What time do you start

Just curious. What time do you start in the morning with your birds summer and winter..

We try to let our first lot out at about 6.30 to 6.40 in the summer. .in the winter about 8 to 8.30...We go twice a day as well

your committed ray...............im around 8 am in summer, and around 9 am winter..

I do feed twice a day though because I think its better for them to digest the corn , rather than fill them up in one go....

7am usually, but mornings closing in so 8.30ish now. still got plenty to occupy me tho.

I let out around 7am it gives the hawks chance to find there breakfast elsewhere

I let out around 7am it gives the hawks chance to find there breakfast elsewhere

Most seem about the 7 mark..I remember in our old allotments there used to be a battle to see who could get them out first so they could have the field to themselves so to speak.they used to start at first light, so we just waited and got the field to ourselves as they all had finI shed by the time we got there lol

In the summer its 7.15 start cleaning out and exercise then 5.30 it all starts again in the winter as soon as it is light only once a day

peel bros wrote:

Most seem about the 7 mark..I remember in our old allotments there used to be a battle to see who could get them out first so they could have the field to themselves so to speak.they used to start at first light, so we just waited and got the field to ourselves as they all had finI shed by the time we got there lol

many years ago I thought I was doing the right thing as a so called friend , moved house and had nowhere to put his birds, I loaned him a shed and aviary for the winter , then let him have one of my allotments to put his lofts in , that season I went down the garden to give my birds exercise , he appeard at the fence and asked me what I was doing ,he said he was flying his widowhood cocks out at the time ,and told me I should not be letting my birds out, whilst his were flying , I told him to get used to it as there was several lofts within 50 yds , he then stuck his kneck out and told me to get them down and in imeadiatly , I told him to feck off arse hole and regarding the spaire loft he used for the winter it was never claeand out and that's how he left it , never even said thanks

it wasn't your ex mate from leeds was it edgie, cant think of his name at the moment........him you havnt spoke to for years.

no did not know him then this was another arsehole

ah right, there`s a few of them about eh.........

not the right people to be in this game ,they don't last long with me once I find them out ?

whats his name who was your mate edgie, you know who I mean......its slipped my mind

tossa comes to mind david

I am not at the garden on these dark mornings now my brother in law goes. ..Pointless me going as no hens to let out at 6.30

think I will clean the hens section out today , and hoover some feathers up

Started sorting our old birds out yesterday..hate those days..

Early season get the birds out @8am but when it gets better weather we get them out earlier 6am but in winter it's go down at 8am and open up as the race bird's are in till next year.

I am always up at 05:45 hrs to 6 o'clock.

In the summer I open the birds up at that time.  Then we have breakfast.

By 07:45 hrs, we have finished breakfast and we go and do the birds - let out any that have exercise like young birds (remember we had NO O/Bs this year, except our stock birds that don't go out, but have their own aviary).

Feed Stock birds and clean out.

Then I/we get on with any jobs that need to be done - or that I want to get done.  Since we knew we were having to be in frogland for a while longer - the list of things that we want to do are endless!

At 16:00 hrs - I make up the birds afternoon feed.  Then we have a cup of tea.  Around 17:00 hrs it all starts again.

We are normally finished by 18:30 - 18:45 hours.

Next year will be very different though.

Phil

Busy day phill

peel bros wrote:

Busy day phill

Yes, but I love every minute!  Mostly lol

Phil

peel bros wrote:

Busy day phill

nearly as busy as your day ray, 90ft lofts and 500 pigeons to feed and exercise..........then go to work

8.am every morning until lunch time then back at 3 until around 6

IANYOUNG wrote:

8.am every morning until lunch time then back at 3 until around 6

That's a good time with your birds Ian.

Does all that time spent pay off?

Phil

blueskylofts wrote:

peel bros wrote:

Busy day phill

Yes, but I love every minute!  Mostly lol

Phil

are their many fanciers in your region of france phil