway.

train y/birds 12 to 14 weeks old----so get them up ,too much corn keeps them down on the floor ?

as long as they are flying get the basket out.

first toss for me is other side of house and half way up the football field they s hit themselves when they come out but see home as soon as they are up now this is basket training step up to suit.

this isnt gospel its what i do it works for me.

 

first four y/bird races on saturday i race 2 midweek clubs-took y/bird averages in one and runner up y/bird averages in the other---equal best y/bird in federation [4 clubs make up fed]

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