perches or boxes

so wat dose everyone use in there yb section or loft perches or boxes or widowboxes ??????
ive got perches in mine where the young bird will be ...

phil411 wrote:

so wat dose everyone use in there yb section or loft perches or boxes or widowboxes ??????
ive got perches in mine where the young bird will be ...

Both.

The perches that you can turn into boxes are ideal.

i use box perches but big enough to put a nest pan in

i use saddle perches for ybs

i use both but i wish my boxes where a bigger so i could get a bowl in

think it depends on how you intend racing the ybs, most popular for normal yb racing is perches and if they pair up the fancier sometimes puts a bowl on the floor to let them lay which will encourage them to home quicker....there are some fanciers who specialise in yb racing and could maybe put them onto widowhood/roundabout in which case they will be flown to nestboxes.....

yes david lots of ways everyone too there own

yes ian, im going to put my ybs on the dark but ive been advised that it would be possible to also fly them widowhood/roundabout.......which would maybe get some good results when racing.

yes sounds ok to me but its not for me

do you know anyone who has ever done it ian ?

i known members you have split youngens cocks and hens and flashed them before basketing , and have flown well this is like widowhood , but i havent the time as it takes twice as long morning and night

how about if they were treated just like widowhood though, with nest boxes and showing the hen before basketing just like old birds ?

that would work well i think david

might give it a try ian, will involve a lot of work maybe but if i can get it right it should be worth it.

DAVID wrote:

do you know anyone who has ever done it ian ?

a guy in our club do it and he do real well. he also race his ybs to ybs in nest

thanks mark, its all about incentive at the end of the day.........isnt it

ive 16 boxes just big enough for nest bowl, a 16 block perches, and v perches but wont be breeding y/bs

hi steve, why wont you be breeding any ybs ? are you buying them in or is someone breeding some for you.......

im breeding 50 y/bs but not breeding 2010 y/bs David

Boxes and perches for me.

steve1952 wrote:

im breeding 50 y/bs but not breeding 2010 y/bs David

dont get what you mean steve......?

im breeding 50 y/bs off old birds but not letting 2010 y/bs breed

do you mean your not breeding off 2009 birds you havent got any 2010 birds yet

ah, get you know ......you mean like some other fanciers let them pair up to race better, you will not be doing this ?

DAVID wrote:

ah, get you know ......you mean like some other fanciers let them pair up to race better, you will not be doing this ?

lost david what you on about