birds flying out ???

which of our members is exercising their birds now? last year i let mine out all through the winter more or less but this year after reading that some members keep them in while moulting ive done the same, what do other members do ?

Let them out sat morning weather permitting so they can have a bath, dont force them to fly, if they want to stretch their wings they can but i dont force them to, once bathed in till next sat
Ken

yes it would be good to do this too ken, but the reason i cant is that ive 5 hens in the hens section that arnt settled and altho i could catch them its too much hassle all the time.

have you not got a empty section where the hens can go for the winter
Ken

yes ken ive got that end one, but ill be fitting nest boxes into that whaen the ybs come along... (if you know what i mean....)

so for now it could be used for them 5 hens lol

alright clever cloggs.........

me
Ken

Race team fly if they want weather permitting. Bath twice a week. Stock stay in and get bath twice a week.
I would love a aviary for the stock birds,but cant because of neighbour.

Always kept them in during the moult and always gave them a warm bath by hand

Must say you may need a lot of time if you have a lot of pigeons

like i said this is the first time ive kept them in, but i think some of them are wanting to go out for a fly as they are flapping their wings as tho they want to be off......trying to give slightly less on the grub sos not to put weight onto them with no exercise. like you amanda im wanting to build an aviery but just dont seem to have time a the moment, it would be great for the stock birds....they would love it.

Don Webb wrote:

Must say you may need a lot of time if you have a lot of pigeons

Time is one thing i have plenty of Energy is something else

My set up is small and as i clean out every day things dont take to long.

Don when you say you bath them by hand, Can i ask why
The only time ive put them in water is when i have put Chorlocarb in there to get rid of the nasties.

Amanda

think i be keeping mine in for a bit as from now. today i see a sparrow hawk swoop my lofts 3 times the pigeons went mad inside. think that the hawk thought that if it swooped the loft the pigeons would flyout and could get one.lucky for me and my birds the doors were clossed.

I bath them by hand because if you get some young cocks fighting round the bath they can damage the new feathers then the season is over before it has started

After the bath which is warm this helps keep the pigeons calm when in the loft

But as we all know when growing new feathersthe pigeons are sore so they are best kept in the loft

let them bathe themselves a little bit of fighting between widowhood cocks doesnt harm them at all

But young cocks go over the top and the older cocks know how far to go

yes your right don but i like cocks that fight for something after all you cant be there for them all the time they have got to fend for themselves

yes thats correct mate

Must say even i like to see that little edge from the cocks but during the moult i like to make sure i have given them a good start to the moult

I havent noticed mine fighting after a bath. They are normally to busy mugging me for peanuts and food

Every pigeon is different

ive sometimes noticed some of mine fighting to be boss in the bath and chasing the others away.... but once they are in they usually all sit together....