new loft built by myself

cristiaens 09 wrote:

That Delbar hen looks Tidy in your avatar chris ?

cheers ray. nice start to the season ,

Nice one then Chris should be ok then mate

cristiaens 09 wrote:

That Delbar hen looks Tidy in your avatar chris ?

Second that also

Second that also

Hi Chris,
looking good mate, you will need to think about ventilation & airflow?

ideally you want fresh air coming in low level and rising internally to take out the stale air, ie some vents on the front low level with same on the back high level (also fix small guage meshing at the rear of these to reduce the risk of anything else getting in

Lightning wrote:

Hi Chris,
looking good mate, you will need to think about ventilation & airflow?

ideally you want fresh air coming in low level and rising internally to take out the stale air, ie some vents on the front low level with same on the back high level (also fix small guage meshing at the rear of these to reduce the risk of anything else getting in

Spot on Chris

ventilation is one thing im needing to get sorted in my loft over the next few weeks, i have made alterations in one section and i can feel the difference in the flow of air already.

been back at work since yesterday going to try and add the vents this weekend , already built the traps , there on , you was right guys cheaper than two sputnics

certainly is cheaper chris, i started my secong trap today so only another one to go then...........my 8 x 6 ply sheet was only 12 pound and with other bits and bats wont come anywhere near as much as buying them.............plus in my opinion home made traps are stronger too.

going to build a new loft myself just starting again good luck to allin the new year

welcome to the site birdy 2011 all the best mate look forward to your input

birdy2011 wrote:

going to build a new loft myself just starting again good luck to allin the new year

Welcome mate. Good luck for you too this year

thanks mate ill give it a shot i raced young birds on dark for the first time about 10 years ago they trap like widdowhood cocks seems to be the way forward now
a lot has changed ive noticed

its the only way to go if you want to compete with youngbirds

yes, a lot different birdy, when i last reaced there was no such thing as darkness.......i gave it a try this season just gone just to learn a bit about it and like ian says, if you want to win you need to have them on this system.........

What is the best? Yb or Ob racing I know mark races obs and I have only seen the yb dvd I'm biased because of that

hi alex, personally i think racing old birds is harder..........young birds basically can just race to the perch, altho i have been told that some fanciers specialise in young bird racing.....

For some reason I think id be really gutted loosing an old bird over a young bird

yes probably me too, but then again im gutted which ever pigeon i loose...........get too attached to them i suppose.

yes ofcourse for a yb too.....i suppose more because its a bird you have bonded with longer if its an old bird

i remember a couple of years ago alex, nearly every yb i bred i lost off the loft when settling it..........i think its because i didnt have any birds settled at the time to keep them round home, but ive found its a lot easier when you do have some settled.......as ive virtually lost none since.

Thats what worries me. Luckily we havent lost any of these yet, even the unrung ones....they settled well. recon these will keep the ybs about?

DAVID wrote:

i remember a couple of years ago alex, nearly every yb i bred i lost off the loft when settling it..........i think its because i didnt have any birds settled at the time to keep them round home, but ive found its a lot easier when you do have some settled.......as ive virtually lost none since.

no david dont think its because of that maybe they were too big on the wing or something but i dont ever let any other birds out when settling youngbirds i always loose a few but this is expected , let them out to walk around straight away as soon as you put them over david should have no bother

ian wrote:

DAVID wrote:

i remember a couple of years ago alex, nearly every yb i bred i lost off the loft when settling it..........i think its because i didnt have any birds settled at the time to keep them round home, but ive found its a lot easier when you do have some settled.......as ive virtually lost none since.

no david dont think its because of that maybe they were too big on the wing or something but i dont ever let any other birds out when settling youngbirds i always loose a few but this is expected , let them out to walk around straight away as soon as you put them over david should have no bother

Agree there as soon as they can walk have them out of the loft walking around mate

birds were not strong on the wing and i do let them out as soon as they are weaned, but ybs dont always get lost the firdst time or the second time they are out.........sometimes they fly off when they ARE strong on the wing, or for any number of reasons........