this might sound daft but

i do not do it with yb,s just the old uns,thought about it with the ybs .i might one time.if i can help phill just ask

david have u tryed out for the cat to keep them away there was a lad next door to me that use to leep birds in the back garden and other side keeps budgies and my cat never once looked at the birds on the loft she use to lay on the roof all day and the loft was open and she never once went in the loft try putting orange peel on the floor around the loft ....

cheers ray but the guy dose this every year and he dose it natural too and he said he sends 4 birds to 150 mls then stops them then he as a late round to race the rest of the card and he said he as flow like this for the last 55 years he dont belive in treatments or dark down ... like he said all this treatment wasnt out years ago ... he is still running old skool

phil411 wrote:

david have u tryed out for the cat to keep them away there was a lad next door to me that use to leep birds in the back garden and other side keeps budgies and my cat never once looked at the birds on the loft she use to lay on the roof all day and the loft was open and she never once went in the loft try putting orange peel on the floor around the loft ....

hi phil, my own cat doesnt bather the pigeons, she lays near the loft and goes to sleep or walks round with me but never shows any interest towards them......its other cats round the nieghbourhood thats the problem, also my loft is over the back of my garden so i cant see it from the house.

sounds a good tip with the peel phil...........

peel bros wrote:

i do not do it with yb,s just the old uns,thought about it with the ybs .i might one time.if i can help phill just ask

ah yes, my mistake ray.........wasnt thinking, i was talking about obs which you and ken fly roundabout not ybs, misread phils reply

yea i thought that one david but this guy is telling me to try it as he always done it this way with all his birds ... and he said it is a fuss on but its good and then he said to split me yb up and then on the friday befor basketing mix them for 10 mins then lock them up to take them befor i take them to put there food down on the floor and take them out then see what happens he said then there will be raceing back for the food

i was toying with the idea of roundabout with the dark ybs, it will be time consuming i think but i would emagine it would get the best out of them but it would have to be done correctly i should think.....

ive been told that some fanciers specialise in yb racing so they will be trying all these methods to get the results they want......

try it ,it will give you an idea if they are any good or not

ill bet there wont be many in the club doing it so it could just give you that edge needed to win.....

i think the youngbirds are better paired up with nestpans in loft have tried racing many different ways and for me the best results ive had have been with youngbirds paired uo

yes ian, i think we have to keep trying different things with them and find out how best they perform......i should think all these methods can get more out of them if done well....... altho i have heard that ybs flying to the perch can/do eaqually as good sometimes so its each to their own i suppose.

im trying perchs this year im trying to fit as many as i can in the sections for the yb but i have got me boxes incase

with a lot of luck this year we might hear of a bop killer disease, wishful thinking but would be good news

lead poisoning wont do them any good steve, lets hope nature runs its course and thins them out a bit.......