Young uns out this morning

it should come back gary, hope its back later or tomorrow for you............

It's a storming pigeon, but one of the oldest ones here.

its usually the case gary, the nice red i had went a week ago and never been seen since......

has it been out much or had a good look around ? it should have seen the area around the loft as you have the wire cages.... hope it comes back.

It's been sat in the cage for over a week and this was it's third outing, these things happen

any sign of it gary...?

No mate, just been out for tea and come back no sign of it mate.
Although I had seen it flying around on it's own before we left.

hopefully it will come back gary, its pouring down again here now so just hope it stops for the morning exercise tomorrow...........

Its still clear blue skies here at the mo, but it's getting a little chilly.

had my six out flew for 30 mins trapped bang on the loft top think they realisde what that roach pole means no roof topping

doing well graham, this learning stage is a nightmare for me because theres a massive tree right in front of my loft, and every year the ybs have to learn to fly round it to land.......

That's the way to do it g.

David wrote:

doing well graham, this learning stage is a nightmare for me because theres a massive tree right in front of my loft, and every year the ybs have to learn to fly round it to land.......

we have to david always makes me wonder why they go round it the hard way its a clear landing from the back of the loft funny when ya birds come out on the loft they never face the back do they so they must just think to approach the say way once mine go out if they turn right which most times they do there is a park with lots of trees then down the road pylons so needle and cotton always at hand

Fair play G shall have tyo send my trousers up mate need a bit a cooton work

Do you think it is too late to let YBs out for the first time? They were weaned March 29th. Worried about fly aways.

It's a chance we all take mate, have they been in a cage where they can see out?
Starve them down so you get some control over them. By this I mean halve their feed ration for a few days.
It's not too late, but they will be a little strong on the wing.

I built a four foot by eight foot breeder section with a four by eight aviary. Initially I was going to raise some late hatches to fly next year, but then some lads from the club donated 23 birds so I could fly young birds. I have had to keep the youngsters in the aviary until I can finish my flying loft.I am about half way thru with the racing loft but it will take me another two weeks before I finish. I plan to close them in the landing board and make them use the traps before finally letting them out. As you can see, they are not going to be released from the same cage they have been in the last month. But they have been out in the sun. So their compasses should be ok. I am just worried that they may not have enough attachment to the new flying loft and will be too strong and may fly off. I am thinking about letting them out on the landing board in small groups so that one adverturer doesn't take everyone with him. Should I let them out in the a.m. before feeding or don't feed at all and let them out in the evening. Any ideas?

if you can let them out from where they are now it will be better for you,they,ll soon settle in their new place when it finished,if you leave it too long you,ll lose some of them.also keep them hungry and let them out lunch time

yes, make sure you have control over them before letting them out, if they are not hungry you will have no chance of getting them back in the loft/aviery......cut the food right down for a few days so they are very hungry would be my advise as once they have been out a few times and know where they are you can always brin the food back up.

they should have had a good look around if they have been in an aviery, good luck..........

autoball 2 you won't go wrong with this advise mate