what age do people put youngbirds over

i dont really look at dates as long as they are feathered under the wings then they go over

same here

approx 26/28 days old depending on how they are covered under the wing...........also lke to keep my eyes o how they are eating and drinking as the parents are fe in the box with water always available.

much the same here, ensure covered under wings and picking up themselves (generally find earlier you breed they will be approx 4/5 days older when ready for moving than summer youngsters)

actually moved our first round at the weekend, put pics on the gallery but dont know how to post in a topic

Lightning McQueen wrote:

actually moved our first round at the weekend, put pics on the gallery but dont know how to post in a topic

mark, you can join photobucket and load them from your computer which gives you a code that you copy and paste onto the topic replies........if you need any help just let me know.

I always find you cant be too early if they are eating, but if you are too late they are a bit slow then and dont learn as quick. If you know what i mean.

altho when they are weaned most of them are eating and drinking ok, last year i had a spare hen and left it in the yb section with them.....i found it made a big difference to learning them to drink from the fountain and come down at feeding time when i shook the corn because she already knew the routine and the ybs followed her.

yes thats a good idea, they do follow what others do. an old bird will teach them.

ive three spare latebred hens now so ill just leave them in with the ybs this year, hopefully they will teach them again plus will have a good fly round with them too, dont think it will harm anyway....

No it will not harm them

As soon the youngbirds are feeding themselfs they are moved anything from 21 to 25 days

Have moved them earlier at 15 days but moved the hen with them also

When i move the youngbirds, i put food in an open troff which they can see

Also i place the beck into the water fountain so they know were the water is and this is also left on the floor open for them as soon as they are drinking then the drinker has cover placed over it so they have to put there head through to drink then it gets moved of the floor to the ledge

i have two comparptments

one to first put them in with open feeder and a drinker on the floor

the other side when there are getting up to the perches again open trough but drinker about 3ft high of the floor on shelf

this end also has an aviary so they can have a good look about

Spot on Ian

No worries there mate, bet the avariy helps reduce the loses

yes its a big help

Or should i have said you show of

Ian are you turning into the next super stud for pigeons with all that loft space

late y/bs will be in race loft, earlies will be in seperate loft, making a temporary wire netting aviary to put on outside walkwat, so it clips onto loft then it can be moved from earlies to lates during day, room at back of earlies loft to store it

when there ready and not sooner